Jeg må løpe men tussen hjertelig takk til dere!

Kjære alle sammen,

I love you! I'm realizing more and more lately that Christ is coming quickly! Very quickly. Especially after the last session of general conference. We don't know when, but these are the last days. And I
feel this urgency to help these people come unto their Savior before He comes in the flesh. But I am also realizing more and more that only those who are truly prepared will the Lord lead us to. Everyone needs the gospel, but not everyone wants the gospel. I'm finding that to be so true as we talk with people on the street. And there is so much more to missionary work than we realize. The Lord could do it by Himself, but really, it's about the missionary. It's about helping the missionary grow and change and become.

And as I was reading Alma 9, I felt like the scriptures were so alive. They were talking about my life. Alma was commanded to take Amulek and go forth and preach. Alma was Amulek's trainer! And these people have forgotten the tradition of their fathers. Their fathers are the early saints who sacrificed everything for the gospel. They have been so prosperous and "saved from famine and sickness and all manner of things." They have "received so many blessings from the hand of the Lord" and yet they"transgress contrary to the light and knowledge which they do have."

Most of the people we talk with don't even believe in God. It's scary. And you should hear the excuses they come up with! But I love what the promise is from God, because He does live, and He is aware of us. "And at some period of time they will be brought to believe in his word...and many of them will be saved, for the Lord will be merciful unto all who call on his name. And not many days hence the Son of God shall come in his glory; and his glory shall be the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and long-suffering, quick to hear the cries of his
people and answer their prayers."

I know that this is true! "He cometh to redeem those who will be baptized unto repentance through faith on his name." Our Savior, Jesus Christ lives and He is the solution to every problem. I love these people of Norway and I know that those who are prepared are here. It's exciting to find them! And "if they have been righteous they shall reap the salvation of their souls according to the power and deliverance of Jesus Christ." Which is what we all want, right? Cling to our Savior! He lives! On

Saturday we were leaving our apartment to talk to some peeps and we said hi to this lady and she stopped and stared at our tags and then said the craziest things I have ever heard! I wrote about it because I was just so baffled at what she had said. This is what I wrote: We just talked to this lady who told us that she thinks the American government is corrupt and sending us here to live in such an expensive place when so many people in America need help is ridiculous and we should be sending our money to them instead and she literally told us, "Stop. Just think about it and stop. Go home." She said we shouldn't be telling people how to live their lives and what they should believe in. I've never felt so defensive in my life! But I also immediately thought of Christ and His persecution and suddenly I understood. So I am grateful. And I know He lives! I know that this is His true and living gospel.
I can't describe it very good, but it was crazy!

It's just amazing to me how hard Satan is working to do anything he can. I'm not sure if I'll ever have someone to tell me to go home like that again, but I'm grateful that I walked away with a stronger conviction of what I know. And sorry, lady, I'm not going home.

Adrian came to church yesterday again! Ah man. He's golden. We are meeting with him this week and we are going to set a  pecific baptismal date with him. I just can't get it out of my head that he is only 16. We were talking to him about prayer and he told us that it reminded him of one time when he was really little and he felt like he should pray and thank God so he did. He said it was weird because his family never talked about God or anything religious, but he could feel that God was there. Our spirits know!! It's so exciting to remind people where they came from!

Sorry this is so long and preachy... Jeg må løpe men tussen hjertelig takk til dere! I love you!

Love,
Mikelle

Oh. P.S. We went to naked park and made delicious carrot soup. boil
some carrots, pour them and their boiled water in the blender, add
coconut milk and curry and then put a dollop of greek yogurt on the
top! We're getting all fallish over here in Oslo!