This week was super good! On Wednesday we started splits, so this time I was with Elder Nielsen in my own area. We went to a town called Flen to teach some members and their friends. Unfortunately, our member who usually translates for us had to work, so we had three people who speak Persian, and a little English that we wanted to teach. So we made a drawing and talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Luckily one of them is a member so he already knew how it goes and could explain things to the others. Later we had a gospel principles class.
On Thursday we had district meeting in Norrköping, and switched back to our normal companions. We had a sports night activity and played basketball and soccer. Towards the end it started to rain a bit, but it wasn't too bad.
On Friday it was Midsummer! Kind of. Technically it was Midsummer Eve, but that's when everyone celebrates it. We went over to our branch president's house and had lunch. We played a game that is basically jenga, and then we played a game called kubb outside. It rained a bit, but not too much.
On Saturday we went to some outlet stores in our area and I got some normal people clothes in preparation for going home. I have just over a week left now, and it feels super weird.
On Sunday both Elder Roylance and I gave talks about the Second Coming. I think mine went pretty well. There was an American couple visiting so I translated for them. I also played the piano for sacrament meeting since the member who usually does it was out of town. When I got up to play the closing hymn I got mixed up and started playing the opening song instead. The opening song was page 19 and the closing one was 16, so that's why I got mixed up. Luckily they stopped me before I was done with the intro :)
This week I want to talk about Moroni 7:41. It says: "And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise." Today there are a lot of things going on in the world that can worry us. But we don't need to fear the future because we have hope in the atonement of Jesus Christ and we have been promised the ability to return to our Father in Heaven when we keep the commandments.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Smith
1) During Swedish class this week, a member named Pia found things in the kitchen and told everyone what they are called in Swedish, and our job was to write it on the board and draw a picture.
2) Lunch. This is Augustin, Elder Roylance and me
3) Riding bikes. I didn't know he was taking a picture so that's why I'm not smiling
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