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| The Luleå crew reunited! E. Archibald, S. Mod, E. Elinkowski |
Hello!!
This
is the first week in a while that we haven't gone on splits, and may I
just say THANK HEAVENS!! I needed a recoup week :) We had a ton of fun!
On
Monday, we headed down to Stockholm with the elders! Elder Lofgren
needed to get souvenirs for his family before he went home, so we went
and were tourists for the day. Haha I love shopping with elders.
Him: "So I was thinking about the gold bracelet for my mom.."
King and I: "We like silver better!"
Him: "So I was actually thinking about the silver bracelet for my mom..."
If
you ever need shopping advice, make sure to ask the sisters. ;) Haha!
But we had a lot of fun in Stockholm and were able to teach this cute
Mexican lady named Grisel when we got home :)
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| I live here! How cool is that? |
On
Tuesday, we went to Mission Leadership Council! It was so fun to see
some of my friends that have become zone leaders recently :) We chatted
and chatted and learned about how to extend better commitments. I'm
totally one of those people who asks, "Can you pray tonight?" and the
investigator says, "Like eh maybe" and I get scared to push them and
lose them so I just say okay. Haha. It was a good lesson for me! I
learned a lot!
The rest of the week, we have
been contacting up a storm! I don't know how it is in most missions, but
here in Sweden we rely almost completely on street contacting to get
new investigators. This means we teach a lot of street lessons. We
contacted the cutest Polish lady and taught her, and she was so
positive! I was 300% certain it was because my name is Polish and she
felt the connection. Haha :)
Our investigator,
Kim, that I talked about a few weeks back, is having a pretty rough time
right now. We haven't been able to meet with her because she has been
back and forth between Uppsala and Stockholm with a funeral for a friend
and trying to take care of her family, etc etc. If you guys wanted to
pray for her, I'm sure she would appreciate it! :) She is so cute
though. She always is sending us texts about how she knows God is there
for her.
On Sunday, I translated sacrament
meeting for an American who was here on business. One of the speakers
shared Matthew 25:40, about how when we serve others, we are really
serving God. He talked about these acts of service are usually not big
things, but small things that happen every day. I've heard that
scripture countless times, but this time it meant something different. I
thought back on my mission thus far, and I'm realizing that God has
blessed me with so many little opportunities to serve Him. I haven't
done any great things. I haven't baptized a million people (in fact, I
can count all of the baptisms I've been at on one hand). But I have put
my everything into the mission, and I will be leaving my heart here when
it's time to go. My mission means so much to me!! I am so grateful for
my opportunity to serve.
Thanks for all of the prayers and emails and well wishes! I appreciate them every week!! Love you guys so much :)
xoxoxo Erin
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| We saw kids playing American football! It was a little more powder puff and a little less NFL. :) |
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| This is in a church in the middle of Gamla Stan. It has this statue of a guy killing a dragon! Awesome! |
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| The sisters with Karin |
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| Syster King & Äldste Held had a spicy-food eating contest. S. King lost, so now the girls "have" to visit Denmark next summer. Haha! |
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| Stadshuset (city hall) in Stockholm |
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| Äldste Held (the Dane....obviously!) |
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| Shopping in Stockholm to help Äldste Lofgren find gifts for his family |
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| Such cute sister missionaries! |
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