December 11, 2017

Hello everyone!

This week was full of great experiences.  

This will be short but we had our Christmas Conferences this week.  It was a ton of fun to see all of the missionaries from up North!  

I got to do the Book or Mormon Musical twice this week.  Every time I do it, it is a different experience and so much fun.  For example, some people this week came out of the doors and begged to get pictures with me and they made sure my tag was showing, well 5 seconds later this lady comes up to me and drills me for a solid 10 min.  She asked questions I was so lost in trying to answer in Norwegian, and then I answered in English and she still thought I was so stupid.  She wasn't happy that every missionary says the same thing.  What do you expect? The message is going to always be the same.  I testified and then she kissed me twice on the cheek and said "you are beautiful, but you need to Wake Up" I thought it was so funny.  I laugh about it every time I think about it.  

 This is how many Mormons Bok we hand out each night at the Book of Mormon Musical.

On Saturday we had a street stand for Light the World.  It was a ton of fun.  I was super stupid and only wore a sweater and a rain jacket as it was super cold.  It was way fun having some conversations with people.  I asked a guy a question in Norwegian and he responded saying, "sorry I don't speak English"  I was confused as I just asked him in Norwegian.

Sundays are so great here in Norway. Being around the members here is something I will cherish forever.  I love being here and love doing missionary work.  

We see the sun so little and it usually only gets this high in the sky.  

Christmas is going to be crazy.  We have a dinner Christmas Eve and they already told us that we will be eating lutefisk for dinner so that should be interesting.  The worst part of the week this week is yesterday some people from Portugal were visiting. I didn't know this until after church but I went up and started talking with this man.  Little do I remember that it is the same guy that I had dinner with at his house in Portugal.  Once I started explaining why I was there for HEFY he picked up on it instantly but it took me a while to realize it.  It's because he has the opposite people from his family there.  It is a family of 7 I think and the 4 that where there, he was the only one that was there when I was there.  He seemed pretty offended.  It was not fun.  But absolutely crazy that it happened.  

Oslo is really cool during Christmas time.  They have a ton of Christmas lights and all of the food is really good.  The only problem is that people here just think that because Christmas is two weeks away, they can't meet with us now even though it is a normal week! 

Eldste Egan