Velkommen TiI Arets Første Kamp!

Heit ærlig det er veldig vanskelig Hiá begynne mitt blogg noenganger så tusen beklagermen jeg skal bare hop right in to what went down this week. Sorry for the Norwegian-English, derskje noen ganger. All right about this week we had splits so Soster Bennett came down to Asker to serve with Soster Love and I for a few days. It was such a blast. Soster Bennett came to Norway just six weeks after I did and is a stellar missionary. She came to Asker on Tuesday and so from Tuesday to Thursday it was kind of all up to me. 

You may ask what my first order of business was as the leader of the pack. Let's just say, Norwegian hockey games are wild! All right, now to explain myself to everyone who may think I am and unfocused missionary.  We had good reason to attend this Norwegian hockey game. We have been teaching a lady here in Asker ever since I got here. She is awesome and she is making such great progress. One of our last lessons she was telling us about her week and how she works with the Asker Frisk ice hockey team and she invited us to their first game of the season. We of course got permission from our mission president to go and so with his approval we were able to attend, not only was it a really fun experience for us, but a lot of good came out of the hockey game as well. Our investigator would come and talk with us throughout the game and we were able to learn so much about her which was awesome. That wasn't the only good thing though, our investigator was actually going around and talking to all of her coworkers about us as well. We were actually able to talk to a few of them and we even got one of their numbers and he actually came to church yesterday! It was way cool to see how much good came from a Norwegian hockey game. Sadly Asker Frisk ended up losing to Stavanger, but we like to think it's because we had to leave the game early. Anyways, it was a really cool experience and we are now big fans of the Asker Frisk. It was a great and fun way to start off the week. A week that would continue to be great and fun. 

passing out cards at the hockey game

On Wednesday we had a solid lesson with another one of our investigators. It was really cool to see the spirit work in her. She was really open to what we had to say and she really connected to the Joseph Smith story which was really cool. She still has some major questions but she has been so prepared and is allowing faith to work in her. It is so cool to see how the gospel can help people each and every person in their own individual way. Which brings me to another solid lesson we were able to have this week. 

This investigator has been investigating the church for almost 10 years. We have had some really awesome lessons with him but nothing quite like this. This lesson was more of a discussion and it was way cool. Since he pretty much understands almost every aspect of the Gospel we were able to just kind of talk about how the Gospel has impacted our lives and just share personal stories and bear testimony. The spirit was so strong and he was intently listening to every word he said. We all came out of that lesson stronger in the faith and he even invited his sister to come to church with him. It was really awesome. We had a really spiritual Sunday service yesterday and the members here never cease to amaze me. 

One of the members gave a talk in sacrament meeting on repentance and there are really no words to describe the spirit that he brought to that meeting. We had so many wonderful spiritual experiences this past week and some really fun ones as well. We drove out with the elders this past week to Hønefoss to go and visit one of my favorite members in this area. She is so cool! We had dinner and just had a wonderful time together and before we left I noticed she had a Texas magnet on her fridge. I pointed it out to her and she started to sing "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Like what the heck? How cool is she? How many Americans, let alone Norwegians, know that angelic song? I'm so blessed by her. 

the road to Hønefoss

moose sign

We accidentally left our trash out and something got into it.

We also were able to visit a less active and her daughter yesterday. Less active is actually from America and had made us sloppy Joe's. It was really nice to just sit and talk and eat sloppy Joe's. Also her daughter has a black cat as well, so it really couldn't get any better. I am really so blessed to be serving these people and to be having fun doing it as well. I hope you all have a wonderful week and get to have some fun and spiritual experiences of your own. Love you all!

Klem,
Søster Blankmeyer