Schneck, Siri

Hei alle sammen!!  This past week was SO good and full of miracles, laughs and memories! I just feel so blessed to be here and I never want to leave Ksand!  When Presdient first told me I would be doing my 5th transfer in Kristiansand, I was honestly a little bummed... 7.5 months is a long time haha. Its definitely hard to see other missionaries move on every transfer and it feels like I'm just stuck lol but this past week has been such a good reminder to me that this mission isnt about me and what I want, and it never will be. My mission is to align my wills with Gods and help His children come closer to Jesus Christ. TRUST GOD!! After changing my perspective, I've been able to regain my love and excitement for the cute city of Kristiansand and its people! Feel forever blessed that I get to serve here  weekly highlights ☆ we had an awesome lesson with our friend Anna-Carin about baptism. We invited her to be baptized and she was a little unsure so we told her we understo...

Hey! WOW! sorry its actually been forever since I've written an email, I've been slacking, BUT I'll do better  These past few weeks have been CRAZY but so so good! As always, LOVE being a missionary! I hit 8 months which is actually INSANE, time is going way to fast and Im not a fan. but what has been cool is to see the hand of the Lord in the work over the past few weeks. GOD IS GOOD!  We got transfer news and drum roll please.... YOUR GIRL IS STAYING IN KRISTANSAND HAHA Its crazy to think I'm almost halfway done with my mission and Im still in my first area, but its teaching me to trust God and really put my mission in His hands.  here are a few highlights!  ☆ we watched the Book of Mormon videos with one of our friends and she fell in love with Nephi HAHAH ☆had a traditional norwegian christmas meal on sunday of pinnekjøtt (look it up) ☆ last p day we played soccer a district! So fun!  ☆ had a little scare with the Word of Wisdom HAHAHA cant wait to tell that...

Heyy! Welcome back to another weekly email from yours truly! This week was SO GOOD! so many tender mercies, love Kristansand and love this work! I hit my 23rd week in Kristiansand, but whose counting.... BUT.. don't have that much time today, so here are a few exciting updates!  ☆ we put our friend Ine on baptismal date!!  ☆ had an AWESOME lesson with this lady from Sweden and she only speaks Swedish, so I'm practically tri lingual (jk it was so hard and gift of tongues kicked into high gear) ☆ got recruited to choreograph a "dancing queen" dance for the YM and YW for their stake dance  ☆ convinced an old norwegian lady that I play basketball at BYU(long story haha) ☆ so many miracles have happened here and I wish I had time to explain them all! Just wait til next week Just know I love you all and so does God!!  If you have time please read Mosiah 13:1-9!! It is a great reminder of Christs Atoning Sacrifice for us!  søster Schneck

Hey gang! Another crazy week has come and gone in good ol' Ksand. This next week will be our first full week in Kristiansand since the first week of February, so crazy! But not too much to report on, so here are your favorite... weekly highlights ☆ had a mid-mission crisis and CHOPPED the hair  ☆ while knocking doors we somehow knocked on the same door as I had maybe 4 months ago, and the same dude opened was like "uhh yeah still not interested" HAHAH this is what happens when you're in the same area for 6 months  ☆ we took a road trip to Oslo for First Transfer Training. Its about a 4 hour car ride and sister Nartker is scared to drive in Norway (dont blame her) lets jsut say it was a LONG 4 hours of driving  ☆ we had dinner at the mission home! I just love all the missionaries and President and Sister Montague ☆ got a parking ticket in oslo... TRAGGIC. literally the parking situation in Norway is so dysfunctional HAHA I'm surprised this is our first ticket ☆ALSO...

Hey gang! Soo let me explain the title of my email. For christmas my mom sent me the BRIGHTEST green shirt with an avacodo on it saying " i avoco-dont know what im doing" ngl when i saw that i was SO confused because she knows i would NEVER wear a shirt like that HAHAH but she explained to me that its because im always saying I have no idea what im doing or whats going on, so now i have a sick avocodo shirt that just explains my life at the moment. But more about that later... ️weekly highlights ☆ last pday we flew to Bergen for a special Zone Conference with Elder Phillips!  ☆ it was my first time flying in Norway and of course Im the one that has to know whats going on lol, took a while to finally figure out what was going on, but we did it. (first avocado moment of the week) ☆ got flagged down by security TWICE and had to get patted down and swabbed, but we made it out clean and caught our flight.(avocdo moment) ☆ had a giant sleepover with half the sisters in the mission ...

Heisann!!  Hope you all had the BEST week ever!! This week was CRAZY but really good. There has been so much change, but it truly has been the biggest blessing! EMBRACE THE CHANGE!! I set that as my motto for 2024 and I am so happy I can focus on that. Change isnt the easiest for me, but i can always look back retrospectively and see how much growth has come from the change.  ️weekly highlights ☆ Søster Lindley and I took a 5 hour train ride from Kristansand to Oslo! I have taken this train ride SO many times, but its always so beautiful, so I'm not complaining. ☆ on the train we sat across from this 19 year old dude and we started talking him and ended up teaching him ALL 4 LESSONS on that 5 hour train ride HAHA he was soo interested and thought it was the coolest thing  ☆ this same dude ended up telling us a little about the graduation culture in Norway and it is INSANE. LITERALLY INSANE, it puts the U.S graduation traditions to shame. All the kids who are graduating fr...