Hey
everybody back at it again from Tromsø, Norway it is your missionary Eldste
Shanklin! This week was full of some fun stories and hard work! Before that
though let's just remember that all of you are amazing people! Without further
adue (that is probably not how you spell that) let's get into the week!
Monday
Monday
We had lunch with a
friend from the street named Henning! He is a super awesome guy who we are good
friends with! After lunch we sat on the harbor and just talked with him about
life for a little bit! He is a way nice guy!
Tuesday
We had district meeting
and this time Elder Miller made some really good fish soup and sandwhich
sliders for us!! Torstein was busy so we were not able to meet with him, but we
had some studies to do so we decided to chill on a bench and study the language
while playing on a tight rope!
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| I love this picture...my Norwegian Missionary! |
Wednesday
Really awesome because
we met with Geraldo today, the most recent baptism into the Tromsø branch! He
is such a nice guy and we were able to help answer his questions about the
scriptures!! We also got to street contact for a little bit and we contacted a
guy who may have not been 100% there... He said he was the king of Norway, and
the blood of the dragon tail was in Northern Norway in a place only he knew. I
love people! It really is fun contacting because you never know what you are
gonna get!! We also had young mens with the Quershis up in Svalbard which is
always a party!!
Thursday
Today started with a
visit to Arvid and actually before that we ran into our friend from Wednesday.
He Told us a lot about how he was a knight of templar, he is in charge of the
ring of power, which he gave to his younger brother who is also a knight of
templar. He also talked about quantam physics for a little bit. He knows a lot
of information! We then had koshelig kveld and we played some board games. I
played farkel and wacky six, both of which were very fun to play!! Northern
Lights again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Maybe it's a little cold in Norway |
Friday
Kind of a rough day...
We went out to contact people on the streets and got a lot of rude comments
back from people. Some guy also shoved me a little, but that really does not
phase me from going out and doing the same thing tomorrow! There are people in
Tromsø that are ready to receive the Gospel and I am not gonna let anything
stop me from finding them! We had a member middag tonight with Lil! She is
awesome member here who also helps us with the language every Saturday! We had
ris grit which is like oatmeal but with rice instead of oats. You sprinkle cinnamon
and sugar on top... but DO NOT MIX! I REPEAT DO NOT MIX THE BOWL! I do not know
why but that is not okay to do to ris grit in Norway. You just eat it bite by
bite. It was amazing and can not tell you how much I enjoyed it!!
Saturday
Language study with Lil
started off our day! We went out again to contact and people really did not
want to talk to us again... We kept going and talking to everybody! We were on
our way back for lunch and we could see our door. It would have been easy to
say we tried, lets just go get lunch. However I decided to contact a young man
right before we went inside. His name is Christopher and he was willing to meet
with us! Truly a blessing! The Lord will bless us as long as we do everything
we can! The slogan is now " After you have done all you can, then, and
only then, can you look to God and say 'Your Turn'!" We also met with
Brother Gerez and his wife! Such wonderful people I can not tell you how nice
they are!!!! Northern lights again! I am coming back for this
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| Elder Shanklin teaching Elder Shanklin |
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| The Greatest Gift....The Book of Mormon |
Sunday
Awesome sacrament
meeting!! Henrik came to sacrament meeting even though he only got 2 hours of
sleep the night previous! He is such a stud! Really dedicated to coming to
church and overall a really nice guy!! Since it has been a year since my Dad
passed away we did something special! We went banking!!!! It was awesome!! We
had a two and a half hour banking session!!! It was sweet! We gave out two
Books of Mormon!!
As I think about the
passing away of my father I am reminded of the beautiful promise that my family
has recieved because of this Gospel and because of Jesus Christ! We will be
able to see and live with each other as a family again!! I am so thankful for
that knowledge and for my savior! It truly is because of him...
Work Hard
Play Hard
Return with Honor
Eldste Shanklin
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