Tuesday we went out and did some finding. We knocked on some doors including one guy that threatened to call the police on us so you know, normal day's work in the life of a missionary right?
Wednesday we had exchanges so Elder Lee from Hägersten and I were together here in Vendelsö. We knocked some doors and there was one pretty cute kid who knocked back on the window of the door so that was fun.
Thursday we had district meeting and then had lunch and got Elder Langford his first kebab (many missionaries refer to this first kebab eating experienced as being k-baptized). We did a few swing bys then. One old guy wanted to talk and discuss beliefs but wasn't actually interested in the church. We then tried to swing by someone else but he wasn't home but we had a back up plan to go knock doors in a different area so we went there. On our way though we got stopped by this old lady in her car. She was lost and was trying to get to Handen (which is 5 minutes away but out of our area) but she didn't speak any English and only a few words in Swedish and could only speak Finnish. We tried to explain how to get there but that almost stressed her out even more. She almost burst into tears a few times. She then insisted that we simply get in the car and come with her. We tried to call the Assistants and the mission president but neither of them answered but then we remembered that there was a member that lived about 100 yards away. We gave him a call and he drove up a few minutes later and his mom speaks Finnish so he was able to call her and get her to translate and we were able to help this lost Finnish JW lady. She just followed our member to Handen.
Friday we did weekly planning and some finding work. We also had a member meal and the wife was concerned that we didn't have any reflectors so she brought those as early Christmas presents at church on Sunday.
Saturday had a lesson which was fun. We did some studies and finding and had the musical that night. We gave out every single one of our 250 Book of Mormons. We also walked by the building where the term Stockholm Syndrome comes from as it is just across the street so that was interesting.
Sunday we had the Primary program which was a lot of fun to watch and we also were at the musical again.
It's been a great week and I look forward to writing next week!
--Elder Ashford
--Elder Ashford
Pictures are of the district at lunch and then Elder Langford and I about to head out one day (he doesn't fit very well in our entry way).
Other pictures of Sweden courtesy of Elder Langford.
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