Too Much Sun: 6/15/15

Hej!

     So this week it was sunny and warm the entire week pretty much. This was a really good thing, not only because we got to go outside without coats for the first time in a while, but there were lots of people outside who we could talk to! Almost all of our lessons this week were on the street. 

     Besides walking around and talking to people though, we didn´t do too much this week. On Tuesday we were playing innebandy, and a guy on the other team was going for the goal so I ran really hard to try to pass him. But unfortunately the shoes I was wearing had no padding at all so while I was running my foot hit the ground really hard. So now the bottom of my foot right under my heel is pretty sore. It was pretty bad timing since we have been walking around all day everyday this week, so I´ve been kind of limping everywhere, haha. It hasn´t been too bad, but I´m definitely ready for it to get better.

     This week was the end of the school year, so there were hundreds of high school students walking around town. We tried getting on the bus kind of nearby a school, and we had to wait a while because two busses just kept driving by and didn´t stop because they were so full of people. It was pretty crazy.

     This week it was super warm. We were really uncomfortable in 25 degrees Celsius, which is about 75 degrees farenheit, haha. I´ve been getting a pretty good missionary tan lately. My face and the upper half of my neck look pretty good, haha. I´m glad I haven´t burned yet, because we´ve been outside all the time. 

     I just remembered something else I did this week. I finished reading the Old Testament! Now I have read all of the standard works on my mission. Now I´m moving onto the New Testament in Swedish :)

     This week I have to admit that I was feeling a little bit frustrated about always having to be busy with things, especially in church. Last Sunday we got to see a satellite broadcast of Elder Holland speaking, but I felt like I
didn´t get as much out of it because we had to leave during the meeting to pick up an investigator to bring him to church. Sometimes I wish I could just be a "normal" member and just sit and enjoy church. But then I had the thought that that is not the way it is supposed to be. Life never really gives us breaks, and even when we have fewer responsibilities there is still so much to do. I am reminded of Alma 34:32 which says: "For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors." We are here to do things. If we sit back and watch then we will miss out on opportunities to learn and grow. It isn´t easy, but that´s how we improve.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Elder Smith

Pictures!

1) It´s too sunny!

2) This is a rabbit we found while walking somewhere. Elder Williams went running after it so it started running away, towards me. I cut it off, so it just stopped for a second. Then we made a move for it and it got away.

3) There are so many of these robot lawnmowers. They´re kind of creepy