Kjære familie og venner

Well another week down in Oslo. We spent a lot of time out on the streets trying to find people to teach. Our biggest problem is it is vacation season in Norway. Vacations are huge in Norway, the country literally shuts down. It's not as bad in Oslo as it is in smaller areas, but there are still entire stores which are closed for the summer because all of their employees are on vacation. Most people who are still around are either currently on vacation, meaning they are not from here, or about to leave on vacation, meaning we can't meet with them for another few weeks. So we've met a couple of cool people who are gone for a month haha. The investigators who are left over from the previous elders here turned out to be not as positive as they sounded. It's been a week of canceled appointments and people not showing up. 

Fortunately, Oslo is an alright city for that to happen in. Just cause there are definitely more fish in the sea. 

Elder Lillywhite and I did a little checking on familysearch.org. Turns out we're definitely cousins. There are two Lillywhite brothers who were with their families in Nauvoo when the Mormons started heading west. Elder Lillywhite is descended from one brother, Benjamin, and I'm descended from the other, Joseph. Incidentally, Joseph's son married into the Romney family...the sister of Mitt Romney's ancestor. So that is how Mitt Romney and I have the same something-great grandfather. But anyways, yes there is definitely a family connection between me and Elder Lillywhite.

President Evans came and spent studies with us one morning this week. That was pretty cool, he also went contacting with us afterwards. He's a much more by-the-book kind of guy than President Johansen was and there are definitely some changes about to happen. The district leaders in the mission have a meeting with him this Thursday, so I'm sure we'll hear all about it there.

That's really it for exciting news this week. We don't have any real positive investigators who are worth mentioning, so check back next week =) We went on a hike later today. Pictures are attached.

Elder Sessions