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