This week was a fun week full of exciting changes!
Shout Outs
1. Ryker!! Had is birthday this past week! That guy is now thirteen... Wow... Crazy how time flies!
2. Elder Greenwood! really funny guy that is ready to hit the ground running!
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| Elder Shanklin and Elder Greenwood |
Questions
Q: How is Arinze doing?
A: Check the headline down below, "I'm goin Methodist"
Q: What is the craziest thing that happened to you this week?
A: Honestly this week has been pretty chill, but I guess this week I will being going to Moss for splits because Elder Greenwood is going back to Bergen to see a baptism. Pretty crazy there!
Q: What is my favorite thing I studied this week?
A: I have really enjoyed studying the early saints. They have an amazing loyalty the prophet. They pulled up stakes so many times because of opposition, and when asked to sacrafice to go on missions, build the temple, or help other in need, they did not think twice. They went and did. They expected the Lord to bless them, and he did tremondously! Great principle that if we are out and about on the Lord's errand we will be blessed and protected!
Activities
We got to participate in several activities this week:
1. Institute and a game night with the YSA. Arinze came and the YSA did a great job of helping him feel welcome and like he was a part of the gang!
2. Played floor hockey on Saturday. It was way fun and I had a sweet come back. We were playing first to three wins. My team was down 2-0, pulled a quick caveliers, and came back with a hat trick to win 3-2. Pretty fun.
3. We helped put testimonies in Books of Mormon. We will be doing a school presentation next week, and Vidar Top wanted to make sure that each book had a testimony in it! Way fun, and we got to talk with the youth a little bit more.
4. BYD! We got asked to go to BYD this sunday. It was really fun and we discussed how to build self confidence. We went around the room sharing ideas, and Elder Greenwood and I talked about "Mirror Pep-Talks." Everyone thought it was a little funny, but at the end of the day the principle of speaking positively to yourself is so important!
5. Henry's Hus. Really fun language cafe we go to every monday. We get to meet a lot of people from different backgrounds. From places all over the world. Really opens up my mind to new ideas, and I get to learn a lot about different cultures!
I'm goin Methodist
We met with Arinze this week and previously we had asked him to pray about a baptismal date. We asked him how it went and he told us that he felt that he should not be baptized right now. I thought alright, yeah, that is totally okay the spirit can direct us and help us to make sure we are ready for baptism. Then he said that a voice told him he needed to go back to the Methodist church. We told him if that is what he felt he needed to do that we would support him, but we still wanted to meet with him. We are hoping that as he continues to meet with us and be with the members he will feel the difference between our church and others! We have not given up hope, but we have changed our plans!
Our JW friends!
They are really awesome and we had a really good conversation yesterday about prophets. These conversations are very fun, and we are really excited to keep meeting with them. They are going to read Alma 32 this week, so hopefully we can have a great discussion about faith with them!
Dream Big
Don't Doubt
Give 'em Heaven!
Eldste Shanklin
Don't Doubt
Give 'em Heaven!
Eldste Shanklin
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