So this week was not really very exciting at all, but it was still a good week. On Monday we spent a lot of time in H&M because Elder Larson needed to buy new slacks. One day we went to the town center to contact, but we only had a little time because something came up. We ended up not contacting anyone, but we got contacted by lots of people. First we got stopped by three teenage girls. They asked who we are and what we do. When we told them we were Americans they were super surprised because they said Sweden is boring, haha. Then a man came up and talked to us. He has been to Salt Lake I think, and was not super interested in investigating, but asked us to pray for him and his wife. As we were praying with him another man came up to us and asked if we could pray for him as well. He was super grateful afterwards, and when he was shaking our hands, he leaned down and kissed us each on the hand. It was a little strange but we were glad to help him.
On Wednesday we and the sisters had a member dinner. The members lived pretty far away so we spent a while on the buses. It is a family that is originally Swedish but now live in Luxembourg and have a Summer house here. They were very nice.
On Thursday we had district meeting, and then we all went out to a pizza buffet for lunch. I got a random bloody nose, but luckily it wasn´t a bad one. During district meeting an elder and a sister companionship each did a skit of examples of a bad and a good companionship study session. They were actually super well-done skits.
Yesterday we had a member dinner with a family named the Berglunds. They always try to get us to try new foods when we go over. This time they had us try a super salty black licorice candy. I actually thought it was okay, and Elder Larson finished his but both of the sisters spit theirs out, haha.
This week we have been challenged by our zone leaders to listen to or read Elder Bruce R. McConkie´s last conference talk, titled The Purifying Power of Gethsemane. I thought that it was much better to listen to it, because Elder McConkie expressed so much emotion as he spoke. Something that stuck out to me was realizing how much the Savior suffered for me and for all of us. When He has done so much for me, it seems like I have been asked to do relatively very little in return. I feel like I have come a little closer to understanding how much love our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ have for me. I hope that someday I can be able to witness of them with the same conviction as Elder Bruce R. McConkie.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Elder Smith
Pictures!
1) A hot air balloon!
2) We got 60 Books of Mormon (Mormons Böcker) this week in the mail.
3) We actually didn´t take many pictures this week, so I just have two :/
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