It sounds like you guys have had a
really super awesome week. And
that's good because I had one too! Just out of nowhere the last part of
my week with elder Anderson was the one of the best we had had. It was
interesting because just as he's leaving we now have investigators to
actually teach and things to actually do but that's ok. We got to do
enough right before he left that it really helped me. Tuesday we taught
an unmarried couple from Ålesund and Trondheim and had a lot of fun on
the last day with our old district. Wednesday we had an activity with
the young men where we were able to schedule a couple of teaches with
cool people and then we split up and taught with young men. This was
very good for me to do to kind of have a teach with someone who really
wasn't experienced. So that was way good. But what was really cool is
that one of the appointments that we had was with Kim! That means
nothing to you guys, but he's one of the coolest experiences I've had on
my mission. Like for realsies. He was the guy we
found right after we found Rakel. We taught him for 3 hours the last
night before Anderson left, and the 16 year old Andre Rosenskilde (who
we eat dinner with every wednesday) was with us. It was sad to watch him
and Anderson part, because the three of us had become way good friends.
He's legit. And he's alive again! He was another one that we lost
contact with which killed us but he worked out. Go faith! I'm using all
of it that i've got.
To answer you question about her(the lady who had
read the book of mormon) I don't think I told you about the worst
experience of my life. But that experience was us trying again and again
to get in contact with her and it's not even that she said no I don't
want to meet its that i'm pretty sure I saw her and she's been ignoring
us anyway. Boo. That night where we are almost sure she hid from us I
almost wanted to cry. At weekly planning the next day I did cry. Me and
Anderson had tried so hard and just hadn't been able to do anything. But
it was almost a blessing. We were trying our hardest and doing
everything we could and we couldn't get anything out of it. I'm not sure
if last transfer meant as much to Elder Anderson as it did to me, but I
will never be able to explain just how awesome last transfer was. We
had a ton of fun, and the deepness of our relationship together was only
increased by the incredible trials that we went
through together. For serious though, when I was going through our area
with my new companion, he was like wow... You lost them too... yup.
Darn it. Anyways.
Starting on thursday, You will never understand what
it feels like to watch basically you're older brother leave you and get
sent to Narvik. He's..... gone. For good. THis didn't hit me until like
saturday. And really it took me a while before I had any idea what was
going on. But my new companion Elder Ellsworth is pretty cool. He
reminds me a ton about myself. And really I just had to decide that my
experience going forward was going to way different than elder anderson.
It's not a problem to teach him or even be the only one who understands
people. That hasn't been too much of a problem yet. It's mostly just
been the fact that Anderson isn't here. That's like all I know.
Everything is just weird without him. Without getting all gushy I almost
cried one night when I just missed him. So basically my life was not
farts and sunshine for a couple days. It's still kinda weird and kinda
hard but it's gotten easier. Anyways. But going
forward I know that I can do what I need to here. To answer your
question, maybe there is someone I'm supposed to find in Oslo and maybe
not. All I know is that the more I rely on the Lord the better I am. I
become better, and I know that as long as I do my best I don't have to
be perfect. I'm trying to muster all the faith in my being to make
something happen. ... We're the underdogs of the mission. The two
youngest missionaries in the mission running around Oslo. But it's been
fun. The more I have just relaxed and just wait for teaching
opportunities to arise for my companion and others they've always come.
And I have known what I needed to do. I will thank my own trainer for
the rest of my life though :) No one but him could have done what he did
for me.
All I can say is that the Lord has blessed me and
helped me to rise to the challenge. I can now understand swedish
perfectly, and almost any other dialect that people speak. I understand
old people, and have never before just kinda always known what to say. I
wouldn't say any of this has anything to do with me. Nor will it ever.
:) Hopefully I can get over the whole, needing to be compelled to be
humble thing. Anyways. Good times :) When it's hard, it's real.
On a more personal note: Grandpa really meant a lot
to me, but I am happy for him. Him and Delilah are together again, and I
think he is much happier now. His trial in life is finally over, and he
has gone to rest in the paradise of his God. I hope I can continue to
learn the importance of what this actually means, and nothing is sweeter
that an increased understanding of the Savior and what He has truly
done for every single person individually.
I hope I can hold onto who I am and everything I've
learned. And that I don't get weird! Anderson kept me not weird... ok
that's a lie. It's impossible to not be wierd. :) I love you all so
much!
I pray for all of you, and I need your prayers. I'm getting hammered out here :) But I love it!
Love,
Christopher
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