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| It's the little things....like churros! ;) |
Another
week has come and gone...What the heck. Time is flyyyyyying! We had a
super good time here in cute cute Lund :) I love this place!
I
was able to go on splits with Syster Kimball here in Lund! Syster
Kimball was "born" here, so she started her mission here last year :) We
were able to meet with a few of her investigators and see quite a few
members and it was so fun! She just transferred down to Kristianstad
from Gävle, where I was "born," so I got the low down on what
is happening there from her too :) It is so fun being with other
sisters and seeing how they contact and teach certain things...it's all
the same work, but there are so many ways to do it! I need to be more
creative. Contact people by singing on the street or something....hahaha
any way we can to get them to be curious about the church!
On
Thursday, we went to Malmö for district meeting. Right now they are
having a giant festival in Malmö with people and cultures and food from
all over the world...I LOVED it. We ate Caribbean food and coconut
smoothies and churros and I'm sorry all I ever do is talk about food but
it was SO good! I love trying new things. My MSF card doesn't super
appreciate it...but hey. You only are in Sweden once (until you come
back next summer for Festinord), might as well try it all!
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| Every missionary wearing green. :) |
After
our correlation meeting, we walked through the church to say goodbye to
everyone that was there, and we ran into a young women's activity! They
were playing the funniest game with dice and chocolate and
dress-ups....needless to say, we played with them. Hahah. I love the
youth in this ward! They are so good with missionary work. One girl was
talking to me and was expressing her surprise that less active members
come to activities when you invite them...haha. She said she invited a
girl to the activity "and she actually wanted to come! Does that always
happen?" Ohhhh the people here are so cute. I love them all!!
I
got to sing in church on Sunday, and it was a really cool experience. I
was just really blown away by the fact that I can speak Swedish now.
And not only speak Swedish, but sing in Swedish...and people can
understand, and I've only been here a little over a year....I am just so
grateful for my mission for teaching me how to be grateful for the
little things! The gift of tongues is SO real. Heavenly Father blesses
his missionaries. :)
We had a lesson with an
American guy this week who Syster Beckstrom tracted into before I got
here. We talked about literally every gospel principle while he kind of
laughed at us and "our stories"...there are 2 things I learned from
this.
1. Serving a mission in the US would be frustrating because people are loud and they don't let you talk sometimes. Haha!
2.
THE GOSPEL IS TRUE. The guy talked about how following our gospel
sounds like the blind leading the blind....I thought a lot about that,
and I know that I am not following people just to fit in. I didn't leave
everything I have ever known to come to this country just to be cool. I
am here because I know God loves me and has a plan for all of us. I
NEED to share that. Everyone needs that message.
So
yeah. So sorry for going so missionary there....haha I just don't have a
lot of time left to use that excuse!! I gotta soak it all up and use it
as much as I can!! :)
LOVE YOU GUYS!!
Swedish Fun Facts (sorry it's been 5 years since I did these):
-Sweden
has made tacos become my new favorite meal.....idk. We eat it allllllll
the time here! With cucumbers and bananas. That is the only way to go
:)
-15 year olds tried to give us cigarettes. The world is messed up.....
Have
the best week! And a super big HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to my cute mom
Marci who is celebrating this week :) Everyone give her a hug from me!!!
xoxox Erin
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| The scenery in Sweden is spectacular!! |
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| Syster B, Anuka and Syster Mod |
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| They found Central Park! |
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