March 26, 2019- 100 days until coming home!

I loved being back in Stavanger and I am super excited to go back this week! Awesome week in Norway.  This week was fun and had some busy moments and not so busy moments at the same time.  It all stared with taking a flight last p-day to my old area of Stavanger. We got there early enough to go on an amazing hike with some of the missionaries and with President and Sister Tew.  We then had an amazing zone conference on Wednesday with home made Cafe Rio for lunch.  Wow was it good!

On Thursday we drove to the airport to pick up one of the new senior couples. We then spent the rest of the evening on the streets contacting.  To be honest, nobody talked to us that evening except right towards the end when we approached this man and right after we said something he stopped and said, "I am not interested but I know 95% of the people here wont talk to you so I will talk with you" ha ha made my day!  And of course by the end of the 15 minute conversation we were talking about the gospel. 

Friday was another amazing zone conference in Drammen.  And to end the night, we ate some Kebab.(meat and veggies roasted on a skewer)

Saturday was amazing as I had my first lesson since being in this area.  It was a Norwegian man from the top right corner of Norway. His dialect was a fun one but we are excited to meet with him again this week. Another miracle this week was during my last transfer in Stavanger, my companion and I started teaching these 2 younger boys.  They were baptized on Saturday and even though I only taught them a couple of times, it truly has been a blessing.  I know that serving mission benefits your life and others!

It's still winter here in Norway.  It's been a proud week for the Norwegian people as the Norwegian coast guard has rescued many people from the stranded Viking Sky Cruise ship off the western coast in the Norwegian Sea.  Almost 500 passengers were taken off one by one from a helicopter in an amazing rescue done in horrible conditions.  Thank goodness everyone is safe. 

If you haven't, go read the Book of Mormon!  

Have an amazing week!

Eldste Egan

March 21, 2019

Hey Mom.

I am writing you on a plane using my phone. I am on my way to Stavanger for the next 2 days.  

I will be doing the Dalsnuten hike today and then busy in the evening.

This week has been great. It went by extremely fast. We had an amazing zone conference here on Wednesday and it was fun to see Elder Hansen and joke around. 

On Thursday we went on splits and the Fredrikstad Elders came to Oslo.  We had a really great time and it was fun being around Elder Welch (another Elder from the MTC)

We are really trying to get things going in our area but it is slow and go. I still haven't taught a lesson since being in this area but we should have some things lined up for this week hopefully. 

Yesterday we had an amazing meeting with President Tew. I learned so much from it and it will really shape the rest of my mission. 

I also talked with President Tew about schooling and I don't want to take the economics class until my sophomore year. We will be talking but overall things are starting to line up. It fully hit me this week that I will be heading home soon and I just can't believe it.  Time is flying. 

 

Love you,

Elder Egan

March 14, 2019

A Few weeks worth of updates:

Hey Mom and Dad,

The snow has come back and today's emails will be short due to the fact that there is a new missionary coming in.  He is Norwegian so it will be nice to have a native Norwegian in the mission.  

This week was full of changes as I got a new companion and drove the missionaries going home to the airport.  I don't think the going away dinner at the mission home will be all that special because I have been to 2 of them already. ha  But the food that the Tew's make is amazing!  I will be eating there tonight.

Sunday was a fun day as we walked home from church all the way across the city.  Always worth it as we get a ton of time to contact and it being one of the best times to do so.  The route that we take goes past the oldest church/building in all of Norway.  I have always wanted to go inside but the doors have always been locked to the church.  But on Sunday I went and tried one more time and the door was open.  All the lights were off but the second we stepped foot inside the organ started playing.  I have no idea if that is what they have as the alarm or what but we were the only ones in there.  The inside was super cool and we took about 15 steps inside before we left.  

Yesterday we had mission leadership conference.  Amazing to learn from President Tew.  

As of studying. I have been focusing on the Doctrine and Covenants in English and the Book of Mormon in Norwegian.  In my free time I have also been reading The Saints and finished it.  It was super good.  Way cool to read all of the stories.  

Haven't taught a lesson since the first week of January but we will get there.  

Everything is great!

Love you

Eldste Egan

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Hey everyone!

This week has been a blast. I got a new companion.  He is from Dallas Texas. He is a great guy and I am looking forward to working with him the next couple of months.

Everything happened really fast this week.  One of my previous companions that I spent 4 1/2 months with finished his mission this week. It was fun to be able to drive him to the airport.  

Sunday was an amazing day. We decided to walk home from church and not take the normal public transport.  It was a perfect time to be out and contact.  Had a really fun conversation with a guy.  We then had the musical and it was an early showing and again it was fun.  One lady got mad at me this week saying we take advantage of the Musical, and then a minute later she takes a book....

We had a great time learning from our mission President on Monday.

Overall everything is great. Here is a pic from the musical:

I got punched for the first time on my mission this week.  (the rest of the story will be explained another time)(after the mission)(after our trip)

Other than that, this week was amazing and full of work.  We have gotten zone conferences organized and we are getting pretty excited for everything to happen this week and next.

I still haven't taught a lesson to a non member in 2 or so months but we have some potential happening here.  

We are working with a returning member who is way cool from Northern Norway.  He speaks a dialect and it is super cool and fun to hear.  Besides being in the crazy dialect of Stavanger, most of my mission has been the same. 

We had breakfast and a meeting at the mission home this week.  I love that place so much and the Tew's are so amazing.  I look up to both of them a lot!

I didn't travel anywhere this week but next week I will be spending my P-day in Stavanger and I will be spending the night because the following day is zone conference. 

Tonight Elder Hansen is in town!  We have zone conference in the morning here in Oslo. 

I got the email this week about my departure home and the information I am supposed to fill out.  This is getting weird.  

Talk to you soon

Eldste Egan