Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages(I feel like this last part is already covered when you say boys and girls, but whatever) welcome to Elder Shanklin's Circus of Incredible things! First a few rules for those of you in attendance:
1. Follow Que cards whenever they are presented
2. Laugh at all jokes
3. Do not allow small children near the Lion, unless he has the name Daniel, we can make an exception in that scenario
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4. Buckle your seat belts and put on your thinking helmets!
Shout Outs!
1. I guess I will have another neice/nephew when I get home! Congrats to Justin and Macy (Also, just in case, I realize that when this news was shared with me it was April fools. Although I do believe for the most part that this is true, better safe then sorry!)
2. Kennedy for getting A cast!! WOOT WOOT!!!
3. Michigan Wolverines! We made it to the Championship game, although we lost I still count that as a small victory!
4. Sister Pond! Check Ring 3 for the reason!
Question and Answer
Q:Favorite Part of Conference?
A:The Solemn Assembly! Such a powerful spirit! Another spiritual confirmation that Russel M. Nelson is the Prophet in our day!
Q:Are we still getting snow?
A: No, but sometimes sleet or rain! Snow is still on the ground though, just kinda want that gone as soon as possible!
Q:How is the work going?
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A:I do not want to answer this twice, so please read the next paragraphs to get an answer!
Ring 1! Marius! Norwegian!
Marius is an awesome guy from Northern Norway, he comes from a small town just north of Tromsø! We stopped him on the street and he told us that he was christian! After explaining what the Book of Mormon was I asked what he thought about us having a another book that is God's word? He said he was a little skeptical, but that is when the Holy Ghost gave Elder Shanklin some good ideas! I used the idea of the Bible being like a point. How many lines can you draw through a singular point? Infinite. However if I have two points, how many lines can I draw? One. With the Bible and the Book of Mormon together we have one answer to one question. We do not have to guess what a Bible or Book of Mormon verse means because when both books confirm each other and clarify each other we not what the answer is! He said he would read the Book of Mormon and that we could meet on Tuesday! Ring 1 is complete!
Ring 2! Andrea! English/Norwegian!
We met Andrea on the street and she belongs to the Pinsi church! She was very nice and invited us over for dinner! She was super awesome and had a lot of good questions! We had dinner with her and then her cousin showed up. As we talked they were very surprised to see that I had a very good understanding of the Bible and verses and things like that. Although they were not super receptive, they were really nice, and hopefully one day they will give the Book of Mormon a shot!
Ring 3! Eduardo! Spanish!
Eduardo came to church on sunday on his own. He only speaks spanish, and moved from Madrid to Norway! He has visited the church a couple times, but only in Madrid. We have a couple members who speak spanish and they were able to help us get to know him a little and were able to translate for him. Suddenly though I found myself alone with him, and thought "Well I need to get an appointment!" With the two memorized sentences that Sister Pond taught me in Tromsø, I was able to ask if he wanted to talk to someone who could speak spanish that could teach him more about our church? He said Si! After that I used the days of the week song from spanish class to get an appointment for tuesday! If you translated what I said into English this is what I said, "Here... Tuesday... Five..." Thank goodness that we have some Elders in the mission that speak spanish! It will be awesome! So basically at this point I am trilangual, I know pretty impressive!
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This week was really good and we are looking forward to the teaching opportunities we will have this week! Wish us luck! I am hoping that we will be able to bring the spirit into the lessons, so they can come to know the the Book of Mormon is the word of God!!!!
Dream Big
Don't Doubt
Give 'em Heaven!
Eldste Shanklin
For Packages and Mail
Jesu Kristi Kirke av Siste Dagers Hellige
Elder Carter Shanklin
Postboks 894
1306 Sandvika
Norge
We will be moving because our land lord has sold his house! This is the address for the mission office! Just send things their!!!! If not I will not get them!! Takk alle sammen!
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