Wonderful scary week, I can't believe we're leaving in 4
DAYS. It's nuts. I feel like I know no Swedish! Jag Känner att Jag kan
inte Svenska tillrackligt att undervisa någon. But I am SO EXCITED to
get out of here. I have determined that spiritually this place is the
best! It's designed for missionaries to improve their testimonies and I
learn something new everyday, but physically this place is the worst.
The food is oppressive to the colon, I only get like 45 minutes to work
out everyday, like 7 hours MAX of sleep, and I spend about 9 hours a day
studying and 3 hours a week cleaning other residences, and everyone is
sick all the time. Like EVERYONE. So yeah. Kinda stoked to be in Sweden.
We
got our flight plans last Friday, and on the plans it says we go to
Chicago, then Amsterdam, then Stockholm. THEN a month later we go Back
to Amsterdam and to New York. Our flight leader who grabbed our plans
from the travel agency told us that our visa's had been messed up and we
had to come back to the states for a transfer cycle before we could go
back. It took us about 4 hours to figure out he was totally messing with
us!! They have to schedule a flight back according to Swedish law but
it's already been cancelled. We're going strait to Sweden and not coming
back for 2 years. Yep. We beat him up.
What
did I learn this week? We are blessed for our obedience AND our
humility. A few days ago we had to prepare a lesson for one of our
investigators and I totally did not use my time very wisely. It took me a
while to get going and I could feel it during the lesson. My companion
was speaking way more than me and I wasn't hardly contributing to the
lesson. Finally, I repented, and humbled myself to the Lord. I bore
powerful and tearful testimony to my investigator, who now has a
baptismal date. Obedience brings language, Humility brings the spirit.
Both will bring miracles. It's kinda hard to tell sometimes but I have
improved SO much since I've been here. My confidence in my calling
increases everyday. Can't wait for Sverige!
My next email will probably be on not this Monday
but the next, and it'll be from SWEDEN. Start mailing the letters now
because they have to go to the mission home first. If you want to get a
small package under 4 oz to me by Christmas it has to get to the
mission home by Dec. 1.
Don't mail anything over that. I don't know how long cards or letters
take but I hear about 2-3 weeks. You can always email me and I look
forward to each one.
Jag
älskar ni och hoppar att ni be alltid för missionärer genom världen. Jag
vet att Kyrkan är sann och att vi kan förbättra våra vittnesbörd genom
tro och flitigt studie i Mormons bok.
(Google
translate: I love you and hope that you always pray for missionaries
throughout the world. I know the Church is true and that we can improve
our testimony through faith and diligent study of the Book of Mormon)
Med Kärlek,
Äldste Mason
Enebybergsvägen
38
182 46 Enebyberg
SWEDEN
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