So, først og fremst, Im getting transferred!!! Im going to go from Sunday back to Monday this time, because of the different things that happened. Well, mostly just transfers!
But anyways, We woke up on Sunday...got our diner (fluffy blankets) out onto the couch and listened to moves call. It was so scary. Of course, my name was not read when they announced Kristiansand :( I was expecting that, infact, I started packing probably around 2 days before! Anyways, I had told Sister Robbins that if ANYONE in the mission could be her companion besides me, I would want it to be Sister Harrison. I told her that the week before maybe, and GUESS WHO IS HER COMPANION!?!?!? SISTER HARRISON!!! I was so happy! Because she is just the sweetest, bubbliest person and they will get along so great :) Anyways, then well...a little later, they announced where I am going! I am gonig to be in a three-some for about a week in...DRAMMEN! Sister Landrey is going home next week, and her companion is named Sister Trydal and she is a convert from a year or 2 ago from Norway! So After Sister landrey leaves, it will just be me and her! I am exciting!!! She is the only Norsk sister in the mission, so I am hoping that my norwegian just shoots up! It is going to be different, and I have so many breakdowns because I just dont want to leave this area.
My heart is here.. and it is just shattering!! ahhhh it is horrible. Anyways, then we had interviews with President! He was here this weekend and we had church with them there! President Evans and Sister Evans got to meet our 2 investigators that were there on Sunday :) (it was so exciting to go up to sunday school and see TWO, serge and gøran, there!!! We werent sure if gøran was going to come, but he did! :) ) Anyways, in Sacrament Meeting it was announced that Elder Cooper and I are leaving. He is going to serve about 40 minutes away from me in a city called Sandvika! Anyways, we bore our testimonies and of course I just cried. It is like my family is here in Kristiansand. I know it will be good there too, but it is still sad. Anyways, I went back down and sat by the less active I had sat next to earlier. She had tears coming down her face and patted me leg. Later, Aida asked her if she understood (shes from cambodia) and she said not really, but she must have felt the Spirit. I took pictures with people and said goodbyes after church and then we went to the Torjesens house for dinner! They have a kjempe cool library in their house, so koselig! mom and bry would LOVE it! Had a deilig dinner og dessert with their family, fredrik and serge (our investigator). :) Anyways, we had our last day of the 12 Week Program with Sister Robbins! She isnt a trainee anymore!!! It makes me so sad. Uansett... alt går bra. :)
So last Monday, Aida took us shopping at the Sørlandsenter where we got different backpacks - just black. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! It feels so good on my back!!! We came home during rush hour and it was super snowy, so there was so much traffic. We were stuck in a tunnel in traffic and it took us forever and a day to get home! haha Then that night was the CES devotional. We had 3 investigators there! Well....1 that we invited and came. One came at the very end. And one....well thats a funny story! The elders had found this boy named Melano like...4 months ago. They hadnt been able to meet with him, but they got in contact with him, invited him to the devotional and he came! He walked in...and we were SO confused! Why is our investigator RJ here and WHY IS HE WITH THE ELDERS!? hahaha, Aida, looked at us and said, "RJ!" haha! So after the devotional...which was AMAZING! You should all watch it...by Tad R. Callister...I heard Elder Cooper talking with Melano...Rj...hva som helst navnet er...and he asked if they could meet sometime. RJ pointed to us and said, "Im meeting with them tomorrow" hahahahaha! Aida had given us referrals and he was the son of one of them! We are meeting with RJ (which is his nickname) and his friend now. Anyways, it was so funny!
Then on tuesday we had Distriktsmøte, we guessed where people are going or if they are leaving and Sister McArthur guessed that i would move to Drammen! haha, I thought Ålesund. I am WAY excited though! :) And we met with RJ and his friend Christ that night with Aida!
On Wednesday we tried visiting a referral, found the house, and they werent intersted and didnt even want to take a card. That was sad, but we were still SO thankful for the members that are willing to tell us about friends that might be interested :) Anyways, then we had a teach with a man named Frode. Sister Peterson (one of the STL) and I found him a week or two ago. Anyways, we taught him the first lesson and he told us he doesnt want to read the Book Of Mormon or take one with him. Talked a little and he really was not willing. So we told him he could come back when he wants, etc. So we closed and got up to leave and he asked us if we were leaving. "Ja, det må vi. Vi har andre avtaler idag at vi må til." "Yeah, we have to. We have other appointmetns that we have to get to." Or something. So we got up and got our stuff and he just sat there! The Cressalls were there, so we talked to elder Cressall and he said he didnt leave until 15 minutes after we left!! haha it was so awkward!!! Later that night, Aida made us dinner, we met with her grandaughter Chezs (called chessy) and read in the MB picture story book with her. It is so fun teaching little kids :) Then we had a ward meeting, going through the ward list with some of the ward counsil! So, wednesday was good!
