Hej!
Where should I even begin as I try to explain all the good things that have happened this week?? Transfers have officially happened and I've been with my new companions for almost a week now. Elder Norin is now in Helsingborg. Working in a tripan is a lot of fun. There's a lot of benefits, but at the same time there can be a lot of drawbacks, like making enough food for 3 and also making sure we don't overwhelm people as we contact them, but we're learning as we go and things couldn't be going better for us! Elder Mathias is from Oregon and Elder Johnston is from Arizona and it just blows these people's minds that we're not all from Salt Lake City. Also, Elder Johnston's mom is from Sweden and she was baptized in Märsta and so that's super cool to have in a companionship, someone who can relate even more to the Swedish people since he's a half swede!
But, anyways, we have been hitting the ground running since these new elders came off their trains on Wednesday. Just because it's the last transfer doesn't mean we stop running!! We go to the end, until we reach the finish line! But, to be honest with you, if every week can be like the past week that we had, I am going to have the time of my life and continue to become something better.
A lot of weeks of my mission, I haven't reached our goals. We have set goals for people in church and for new people being taught and what not, and like a lot of other weeks, this week was one of those weeks where we had all 0's to report. I say this only to point out that it isn't all about numbers. I can reflect back on the week and remember all the great miracles and good experiences that I have had that have been a huge blessing for the area of Uppsala.
Till exempel....
On the first day we were here, since we were in our short sleeve shirts and walking around stan, we were contacted 4 times!!! 4 people that came up to us instead of us coming to them! One of the guys that stopped us was on a phone call and then all of a sudden, he stopped us and said hey excuse me, I need to talk to you people. And so we waited for him to finish the phone call and then after he was done, we all had the chance to bear powerful testimony and even a member that just randomly happened to be with us also bore testimony of the joys of the gospel and there was just so much power in it! It doesn't happen very often that 3 missionaries and a member get stopped by a man wanting to know more about the church. So that happened.
Also, we made some friends at the volleyball courts and played a little bit of sand volleyball in our shirts and ties. Everyone was quite confused but also super curious as to who we were. #plantingseeds
And then, the highilight of the week was the fact that we gave out 10 copies of the Book of Mormon. Not just 1 or 2...but 10. And those 10 were given out between Friday-Sunday!! Elder Johnston made a post on Facebook to give out a free Book of Mormon and this man's post got so much hate and there were so many people trolling on the post just making rude comments. Lots of people also wanted to take the post down, but that didn't stop 2 people reaching out to ask asking for a copy of the Book of Mormon. And not only did they want a copy, but they also said that they had a friend that was WAY interested, and so those two messages turned into 4 copies given out. One of the people ended up being an American! What a small world! But it just goes to show you that even if people will hate, and even if the post gets taken down, the work will continue to move forward and everyone will have the chance to learn about the gospel.
Also, the other books we gave out were on the bus. We have such a good system. Front, middle, back. That's 3 people every bus ride. Pretty soon, this whole city will know who we are! Life is so good y'all! Only a few more weeks as a missionary, but the efforts now are going to have of eternal importance. Hope y'all have a good week!
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