Hallå!
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| 1) Me and a good 'ol pal of mine |
I have officially completed my first transfer in Sweden! Transfers are 6 week periods that the mission is split up into. Over 2 years, there will be 17 transfers, so this means that I am 2/17 done with the mission since the MTC is counted as the first! I have grown so much this transfer and can't wait to see what this next transfer has in store!
A quick update on Veronika! This week was very, very crazy for both us and Veronika, so all the times that we tried to meet fell through. I was feeling pretty down about it, since it is so important to keep contact with someone with baptismal plans, and I was worried things might not work out. But then, she showed up to church yesterday and really enjoyed it!! And then after church, we invited her to join us at our member meal at the Sjökvists, and she came with us. The members are really awesome here and are really showing their friendship to Veronika. We had an amazing lesson about faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the holy ghost, and enduring to the end-which is known as the gospel of Jesus Christ! Veronika is scheduled to be baptized on November 4th and we are all so happy to see her prepare for baptism.
As far as the craziness of our week, it began with splits on Wednesday. My district leader, Äldste Liljenquist, came down to Gävle to be my companion for the day. We got a lot of work done before we went to meet a member at the city square. She feeds us every week and had told me she was preparing something for my birthday, so I was super nervous/excited for what she had planned. We met up, and then she ended up taking us to a restaurant, which is basically the Texas road house of Sweden. They even had peanuts on the table to throw onto the ground. We ate SO much food, and I was just amazed at the generosity of this member. I am forever grateful for what she and her husband did for us!
The next day, we planned to have district meeting in Gävle. Well my companion ended up getting stuck in Borlänge because all the trains got cancelled for the day. So, I ended up being comps with Ä. Liljenquist for another day. They finally boarded a train in Borlänge (the only train that left Borlänge that day), and we all met up late in the afternoon. Since Ä. Liljenquist is training next transfer, he had to go down to Stockholm for a training meeting. So, that left Friday for a tripanionship with Ä. Barney. We all had a really good time together, but having three people in one companionship is quite difficult. I hope I don't have to do it again in the near future.
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| 3) Skål!! The dessert was basically an apple pie milkshake |
Other than that, we are continuing to give it our all here in the beautiful city of Gävle. A lot of times to get through the day, you just have to look back on your experiences and just have a good laugh. Here are two funny things from this week in contacting:
1) A man came up to us telling us that he was Tom Cruise's doppelganger (false), and then he told us a bunch of Tom Cruise facts, including every movie he has ever been in.
2) A drunk man on a bike grabbed onto my backpack and yelled EVEREST (which is the brand of my backpack). He then asked us how tall everest was, and then he yelled a random number, something like 6,547, and then biked off.
Being a missionary is so awesome. Not only is my personal faith in Christ strengthened every day, but I also have the opportunity to help others strengthen their faith in Christ. I love it.
Ha det så bra!
Pictures:
1) Me and a good 'ol pal of mine
2) Ä. Liljenquist, Ä. Barney, Ä. Harper, och Jag at a world food festival
3) Skål!! The dessert was basically an apple pie milkshake
4) Another picture of Sweden
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