Week 54 - Exchanges

We had a pretty good week this week.

Monday we went bowling with the Hägersten Elders which was pretty fun. The place we went to though was a pretty cool. It was themed like a fifties diner. The bowling though was a little bit off because the pins were attached to ropes so they were easier to reset but the pins didn't fly around like they typically do so I think we are looking to try bowling again somewhere else.

Tuesday we went and visited the Senior Center in Brandbergen. We are planning to do some weekly service there by coming and talking to people there for an hour or two every week. We were there for about an hour but it was pretty fun and it will be good language practice for Elder Langford ;)  We also visited a less active and ate dinner with some members which was fun.

Wednesday we went on exchanges with the zone leaders so I was with Elder Pack in Södertälje. We got there and the first thing we did was visit a less active. We then came home for a little bit of lunch and studies before doing some finding. We went out contacting there which was cool and we met a guy at the library. Later that night we had an interesting time tracting. The few people that answered didn't speak much English or Swedish with the exception of the previous investigator and less active that we had no idea lived there. The less active let us in and we talked for a while which was pretty cool.

Thursday we had district meeting and we focused on the Book of Mormon and it seemed to go really well. We tried some role plays and that was great. We then went to Pizza Hut afterwards and Elder Pack challenged the Elders to a pizza eating contest. There was a tie of 20 pieces between Elder Lee and Elder Pack because we had a time constraint (I however was perfectly content with my 8 pieces). That night we also had a member meal followed by ward mission coordination meeting and ward council. So that was a pretty busy night.

Friday we had weekly planning and we also met with one of our recent converts so that was fun. We went over following the prophet and watched a general conference talk with her so that was good.

Saturday was a pretty normal day. We had a member meal and knocked doors in that area for a while.We also got a call and found out that we now have a senior couple that will be joining our district so we are looking forward to that.

Sunday was awesome! First of all it was Father's day so that was cool. Our investigator, Maria, and her son Andre came to the last 15 minutes of sacrament meeting. A lot of members in the ward said hello to her so that was awesome. The primary kids also went around after sacrament meeting and gave out chocolate to all the adult men in the ward which I feel is pretty common in most wards. What was weird was that I got one this time! Me and Elder Langford both that it was cool but at the same time super strange that we have reached the point of getting father's day gifts. We then had sunday school and priesthood and the lessons were both on member missionary work which is hard not to be excited about as a missionary. I feel like the members got kind of excited and I actually learned some things from them too. We went home after church and had a really good companionship study before turning around and going back to the church because one of the kids in the ward was getting baptized. None of our investigators showed up but it was cool to be there anyways and interact more with the members.  We then went straight from there to a member meal before going home and finally getting to our language study.

It has been a wonderful week and I can't wait to see what this next one will bring! Ha det så bra!

--Elder Ashford