Monday after our P-day we went and helped a member with a little bit of lawn work and then she fed us dinner after so that was awesome.
Tuesday we had was pretty normal. We had a lesson that fell through but we went out and talked to people.
Wednesday was pretty cool. We had a lesson and then as we were walking out we had a pretty funny occurrence. I was on the phone with one of our investigators from Syria setting up an appointment for later in the week, we were on our way to meet our Syrian recent convert and we ran into one of our Syrian potential investigators, it was kind of funny. We had our lesson which went really well. We challenged Alex, the recent convert, to teach us a lesson next week and he accepted so that was awesome. As we were leaving we were waiting for the Spårvagn with him and a lady who was also waiting for us started talking with us and asked if we were missionaries from our church. It was kind of weird for someone to start a conversation with us for once instead of the other way around. It turns out she used to meet with the missionaries a few years ago, so we got her number and it was actually super cool. We also had a zone conference call talking about our vision for the transfer and we focused on the why. Why we do what we do, why are we where we are, etc... It was really great because when we understand why we do something it becomes easier to do it.
Thursday had district meeting and we had a great discussion on the power of bringing members with us on our lessons and using the scriptures. It was a great reminder for us that we have some amazing resources that we can't forget to use. Afterwards President Beckstrand showed up and gave a few of us interviews that he hadn't gotten to last transfer. That night we had dinner with the Bishop's family which was fun. On our way home we got kind of stuck because our bus didn't come and we waited for about 20 minutes for the next one that came later so we could actually get home. It was fun though, we talked to 2 pretty cool middle eastern guys the whole bus ride.
Friday was Studenten. It's the graduation day from gymnasium (their version of high school). It's kind of funny because all the guys wear suits, all the girls wear white dresses, but then all of them wear these sailor hats, I'll put a picture down below. We had a lesson set up in a park but it didn't really work because the other thing they do is they meet up with their classes, rent out semi-trucks with flatbeds and party in the back with the music blasting and their had to be at least 6 at a time just driving around. It was wild. We then traveled out to Nyköping to visit some members.
On Saturday we had a few lessons that went super well. We met with one of our members and watched President Monson's "Finishers Wanted" talk from 1972. It is super good. We also had a member buy us dinner which ended up tasting fantastic.
Today we had a really good Sunday and the Stake President was even here which was fun. In priesthood we listened to a BYU devotional by Gordon B. Hinckley that had to deal with Leadership which was super good. (Mom's note: He later added the talk was entitled "The Loneliness of Leadership.") Yes, I am also emailing on a Sunday but do not be alarmed, we got a little time to email now because the missionaries have a volleyball activity so we will be in Södertälje all day tomorrow and won't be able to email but I promise that next week will have a ton of pictures.
Happy Father's day everyone!
The pictures are of the studenten graduates walking around with their hats, a cool tower outside a church in Söderköping as well as a cute little stream nearby.
- Elder Ashford
Note from Mom: Here is a map that shows a few of the areas he mentioned above.
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