Hej!
This week was pretty eventful. On Monday and Tuesday I mostly went around and tried to visit a lot of people to say goodbye before transfers. I also tried to pack all of my stuff into two suitcases. The problem with staying in an area for longer than one transfer is that you end up with a lot more stuff at the end than you had at the beginning. But I managed to stuff everything in, along with carrying a backpack and two other small bags haha. Both suitcases were super heavy but I got in everything I wanted to.
The train ride to Örebro went pretty well. The train wasn´t crowded and my seat was right by a luggage rack so I didn´t have to worry about getting my suitcases in time to get off the train at my stop. It was about a two hour train ride.
My new companion is Elder Williams. He is from the Provo, Utah area and only has about three months left on the mission. We have been getting along pretty well so far and getting a lot of work done here. When I first walked into the bathroom in my new apartment I couldn´t help but laugh, because it is so much bigger than my last apartment´s bathroom. It has space! It´s awesome.
So far I am loving being in Örebro. It´s a pretty big town, but it´s not nearly as crowded as Stockholm so there are lots more people who are willing to stop and talk to us when we do street contacting. It´s been pretty fun to get to talk to a lot of people. Also, there´s a big castle right in the center of town. I´m going to attach pictures of it. It supposedly rains a lot here, but so far it hasn´t been too bad, luckily.
The other day we were tracting and met a real-life Viking! He was a guy with a beard who worships Thor and Odin along with the other old Norse gods. He also is involved with some Viking festivals where people sell Viking swords and clothes and do reenactments of fights. We are going back to teach him about what we believe, since last time he told us a lot about his beliefs.
Yesterday was my first time at church here. They do Priesthood and Relief Society first, then
Sunday school, and Sacrament Meeting is last so that was different from what I´m used to but I think it will get less weird the longer I´m here. All of the members are super nice and there are quite a few YSAs here.
This week Elder Williams and I were trying to figure out what kinds of things we can easily testify to people about when we do street contacting. We decided that something that is really important to us and the Church is the ability to pray to our Father in Heaven and receive an answer. We can all find out for ourselves what the truth is, through acting and testing for ourselves. This also means that we really do have a God who loves us and wants to help us to find the truth. I am grateful for prayer and especially for the ability to have my prayers answered because that is how we each are able to strengthen our faith in God and know for ourselves what is true.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Smith
Pictures!
1) Sunset
2) There are tons of dandelions here
3) Me by the castle!
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