Äldste Steele Goes To Gymnasiet

Email written: 3/12/18

Hejsan!! Det är otroligt att jag har redan varit i Stockholm en månad..tiden går fort alltså!

This week was quite eventful and began with a zone conference here in Stockholm. All of my companions are in this zone so that was super exciting to see Elder Lewis and spend a lot of time with Elder Harper and Berlin! It was a fantastic conference and we received quite a bit of training for the phones we'll be getting next month. Pretty soon I'm going to be saying to all my homies "Add me on Facebook!" haha. 

3) Våra elever!!!!!!!!

This week, Äldste Baggett and I had the opportunity to teach a class of about 30 kids at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasiet. Gymnasiet is pretty much the Sweden equivalent to high school, so we were teaching kids our age. It was such a crazy experience and we were actually able to do it because my dude Elder Berlin arranged it for us. Before we went to teach the class, we made a PowerPoint on the computer so we could have an "official" presentation when we came to this ritzy school. Making a ppt stressed me out a ton and I remembered how much I don't miss school haha! Well, as soon as Elder Baggett and I walked into the classroom, he turned around and just said let's not do the PowerPoint and then we just stood up front and started teaching. I kept thinking the worst possible case scenarios, but everything worked like clockwork and all the students were asking really good questions and were super interested in the church. We gave them all Articles of Faith cards and let them know they could call or text us if they had any more questions. You never know what could come out of something so simple as teaching a high school class. That's what's so great about missionary work! We do all that we can to open our mouths and teach other people the gospel and then Lord takes over and performs miracles! 

Also, this week I almost died....

On Wednesday nights we have dinner at the YSA center and then usually stay for institute right afterwards if an investigator or a less active we are working with comes. Well, as we started eating dinner, I was eating pretty fast. I was hungry and the food was way good so I wasn't just going to take little bites. We'll, I'm pretty sure you all know where this is going...I started choking and I start panicking. I pick up my glass of water and start chugging down water but all of it is getting stuck in my throat because there's food in it. I quickly stand up, pushing my chair back and dropping my fork on my plate. I look at Elder Baggett and he's just like "umm...what?" And then I point to my throat and he still isn't understanding and then I remember back to elementary school where we learned the international sign of choking and so I put both hands around my neck and then Elder Baggett springs into action. My life has already flashed before my eyes and this point. But, just as I thought I was done for, my comp comes behind me, doing the Heimlich maneuver, saving my life in front of about 20 other people. Thank goodness for Elder Baggett #live #wild #yolo

2) stadshuset

1) another cool church we saw around town!

Life is good, and the work is moving forward. Jag kan inte klaga! Hope you all have a great week! Ciao!

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1) another cool church we saw around town!

2) stadshuset

3) Våra elever!!!!!!!!

-- Äldste Steele