Broken Bike: 6/6/16

Hi!

     This week felt like it went by super fast. Last Monday we emailed and bought groceries, then just took it easy in the apartment. On Wednesday we went to a town called Flen and taught some members and their friends at the library. In the evening we had Gospel Principles class and a Swedish class.

     On Thursday we went to Eskilstuna for zone training. Most of the other missionaries in our zone are newer in the mission, so there were a ton of people I didn't know. We talked about how we can help new members and less-actives prepare and set goals to go to the temple. 

     One day we were riding our bikes and Elder Roylance rode up onto a curb, but as he did his back tire hit the edge of the curb and went flat super quick. We took the bike home to try and fix it, but we can't get the back wheel off. So we'll see if we can fix it this week.

     I go home on July 7th, which is just over a month from now and it feels really weird, haha. But I'm still going strong :)

     This week in church we had a lesson about self-reliance. There was a scripture used that I thought was really interesting. It was Matthew 16:29  "Therefore, forsake the world, and save your souls; for what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" There are a lot of things in the world that can distract us from what is really important. If we are letting these things take priority in our life, then we are in a sense taking these things in exchange for our soul since we could be focusing on things of eternal importance instead. It is important that we remember who we are and why we are really here on the earth.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Elder Smith

Pictures!

1) Elder Roylance took a panorama so we could fit this really tall statue in a picture. I guess I turned my head as the panorama was going...

2) A big church in Eskilstuna

3) It's a bit blurry but this is me (to the left) and a member named Daniel. We were visiting another member named Bashir at a restaurant he works at and he gave us this super good food. We mostly ate it using our hands and the bread, not silverwear.