Week 20 – March 24, 2014; From Perfect Pizza to Street
Dogs!
Wow, Crazy Week!
So, it was finally time to say goodbye to
Kungsbacka. We started out on Monday with one more trip to our
favorite pizza place, Mossens. They love the missionaries there and we may
be their best customers! Then we sailed out to the islands off the coast
of Göteborg one more time and had a ton of fun. We spent the rest of our time
saying goodbye to the families and investigators we got the closest too.
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| The Best Pizza in Sweden! |
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| Mossens Pizzeria |
We actually had to drive 20 minutes to and from our area every
day. Now I’m kind of really good at driving. Elder miles and Elder Knecht were
both crazy good drivers so they broke most of my bad driving habits. Elder
Knecht said I was close to perfect before I left, so I finally can say I feel
very confident driving, especially on the freeway.
But, it definitely won't be the food or the cool cities
we served in, or even the car that I’ll miss; the thing I'll miss the most about
Kungsbacka, will be the people. I couldn't have asked for a better place
to start my mission than with the people of Kungsbacka. Saying goodbye to
everyone was really hard. It made me feel so good to hear members say they
appreciated what we did and how we helped them in their lives. I learned so
much from the two companions I served with there. I really had a better
start to my mission than I could have ever imagined and I hope to take
everything I've learned and go forward with it.
Prepping for the transfer went a lot better than I expected. I
listened to Elder Knecht’s wisdom and started packing four nights before, so
the last night was pretty low stress. I'm going to miss the Västra
Frolunda apartment a lot. I've had some incredible memories there and I
hope I can go back there later on in my mission. I was really sad to say
good bye to Elder Beus and Forsyth. I've been around Elder Beus longer
than any other missionary, so moving out was tough. Elder Knecht and I rode
together most the way to my new area, Linköping, then we had to say goodbye. He's
picking up a short-time Swedish missionary, who is a recent convert named Elder
Morely. I don't know too much about him, but I have heard that he will
take excellent care of Kungsbacka, so I know Elder Knecht and he will do
amazing things there.
Linköping has been great so far. I came in with high
expectations, but it's even better here than I thought it would be. My
new companion, Elder Farnworth, is super cool and the other Elders, Hills and
Steen, are awesome too! They've all done amazing work in Linköping and I
was lucky enough to come in at a very good time thanks to their hard
work. I've gotten to meet just a few of the investigators here so
far. Elder Farnworth got sick so we've all been taking turns caring for
him at the apartment, but he's finally better today.
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| Dome Kyrka |
Elder Steen and I taught this really cool investigator
named Valentine on Thursday. She's actually Jewish, but she says if
she can feel that Christ is there, she would convert. She is only 17, but
she’s almost done with her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and she will
most likely finish her PHD before I’m done with my mission. So, I did my
best to talk to her about whatever I could and it turned out really good. She
wants to meet with us again soon.
The branch here is really different. There are maybe 12 active members, but they are all supper devoted to missionary work and I know if we work together we can do great things with them. I'm excited that I'll have a closer relationship with the whole branch. As an added bonus, we have the second largest missionary apartment in Sweden! It's kind of huge for the two of us, but I definitely won’t complain!
The branch here is really different. There are maybe 12 active members, but they are all supper devoted to missionary work and I know if we work together we can do great things with them. I'm excited that I'll have a closer relationship with the whole branch. As an added bonus, we have the second largest missionary apartment in Sweden! It's kind of huge for the two of us, but I definitely won’t complain!
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| Researching Family History... Swedish Style! |
I'm super optimistic for the time that I'll be spending
here and I feel like it's going to be great. I'm loving my mission and I can't
wait for another great week. Unfortunately, I will be eating only hot dogs in
Linköping. Sadly, I started out with the best pizza in Sweden, but Linköping
has some of the worst pizza. They do have excellent street dogs though.
Oh, one more thing for you to reference, so you know how
to say the name of the city correctly; Linköping is pronounced, Lean-shipping. This
is a huge city, but it feels like a little Göteborg!
Jag Älskar Alla Er!,
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