Hej!
So, this was
my last week in Kungsbacka. I feel like
I'm leaving too soon. I've really loved
my time here. This ward has been
incredible and I've had two awesome companions and a lot of great people to
work with here. I know it’s getting left
in really good hands though. Elder
Knecht is picking up a new missionary from Sweden (a native) on Wednesday. He joined the church about two years ago and he
is going on a three month short-term mission.
I'm sad to leave Kungsbacka, but I know if I only had three months to
serve a mission, Kungsbacka would be the place to do it, so I'm excited Elder
Morley gets to experience his mission here.
It's been a really great last week and I'm really happy with how we left
it.
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| Saying Goodbye to our friend, Johanes |
Monday was a
really fun P-day. There is an Island
chain off the coast of Göteborg, so we went out there to hike a really cool
trial around the island. We were hoping
to go back out today for my last P-day and hike around the biggest island.
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| Exploring an Island off the coast of Göteborg |
Tuesday we
had our Zone Conference and it was really good seeing a lot of my MTC group and
Elder Miles again. We’re all done with
training now, so it feels really weird, but good to be done. It's hard to believe it was three months ago
yesterday that we landed in Sweden, it's gone by to quick, but I've really
loved my time here.
On Wednesday,
Elder Knecht and I had an awesome experience.
We drove out to teach Fredric, the man who walked into church last week and
wanted to be taught. We played guitar a
little before we started. Fredric might
just be the best guitar player I’ve ever met; he played Eruption from Van Halen
perfect, note for note, which is like the craziest song you could ever learn,
so I was very impressed! We had a member
come with us and he loved the lesson. At
the end we asked him if he'd like to be baptized and he said yes! I'm really sad I don't get to teach him all
the way through to his baptism, but I'm so glad I get to leave Kungsbacka knowing
we helped at least one person prepare for baptism.
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| Visiting an old castle in Varberg |
On Friday
and Saturday Elder Knecht and I went on a road trip through the outskirts of
Kungsbacka to visit some of the less active members that don't get visited very
often. Saturday was really cool. We went to a city that used to be Denmark’s
capital, in Sweden, called Varberg, and naturally we had to visit the old castle
while we were in the neighborhood. We
almost struck out there, but then the last family finally let us in. It turned out that the lady we met there
actually helped Elder Knecht's mom decide to get baptized years ago, so it was
super cool that we got to meet them.
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| Ruins of a 13th century Christian Church at Varberg Castle |
Sunday was
really amazing. We sometimes teach a class
for new members and investigators on Sundays.
I've seen three people in the class before, but this Sunday most of the
sister’s investigators and a few of ours came as well, and I got to see almost
20 people in class… By far the best turnout I've ever seen in the class yet. It was hard saying goodbye to people after church. I sat next to Yvonne and her baby in
Sacrament meeting. She was the first
really strong investigator Elder Miles and I found and the ward is being super
supportive of her. I'm sad I won't get
to teach her any more, but I know that she'll be ready for baptism soon and she’ll
make a great member of the church.
Saying goodbye to the ward was super tough. I think the highlight was talking to one of
the parents in the ward who said Elder Miles and I helped solidify his son’s
desire to go on a mission. It was one of
the best feelings of my mission so far and it really made me feel good about
the work I was able to help with here.
I'm going to say goodbye to more families tonight and I’ll leave on
Wednesday morning. My first area went
bye to quickly, but I'm really grateful for the start I've had here.
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| Marcus is super cool.! He was the first guy I taught in Sweden |
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| Saying Goodbye to our Bishop and his wife |
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| Brother Mardby taught us some pretty deep doctrine! |
So, next
week I'll be working in Sweden's fourth largest city, Linköping. It will be really different. The city is way
bigger, but the ward is way smaller, but it looks like it will be a lot of fun.
Linköping used to be the capital of
Sweden and it predates Stockholm, so there will be a lot of really cool history
to explore there. My new companion will
be Elder Farnworth. I met him a few
times before he transferred up there and I'm really excited to be missionary companions
with him. He seems like a really cool
guy. I'm really excited to see what
chapter two of my mission will look like… I hope it will be everything that
Kungsbacka has been for me.
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| From Goteborg to Linkoping, Sweden |
Love you
guys!
Äldste
Stoeltzing
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