A Strange Mission: November 2012

Monday, November 26, 2012

Thanksgiving

THANKSGIVING!!!

Well this Thanksgiving consisted of many things that I have never done before on Thanksgiving! I went bowling with the branch here in Tromsø and I did not stuff myself silly with food!.... In fact the only food I had was a seal sandwiches! Yeap that is right SEAL! and it tasted great and I made them myself, but its not that hard to make a sandwich, but I figured I should let everyone know I cooked my own Thanksgiving dinner... haha so that is something new! :P but here are some pictures and an awesome video of me getting a lucky Strike for Thanksgiving! and no sorry folks I did not get a Turkey! while bowling! :( I kept getting 2 strike's then a spare! it was very sad!

but o well I guess there is always next year! O Wait next year I'll be home so I guess it will be back to Football with my good friends!!!

P.s. MY NEW ADDRESS IS....

Vardevegen 205A

9018 Tromsø

Norway

Branch President (Tobias) Busting a dance move! after going for a spare!

haha No Luck! only 1 pin!

My New Companion Eldste Johnson!

Henrik assistant to the Branch President!

Branch President (Tobias) and my companion Eldste Johnson

Chilonda and Arild

Final Scores! im E S my companion is E J
I didn't win but not bad!

My Thanksgiving dinner! there really is seal inside the sandwich
you just cant see it! o yes and I had milk!

It was Really yummy!!!!

The view outside my house on Thanksgiving day!
that was at 12 in the afternoon the sun never breached the Mountains!

just alittle bit more to the right of the other picture to give you the full view!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT!!!
Love Elder Strange!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Just a little Service

JUST A LITTLE SERVICE...

Well I know I have been sent to places where my talents are needed throughout my mission, it has been a wonderful experience to be able to help so many people on my mission. A little while ago Elder Perry and I had the chance to do some service for some elderly members of the branch here in Ålesund, who often do not make it to church due to their health conditions. We had been told by some people of the church that they needed help maintaining their yard due to the fact the rider lawn mower was broken and they where unable to push the regular lawn mower. So we went to offer our services. As we were clipping their grass and trimming the hedges the husband of the family uncovered the rider mower, and tried to start it. Well for those of you who know me! I love engines and I love to work with them. I could not resist to ask if I could take a look. After changing the spark plugs and filling the engine with starter spray, it would not turn over. I looked at the air intake and that lead into the carburetor. I could see no gas was going into the carb... so I took the carburetor apart and cleaned it out well, and came to find there was some kind a hardened crystal like material in needle blocking the flow, so with a small needle I was able to clear it out! after cleaning the carburetor and 5 minutes later of putting it back together and putting back on to the mower it was time to see if she would turn over! :) feel free to see what happened!

(you may want to pause the music over on the right hand side of the blog.)

ok ok and we didnt pull start it! I did cheat and used the jumper cables from the car because the battery was dead and I just wanted to be able to start her right up! haha yeah I guess I'm still a little impatient... :) But it was GREAT to see how happy they were and it was truly fantastic to be able to help them! I love being here on my mission and having these wonderful opportunities to help others... And I am grateful to be here in Norway.

Hey we got it! :) just need to adjust the idle!

Yeap that should do it! Let's clean up!

Monday, November 5, 2012

The Journey so far!

Hey everybody! so this week I feel like sharing my some of my scenery pictures from all the places I have been so far. I am so excited to be able to share these pictures with you today! So I hope you can enjoy a couple of beautiful moments that I have been lucky to see. Each picture will be labeled with the city in which it was taken. I hope everyone has had a great week! and I want to thank everyone for all of there Love and Support! (THANK YOU!) På Norsk ( TUSEN TAKK!) I love you all!

Love your Friend, your Missionary, Son, adopted Son, And fiancee!

Elder Strange!