Last Monday we kicked a soccer ball around with the Linköping Elders. On our way home though we tried to use a public air pump to pump up our bike tires. Elder Olson hooked up his tire and we heard the air flowing so we thought it was working but then realized that the tire wasn't filling up. Upon further investigation we learned that the pump didn't work and the sound of rushing air was in fact the air escaping, not entering, his tire. We laughed as we then walked our bike home as his tire was now too flat to ride. We did some contacting and tracting though and we had a really successful time. We gave out 4 Book of Mormons, which was highly unusual so we were kind of excited.
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| Linköping is about 42km from Norrköping and just under 30 minutes by train. |
Tuesday was Swedish National day, which was interesting. We walked through a park where they were holding their celebration since we were in the area and they were handing out little Swedish Flags and they had some people bringing their fancy old cars for people to check out. What was really funny though was that I saw a lot of people wearing shirts with the American flag on it, and virtually none with the Swedish Flag. I found that to be pretty funny. We had a lesson and then later we had a member meal. While we were there we played a fun game with them that I think is called Kubb but I'm not entirely sure. Basically you both sides have a line of blocks and you throw sticks at them to try to knock the other team's down.
Mom's note - Apparently Kubb is really popular in the Midwest - especially in Minnesota and Wisconsin. There is a lot of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry in this area. We will have to get ourselves a set and/or check out one of the tournaments. Here is a link to a Minnesota Group.
Wednesday was very wet and rainy. We had a lesson and did a little family history which was fun. We then biked to a member meal and it was fine outside when we left but it started raining on the way. I wore a jacket so I was okay but Elder Olson was pretty thoroughly soaked. When we got to the member's house she immediately got him a towel to dry him off, and when she then saw that it wasn't working insisted on taking a hairdryer and blow-drying him, it was really funny to watch.
Thursday we had district meeting and set some goals for the transfer. It was still kind of rainy though. But not all the time. The weather here changes on a dime. We went out contacting and brought our umbrellas because we would seriously put them up, then 10 minutes later it would stop raining, we would keep going for another 10 minutes, and then it would start to rain again and the umbrellas went back up. It was kind of funny. We also had a member meal that night with a family in our ward but that is actually the Branch President for Linköping so he invited the Linköping Elders too. We were on our way to go catch the spårvagn, when we stopped to talk with a member we saw on the street. The spårvagn then starts leaving without us and we see the Linköping Elders onboard. We realized that if we ran we could cut the corner since the route kind of curves so we ran through the city and through a park to a few stops down in time to catch it and sit down next to the other missionaries, it was kind of fun. (for those of you, wondering a spårvagn is a tram.) We had a great member meal and then since the four of us were there we did exchanges.
Elder Wilson and I were in Linköping on Friday, we had a good time, we spent a lot of time talking to people on the street. We also had an activity with a few members so that was pretty fun.
Saturday I was back in Norrköping with Elder Olson. We had a busy day. We met with one of our recent converts and then he stuck around for when we met one of our investigators which was awesome! We also had dinner with Nils-Erik, our recent convert, and it was awesome. He showed us some of his music equipment which was pretty cool. We also had a really good discussion on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We then had him drop us off at the university here to meet with one of our investigators. He was leaving for Austria the next day so we wanted to meet with him. A lot of our investigators have been either getting sick or going on vacation so it's been kind of an odd situation for us.
Sunday we had church, unfortunately all our investigators were busy so they didn't come but we had the opportunity to talk with some primary kids for like 10 minutes which was fun! They were talking about missionaries in their class so the teacher had us come in to answer a few questions. It was great. We then ate with some members for lunch which was pretty fun as well. We then got to come home and do weekly planning! So that took up a lot of the rest of our day.
It's been a great week and I feel like I can see the Lord's work going forward. It's so cool to be a part of it and I'm really grateful for that. Have a wonderful week!
- Elder Ashford
Wednesday was very wet and rainy. We had a lesson and did a little family history which was fun. We then biked to a member meal and it was fine outside when we left but it started raining on the way. I wore a jacket so I was okay but Elder Olson was pretty thoroughly soaked. When we got to the member's house she immediately got him a towel to dry him off, and when she then saw that it wasn't working insisted on taking a hairdryer and blow-drying him, it was really funny to watch.
Thursday we had district meeting and set some goals for the transfer. It was still kind of rainy though. But not all the time. The weather here changes on a dime. We went out contacting and brought our umbrellas because we would seriously put them up, then 10 minutes later it would stop raining, we would keep going for another 10 minutes, and then it would start to rain again and the umbrellas went back up. It was kind of funny. We also had a member meal that night with a family in our ward but that is actually the Branch President for Linköping so he invited the Linköping Elders too. We were on our way to go catch the spårvagn, when we stopped to talk with a member we saw on the street. The spårvagn then starts leaving without us and we see the Linköping Elders onboard. We realized that if we ran we could cut the corner since the route kind of curves so we ran through the city and through a park to a few stops down in time to catch it and sit down next to the other missionaries, it was kind of fun. (for those of you, wondering a spårvagn is a tram.) We had a great member meal and then since the four of us were there we did exchanges.
Elder Wilson and I were in Linköping on Friday, we had a good time, we spent a lot of time talking to people on the street. We also had an activity with a few members so that was pretty fun.
Saturday I was back in Norrköping with Elder Olson. We had a busy day. We met with one of our recent converts and then he stuck around for when we met one of our investigators which was awesome! We also had dinner with Nils-Erik, our recent convert, and it was awesome. He showed us some of his music equipment which was pretty cool. We also had a really good discussion on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We then had him drop us off at the university here to meet with one of our investigators. He was leaving for Austria the next day so we wanted to meet with him. A lot of our investigators have been either getting sick or going on vacation so it's been kind of an odd situation for us.
Sunday we had church, unfortunately all our investigators were busy so they didn't come but we had the opportunity to talk with some primary kids for like 10 minutes which was fun! They were talking about missionaries in their class so the teacher had us come in to answer a few questions. It was great. We then ate with some members for lunch which was pretty fun as well. We then got to come home and do weekly planning! So that took up a lot of the rest of our day.
It's been a great week and I feel like I can see the Lord's work going forward. It's so cool to be a part of it and I'm really grateful for that. Have a wonderful week!
- Elder Ashford
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