Email written: 9/25/17
Hallå igen!
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| 4) Äldste Strong and Äldste Barney, two missionaries that were in my same MTC group |
Wow, I cannot believe another week has flown by just like that. I've been in Sweden about an entire month already and I have learned so much this past month both spiritually and language-wise. I love having the chance to learn so much every day. You really begin to learn a lot about yourself as you help others 24/7.
The first double of this week, is the fact that we have 2 investigators who have set up dates to get baptized!!!!!!
The first investigator is Veronika. Last sunday, she randomly showed up to church with her best friend (a member in Sundsvall) and agreed to meet with us later in the week. She told us that she had come to the Gävle Branch a few times as a kid, so a lot of the members recognized her and there is already so much love for her. Veronika is really really awesome and has a strong belief in God and a desire to help others.
Our second investigator is Zoran, a young kid with parents from Iran, but was born in Sweden. Zoran is one of the top magicians in Sweden and has performed several cool tricks for us when we meet with him. He has a really good heart and a desire to learn the truth.
The other double this week, was that we traveled to Stockholm twice this past week!! We had zone conference on Tuesday where all the missionaries in the Stockholm get together and pretty much get pumped up to do missionary work. The other time we went to Stockholm was for a leadership meeting that taught leaders in the church how to work with missionaries. Both meetings went super well and everyone in the Stockholm area is just working very hard, but more importantly, working very smart!
Stockholm is SUCH a beautiful city, full of waterways and really cool old buildings. They give out the Nobel Prize every year in Stockholm and I'll include a picture of the building where they do it in.
As far as the Swedish language goes, there are days where I can understand everything people say and have really awesome conversations, and then there are days where I understand about -2% and my head just hurts after a long day. But in the end, I'm loving this language! My favorite word right now is probably 'matglädje', which broken down into two parts is mat(food), and glädje(joy). If there were ever two words that deserved to be together, it would be food and joy, eller hur?
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| 3) A church just outside of Gävle |
Well, I would just like to end this letter by saying that Jesus Christ is my Savior and my Redeemer. This past week when we were out contacting, a man just straight up told us that Jesus didn't suffer for us and Jesus can't save us. Well, my dear friends and family, I'm here to tell you that we all can be saved through the Atonement of Jesus Christ! That is very, very true.
I love you all and I hope for the best for each and every one of you. Hej då!
1) Where they do the Nobel Prize
2) Stockholm
3) A church just outside of Gävle
4) Äldste Strong and Äldste Barney, two missionaries that were in my same MTC group
5) A laundry selfie taken very early this morning...enjoy
-- Äldste Steele
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| 1) Where they do the Nobel Prize |
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| 2) Stockholm |
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| 5) A laundry selfie taken very early this morning...enjoy |
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