HEy guys!!!
Oslo was really cool. Way too many people though. I didn't know what to do. THe parade was super long but it was fun still. I enjoyed it. WE went to presidents after that and had a barbecue and hung out for a few hours. Norwegians get offended if you proselyte on the 17. Mai. SO we got the whole day to pday. So we played games and hung out for a while. It was fun. Then a long train ride back. I was super tired afterwards. But it was good. I tried taking pictures, but there was a ton of people. Kinda hard to take good ones. I could barely see the parade. BUt I waved at the king when he came out on his balcony. We got to oslo and then waited for the king, and then the parade started which was basically a bunch of kids in bunads and a bunch of marching bands. We weren't allowed to go to the russ parade. Then we walked around oslo a bit and then went to presidents. SOunds like you had a good week.. Jacob got 18th??? Whys that? haha jk He was at state. Way faster than I would've ever gotten. THat's awesome. THey can't all be that old!!! WEird... At least rylees still in elementary school. THat would be super weird. I hope reid keeps winning in high school. THat'd be good. haha Thats good rylee likes tumbling. Will she do it again next year? People are getting married!!!!! We're not that old!! I dont get it.
I'm jealous you got to go to the temple. I miss it. Its So cool. And peaceful. Its amazing what can happen there. You can get answers to questions and you can just feel peace there! I miss the mtc when we could go every week. I've come to replace that with chapels. THey're so peaceful. I love just sitting in them sometimes, when nobody else is in the church. Its just quiet and peaceful. I really enjoy it. SOunds like you had a really cool experience though. Its so true. ITs amazing His love for us. I have thought about that a lot as well. He wants us to progress and move on. He wants us to improve. If we mess up, he's not happy that we did it, but if we are willing to improve and be better, he is instantly willing to forgive and forget as long as we willingly strive to become better. We have so much potential and so much opportunity! I love this gospel! Thats awesome you got an answer about going to school. THat'll be a good thing to have. Its awesome that he's willing to help with that. I have thought a lot this week about how important it is to develop a strong relationship with our heavenly father. We have to pray and keep in touch with him. THis morning i read mormon 9 :27 and basically focused on that. About how we have to work out our own salvation, but we can ask him for help and to strengthen us. HE knows what we need, but he can't just give it to us, we will never learn or grow from it. We have to work out our own growth and work out our own salvation. We have to realize what we need and why we need it while we pray to god for it. WHen we ourselves come to realize something, we learn so much more. It is ingrained in us. We just have to be willing to accept Heavenly Father's will and do what it takes to reach our potential. I had a lot more thoughts on it but it is difficult to exlain on email.. ha so i hope that made some sense.
ANyway. Love you guys so much! It was awesome talking to you last week!
Love Elder Newey
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