On Monday we went to Stockholm for P-day. We went and walked around a bit and helped Elder Jackson pick out some new suits for his birthday. We then went to Västerhaninge where we met one of our investigators with the missionaries in Västerhaninge because unfortunately she lives in their ward boundaries not ours... But the lesson went super well and the missionaries there will do a great job. We started on our way home but swung through Brandbergen to briefly talk to some people and we managed to get a hold of 2 people we had talked to previously and set up a meeting and played some basketball with one of our investigators for about 5 minutes before we ran for a bus. Elder Anthon and I did not represent America well as it was clear neither of us really played back home and we were also pretty rusty so the hand coordination was almost non-existent.
Tuesday we went and met one of the people we talked to Monday night but he wasn't super positive and then our other appointment canceled so we did some more finding work.
Wednesday we met with one of our recent converts again and talked about the Plan of Salvation. It was awesome! I really love the Plan of Salvation. It really shows to me that God loves us. There is a purpose and a goal in this life and we have potential that He wants to help us reach! We also went and ate dinner with some members but beforehand we helped them out for a bit because they are redoing the ceiling in on of their rooms so they needed a hand. That was pretty fun. I hadn't realized how long it had been since I picked up a drill.
Thursday was District meeting which was great as always. I always learn something new and I love it. We knocked some doors which went pretty well.
Friday we planned for the week and then tried to find a member that we could bring an investigator to to watch General Conference, we called about half the ward but they were all sick or already had plans.
By Saturday we found a solution... only to find out the person who we were hoping could come got called into work... that was a bit of a bummer. We went with a member on a hometeaching lesson to visit an older lady in the ward so that was fun. We then got to see the first session of General Conference! General Conference is the best. We get to sit and listen to our prophet and apostles speak to us every six months and the guidance they give is always super helpful. We watched the Saturday morning session (it started at 6 pm here) and I felt like so much of what was said was extremely helpful and applicable to me and the things I have been thinking about. If you haven't checked it out yet on lds.org I would recommend you do so. We were watching and writing notes while eating candy. Missionaries like to buy "Conference Godis". Godis is candy but in Sweden one buys candy buy taking a scoop, scooping whatever candy you want out of a wide assortment and then paying by the weight. (You can literally buy by the kilo and it is ridiculous)
Sunday we watched 3 sessions of Conference so that was most of our day but it was absolutely fantastic. I am so grateful that we have prophets and apostles in our day who speak to us and help us with the concerns of our day!
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
--Elder Ashford
This week's photos:
First picture is of a funny sign on a mailbox. It says "No advertisements, but absolutely lots of love letters." The next one is of Stockholm.
No comments:
Post a Comment