Gott Nytt År Allihoppa!
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| 2) hejdå äldste |
Well, this week went by so quickly, yet again. Time flies when you're having fun. Sadly, Äldste Berlin and I's time was cut short, as we found out on Saturday that he would be moving to Stockholm to be an assistant to the mission president. I was able to learn quite a bit from him and I'm thankful for the 6 weeks I was able to be companions with him. My new companion is Äldste Lewis, a missionary who is just one transfer ahead of me. I'll be meeting him on Wednesday as we travel back to Gävle together for another 6 weeks in the city that I gladly call home!!
Highlights of the week:
- Our investigator, Marco, was married in our church building to a member! It was the most simple wedding I've ever been to and so awesome that Äldste Berlin and I were able to support them as no one else came. Marco is set to be baptized in 2 weeks and is really making a lot of progress. He is willing to change everything in his life to follow God, be baptized, and prepare for the temple in 1 year. I will get those pictures next week of the wedding!
- I read the entire Book of Mormon this past week! That is now the 4th time that I had read the book and I know it to be true. This time when I prayed about the truthfulness of the book, a thought came into my head. "Why did you leave everything behind?" Well, I thought, it's because I know it's all true!
- I tried surströmming for the first time and it was 0/10 do not recommend. It's basically 5 year old rotten fish, so it smells bad and tastes just as bad as it smells.
- Äldste Berlin and I received a bunch of compliments on our Swedish this week. One man said "You two speak fantastic Swedish. There were 3 girls here before that just spoke terrible Swedish, no one could understand them hahah" and then a member later that day said "Wow, I am impressed with your Swedish abilities. You don't have the American accent that so many people have. It's quite refreshing(something like that) haha" It's great to know that the Lord is helping us out big time and allowing us to develop as effective tools in his hand!
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| 1) a snow homie |
Each week that goes by, I begin to love Gävle more and more and it truly feels like my new home, a place that I never want to leave. As the year 2017 came to a close, I really began to think about my experiences from the year and the experiences that I want to have in the coming year. I thought a lot about something that I said a lot as I was leaving home and something I said a lot at the beginning of my mission:
"I'm putting everything on hold for 2 years"
I came to realize, that I didn't put everything on hold for 2 years. My family, my friends, my experiences, only shaped me into the missionary I needed to be. I don't need to dwell on the past and think about what life could be like if I were home. I'm living in the present, working hard every single day for the welfare of these peoples souls. I'm doing the most important thing in my life and I'm loving it samtidigt! There's truly no greater work man can do in his life. That's a fact jack!
Ha det så bra!
Pictures:
1) a snow homie
2)hejdå äldste
3)anna-baby, a member we visited this past week #sass
4) the dome kyrkan in Uppsala is something else!
5) same thing
--Äldste Steele
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| 3) anna-baby, a member we visited this past week #sass |
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| 4) the dome kyrkan in Uppsala is something else! |
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| 5) same thing |
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