We went to Nimis which is basically this great big driftwood castle. You can climb up on it and it's super cool!
Tuesday we had a an interesting day. The Easter Initiative is up and there's a video for it that we can show people. [Mom's edit: Found on https://www.mormon.org/ theme is Prince of Peace] The problem was that our speaker in our phone wasn't working which makes it kind of difficult to show people. So we took it in to get fixed and pick it up the next day. We made sure to call people and everything ahead of time.
Wednesday we picked up our phone again so that was great. It works! That night when we were at home for the night we had a companionship movie night by watching the Addiction Recovery Program videos on gospel library. We had popcorn and everything. Those videos are amazing and they are really show how the Atonement can be applied in our lives. [Mom's Edit: Gospel Library is an app that can access LDS videos, scriptures, etc. The Addiction Recovery Videos can also be found at https://www.mormonchannel.org/12steps ]
Thursday was district meeting which is always great. We had a lesson after and we also had interviews with President but they were pretty short because he had to do a lot of them. We also had a first lesson with someone which went really well.
Friday we had a few lessons and invited people to General Conference. [Mom's Note: General Conference is held twice a year and it is two days, multiple sessions filled with talks given by church leaders.]
Saturday morning we got to skype into a baptism for one of Äldste Stapley's investigators in Vendelsö which was really cool. We came back to Landskrona afterwards for a member meal and did some weekly planning. Apparently the missionaries here in Sweden have a tradition of buying "godis" for general conference which is basically you go to a candy store with a bag and scoop a whole bunch of candy and then you pay for it by the weight. So we went with the sisters to the local Hemmakväl to buy some for conference before going home to cook dinner. We then got to watch the Saturday morning session of conference live, but for us it started at 6 pm.
Sunday we just had general conference the whole day. The priesthood session and Saturday afternoon we watched the recording of and then we watched the Sunday morning session live. I love the opportunity to listen to our prophet, apostles, and other church leaders speak to us. There were so many things to take away from this conference that I felt like I needed to hear and apply in my life. I feel like a lot of the talks brought us back to the basics. We need to focus on the Plan of Salvation and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We need to read the Book of Mormon and listen to the Spirit. These are all things we have heard before and yet almost all of the talks came back to these simple exercises in faith that we are all familiar with already. Some times we need that reminder in life to get back to the basics. Sometimes when we get too caught up in the intricacies of life we forget how simple it can be and the perspective and peace that come from remembering to do the little things. By small and simple means shall great things come to pass.
Have a wonderful week everyone and go back to the basics!
- Elder Ashford
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