Week
67: February 23. 2015 – The Secret is Work, Work, Work!
Well our
last week together has been good. Yep, sadly Elder Cushing is moving back up to
Stockholm this week and I'll be getting a new companion, Elder Bybee. It's been
an incredible six weeks with Elder Cushing and he's taught me a ton about working
hard. We've had some amazing experiences together and I'm so thankful for
our time together. He helped me work harder than I've ever worked, and it feels
great! He's one of the best missionaries I know and I’m sure he'll do a
fantastic job in Stockholm.
P-day was clear and
sunny, over 40 degrees Fahrenheit. By the way, that would be like 4.4 degrees Celsius,
but it felt nice to have the temperature well over freezing again. So, we
went to look at the ocean and we took some pictures there, it was beautiful and
looked more like California than Sweden.
Later that night we did
a swing-by to see a Syrian girl we met and her whole family was there and they
listened to the lesson! They didn't have much time, but they invited us
over whenever we’d like and they seemed really interested!
On Tuesday we helped
Hekke with his project. We removed some large rocks out of the foundation
he was laying for his guest home and we did a lot of digging. I think the worst
part is out of the way. One of the members came over later in the week and
helped Hekke blow-up the last two large rocks, so the worst part is done and
now we can get to the good stuff!
We visited Karin on
Wednesday and she gave me some knitting lessons. So far, I’ve finished about
three inches of a 55 stich wide scarf. So needless to say, I'm pretty proud of
myself! Later that week we gave her son a blessing and it seemed like it helped.
Elder Cushing conducted
his last district meeting on Thursday and he did a great job teaching us about
the atonement. He explained why we need to focus our lessons on Jesus Christ as
our top priority. It was a great lesson and we finished-up the transfer
with a district party and went bowling!
Afterward, Elder Clausen
and I went on splits to Landskrona about an hour and a half south of
Halmstad. We had a great time there, teaching a Muslim guy on the street
and then we had a quick meeting with the ward mission leader, ending the night
with a fantastically good kebab pizza!
We went back to Halmstad
and had a busy day teaching Lena and another family. That night we had our last
Innabondi (floor hockey) game. I tried to give Elder Cushing a run for his
money. I had one of my best nights and scored a ton, but Elder Cushing scored
even more and went out big! I hope my new companion will be as competitive
when we play!
On Saturday we had an amazing
lesson together! We found a man named Stefan a few weeks ago and we went
by to teach him the second lesson! He loved it and he felt like the plan
of salvation answered a lot of his questions. He said he's going to study
the Book of Mormon really hard this week and then he hopes we can show him some
scriptures to read to build on the lesson. He's definitely moving forward
and making great progress!
Later, we went over to
Raina's and she was pleased with my knitting process. I think I've mastered the
art of knitting, or at least don't ruin it every time! So, she taught me how to
do the pearl stich, and I can do it now!
Sunday was really good.
I gave a talk on charity and Elder Cushing gave a talk on hope. They went
really well, but Elder Cushing’s talk was fantastic.
This was one of the
busiest and fastest transfers of my mission. Ezra Taft Benson's quote that
the secret to missionary work is just, “work, work, work,” is so true. We gave
it everything we had over the last six weeks and everything went great! I am super
thankful for this area and the time I've had with Elder Cushing and I know we’re
both going to sprint to the finish line and give our last month’s our best
effort!
Jag alskar er! (I love
you!)
Äldste Stoeltzing
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