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Message from the PresidentDear Elders and Sisters,

We were greatly blessed to have Elder Causs visit our mission. His

assessment of the mission is that we are a mission of great potential, but we

are undertrained. This is an accurate assessment. For our part Sister

Johansen and I were thrilled and grateful for all of the information and

counsel Elder Causs was able to give to us. We have committed ourselves to

implementing his counsel and being 100% obedient in an effort to be more

effective missionaries.

In an attempt to ensure that we get the most from our recent zone conference

with Elder Causse, we are devoting this issue of the Harvester to the counsel

Elder Causs gave to us so that we may be better able to increase our abilities

as missionaries. This article will be a summary of many of the things he

taught us.

In this mission we BAPTIZE CONVERTS.

You will learn from the Holy Ghost. He will whisper to you. Focus on your

personal and individual needs.

Being a member of this church is to be a missionary.

Love is an irresistible force, the love of Christ.

There is an urgency with this work. You only have two years to serve your

mission. The Lord doesnt need us, if we dont do the work the Lord will get

someone else to do it. The urgency is that there are people who are prepared

and need to be found. We are called to bring about the elect of the Lord. The

elect people are prepared people.

A bold missionary is a missionary who is motivated by a love for the people

and a love of the Gospel. A bold missionary is loving and humble, confident

in the Lord.

When you go to the members you are there to help them.

Baptism is an event, conversion is a process.

In finding the elect, your goal is to find an entry point. You should not be

mechanical. Be natural and honest. If you say you are missionaries and they

reject you, they are rejecting you. If you teach a principle and they reject you

they are rejecting the principle. To get an entry point, teach a principle. Ask

a question. Testify. The companion then testifies. The companion then

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November 2009

Message from the PresidentContinued from page one

Planning is finding the will of the Lord and making it a part ofyour day. We are not working on our plans but the Lords plans.

Planning is the key in all you do. The Holy Ghost loves planning.

During the 9:00-9:30pm planning session no phone calls. We

need to have very specific planning sessions, who, where, when,

how, why and what. Why plan in the evening? Sleep on the plan

when you wake up you will have additional ideas in personal

study. The companionships need to role play the situation. Evenwith planning it can fall through. Nephi went out not knowing

beforehand what to do, but he went out anyway.

Lesson 0. Ask a few simple questions. Get to know the

investigator. Have a prayer. Give an overview of the first three

lessons. Give an overview of the program 3x3x30 for four

weeks. Give them a baptismal date. Finish by inviting them to

experiment making commitments, to read pamphlets, come to

church make appointments ask for referrals. Do you know.

Finish with the investigator praying.

Baptismal calendar. After working it out with the investigator,give the calendar to the ward mission leader. He will give it to

the ward council so the ward council can use it as a blueprint to

know what they need to do to help in the conversion process.

Add an extra week for after baptism where home teachers and

visiting teachers will be assigned, after baptism discussions

taught, and a calling given. If the convert is a man add receiving

the Aaronic Priesthood.

Envision the work in Norway with your spiritual eyes.

We dont have enough missionaries to teach all those who are

prepared to receive the gospel in Norway.

We are asking missionaries in their weekly email to the president

to comment on the principles they are working on and share any

miracles or spiritual experiences associated with implementing

these principles.

Elder Causses assessment of our mission was we have excellent

missionaries but we are a young mission and as a mission weneed to become better trained. We need to use our study time

both individual and companion to sharpen our skills so we can

focus on the message and not ourselves.


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With Love,

President Armand D Johansen and Sister

Johansen

MISSION TOUR with

Elder Grald Causs

Of the Seventy

OSLO ZONE CONFERENCE28. Okt. 2009 Hekkvein menighet

MISSION TOUR

Elder Grald Causs Of the Seventy

NORTH & SOUTH ZONE CONFERENCE

29. Okt. 2009 Romerike menighet


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Notes from the Mail Room

Soon to arrive is the October Conference Edition of theLiahona. Baptismal calendar forms and a copy of the

DEICATORY PRAYER FOR NORWAY will be included in these

MISSION TOUR

Elder Grald Causs Of the Seventy

Notes from the Office

November 2009

Arriving Missionary

3 November 2009

Steven Jens LingeOrem , Utah

Eldste Linge was born in Tnsberg, Norway


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for your companions Norwegian is speaking to him or her all the time inEnglish. Non-perfect Norwegian is MUCH better than none at all.

You have been called to speak Norwegian. Heavenly Father hasinvested a LOT of time and money into you, and has given you anamazing opportunity to learn valuable lessons, and acquire valuableskills that HE will utilize for the rest of your life. Neglecting to live up tothis part of our calling is disobedient. This mission is to have a cultureof obedience, diligence, and faithful service. Our goal is that when newmissionaries arrive in this mission, they are brought into anenvironment which allows them to quickly progress to their fullpotential. This is not simply in a companionship; its something thatneeds to be present throughout the mission.

There are common concerns such as Well, I dont want to havethis meeting/study in Norwegian because I cant convey the Spirit aspowerfully. HALLO!!! We TEACH in Norwegian daily!!! If we cantconvey the Spirit, weve got some work to do! We would much ratherhave people practicing this with missionaries than on people who are

investigating the gospel. Dont let the sacred environment of aninvestigator teach be your training ground for conveying the Spirit.This is why Elder Causs said that we need to do role playing

daily. This is the reason there is an entire chapter in Preach My Gospelcompletely dedicated to Learning the Language. Let us worktogether in creating the Norwegian atmosphere we need in order toenhance our missionary skills. Let us each strive to set the example forthose with whom we serve. Let us be accountable to the Lord in all thatwe do, and show Him that we are willing to accept our call. We love youall, and are excited to see the progress of this mission.

Med Vennlig Hilsen,

APENE

Baptisms Reported in October 56

YTD as of 10/31 Goal year 84

Baptism Confirmation

Name Date Date Location

Missionaries

Cruz Olivares, Flora Edith 3 Oct 3 Oct Stavanger

Mission Pratt/Severson

Olsen, Carina 11 Oct 11 Oct Romerike

Stake Bishop/Maxwell/Carr Yeboah, Jennifer 9 Oct 11 Oct Fredrike

Stake Jaffa/Richardson

Our Miracle ColumnLesson 0 comments

I really enjoyed hearing from Elder Causs. He had some great insights and

ideas. I really felt like he was inspired on being bold and showed very

specifically how to be bold, which was good for me. Lesson 0 was a really

shocking idea! We think it will be a tool that could help us to stay focused on

baptism. Itll be a challenge, but Im sure as we learn to push people to the

limit, it will allow the Spirit to do a lot of miracles for us. I think it will really

help me be

I also liked the idea of planning for specific people and really thinking of who

they are. We have started to do it and it really adds purpose and excitement

to finding as we try to find the people we have spiritually discerned.

My companion and I have been doing role plays in our companionship study. I

now feel more comfortable while contacting and I am very confident in the

situations we are in while we are on the street. I feel that all this is ablessing from practicing Lesson 0 and what Elder Causs

I really wanted Causss Mission Tour to help me be a better missionary.

Instead of just going to a zone conference and thinking that it is nice without

really applying it, I follow up every night. I do an accounting of what Elder

Causs taught and make plans for the next day

We especially like the feature in Lesson Zero about asking the investigator to

list some of their own personal questions that we can answer for them. Thisopens up opportunities to really study for investigators during personal

study. We will master the Lesson Zero through practicals in companionship

study and through practice with ward members. Speaking of practicals, we

decided to try a new teach to find during our contacting last Saturday. We

talked to people about smoking what their opinions were. Surprisingly

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