November 27, 2017

Hello everyone!

This was a week of big changes and a lot of fun.

To start it off on Tuesday my companion Eldste McCourt and I taught a 17 year old kid at the church and the lesson went great.  He is a really smart kid who is super interested in religion and had already read like 50 pages in the Bok of Mormon.  We felt like we needed to commit him to baptism and he said if he learns it is true he will be but that he want's to read the whole book first and pray about it. Now that I have moved I don't know much but it was fun to be able to teach 1 last time in Porsgrunn!

Transfer day on Wednesday and I had to take a train and then a bus and as my comp was helping me put my bags on the train the doors shut and he ended up traveling with me for 30 minutes on the train. It was so funny.  But it was snowing super hard and I ended up having to take different buses and everything so it was a super eventful day but I made it to Oslo. My new companion is Elder Mathews from Arizona.  We don't have a car so we use the subway and buses.  

Oslo is a big difference from the small city of Porsgrunn but I absolutely love it!  It is just fun to be in a big city with lots of people.  The best part about being in Oslo is that you get the opportunity to pass out Books of Mormon at the musical about 3 times a week!  We give out about 175 books a night and it is so much fun to do.  We won't get back to our apartment until midnight but it is so worth it.

They sadly don't celebrate Thanksgiving here but the bonus about being in Oslo is that we traveled to the mission home yesterday and had an amazing Thanksgiving dinner.  It was such a fun day!

I am looking forward to another fun week here in Oslo.  

Have a great week everyone!

And sorry the computer I am using doesn't let me plug in my camera so more photos next week!

-- 

Eldste  Egan

Elder Mathews from Arizona at the ward party in Oslo

November 20, 2017 - Headed to Oslo

Hello everyone!

Big changes coming here as I will be heading to Oslo on Wednesday for transfers!  It is going to be so fun serving there and to get to spend Christmas in the big city of Oslo.  My new companions name is Eldste Mathews and he's such a stud!

I didn't write a group email as I used my p day to go on a hike to Trollfoss.  I'll include amazing pictures.  As for things here in the past week it got really cold and has snowed! Everyone in this area always told us it didn't snow until after Christmas but I guess not!  I am really sad to be leaving this amazing ward that I've enjoyed so much. I am so grateful for everything I have learned and all the amazing experiences with them!

We got a new investigator this week and the lesson went well.  I have never had that much trouble speaking Norwegian in my life, but we got a return appointment and hopefully something great comes from it!

I am having trouble remembering everything and now I don't have a ton of information on what is to come this next week but I am super excited for this next transfer and for the opportunity to be serving in Oslo.  

I am also so excited to be able to pass out book of Mormons at the musical now!

My new address is:

ELDER EASTON EGAN

Njåls Vei 18

0576 Oslo

NORWAY 

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Eldste Egan

In front of the State Church in Skien

Inside the state Church

SNOW in Porsgrunn!

My hike to the Trollfoss waterfall located on the River Dalelva in the Region of Vestfolf, Norway. Freezing but an amazing hike. 

Trollfoss, NORWAY

November 7, 2017

Pictures from October 2017 Zone Conferences

November 6, 2017

Hello everyone!

Another great week here in Norway!

To be honest, I am having a very hard time remembering what happened this week but one thing that I can remember is enjoying institute with the 4 young single adults in the Skien Menighet.  It is a great way for me to have to listen and speak Norwegian so I love going to that.  Hopefully we will have time this week to do it again.  

A member (Sister Årnses) helped us find time to go bank on this lady's door.  She let us in and we knew she was from the Philippines so we in advance ordered a Book of Mormon in her language.  We took a ferry from Brevik to Sandøya and saw a seal in the water.  When we got to her house she let us in and she doesn't speak the best Norwegian so English is better for her so we taught her in English.  I started the lesson off with a prayer in English and it was so difficult to do.  I haven't prayed in English since I was home.  The lesson went ok, the hard thing was her kids were banging pots and pans the whole time.  It was a lot of fun.  We didn't get a return appointment yet but we a working on it. 

The rest of the week included lots of finding and banking on people’s homes and we had a young men’s service project this week.  It's always a blast to be around the members!

My favorite part of this week was probably when we went out Saturday evening for a couple of hours and bonked out this big area of homes that we wanted to do.  It was pouring rain and nobody was interested but it was just such a fun time being out there.  

Yesterday we had a biskoper ungdomsråd (every fast Sunday we go to a members house with all of the youth and have a gospel discussion and the most amazing dessert)  I am so grateful to be serving here in Porsgrunn/Skien.  

Oh and Halloween is not big here at all if you were wondering.  We still were asked not to bank on peoples homes but it really isn't celebrated much but it is growing.  

Have a great week.

Eldste Egan

The Young Single Adults

Eivand  - a member who is one of the coolest people you will ever meet

Islands of Norway

On the island of Sandoya - it's dark by 4:15