Chillin' With My Gnomies in Norway: Whoa! March?!…Week 27

Hey Dere!

Um…WHOA! Can I just say that I love being a missionary?! It is seriously the BEST thing in the world! This week has been absolutely crazy! So on Monday last week we had an amazing Family Home Evening in church! Usually only 2 other people come besides the missionaries but we had 6 other people there! It was INCREDIBLE! We played a WILD game of Yahtzee (Norwegians love that game... I don't know... Hahahah!) and then we played a game called "lets see how many sticks we can put in Søster Nelson's Hair"… yes! It was very fun! I love these people so much!

So in missionary work you have different zones which are just different areas that cover the missions. We have 4 zones in Norway and I am in the North Zone AKA: the forgotten ones. And then you have your district which is NORMALLY (if you aren't a missionary in Norway) the other missionaries serving in the same area as you, and in that district is a district leader who holds district meetings once a week. So since I live in Norway, my district leader (Elder Curk and his companion Elder Ankeman) live 4 hours away and we have district meeting over the phone every week EXCEPT for once a month where we meet in this town called Molde... and guess what?! That was this week! YAY!!! So we got to actually meet the other missionaries in our "area". So awesome! I love them so much!

The Sister Training Leaders came this week! That is two Sisters called to be kind of like the sister support group!…Hahaha! They just come and visit us for a day to see how we are doing and to get us pumped about missionary work! It's the best :) Sister Hartley is one of the Sister Training Leaders and she was one of my trainers! I love her so much. We got to go visit some less active members and find some people! We met these two girls on the street and they were SO open which literally NEVER happens here! They loved what we had to say and we got to teach them the Restoration lesson and prayed with them! They gave US their numbers and want to meet…another thing that NEVER happens! AND THEN...THEY GAVE US HUGS! AH!! SO SWEET!!! They will be in Italy the next 3 weeks but want to meet up after that! So cool!

So there are not many buses that run on Sundays so Søster Rogers and I took a bus like 30 minutes away and just bonked (knocked) on doors and walked up and down mountains! It was so fun! We visited some less active members and just gave them hugs and a spiritual message! It was way amazing and I loved spending my Sunday in that way…BONKING and visiting!

I am so grateful to be a missionary in this wonderful time and in this wonderful place! I love you all so much and I am so grateful that I am able to share this good news with my brothers and sisters! I love you all!

Gud vær med deg til vi sees igjen!

-Søster Neilson