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| Doing service |
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| VALBORG - the end of winter and the arrival of spring! |
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| Pday and pedicure |
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| Spring in Sweden |
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| Look no hands! |
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| Celebrating the arrival of spring. |
NEWS FROM SWEDEN
April 20, 2015
Hej hej allihoppa!
I hope everyone is doing well :)
This week has been great! Last Pday we
got much needed haircuts from Sister Hong (comp in the MTC). I purchased a
Rubiks cube too, my current record is 1 minute 15 seconds - not too great, but
still fun! On our way home from Stockholm we sat next to two deaf girls. And as
Sys. Poulson and I were eating our quick grab of Burger King, I am almost
positive the two girls were signing about how nasty we were eating our burgers
and it was just super funny haha. Sister Poulson whispered to me "Are they
talking about us?" and we both just busted laughing. It was just...a
scene.
We met with John this week to talk
about where he stands in his beliefs and focused on baptism again. He wants to
be baptized but doesn't want to commit. And we found out that the random sack
he wears around his neck is full of rings haha. We met with the Hagman fam and
helped Andrea realize that he has already received his answer and he needs to
come back to church. He said it was really hard for him to get the courage to
make that leap of faith. We were able to share parts of Elder Hollands talk
about making the leap for the ledge and hoping that something will be there -
and there will be. He said the most incredible prayer to close and prayed so
sincerely for the courage to take that step and to know that everything will be
okay. It was super cool!
We burned a pair of Syster Poulsons
tights for her 6 months in Sweden! It was fun but smelled pretty bad.
We tried to talk to a guy this week
that right off the bat said he knew we were Americans. We asked if it was
because we weren't wearing tights and he looked at Sys. Poulson and said
"No your hair is just full of volume". hahah She wasn't super excited
about that comment.
We had Sister's Conference on Thursday
and that was super cool! The theme was Oz and we focused on courage, love, and
knowledge. And it was awesome because we got to see all the sister missionaries
in all of Sweden!
We went to Nynäshamn and were able to
visit a less active family with the CUTEST little boys. We are hoping to come
back this week and talk some more about the gospel and coming back to church.
We met with the Masons as well and talked about cooking and cook books! We also
shared the mormon message "flecks of gold" which turned out to apply
perfectly to Sister Mason. AND, Sys. Poulson and I have a new desire to be
chefs hahah So we will see how that works out this week.
We have started reading one chapter of
Jesus the Christ everyday. It is some deep stuff, but we really love it!
Reading together helps too because we can share our ideas and thoughts and help
each other understand better. Bozedar came to church yesterday (at the 9 am
ward) and he said that the difference between Mormons and other people was like
night at day! Super cool. We went to 5 hours of church so that was cool too. We
made a cake to bring to the Forsman's house as we met with a new investigator
there. Amber Forsman and Jenny (investigator) got along pretty well and the
whole lesson went great!! As we left, Jenny was carrying the Book of Mormon and
said that we would for sure be in contact - so we hope! On the way over to the
Forsman's, Sys. Poulson stepped on a tree stump (to hop over it) and ended up
slipping and falling..turns out the thing she slipped on was barf. Yum. Now we
have barf covered shoes sitting in our shower hahah YACK.
Super great week and we are excited for
this week as well!!
Love and miss you all!!
Kärlek,
Syster Jordan Lund
May 4, 2015
May the Fourth be with you!
Hej hej allihoppas!
Jag hoppas att allt är bra med er och
att ni har haft en jätte häftigt vecka!
Last week we went to the Tolley's
(apartment couple) for a Girl party! We ate hawaiian haystacks and played
games. They leave to go home in about a week..it will be interesting to see how
the mission handles their absence because we don't get anyone new for a few
more months.
Andreas is doing well. We talked
to him a little bit Tuesday and he said that we had done our job and that he
will try to be at church every week. And he told us we had beautiful souls
hahah. After so many missionaries, bishops, and a mission president coming to
his home, Poulson and I were the ones that helped him get back to church! It's
so cool to see the foundation that they all sorta laid out for him and that we
got to be involved as well. We celebrated again with our Fanta drinks by the
Svenksa Kyrkan. BUT he didn't come to church this week (Stake Conference)....so
we gotta figure out what went wrong there.
Wednesday we realized that Syster
Poulson accidentally threw away our train/bus/transportation cards. As we were
on our way to Stockholm haha. We got lucky and the POEs had two extra so we got
that taken care of. I saw my MTC teacher Sister Haynes! She is in the Stockholm
area (Älvjö) for the next 8 weeks for an internship, but it was cool to talk to
her! I felt the pressure though haha In Swedish!
Thursday was VALBORG!! It is this big
celebration signifying the end of Winter and the beginning of spring/summer.
They come together as a community (In Västerhaninge) and build a massive fire.
Like MASSIVE. It is super cool. We met up with tons of missionaries there as
well as the mission president and his wife. One of the elders (Burton) threw a
football over the fire and I caught it! It was awesome.
We had a lesson with a lady who the
elders referred us to. It seemed to be goingr really well, and then all of the
sudden she kinda got up and was like "I need to go". So we walked out
with her and offered her the Book of Mormon and a Restoration pamphlet but she
got really defensive said no and walked away. That was weird. THANKS ELDERS.
Nah it was a good opportunity.
We had lunch with a lady and her dog.
Bobbi (the dog) was crawling all around under the table. He sneezed on my leg
and was doing weird things to Elder Burtons chair.
We met with some less active families
which was awesome! They are really sweet. While out in Nynäshamn we met with
John and hiked to where he wants to be baptized. It is so pretty!! And we
committed him to prepare to be baptized May 30!
We taught Bozedar the Plan of Salvation
yesterday with one of our awesome members, Jonas Krylborn, present. It was cool
and the Spirit was so strong!
Thought for the week: I have been
reading lots of general conference talks throughout the week for a section of
my personal study. I really like the one called "Stay by the Tree"
and it talks about enduring to the end. The whole talk is really good and gives
us the layout of how to endure faithfully, but there was one line I really
enjoyed:
"Casual obedience and luckwarm
commitment weaken faith"
Have a wonderful week!
Kärlek,
Syster Jordan Lund
