Week
86; July 6, 2015 – A Good ol' Down-home Swedish-American 4th of July
I love
Borås so much!!! We are off to such a great start here! The “California
District” is the best!!!
We spent a lot of this
week tracking down our investigators. We met with a kid named Emil first.
He was really cool. He rides dirt bikes and he is really interested in the
church. Later we went to dinner with a lady named Hilma. She had an
amazing story about how her family escaped from Russia and was lead to Sweden.
The next morning we
practiced a lesson with a member and as we finished he got a call and we found
out he'd lost thousands of dollars in an African real estate scam... so, that really
does happen.
Later in the week we had
an amazing experience. We were out contacting people and went up to a
large group of kids and just preached to them. They were totally interested and
most of them gave us there numbers to follow-up!
On Thursday we met with
our ward mission leader. He's the youngest ward mission leader I've had so far,
but he's awesome! He gave us some great advice and he seems like he'll be super
fun to work with!
That night I met my
first Icelandic investigator, Jeff (A very Icelandic name actually). He
was really cool and he really loves missionaries.
Friday was awesome too.
We had zone training and went back to my favorite city, Göteborg. Elder
Blackburn and I gave an example of a lesson on the Book of Mormon and he did a
great job! That night we took an investigator to a pre 4th of July party for
the YSA's. I met one of my favorite people there, Paul Murphy, a proud American
from Mississippi, and we talked about politics for a long time… Haha! It was
very nostalgic! An old friend, Louis Hurray, taught a lesson about the blessings
of freedom and I made a lot of comments. Louis is awesome, he may be Swedish,
but he has a greater respect and knowledge of the Declaration of Independence
and Constitution than most Americans.
The next day we went
back to Borås for an amazing 4th of
July party. We had a barbecue, as well as a “Feats of Manly Strength” competition,
which Elder Blackburn won. And then, I held my own competition called the “American
Trivia Challenge.” We also had a great game of football, and it worked out
to be one of my favorite 4ths ever!
We were sad to hear
about Elder Packer dying, but the Lord has called him home and I know he is
much happier now. I want to express my thanks for his amazing life of service.
Well, we're ready to have
another great week! I Love you guys so much!
-Äldste Stoeltzing
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