Thursday was a good day. We had some weekly planning, visited Mony..oh really quick! When we were on our way back, we were walking through the snow. I am borrowing shoes from Aida, because my boots were in the shop, and anyways, I started to fall, yelled Sister, and lost my balance, but SLOWLY fell down to my hands and knees on the snow. haha it doesnt really sound funny writing it down. But it was SO funnY! And a truck with 2 construction workers were watching, stopped at a stop light. So instead of crossing there, I told her we had to walk another way because i was so embarrassed! hahhahaha anyways, then we taught Serge...well began teaching him the 1st again. Sister Robbins and I werent completely there. You know when you just wake up with a billion problems? Not real problems, but you just arent so happy? We were both like that. Things were just getting at us. We have NEVER fought with eachother, but the smallest things, like...I thought she pushed my head down when I fell and she told me she didnt and I told her she didnt remember...hahaha it was really silly and petty. But we are sure that it is seperation anxiety. It is just RIDICULOUS. we are laughing at it now, but it was bugging us then hahaha So the teach with Serge could have gone better, but it went okay! It was what he needed I think :) So then the Cressalls drove us to Bestemors house and we went in. She was just sobbing on the phone so we decided to sing "I am a child of God" and talk a little about that and other things. It went well. But we had to catch a bus to Mandal soon after. The bus wasnt going to be coming for a little bit so we had to walk/run down the icy hill to the center and bus! I was running and I think I slowed down to walk, when I just fell! AGAIN! My foot flew in the air and I landed on my bum! haha! there was a man behind us...EMBARRASSING! hahahah :) But all ended up going well. The bus was delayed and we rode it with Fredrik and studied some scriptures with him that he was planning on studying with the elders! We had dinner with him and his mom! And then came home after sharing a thought!
On Friday we met with the Rustad family. We knocked on some doors before hand and funny...ish story. We knocked on a door where a really nice oldish man opened up. He invited us in and we couldnt...not knowing if a woman was home, and we didnt have much time, but mostly because we couldnt be alone with him. So we left and he shut the door. When we were walking away a lady opened it up and yelled, "DERE TRENGER IKKE Å KOMME TILBAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ("YOU DONT NEED TO COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!") And shut the door. well...okay! haha, we heard later that she hasnt been to nice to others in the ward either that live close. We had dinner with the Rustad family, shared the Family Mission Plan and made our way to the bus to catch it to the Williamsons. On our way, we had to go down a steep hill (usually has stairs, but covered in snow...) So i was sliding down it with my shoes with no traction, and I was talking to someone on the phone. Sister Robbins was behind me and I wasnt paying so much attention. She tried sliding too, but that didnt work. She fell! And called after me. It isnt too unusual to fall, so i laughed a little and kept going. Then I heard her scream again, SHE WAS ON HER STOMACH IN THE SNOW!!!! hahaha! She had fallen on her knees to her stomach and couldnt get up! hahahaha she made her way to me and I accidentally threw my phone in the snow! So I had to reach down, where I was pretty sure it was and pull it out with a handful of snow hahaha (the Zone Leader was still on the phone while this all happened) So then...she was right behind me and we BOTH fell! on each others legs and in the snow! Oh it was HILARIOUS! We were dieing laughing!!! hahahaha :)
We taught the Williamson boys about Baptism and the Sabbath Day Holy, then had Sloppy Joes with them. :) We came back to the center and before we taught Gøran, we both got blessings from the Elders. The ZLs were here on splits so Elder Edwards and Leighton (both from England) gave us blessings. I am so thankful for the Priesthood. I got a blessing of comfort. In my blessing it was said something to the point that my trials are going to help me and shape me for motherhood. When I think about things that way, everything is worth it. No I have not had children yet. No I dont really know them right now. But I have felt so strongly taht I would just do anything for my children since i have been on my mission. And I think that is why we all have some trials, to help our future (or not future) families. So that was really special :) Then we taught Gøran! We taught about prophets and committed him to pray about President Monson :) We are meeting with him tonight and we will see how that went :)
Then Saturday! I packed some more during our lunch hour!!! hahaha, I was sure I was leaving. anyways we also tried contacting some referrals. One wasnt home and the other, that was a media referral said that she just wanted the MB (which she got a week or two ago when sister r and a STL gave it to her roommate for her). and if she wants to learn more she can call us, from our number on the card! We had MMK (ward mission meeting) and Elder Edwards made us delicious enchiladas to eat during it :) Then we went to a members house, a lady named Meressi from Chile, that lives alone. She made us some Chilean food and we tried sharing a little thought with her about missionary work :) We had some studies that night and went to bed to wake up to Moves Calls!!!
So, there is my week for you all!
I am going to be moving on this Wednesday and my address is
Tomineborgveien 47
3011 Drammen
SO exciting!!! But SO sad!!!!! Anyways, I will be taking a train there with Elder Cooper, but getting off about 40 minutes before him. OH! One thing I am WAY excited about is that I will be in the same zone as some of the missionaries I just love!!! :) And some of them I havent seen since we split up 8 months ago! But sad that I wont be able to see Sister Harrison and Elder Ashton that are coming here...I havent seen SIster Harrison since we split up! So sad! Anyways, I love you all SO much and hope you have a FANTASTIC week!!! :)
Love, Søster Chapman :)
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