Week
98: September 28, 2015 – Making the Best of Things!
Another
week in the books! This one was a little slower, some plans fell through and
changed a bit, but we made the best of things along the way.
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| Back in Goteborg |
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| Elder Treat scaring a frog |
On
Monday we met with Mattias for pizza and Elder Treat got to know him a little
better. But, Tuesday was wild. We have some American friends in the ward,
the Murray's, and they needed some help with a project. They heat their
house with fire wood and needed us to clear some logs they'd cut down near the
Bishop's cabin. We drove about 40 minutes into the wilderness and came to a
large dirt hill we tried to drive up it in the car, but the complete lack of
friction made that too difficult, so we pushed the trailer up the hill, it reminded
me of pushing handcarts on our pioneer trek, but with a significantly heavier
cart.
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| I'll miss the beautiful Swedish countryside |
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| Saying goodbye to the Murray's |
We finally
made it up the hill, and started loading the wood. We loaded about two pine
trees full and then we cleared a bunch of branch clippings, all during a rain
storm, but it was really good to serve and they we're really thankful we could help
them before their trip back to the states. I even got a tick bite to
remember the experience.
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| Working on the woodpile |
Afterward,
we met with Julia and Oliva, the two girls we meet at church last week. Religion
is a pretty new concept to them, but they listened and asked us a ton of
questions. They are willing to give God a chance and we hope to keep working
with them.
We had
a dinner with the Ågren family on Thursday night and got to hear mission
stories from Alice, their daughter who just got back from serving at Temple Square
in Salt Lake City. She said it felt pretty weird for her to speak Swedish again.
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| The Streets of Goteborg |
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| Borås at dusk |
Friday
was Zone training. We talked about how to work more effectively with
members. Later I went on splits with Elder Payne, but we had a ton of
lessons cancel. Kind of a long split, but Elder Payne is super cool so he
made it fun.
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| The Borås water tower is pretty cool |
Well,
other than that, there were no major highlights to report this week, but next
week it will be cool to listen to General Conference!
Love
you guys!
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