Hallå! Well as of this past Saturday, I now have a sister in my family. Congrats Austin and Morgan!
Wow, it's hard to believe that yet another week has gone by! It's been such a good week, with lots of opportunities to teach, testify, and serve!
We also got permission from the world's greatest mission president to watch the world cup match between Sweden and England. It honestly felt kind of weird just chilling out, eating chips on a couch, and watching fotboll with a couple that we are currently teaching, but in the end, it would've been better than walking around trying to find people to talk to...all of Sweden pretty much shut down to watch the match because it was the farthest Sweden had gone in the world cup since I believe 1994. Well, most of you, if not all, know that Sweden unfortunately lost 2-0 to England.....VAD HEMSKT!!! But what was most interesting of all, was when we would ask people if they were sad that Sweden had lost the match and every single person that we talked to about it said no they weren't really sad, it was totally expected that Sweden would lose. Life goes on. I think it was really cool that Sweden fans were able to be happy with how far they had come, and even though they had lost a pretty big match, they could look back on how they had come together as a country to support their team. So while the team might've in essence 'failed', the attempts of Sweden's national team, were still a success!
That reminds me a lot of my experiences on the mission. We try as hard as we can every day from sun up to well...sun still up #midnightsun trying to help others learn of the great blessings in store for those that accept the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. We might not see a lot of initial success. We get ignored, mocked, questioned, you name it, and then we still might not even have people to teach. But, it's important we look at the bigger picture! While we might be 'failing' in these small little battles, we can look at ALL the many successes that we do experience on the mission!
One of those successes is the strengthening of my testimony and I have seen that through the strengthening of my own personal testimony, people that I teach have then felt the spirit testify to them of the truthfulness of my own living witness of Jesus Christ...how cool is that! This past week, we taught Sanna, the woman we gave the blessing to the previous week. The spirit was just as strong this go around and she accepted an invitation to be baptized next month, and she's already received her testimony of the Book of Mormon and the gospel, and wrote it down in her own personal notepad!
Currently, we are seeing a lot of outward displays of success, with a lot of true seekers of truth and knowledge, but we are also experiencing lots of personal success as we continue to develop as people and as missionaries. Elder Thompson continues to impress me as he gives it his all, despite his lack of Swedish vocabulary...I couldn't be a more proud pappa!
Well, friends and family, have a fantastic week! Vi hörs nästa vecka!
Pictures:
1) what a blessing to be district leader to this district!
2) Awesome family we are teaching! Max is the one holding the mountain dew bottle
3) we straight up went to an ostrich farm today...best 20kr I have ever spent
4) in Umeå after a morning run on splits!
5/6) Skuleskogen
-- Äldste Steele
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| 1) what a blessing to be district leader to this district! |
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| 2) Awesome family we are teaching! Max is the one holding the mountain dew bottle |
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| 3) we straight up went to an ostrich farm today...best 20kr I have ever spent |
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| 4) in Umeå after a morning run on splits! |
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| 5/6) Skuleskogen |
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| 5/6) Skuleskogen |
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