Tuesday we had a super good lesson with Moses about the Plan of Salvation which was great. We also had an English class and only one person came, and he's a member from Västerhaninge's ward, but it was fun. We helped him out a bit and we had a good time.
Wednesday is quite a story. Buckle up because here we go. We had splits and Äldste Anthon went to Handen so I was with Äldste Jackson who had been in Sweden for a week at the time. We had a super awesome lesson on the Restoration with a lady. It was great, she said she would even come to church next week. After that we went talking to people on the street nearby. We ran into a few interesting people as always happens when you just talk to everyone. We then came home to get some dinner so that we could go knock on some doors later that night. Well... plans change. Our neighbor has a dog that is notorious among missionaries for barking angrily at us. Now normally I feel like dogs like me but apparently not this one. The door to where we live is around the back of the house because we live in part of someone else's house and there is a stairwell that runs along the side by the fence to get back there. Well, as we were walking back there the dog decides to jump over the fence ahead of us and bit my arm. Thankfully it wasn't anything too serious and the owner was right there and got the dog under control. We went inside and washed it out real quick and called the senior couple in charge of medical advice. He told us to go to the clinic and get it checked out just in case so we did. We got there and they determined that is wasn't serious and that they could fit me in for an appointment 2 hours later. We were going to have to break curfew for that so we called the mission president and I asked for permission to receive medical assistance and he approved. He asked to hear the story so I explained what happened and we laughed about it. He even told me that I'm a real missionary now so it's official. I got checked out later and everything was okay.
Thursday we had district meeting which was fun. We also had correlation meeting with a member and then a member meal that night but on our way home as we were about to get on the bus Elder Anthon realized he couldn't find his bus card so we had to search for that. We retraced our steps but couldn't find it.
On Friday a member said he found the bus card in his house and brought it to us which was awesome. We also made some cookies and brought some to a member and one to an investigator family so that was fun.
Saturday we got to help out at a move. They were just going to a bigger apartment within the same complex but they lived on the top floor in both so for every trip we carried stuff down 3 floors, went across, went up 3 floors, dropped the stuff off, went back 3 floors over and up 3 floors again. We just repeated that cycle for 3 hours but it was super good. We then had to go up to Gubbängen because our friend Moses who we met on Tuesday doesn't actually live in our area but in Gubbängen so we wanted to make sure he could meet the missionaries there and know where the church was. It sounds pretty simple but it turned into it's own adventure. We got to Gubbängen and we didn't see Moses so we called him to say that we were there at the train station. Well, he said that he was also at the train station. We went around trying to find him but couldn't figure it out. The Gubbängen elders came and after talking with him for a little while determined that Moses was not in Gubbängen but in Globen, which is one line over on the subway. They then helped give him directions for how to get to Gubbängen and finally, after 90 minutes of confusion and trying to give directions, Moses got to Gubbängen. We had a great lesson with him and he should do great there now. We then had to run to catch a train because a member in Handen's ward had invited not only the Handen Elders but us as well to dinner.
Sunday we had church which was pretty awesome. We had a great Sacrament meeting. We also had a great lesson during third hour. Our ward mission leader was in charge and he had one of our converts from a few months ago explain the process of how she found the church and how it had affected her life. It was awesome. He then had another member of the ward who joined the church a few years ago share her story of how she had had interactions with the Church for a while but it took some time and encouragement of a friend to actually meet the missionaries. It was a really great lesson.
It's been a wild week with all sorts of ups and downs but it's great. I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Pictures are: first of this pigeon just hanging out in the subway train with us
then there is a picture of the dog bite because I know someone was going to be curious,
and finally there is Äldste Anthon and I hanging out waiting for the metro back from Gubbängen
- Elder Ashford
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