Hey Dad,
It was so good to hear from you. It's always nice to know I'll have mail waiting for me on P Day.
It's crazy to imagine Utah without snow in the winter. It's scary to think about all the potential wildfires that will cause in the following months. I hope that something comes soon. As for the weather here, its been a mild winter for Norway also. Last year was their coldest on record, and this years there's hardly anything. It's wet here in Bergen, but that's typical. There's a small bit of snow in the mountains round about, but not a whole lot. And it's not that cold. Maybe in the 30s. As for the HUGE storm that was supposed to hit us, it passed Bergen by about 50 miles. But the North got hammered pretty bad. It caused a lot of damages, and 4 people died. Other than that I haven't heard the particulars. It was strong enough to get it's own name though. I don't recall it, well just refer to it as hurricane Gadianton haha.
Elk hunting sounds like it will be really fun, just difficult having to hike, esp after your knee surgeries. I hope it pays off though. I'm excited to hear what comes of it!
I've heard of that game that Jace likes. It's called Minecraft. It started to get really popular, but I never got into it myself. The graphics were 8 bit, and just painful to look at. But old school gamers loved it. There is a lot of fun you can have with it, Im sure, but if I wanted to play a game where I build cities Id stick to Warcraft 2, at least there I can destroy the other guys city :) Just personal preference I suppose.
I talked to Jeff a little on Christmas. He sounds really happy with his current GF, and says that marriage is definitely the goal. I hope all goes well in that, and will be happy to hear how it progresses.
Costa Rica sounds like it will be a good break from it all, esp if you just get a chance to sit, relax, read, think... My mission president has a son serving there. his first member dinner was a soup with fish heads in it, eyes and all! He said he had to pray to be able not to puke. Makes me grateful Im here being served delicious pasta, lam meat, potatoes, fish cakes, and tøtebær.
As for the package, I have 1 and a half summer sausages left, and some of the pop corn. I finished the almond rocas yesterday. Sooo good. Thank you so much again. It was great! And the Fish Oil is working wonders. No more wishy washy, somethings-rotting-inside-of-me, my-bodys-lacking-something feelings. Never realized the sun did so much. But the long sun rises and sun sets make it worth the long hours of darkness.
So my new companion is named Elder Stoker. Hes awesome. I can already tell were gonna do great this transfer. Hes super good at the language, and has the program down. I know the language will really take off this transfer. I picked up a big fate dictionary. Every missionary here, as well as the mission president, says itll be your best purchase. It's really been helpful so far. Its usually 999 kroner for it, but I found one on sale for 300. Score! So took it! Ive learned more in the past 3 days with this guy than i did all last transfer, so Im excited to see how i improve. Ill definitely keep you posted.
Last week we went to Edvard Griegs house. I will send pictures when i get a chance. I dont know if you're familiar with him. He was a composer from Bergen. He was huge in Europe. He was like Norways Mozart. It was really neat to see it. One of those once in a life time experiences. The view around the house was beautiful. It sits on the side of this cliff overlooking a lake with little forested islands out in it. You only see views like that on postcards.
My most spiritual experience this week was actually yesterday. One of the YSA came up and asked if I could give her a blessing. Her name is Ane Rebekke. Shes actually our next baptism. But her family lives in Stevanger, and are super traditional in the State Church. They were furious when she told them she was getting baptized. Well, her g-pa died this week and she has to go back tomorrow for his funeral, and shes terrified to face her family again. She was saying that she should be grieving, but she cant because she is so terrified to go home. She just told her family over Christmas break, so for her to be having to go back already is too soon for her. So I and my companion gave her a blessing of comfort and protection. I dont even remember everything that I said, I just spoke as the Spirit directed. I hope that it brought her the comfort she needs. Ill tell you more about her when I come home. her story is actually pretty incredible. but shell be baptized on the 11th of Feb. As for our last baptism, the freakin kid wont come to church so we keep pushing it back. So frustrating. We're planning to meet with him Friday and hopefully get him to church next Sunday. I just want him to feel included. I think the only reason he hasn't been coming is because hes shy. So well work around that.
Well, thats about it. I know that my work here will pay off hard core at some point. I may be really ineffective for a year and a half and kill it the last 6 months. Im really studying hard right now to prepare me to me a beast next year. Ill still study, but im really cramming it in now so that I wont have to next year, even though I will be I wont have to....did that make sense? I just really dont want to disappoint anyone here if my baptism numbers are low. But Im growing exponentially in spirit and knowledge. It will set me for life like nothing else can, that includes the Military. There's just something different in the atmosphere of it all.
I hope this week goes well for you, and I look forward to next weeks letter. We're going to an aquarium today. Ill be sure to write about that next week. And yes, the days are gradually getting longer...by about 3 minutes a day. Im looking forward to seeing what summer is like. I bet it's just really green and beautiful. Love you Dad.
-Elder Rasmussen-
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