It's A Great Work To Be A Part Of-Trondheim Week Sixty Eight

Another week gone. Here we go! First I gotta throw a shout out to the Shaws who sent a way awesome package! This morning upon cleaning I found the Thank You letter that was supposed to be sent a while back. So I must send this shout out before people think I'm a terrible person. I'm the worst though, really. Life as a missionary can be crazy. It was greatly appreciated!!!!! :)

ZLT

This week Elder Childs and I did another Zone Leader Training about the Area Book and Planning. If you've ever been a missionary then you know that these are probably the most exciting things you could ever talk about. I mean, this is right up there with the new Hunger Games movie. So we did our thing and had a great meeting. We played some games. Some of which were way crazy! To illustrate the principle of how crazy it can be to come to an area and be surprised with a bad area book we had a game where players ran down to a bag, pulled out a random wrapped up food item and had to eat it before running back. The first team to eat all the items won. Foods included raw hotdogs, chocolate, rice cakes, a raw onion, olives, a peeled lemon half. Two people almost barfed. But I bet you everyone will do their area book work now! Success.

Zone Leader Training

It looks like so much fun

Not sure what is going on

Scary monster missionaries

These just make me smile.

It must be working.

supplies for their games

The delicious food for the game.

Bodø

First thing is first. No bike crash! I survived. Bodø round 2 went a lot more smoothly. We had a great time even though it was cold and yes crazy windy as always. Nothing really to monumental about our visit there. One of the missionaries was a greenie so as I was on the splits I really grew to appreciate the trainer and had and how his efforts effected me on my mission. It was a fun time to think back and contemplate what has happened since. So yeah, it was cold. That's the story of Bodø prety much.

Waiting in the airport

Bodo

Visiting the Elders in Bodo

Elder Childs, Elder Brink, Elder Hill, Elder Shanklin

Apartment in Bodo

Bodo

Beautiful mountain

Ready for some travel

Mockingjay

Jennifer Lawrence has taken over Trondheim again. She's everywhere. Through a series of events that are unnecessary to disclose at this time....Sister Robbins managed to snatch me a nice ol poster in compensation for a debt that is owed. That sounds really sketchy but just trust me that it's way more normal than it sounds. The poster is right up near Catching Fire. It really gets me pumped to do missionary work. So don't you worry. Really though, she's everywhere. Stores. Bus stops. On Buses. In Buses. Behind Buses. Actually she mostly just chills around the buses. Good stuff though.

Sister Robbins with the prized posession

Sister Robbins and Elder Shanklin

Elder Shanklin and his favorite treasure from Norway.

Camping out

Not sure if I mentioned this but a few weeks ago Elder Collard lost what are the chances and has to sleep on the balcony. This week was fairly mild weather wise so he decided to go for it. I, being the well hearted human being I am, decided to join him. Mostly I just like making memories. So we slept on the balcony and had a jolly good time talking the night away. He's a great guy and it's super fun having him in the apartment! it was like -2 for those of you who were wondering.

Elder Collard on the balcony

Elder Collard and Elder Shanklin

All bundled up for a night sleep on the balcony.

Chef Shanklin

The other night we made a bomb gluten free breaded chicken chinese dish.Granted it took like dinner + all our free time at night to make it but it was way good. Straight gold right there. Chef Shanklin. So amazing. Out of this world. Straight from heaven. The chicken was also good.

Solid Week

This was a great week and really lots of positive things happened. Elder Childs and I seem to still be funneling through investigators faster than we would like. We are really hoping to get some positive ones soon! It's no fun to find people who aren't really interested. It's just not the best use of time. Of course we want to help everyone. We also had a great stake conference this week in which the main focus was really Jesus Christ and how he can enable change in our lives. I really felt gratitude for the ability we have to choose and to become more like our savior each day. It's a great work we get to be a part of.

Elder Ellsworth and Elder Jones went home this week.

Elder Ellsworth, Elder Shanklin and Elder Jones

Clear Eyes

Full Heart

Elder Shanklin