So this week it started getting super cold. Up til now it's kind of hovered right around freezing temperatures, but this week it got down to about -10 celsius. So I've been forced to give in and start wearing my hat and earmuffs. I feel silly wearing them still but it's too cold not to.
So last Sunday we had some visitors at church. It was a member man from Holland who brought his brother's sister and son to church for the first time. The woman and her son have lived in Sweden one year, and are from Croatia so the son knew a little Swedish. So I ended up translating for the man, who then sometimes translated and explained things to the others in their native language. It was fun. It was my first time translating church for anyone and I think it went well.
On P-day we just went to Göteborg and spent a lot of time with other missionaries. Nobody could think of a fun activity to do, so we ended up just visiting a lot of stores.
One either Tuesday or Wednesday, the lake by where we live completely froze over. There were some smaller ponds that froze over too so we walked a little on those, but didn't dare on the lake haha. We threw rocks over the ice, and they made a cool reverberating sound.
This week we really tried to find new people to teach, so we talked with tons of people, but unfortunately fewer people were willing to stop and talk to us. I'm guessing the cold weather has something to do with it, haha.
On Thursday we had district meeting in Göteborg. Afterwards we all went to lunch at a burrito place, and it was pretty good. Mexican food is pretty rare in restaurants here. We got back to Alingsås, and it was super snowy. At first I kind of had a bad attitude about it since I didn't have a coat with a hood and the wind tended to blow snowflakes right into my eyes. But then I decided to just choose to be happy about it, and it made contacting people a lot more fun. We went to go tracting, and I realized my nametag was gone. It is the first nametag I've ever lost, so I was disappointed. We walked back the way we had come from, but couldn't see it. But we did end up talking to a guy while we were looking for it, and had a good discussion with him.
Yesterday in church we were visited by Per G. Malm, of the Seventy. The chapel has one of those foldable walls that separates it from the cultural hall, and it got stuck so it was only open about a third of the way. So everyone who sat behind it had to squeeze into the part with a view of the stand. It was a good meeting though.
Sometime earlier this week I was reading a general conference talk, and I really can't remember what it said exactly but it was basically something like: If there's a kind of person that you want to be someday, then the way you do it is by choosing to be that person today. So it is the message that today is the day to act. If I want to be more grateful, the best way to become a more grateful person is by being more grateful for things today. I won't just suddenly become that person if I don't make a conscious effort to change. So that is something that has helped me a lot this week with trying to improve on things.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Smith
Pictures!
1) it's a frozen heart!
2) Okay, I dared to stand on the lake once
3) wearing a hat :P
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