Well Hallå!!
We had a lot of rain this
week, which could have been really gloomy but we actually had a lot of
fun. Last night we had to walk an hour home while it poured rain and by
the end we were jumping in puddles. It was a lot of fun! We even met a
man walking home and he borrowed our umbrella. Tomorrow he wants to meet
too. That was cool. Its amazing. Just being happy really makes a
difference to other people.
You know how much fun it is to be a missionary?!
Seriously! We got a referral from a member and then when we couldn't
meet with her because she is so busy. She works in a restaurant near the
church and that where our member met her. It was super cool. I love to
be a missionary.. we get to stalk people and not feel bad about it. Its
for a good reason. So we went and ate the restaurant and then ended up
talking about all of her questions and she is actually super interested.
She is just too busy right now. We were able to go back and give her a
Book of Mormon and it was so so cool. She is very humble woman that
believes in God and really just wants to understand the truth and why
there are so many churches. We are teaching another man who just started
to believe in God. That is super cool because we found him through the
ward activity when we went out with the young women and young men. The
young women actually found him!!
Wow zone conference was on Friday and wonderful! We
learned so much and the coolest thing happened that night. After
learning a lot about the fall and practicing how to teach it we actually
got to use it the same day. There is a bus driver that we have spoken
to before and he drove us home from the station that night after
conference. As soon as we stepped on the bus he asked about Adam and
Eve. He is a Jehovah witness and sounds pretty active. We had a nice
conversation with him and were about explain very simply the fall. It
was amazing! After a long day.. that was like a nice cherry on top. At
conference a man from the Utby ward came just to give his testimony and
talked about how wonderful it is to have the ward grow so much. The ward
had 15 new members in the year 2011.. haha and he talked about how sad
it would be if they didn't see growth or have new life in the church.
Its like new life coming into the world is what he talked about. It
reminded me of Utah though.. I had never seen a convert baptism until my
mission. My companion couldn't even believe that. Makes sense though
when there are so many members and we get baptized at 8.
I forgot last week to tell about one of the YSA
here, Felix he is waiting to go on his mission right now and he
did the coolest thing last week. He has a friend in Alingsås that is
super inactive and last week when he visited with her she went to have a
smoke asked her not to. They started talking and he asked her if she
wants to quite smoking. She said yes and he told her, "If you read
Mormons Bok I can promise you that you will quite smoking." She asked
him, "How thick is it?" HaHa I was so astonished! That is so bold and
just wow. Members here really blow my mind sometimes. Well now this girl
is beginning to read the Book of Mormon! We had dinner with her family
the next day and her mom told us all about it. She was so excited. Wow
the influence our friends can have on us!!
I have totally ran out of time but I have some
sad/good news. Manal flew home to Lebanon for a little while or long
while! Not sure how long yet, BUT the president said that we can skype
her. YAY!!! I hope we can keep it going the same until she comes back I
don't want her to be forgotten. That would make me so so sad. I'm
excited to continue teaching her even if its only skype. Its like really
being with them!
Have a wonderful week! Thanks for all you do.
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