Swedish: 1/18/16

Hi!

     This week has been really good! It has been a little weird because we had the opposite problem we had last week. Last week we talked to a lot of people, but didn't get to teach many of them. This week we weren't able to talk to as many people, but we taught a lot more, so it's a good problem to have :) I have definitely been able to see the Lord's hand in the work, because we have not really been doing much different, but we have been running into a lot more people who are willing to listen to us. 

     Last P-day we mostly just stayed in the YSA center in Göteborg and played card games and ping pong with the other missionaries, so that was pretty fun. On Wednesday President and Sister Beckstrand came to Göteborg so President could do interviews with everyone. I had a really good interview and got some good advice. On Thursday we had district meeting, and afterwards we had lunch with the other district in Göteborg so that was fun too. It was the last district meeting of the transfer. 

     Yesterday in church somehow there was a satellite broadcast playing over the audio during sacrament meeting, so there was music playing in the background. Someone went to the controls to fix it, but it didn't work all the way, so there was a computer voice that kept saying "Swedish........Swedish...........Swedish". It happened during a prayer too. But after that it got fixed so it turned out okay. 

     This week I was reading in Helaman about the prophets Nephi and Lehi, the sons of Helaman. Something I didn't notice so much before but that I think is cool is how even when almost everyone around them was wicked, Nephi and Lehi were righteous to the point where they could be encircled by fire and speak to angels, and Nephi got great power from God as well. They didn't let their surroundings change who they were or their devotion to the gospel. I think it is a great example for us today, how we can choose to maintain our values and be a righteous example no matter what our surroundings are like.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Elder Smith

Pictures!

1) Selfie! There was tons of slush everywhere, and then it froze so all the ice was bumpy.

2) Crazy people out on the ice. It looked like they were using four wheelers to smooth out the ice for skating or something.

3) All the ducks have to crowd together into the water that hasn't frozen. I have no idea how they are surviving the below-freezing temperatures.