Sunshine: 5/9/16

Hi!

     This week has been good. It has been super warm (65 degrees roughly) and sunny all week. On Monday we went to visit a little town in our area called Karlshamn. Unfortunately we couldn't find too much to do there that was different from Karlskrona, but it was still fun. We went to a family home evening activity with the YSA and we played the game called brännboll again that is kind of like baseball, and we also played red light, green light.

     On Tuesday we helped a member move furniture out of a house that he sold. It was some big wooden dressers and things but we managed to get it all out. On Wednesday we did companion exchanges with our district leader and his companion in a town called Växjö. So our district leader Elder Gergetz came down to Karlskrona with me for the day. We ended up doing street contacting most of the time, and talked to a ton of people so that was good.

     On Friday the high school students started their first party to celebrate graduating (even though they don't graduate till June), so they were all in the streets yelling and blowing some horns, so we couldn't get much work done downtown.

     On Saturday there was a baptism for a woman the Växjö elders taught, and since they didn't have a font in Växjö they used our chapel so we got to go too. It went super well. Yesterday morning I got to skype home for Mother's Day, and that was super fun.

     I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation. In a world where there are so many worries and uncertainties, we can know that we have the ability to live with our families forever. We can know that no matter what happens to us, we can be happy. We can also know that there is a purpose with this life, to prepare ourselves to return to our Heavenly Father, and that He loves and cares about us. 

I hope everyone has a great week!

Elder Smith

Pictures!

1) This picture is in most elevators here. It is a warning that you can get squished if you're in an elevator that doesn't have a second door.

2) Me, Elder Blattman, and a member named Cyril while we were helping another member move.

3) Here's the chapel, and my finger