Let
it be known to the world that Elders Farnsworth and Johnson survived
Påske. We saw more than our fair share of Norwegian tumbleweeds on the
streets of Mo i Rana this past week.
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I've acquired the terrible habit of walking in the middle of the road when nobody's around!
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It's rather surprising: over
Christmas there are two days where everything is closed, and no mail
running. Over Easter though, we have a whole week where everything is
closed and no mail running. Easter > Christmas, apparently!
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This week rocked for a few reasons. The first of
which is that the sun is up a LOT. Little did I know from my Californian
youngster knowledge, that the further north you go, the quicker the
transition between light and dark. Svalbard (Norway's
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Ladder to the top of our roof - awesome!
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northernmost
island) for example goes immediately from winter to summer or summer to
winter, no transition seasons of spring or fall. Mo i Rana has a touch
of that feeling - light is noticeable until 9 pmalready.
Since no body was around, Farnsworth and I decided to get some sunglasses to sport around during the week! BD
Buses were shut down the whole week as well. We got our walking, pinecone-kicking legs back in shape to say the least.
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General Conference!!!
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We were invited over to watch General Conference
this week too! I encourage everyone to go on a mission just so they can
experience General Conference from the missionary perspective. The
Spirit is always so strong. I've also picked up the very same tactic
Elder Matthew Putnam uses for General Conference. After watching the
talk, I write one action I will implement into my life because of that
talk.
The greatest thing I got out of General Conference
was also a product of the past Zone Conference which has been prodding
me to make an organized study journal. Instead of just writing down
promptings, ideas and questions as I read arbitrarily chosen topics I
study a specific subject with an index to refer to in future date.
Therefore, if any one comes to me with the same issue I've faced before,
I just look up what answers I received before! Now I can have an
organized, referenceable book of revelation all to little ol' me! This
is especially exciting because I can place Conference talks, ideas and
questions and personal experiences all under these topics. I'll have a
library of possible church talks to give. The mission just keeps on
giving, doesn't it?!
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We busted out the bikes this morning . . .
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One thing that has pleased me more beyond all else
is hearing from my friends on their missions :). The joy in this gospel
is true, it is real, and it is good because it is discernable! It is
also lasting - more lasting than any other joy on this earth.
Ælsk livet! (Love the life! - in Northern Norsk :])
-Eldste Bryce Thomas Johnson
P.S.
Gurt ol' pal, plenty of letters have made it to Norway with only one
First Class stamp on it. I'll pray for it to come if not :P
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Ramen w/ veggies
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