Well, this week was a rollercoaster. We.ll start with monday. Last pday was SO fun! Thats what most of the pictures are from. We went and played at different playgrounds, by the beach! One of the funnest things was playing on a spinning teeter tatter :)
And then the HUGE triangle jungle gym was fun too :)
This is probably going to not be too long of a letter, sorry! but anyways, Tuesday and Wednesday were good, nothing super exciting happened! Then on Thursday we met with a girl named Dina. She is norwegian and Sister McArthur and Sister Pace (the sister training leader) contacted her. We thought the lesson went great (and had a member on it with us!) But afterwards she said she just wanted to learn. :( We gave her a MB and told her to give us a call when she wants to meet again (we are going to call her though too.. haha) But it was just so sad. But for some reason, I wasnt too heart broken. I think everything is going to work out good with her, just giving it time. Its cool to have the opportunity to plant seeds, and hopefully see them grow.
On friday the Cressels took us out to eat at McDonalds for breakfast! (my first time there in NO) and that was so sweet! :) Later in the day we met with our investigator Mouyy, and we had a member with us! We taught about temples and family history, so that was fun :)
That day was a little tough. For some reason it just felt off...and then the thing we were looking forward to, dinner with the Salgados, fell through... But later that night we met with Goran! Another one of our investigators. We had a member with him and it went so great! :) The Spirit was really there, and we were able to teach in a way that was just for him.
On Saturday our teach fell through with David, but then we met with Ivan and Virginia - two referrals from Fredrik! (BY THE WAY! Fredrik was a foreign exchange student in Las Vegas a few years ago, and he is going to visit at the end of December!!!! I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE HIM!!! But Ill give him your email and all so you can :)
But that teach went really well too! It helped that day not be as hard. :) It was so funny, I promised Ivan if he read and prayed he would strengthen his relationship with Jesus Christ, who he doesnt even know is real yet. And he said, You can promise me?! And I said Yes! And then he asked Sister McArthur the same thing, and she said, yep! haha :) We love them. :)
Yesterday was a GREAT day! We had church, where we taught primary...kinda the same as it was in Henderson! But the kids had a little bit more energy here ;) We taught the 7-8 year olds. haha :)
So Mouyy couldnt come because her son wasnt so happy, and then Temi and Esther told us they couldnt come...because of the rain. And they had the two girls with them...sometimes there are things that are really disappointing as a missionary..and this is one of them. But we are going to talk with them about the importance of commitments...commandments. Its sometimes hard to think that they still have free agency. Once weve done all we can do with the Lord, we put all of it in the Lords hands. :)
Then we met with a girl named Caroline and her sister Ida. WAY cool story!!! So, Sister Clark (my trainer) told me about this girl, Caroline, she had taught in Trondheim. She had a baptismal date and everything, but that didnt happen. :( She had problems with the priesthood only be given to men. So when Sister Johnson and I were picking up Sister McArthur from the train station, someone asked me if I know sister clark and if we were missionaries. We said yeah and then she gave us her number to give to sister clark! (this was caroline!) And then sister clark called us and told us that Caroline had moved to Kristiansand and that she wanted to be taught from us! He sister is visiting and so she brought her along! And so yesterday, we had Sarah Torjesen with us on the teach with them. We went over the first lesson and she brought up her problem with the Priesthood. We all answered, and after Sister McArthur answered, she said that that was said well, what Sister McArthur said! She also told us that she didnt remember learning these things we had taught her but she really really liked it. Ida said the closing prayer and talked about how much this church and Mormons Bok means to her sister. And actually Caroline asked us to tell Ida about the plan of salvation...and then she described things she remembered! It was really cool! AHHHH!!! And they are both Norwegian and YSA age!!! (we have 1 ysa girl in the ward!)
AHHH! SOOO EXCITING! :) Were meeting with them on thursday and will maybe see them tonight or friday night for an activity :)
But I know the Lord is SO aware of me and aware of all of us.
By the way, President Evans called about 45 minutes ago, and guess what? Im training next transfer!!!!!!!! So, in two weeks!!! My heart dropped when I saw he was calling and then he told me the news! So next wednesday were going to Oslo for a training meeting!!! :) Im really excited! He told me my companion is from Kaysville Utah, but thats about all I know about her! :)
Anwyays, I love you all SO much!!! Today we are carving pumpkins with the district so that will be fun!!! :)
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
Be safe and have a great great week!!!
Love, Søster Chapman
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