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| Running errands for the wedding |
So
I think instead of calling me Syster Mod, you guys can all just start
calling me Wedding Planner 2.0...hahah. Beckstrom and I had another
crazy week. The zone leaders called us Friday night and asked if we had
an extra CTR ring lying around...and then proceeded to tell us that they
were dying and needed help planning a wedding for 2 of their
investigators who are getting baptized next week! Their names are
Brandon and Stina and they are the CUTEST. We pulled their whole wedding
together--bought the cake, flowers, decorated, made the program, did
Stina's hair and makeup, pretty much the works.....and we pulled it off!
Haha it was so small and simple and perfect. Everything turned out
really nice, and they were really happy. We get to go to their baptism
this week too, so we are really happy about that :) And for future
reference, if anyone needs a wedding planner in a week or less, I'm your
girl. Haha!
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| Äldste Downing, Äldste Beck, Syster Mod & Syster Beckstrom: Wedding Planners |
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| With Syster Jacobs in Malmö. |
On
Wednesday, the ward had a talent show type of thing called Arena. The
Lund ward is so incredibly musically talented! Our investigator,
Matilda, sang with Isabelle and Rosalie, members in the ward, and it was
PERFECT. Beckstrom and I took a video and we have relistened to the
song they sang maybe 20 times over. Haha!
Thursday
was probably the best day of my mission. We did some service, and then
Elder Held and his family came to visit us in the morning!! I served
with him in Uppsala, and he just finished his mission. He is from
Denmark, so he was just driving home with his family (haha so weird) and
they passed through Lund so he came to say hi!! I LOVE my mission
friends. I honestly feel like I have family here and it is so fun. They
are such a blessing!
Then we had the coolest lesson with
Matilda and one of the members, Malena! We talked about baptism and how
we feel like the time is right, and Matilda agreed. She is talking to
her family about when they can come right now, and we are going to be
having her baptism in the middle of August! Oh we were so happy!! It was
probably the most powerful lesson I have ever been on. The Spirit was
so strong and after the closing prayer we all just sat there for 20ish
minutes and didn't say anything and cried together. Haha I don't know if
elders do that, but sisters do.... :) It was just amazing. It's one of
those feelings that you get and you never want it to leave. I LOVE BEING
A MISSIONARY. I love being here. I love finding my purpose in an area,
and I think Beckstrom and I are here because Matilda needs us right now.
No one else could do it. It just has to be us. I love the Spirit and I
just love my life right now. I don't know if I will ever come
home....haha!
But yeah. We just had a really
amazing, miracle-filled week. I just wish everyone could feel the
happiness we feel as missionaries. That one lesson was worth every
single tear, every hard moment, everything I have gone through on my
mission. I don't care if I was called on a mission only to be there for
that moment. It was worth leaving my family, it was worth melting my
brain learning a new language, it was worth frustrations and anxiety and
heartbreak that I've felt....I wish I could explain myself better. I
just know that the happiest I have ever been has been on my mission. I
needed this more than I even knew. So thank you all for supporting me
and helping me along the way :) I love you all so much!!
Have a good week!!! Do missionary work! Invite the missionaries over for dinner! Make 'em feel loved ;)
xoxoxo Erin
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| Wearing their 24th of July attire. Can you tell they're from Utah? ;) |
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| Missionary selfies! |
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