Hur är läget?? Wow, another fantastic week here in the beautiful country of Sweden. The first snow has hit several parts of Sweden already, and so snow in Gävle is just right around the corner. It's also started to drop into the negatives (Celsius) so vintern kommer.....
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| 1)We helped a member put up Christmas lights before it gets too cold |
Quick update on Blessing: Blessing came to church this past week and I was able to translate for him again! It's such a cool experience to translate, especially when I've only been in this country for 2 months. My translation isn't perfect, but I get the point across to him and he is uplifted nonetheless. As we were sitting there talking after sacrament meeting and I asked him how he has been feeling since he started coming to church. He told me that he really loves coming to church and that he actually has felt a lot happier since he started coming. We are working with him to be baptized at the end of next month so we will see how things continue to progress with him!
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| 2/3) Me and Ä. Ahonen |
Now, to the the highlight of the week. We went on splits this past Friday and I was companions with an elder who has been in Sweden for only 3 weeks. His name is Äldste Ahonen, and he actually comes from Finland. He's a little bit older than most (21), because military service is required in Finland. As much as Ä. Ahonen and Liljenquist tried to get things set up for us to do, they came up with nothing, so we were left to hit the streets and contact all afternoon. I really was terrified since I've only been here 9 weeks, and him 3 weeks, and we are both still pretty rocky at Swedish, especially when understanding people. Well, in the end, that day with Ä. Ahonen, a man I would definitely call my own brother, turned out to be the best day of my mission this far. During the entire contacting stund, I understood every single person we talked to, except for one, and I only had a hard time with Swedish in one of the people we talked to. We testified with power and we knew exactly what needed to be said in exactly the right moments. The help that we received from God was incredible and we got 10 potential investigators (basically people who switch numbers and want to meet to learn more). It was such a remarkable day and I'm never going to forget it!
Funny Story of the week comes from our contacting stund in Borlänge. We came across a man who talked in a super high pitched voice. Ä. Ahonen knew immediately that he didn't come from Sweden and then we found out that he was from Finland, so the two had a nice conversation in Finnish, and I just stood back and listened, not having any clue what was going on. After the conversation, Ä. Ahonen looked at me and said that guy was crazy. I had him translate for me, and apparently the guy was talking about crazy little monsters that he sees that climb over him and do bad stuff to him. He also talked about how they broke into the hospital and stole drugs to put into his coffee. Stay away from drugs kids.
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| 2/3) Me and Ä. Ahonen |
Other than that, this week was just absolutely crazy, with one thing planned after another. We are getting fed all the time by the members here in Gävle, and I'll be honest...I've put on a few pounds. I'll lose it later and enjoy the food while I can haha! We are doing a lot of good here in Gävle and things are just going to keep on getting better as we work hard and work alongside the awesome members here.
Tonight, we will be travelling to Stockholm for zone conference tomorrow and I am super excited to go back to Stockholm! It's going to be the perfect start to the week ahead.
Well, have a great week everyone! Until next week...frid ut Älskar er.
Pictures:
1)We helped a member put up Christmas lights before it gets too cold
2/3) Me and Ä. Ahonen
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