Fre 26: Pday. We cleaned up everything from Christmas and then took it easy. For Swedes, the 26th- they call it annan dags jul- another day of
Christmas- but it is basically another holiday. We had dinner with the Ö
family-I love them! Oh just det, My Mtc group had a conference call to say
goodbye to our sisters next week. That is super weird.
Lör: We went out and tried to be as effective as we could be. We had a nice
member meal with a family from Skåne-down south-and I love their
accent!!!
Sön: We didnt have any investigators in church because they were out of
town, but it was kind of nice not to worry about if or when people would come
-we could enjoy the Sacrament and really reflect on all that has happened in the
week. Plus with the new year it was a good time of reflection. My companion gave
a talk about resolutions. It's something we have talked a lot about. For so long
I just remember writing a bunch of things I wanted to do in the year -never
really making it personal or a SMART goal. And then we realized that we need to
do it with Christ. Christ is the one who makes God's goal -immortality and
eternal life of man -possible through His atonement. Why can't He make our goals
possible. Plus, setting goals that He wants us to so that we can grow in the way
He wants is always better than our own ideas. It was a very good
talk/discussion. The rest of the day we were with members and contacting people
on the streets.
Mån: We went it to the temple to see the big group going home. I gave
Sister Kennedy Byrd- a couple of things to drop off at home. Go to her
Homecoming next sunday!!! (That's Nikki's friend from high school.) We met up
with E -a member, and his new friend C who is interested in the church.
It's frustrating because he doesn't talk ever, so we don't know if he understands.
But it seemed like it was a good lesson with him. I don't know ha.
Tis: We met up with the Assistants to go on exchanges. I was with Elder
M -my father- down in Jordbro. We had a blast together, just like old
times. It was a really cool day. We didn't have a lot planned, in fact just a
bunch of knocking and swing bys. But we taught some guy at his doorstep and
talked with 45 people on the street. We had 2 random people from the street we
ended up talking with for an hour each. One, we just offered to help this lady
carry her heavy suitcase for her. We dropped her suitcase off at home and then
went to the church to show her around. She liked it a lot and we are meeting
with her again! The other was another guy who has had a lot of problems in life
recently. He took us in and he wanted to know what God wanted him to do now! So
we told him to watch a conference talk from a living day prophet! Totally random
stuff this day but God was willing to bless us for working hard. We also met
with H and he is doing really good. He is thinking about a mission, but for now
he is focusing on school!
Ons: New Years EVE!!! We worked hard during the day until we had to stop
proselyting at 5pm. We also worked on our personal resolutions for the year and
then made our way to the Ö's house. They invited us over for new years! Gosh,
they are so awesome. So it was 5 of them and then us 4 missionaries. We played
lots of games, told stories, and then watched the fireworks go off! This was the
first year in a long long long time where I didnt' run around outside screaming!
hahaha I am going to do that next year though for sure:) There were lots of
fireworks. It was awesome. We were allowed to stay out that late if we had
members who could drive us home -which we did. When I got home, I crashed hard
and slept great.
Med stor kärlek
Äldste Johnson
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