9/1/14

Hey Guys!

Thats sad summer is dying.  That is never a good time. I hate how school kills that. You guys might be cooling off faster than we are here.  We have been fairly warm still except for a few days of rain. Its no good because my shoes that i bought a while ago, no matter how much the lady at the store said they'd be fine for walking around in, were not made for missionary work.  The big holes in the bottoms let in a lot of water... haha But I am on the lookout for cheap shoes. I am pretty disappointed in those shoes.  Plus Im told we will be getting ipads soon, and we have to pay 400 dollars for them. THats a lot of money!  Things are going well though. I get really excited about potentials we get lately because those have been hard to find, but they usually tell us they changed their mind and they really dont want to hear a message anymore.  Lame.  But things are going well though.  REally excited for the bednar conference this weekend.  We had moves call yesterday morning. Im staying here in moss, but elder g is leaving. SO im getting a new companion, elder G.  I think hes from utah from what ive heard.  I dont know too much about him.  Im pretty excited for all thats going to happen here with the bednar conference.  We're hoping that j can come. I might even get to see l from bergen if she comes. Shes been meeting with the misisonaries for a long time now.  I heard she was really close to baptism last time i talked to the missionaries there.  Itll be way cool though. There will be members from all over norway. Im excited.  This last week though we did some more banking and kontakting and stuff. It was fun.  There hasnt been too much exciting happening here.  THanks so much for the package though.  American candy is good. ANd jacob, thanks for the little boulder. It sure makes me feel bolder… haha Im jealous of how to train your dragon two! Ill have to watch it in norwegian when it comes out on dvd haha.  The first one is really good.  Today we are having pday in halden with some of the district. Itll be cool. We're going to se an old fort and the sweden norway border line. Itll be fun.  SOunds like you are all doing well though.  :)  I might need some recipes for healthy snack. THat are cheap. And the ingredients actually exist in norway.  Youd be surprised how hard that is sometimes.  Hope you guys have fun hiking today! 

This last week ive been reading a few talks by elder bednar that he requested all the missionaries to read to prepare us for our meeting. They were really good. HE talked about how important it is to be converted and how we really need to not just have a testimony but also be converted. HE talked about what it really means to be converted.  Then in sacrament meeting ysterday we had testimony meeting and i was thinking about what it means to have a testimony. in norwegian testimony is vitnesbyrd which literally means wittnesses burden.  I liked thinking about it that way.  I thought about how if you have a testimony and you act on it it is like having the burden of one who witnessed or found for themselves that something was true. Its added responsibility.  That is true conversion. When it is a burden. not in a bad way. But when you realize you believe in something so you have to act on it and live up to the responsibility you have been given by knowing.  ANyway thats just ben something on my mind. I hope you guys have a great week! Love you all! 

Love Elder Newey