We got transfer calls this week! I will be staying in Gubbängen for a third transfer, but my companion Elder Pearson will be transferring South near Göteborg (Gothenburg I think is how that´s spelled in English). My new companion will be Elder Dickson, who came to Sweden I think one transfer after me.
Elder Pearson and I have both been pretty sick all week. Last P-day we just took it easy and pretty much stayed in the apartment all day, haha. After that we were okay, but still kind of sick. On Tuesday we had an activity where the missionaries went on splits with members of the ward council to go out and visit members. I went with one of the bishop´s counselors named Dennis. He is a cool guy. We went to visit a less active named Gustavo, but before we went we stopped by a grocery store and bought some food to bring. We got samlor, which are a Swedish pastry (I encourage googling them) and Påskmust, which is an Easter-time soda. The visit went really well.
On Wednesday Elder Pearson and I got to go to the temple. It was my first time being in the Stockholm temple, so it was really cool.
On Saturday we had a taco party with the other missionaries at a member family´s house. The members are super nice and have the missionaries over a lot. On the train ride over there Elder Pearson and I met a guy who has lived in Utah! He sat down next to us, and Elder Pearson saw that he was wearing a Utah State hat, so we talked to him about it. He studied there for five years and then came to Sweden for his Phd if I remember right. So that was pretty cool.
Yesterday we had a rehearsal for an Easter concert choir that Elder Pearson and I were asked to be in. It was interesting, because I´m still a little sick so I couldn´t sing very well, haha. But it was still fun.
Also, Elder Pearson and I had been asked last week if we could teach the 12-18 year-old Sunday School class yesterday. We were given a lesson plan, and I really planned on planning it out with Elder Pearson, but I actually just forgot all about it until it was time for Sunday School yesterday. Oops. So we just winged it. It went pretty well, because the topic was the Atonement and we talk about it all the time. It was fun to ask the kids what they thought about the Atonement. When we started we had everyone tell us their name and their favorite food. At least half of them said their favorite food was sushi, which Elder Pearson and I think is really weird.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Smith
Pictures!
1) Me and the other missionaries at a member´s house. From left to right: me, Sister Nielsen, Sister Hong, Sister Allen, Elder Pearson, and a member named Kevin.
2) Me at the temple!
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