This week has been pretty awesome.
Tuesday we had an apartment inspection from our new apartment couple Elder and Sister Clouse and Elder Clouse's brother was visiting too, and their brother used to be The office couple with his wife just over a year ago, so I guess I have now met 3 of the 5 Clouse brothers. Very random but kind of fun. That night we started tracting in an area we haven't worked in before but Elder Balls felt like we should try. The last door of the night we talked to a teenager and his mother and had an excellent conversation and were able to give them a Book of Mormon. The mom even asked the son if he wanted to take it and he said yes!
Wednesday we were able to have lessons with President which are always a great experience.
Thursday was another good district council. We had a great discussion about the authority of our calling as a missionary.
Friday we had exchanges with Borlänge so I was in Borlänge with Elder Petersen. We had a busy day and it was amazing because a whole sequence of events played out that we actually managed to catch several people at just the right time to be able to talk to them so that was awesome. We even got to help the youth with a family history activity.
Saturday we got back and Elder Balls and I went to Innebandy one last time because we aren't going to be able keep playing at the place we've been at. We got a whole bunch of people there though so that was awesome. We also had Chill Kväll, some members provided some Kurdish food and we had a great turn out.
Sunday was amazing! We had a great fast and testimony meeting (it's always a favorite of mine) and a great 3rd hour discussion on the meaning of the 13th Article of Faith. We also had an absolute miracle. In the morning we had set a bold goal to pass out the 2 Book of Mormons we needed to reach our goal for the week. We had church in the morning and this lady and her cute 3 little kids just shows up during sacrament meeting. We talked to her for a bit afterwards and she says she just likes to go to church sometimes, saw the sign outside and that it said Jesu Kristi Kyrka, and decided to just come see. She was a little curious after sitting during sacrament meeting and wondered if we had any brochures or anything. We gave her a Book of Mormon which she appreciated, were able to exchange telephone numbers, and then we invited her to general conference and she said she would come! The miracle continues when after dinner and travel we only had at most an hour to go finding. Elder Balls and I both had a few people come to mind to swing by. We swing by all of them with no success, meanwhile I had been wanting to call it a night since it was getting so dark but there was still this feeling that we needed to keep going but I wasn't sure where, so we kept knocking around the people we swung by, not much success, with maybe 5-10 minutes left before we decided we just needed to head back we decided to go up the street and keep knocking. At the very next house we met this very nice older woman who accepted a Book of Mormon. Book of Mormon number 2! The Spirit truly does lead us to those God has prepared and helps us fulfill our goals, but he also leads others to us, it truly is miraculous!
It's been an awesome week and I am so grateful to be a missionary!
--Elder Ashford
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