Here is Carrie's new address:
Daklaven 11
1671 Krakeroy
Norway
(Ok, but the a in Krakeroy has the little dot over it, and the o has a slash through it, but I am at the Phipps house, and they have an english keyboard!
I know Carrie would love to hear from you!!
Monday, May 26, 2008
My Time In Stavanger........
In today's email, Carrie shared a few thoughts about her time in Stavanger:
Well, about my time in Stavanger. I love it here. I am going to miss it soooooo much. It has just been an amazing time of growth and learning. I love the members here, and we have been able to get a lot of the youth back in church, so hopefully they will keep going. It has been so cool to see the gospel work in their lives, and it has helped me a lot. My own testimony has been so strengthened just by trying to help them get a testimony. I feel like I have had so many wonderful experiences, and lots of hard one's too, that have helped me to figure out some things. Mostly, I think that Stavanger has such a special spirit here, and I have never felt the love of Heavenly Father so much as I have here. I think it helps that I have learned to recognize it a little more... But mostly I will miss the people. I have become really close with the members here, and with our investigators. It was cute, because in Sacrament meeting, they sang "Each Life That Touches Ours for Good," and two of the youth here looked back at me, and just pointed at me and were like, "This one's for you!". SO of course that made me cry more, but it was just a good feeling to see the good that has come out of me being here. So, overall, it was a wonderful place with lots of good experiences, a place that I will never forget. So that is the short version of how I feel about my time in Stavanger..... :)
Well, about my time in Stavanger. I love it here. I am going to miss it soooooo much. It has just been an amazing time of growth and learning. I love the members here, and we have been able to get a lot of the youth back in church, so hopefully they will keep going. It has been so cool to see the gospel work in their lives, and it has helped me a lot. My own testimony has been so strengthened just by trying to help them get a testimony. I feel like I have had so many wonderful experiences, and lots of hard one's too, that have helped me to figure out some things. Mostly, I think that Stavanger has such a special spirit here, and I have never felt the love of Heavenly Father so much as I have here. I think it helps that I have learned to recognize it a little more... But mostly I will miss the people. I have become really close with the members here, and with our investigators. It was cute, because in Sacrament meeting, they sang "Each Life That Touches Ours for Good," and two of the youth here looked back at me, and just pointed at me and were like, "This one's for you!". SO of course that made me cry more, but it was just a good feeling to see the good that has come out of me being here. So, overall, it was a wonderful place with lots of good experiences, a place that I will never forget. So that is the short version of how I feel about my time in Stavanger..... :)
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Leaving Stavanger :(
We just got word that Carrie is leaving Stavanger and going to Fredrikstad. She will be transferred this Wednesday morning. She will be riding a bike and her companion is a Finnish sister. Carrie is so sad to be leaving the people she has loved so much in Stavanger! We can only trust that Heavenly Father has a great need for a wonderful young woman like Soster Fox in Fredrikstad! :) I will post more information as soon as I know it. Please keep Soster Fox in your prayers as she faces this new challenge! Love to all!!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Syttende Mai (Norway's National Day)
Another Holiday In Norway!!
Today is May 17 which is Norway's National Day. A day like the 4th of July in the US. It is celebrated nationwide with children's parades and lots of festivities! A great chance for the missionaries to get out among the people and mingle. A friend in the branch Carries serves sent these pictures of some of the flag waving at the parade in Stavanger!! Tusen takk, Julie!!
Looks like it was a sunny day there, probably not too warm, though! Carrie is still wearing her coat. I don't think she had any idea how much she would wear that coat!! She is going to want to burn it when she gets home!! :)
Today is May 17 which is Norway's National Day. A day like the 4th of July in the US. It is celebrated nationwide with children's parades and lots of festivities! A great chance for the missionaries to get out among the people and mingle. A friend in the branch Carries serves sent these pictures of some of the flag waving at the parade in Stavanger!! Tusen takk, Julie!!
