GOD JUL

GOD JUL!! 
heyyy! I hope everyone is doing soo good!! ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS!! yay!! I feel like the luckiest person in the world to be spending Christmas as a Missionary for Jesus Christ. And fr im not just saying that. I seriously dont think I've been more full of joy than I have these past 5 months. Don't get me wrong, missionary work is HARD, but all the good, happy, fun moments outweigh the hard times. I JUST LOVE BEING A MISSIOANRY, and i dont even have the words to express it. But I LOVE IT. 


This week was GOOD! Like I was saying earlier, there are hard times, but while thinking back on my weeks, I have a hard time thinking of the difficult moments and can only remeber all the good that God has blessed us with here in Kristansand! 


weekly highlights
☆ first off, I JUST LOVE SISTER KRISTENSEN!! she literally is becoming my bestie and im just so grateful for her. I am just so grateful for all these connections that I have made so far on the mish, cant wait to visit her in denmark one day
☆ we had a bizarre lesson with Yazan, homeboy is being a little weird, sooo...moral of the story is, we are going to pass him onto the elders
☆ we had a BOMB språkkafe and so many people came!! Miracles happen!! Maybe it was because we bribed them with hot chocolate lol
☆ its SO dark here, we have a about 5 hours of sunlight every day 
☆ a great excuse for me to speak norwegian ALL THE TIME, is one our friends ( i will not name, but you can probably guess) said he loves the sound of my voice when i speak english, so your girl will only be speaking norwegian to him
☆ elder Scrham and I keep finding more and more things in common and now he calls me his twin. I wouldnt want to be twins with anyone other than my norwegain grandpa
☆ eating sandwitches at the schrams after district council is ny favorite thing EVER. I love my district with my WHOLE HEART. K Sand krew FOREVAAA
☆ my diet rn consists of pears and chickpeas DELISH HAHAHA 
☆ had to make a dance video for the norway mission favebook page ( Kom til Krisus) give it a follow HAHA but your girl hasnt danced in SO LONG, but we managed to choreograph a dance. We filmed it yesterday with the elders and i completely shredded my feet teying to dance on gravel lol but its worth it, also threw a backflip for the first time in 9 months!! Felt so good to finally do it again
☆our cutie christmas DIED, probbaly because we pulled it from the ground and did not water it💀 but we tried 
☆ we celebrated Sister schrams birthday yesterday!! We went to lunch with her and elder schram and then celebrated with cake with all the YSA in our branch!! so fun!! i love her!! 
☆ we finally made it to Arendal for chruch on sunday and got surprised by President and Sister Montague! It was such a good sunday and it was so good to see them again! I LOVE THEM! BEST MISSION PRESIDENT EVER! 
☆ i love sister schrams hugs! 
☆ me and sister kristensens make chocolate covered bananas for dessert and its thr best! 
☆ i am just so grateful for journaling!! If i didnt write everything down i would forget eveything
☆ had pepperoni pizza at a members house and the pepperoni tasted like hotdogs MMmmMmm
☆I LOVE KRISTANSAND!!! 


Spirtual thought
This christmas Ive been really grateful for Mary and Joseph, and I feel like they dont get the credit they deserve! They are the literal earthly PARENTS of our Savior, Jesus Christ. They were responsible for raising Him. 
Teaching Him how to walk.
Teaching Him how to talk
Teaching Him how to read
Teaching Him to share
Teaching Him how to love 
Literaly teach Him how to do everything. 


In complete humility our Savior came to earth as a baby, completely helpless, needing to fully rely on His earthly parents for all care, protection and comfort. MARY AND JOSEPH ARE AMAZING! Here is one of my favorite quotes, and I think it goes for Joseph as well: 


"Can we speak too highly of her whom the Lord has blessed above all women? There was only one Christ, and there is only one Mary. Each was noble and great in [the premortal existence], and each was foreordained to the ministry he or she performed. We cannot but think that the Father would choose the greatest female spirit to be the mother of his Son, even as he chose the male spirit like unto him to be the Savior. … We should … hold up Mary with that proper esteem which is hers.” Gaye Strathearn


I am so grateful for this Christmas time, where we can truly focus on the Savior and all the people that helped Him accomplish His divine mission. 
I hope you all have the BEST christmas ever and truly take time out of the hustle and bustle to remeber why we celebrate Christmas. REMEMBER JESUS CHRIST!! our Savior, who descended below all things, and was born in the most humble circumstance and lived the most humble life FOR US! for eveyone of us! So that we can utilize His Atoning power in our lives and overcome all of our trails walking hand in hand with our Savior. 


I love you all!! Have the most wonderful christmas!! 


søster schneck 


Pictures 
-sister schram!!
- Danish ferry
- cozy schrams apartment 
-christmas song practice 
-best district ever!! 
- pretty winter hike 
- dugar cookies dance Break 
-pretty norway 



















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