Hejsan!
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| 4. Me and my awesome comp. |
I would like to first take a moment of silence. If you're wondering why, check the date. I might be in Sweden, but I haven't forgotten about America just yet!
After being in Gävle now for just about 2 weeks, we are now pretty comfortable with the layout of the city and the bus schedule. It was quite overwhelming at first to figure out everything in this city, while also following up with everyone the past missionaries worked with. But now, we are in the full swing of things and Äldste Harper and I are just working hard every single day trying to bring others closer to Christ.
As of now, we have one really strong investigator. His name is Alex and he first met the missionaries in 2015 (Syster Adamson, my Swedish teacher, is actually on the teaching record as the first missionaries that taught Alex, so that's kind of wild). As we met with Alex, he shared with us that he absolutely loves everything about the church, the beliefs, the standards, the love he feels from it. The only thing stopping him from joining the church is his girlfriend that actually lives in China. He is thinking a lot about the future and he doesn't want to join the church if she isn't interested. We really had a great conversation with him (half swedish, half english so I understood all of it) and really began to understand him and discern his needs. During our lesson, I then had an impression to tell him something really cool that could take place for him and his girlfriend. I told him, if he took the first step of faith in the church, he could be the one to baptize his girlfriend in China. His eyes lit up and the very words that came out of my mouth (not my words, but the words of the Spirit), touched his heart, and everyone in the room knew it. We really have a lot of hope for Alex!
Other than that, we are really trying to find more people through a variety of ways. One of those ways is through street contacting, where basically we just start walking around the city and strike up a conversation with someone. It can be very difficult at times when person after person won't listen, or even throws in some expletives at us. We continue to press on and find the people ready for the gospel! Something kind of funny we encounter from time to time is when someone who doesn't know Swedish super well tells us "Jag är inte interesant" Which translates to 'I am not interesting', rather than saying "Jag är inte intereserad"
I love you all and pray for your success in this upcoming week!
Kämpa på!
Pics:
1. Just Sweden being beautiful
2. Speed bumps here in Sweden are called 'farthinder', fart means speed, but to us Americans, it is quite a funny word
3. So I found out today there are more female priests in the Swedish Church than there are male priests....hmmm interesting
4. Me and my awesome comp. Something cool about him is that he has two different colored eyes.
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| 1. Just Sweden being beautiful |
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| 2. Speed bumps here in Sweden are called 'farthinder' |
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| 3. So I found out today there are more female priests in the Swedish Church than there are male priests.... hmmm interesting |
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