Looks like it was a sunny day there, probably not too warm, though! Carrie is still wearing her coat. I don't think she had any idea how much she would wear that coat!! She is going to want to burn it when she gets home!! :)Carrie with her good friend, Julie Phipps. Carrie looks like a a real Norwegian girl these days!! :)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Fun with Soster Splits!!
Last week Carrie and her companion split up for a couple of days and traded companions. Sister Silvennoinnen is from Finland. Carrie had a great time with her and some funny moments helping her learn about American things!! Carrie shared a few fun things in her letter last week:
But yeah, things went really well with Sister Silvennoinnen. She is a really cool girl! We got along really good..... She was happy to have a change of pace and try some new things, and so I just showed her a good time, and she loved it. Funny story though...... She is Finnish, and so she is not familiar with American food. So she wanted to try everything! And so I told her to go for it..... I come out of the shower, and she points to the Pepto Bismal, and she is like, that stuff was kinda weird..... HAHA! I told her it was medicine, and she almost died! She tried the shortening too! Funny stuff. But we had a lot of fun together, she is really nice! Very European, not that that is a bad thing, but you know, just different. There are some things that she doesn't like about Americans very much, so we had a nice long chat about learning to understand one another. Basically she thinks I am amazing, and I am like, honey, I am an American too, don't forget that! Funny stuff! So yeah, we dropped her off at the airport on Wednesday, after we ate at the Phipps. It was so funny too, because her english is ok, but she is very unsure in it, and so really, the common language was Norwegien, and so that is what we spoke most of the time. Well, we were over at the Phipps, who speak NO norwegien, and she was doing pretty good at the whole English thing. And all the sudden she just starts speaking to me in Norwegien, so I answer her back in norsk, and this goes on for a few minutes. And all of the sudden, she is like, AHHHH!!!! I am soooooo sorry! She just starts apologizing to the Phipps, and they are like, ummmm we don't care. It was really funny! So we dropped her off, and then I went back to the Phipps for a few hours while we waited for Lewis. I just snuggled into Becka's bed, and talked to Sister Adams the whole time I waited. So, all in all, it was good to get Lewis back and get back to normal. I think we needed a little break too, so it was a really good thing. So it was a real adventure!!
But yeah, things went really well with Sister Silvennoinnen. She is a really cool girl! We got along really good..... She was happy to have a change of pace and try some new things, and so I just showed her a good time, and she loved it. Funny story though...... She is Finnish, and so she is not familiar with American food. So she wanted to try everything! And so I told her to go for it..... I come out of the shower, and she points to the Pepto Bismal, and she is like, that stuff was kinda weird..... HAHA! I told her it was medicine, and she almost died! She tried the shortening too! Funny stuff. But we had a lot of fun together, she is really nice! Very European, not that that is a bad thing, but you know, just different. There are some things that she doesn't like about Americans very much, so we had a nice long chat about learning to understand one another. Basically she thinks I am amazing, and I am like, honey, I am an American too, don't forget that! Funny stuff! So yeah, we dropped her off at the airport on Wednesday, after we ate at the Phipps. It was so funny too, because her english is ok, but she is very unsure in it, and so really, the common language was Norwegien, and so that is what we spoke most of the time. Well, we were over at the Phipps, who speak NO norwegien, and she was doing pretty good at the whole English thing. And all the sudden she just starts speaking to me in Norwegien, so I answer her back in norsk, and this goes on for a few minutes. And all of the sudden, she is like, AHHHH!!!! I am soooooo sorry! She just starts apologizing to the Phipps, and they are like, ummmm we don't care. It was really funny! So we dropped her off, and then I went back to the Phipps for a few hours while we waited for Lewis. I just snuggled into Becka's bed, and talked to Sister Adams the whole time I waited. So, all in all, it was good to get Lewis back and get back to normal. I think we needed a little break too, so it was a really good thing. So it was a real adventure!!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Pics sent from friends in Norway!!
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