October 21, 2013

Hey guys!

Apparently I talk in my sleep, in Swedish. Swedish is pretty tough, but I am getting the hang of understanding most things now which is great. I think back to when I first got here and I can hardly believe the progress that I have made. It has been a little hard not being able to communicate as well as I would like to though. 

The work here is going ok, it is a bit slow but we just keep plugging away. This week went pretty well though, we met with Hjalmar twice and he is still trying to stop snus, he expressed to us how hard it was and I do not envy him... at least he is trying. We played Innebandy on Saturday with some of the youth from our ward which was fun, and after we went to a less active from our ward who's name is Hernan Medinez. Hernan is originally from Chille and he used to own a restaurant in Spain ( his food is really good), he invited us to come over some time next week for food, so I am excited for that. 

We had a funny experience coming home a few days ago... we were walking towards the bus and as we got on a Muslim man started talking to us. He was well past being drunk, and he had a bag full of beer cans, some full and some empty. On the ride home he talked to us the whole way. He turned out to be a Somalian and according to him he could tell the future, so he told us that I would become the Governor of Wyoming, and that I was more of a leader. He said that my companion would be a business man, and he said that he would become the president of Somalia. It's always interesting talking to drunk people because they say the weirdest things. I am sad that so many people turn to alcohol to numb their problems. 

I am doing great and I love hearing from you all... Brother Card, Bjorn Anderson is in my ward, he served his mission in Ireland as well and he said that he knew you and Sister Card when he was their. What a small world it is. 

Med Kärlek,

Hans  

well the internet is back up and running, so here are the pictures. This is my new companion and me.

for stake conference we went to this cool place in Gothenborg. Justin Timberlake is going to play here in a few weeks.

Lennart took this picture of me and Elder Tietjen.

this is me and Lennart, the man that we reactivated.

foggy night, walking the streets of Trollhättan.

so today me and Elder Tietjen were in uddevalla and while we waited for the bus back to Trollhättan we took pictures with this guy.

October 15, 2013

Hey

Well I will have to make it a little short this week because the internet didn't work at the church yesterday so we got library cards and we can only email for an hour.

This week was great as always. we had Stake conference, and Zone Training, both were great. but we ended up haveing to travel to Gothenburg three days in a row. I will have to send pictures next week because I can't here at the library. We taught Hjalmar this week and it went great! He is down to three pinches a day this week and if he keeps it up, he is on track to quit by the 31st which has been our goal for a few months now. My new companion is great, he loves to talk so we talk a lot. I saw Elder Trotter, from my MTC group in Zone training and it was fun to catch up with him. I will have to wrap it up now, but in a few words, This week was good, and I am doing fine. 

Kram,

Äldste Peterson 

October 7, 2013

Hey,

Well this week was a roller coaster ride, I got a new companion and so on Tuesday, Elder Faylor my last companion said goodbye to a lot of members and less actives that we have visited. My new companion is Elder Titjen and is from St. George, he's a really cool guy, and we have been getting along well. We got a baptismal date with Hjalmar! We went over to Hjalmar and Anna's apartment on friday so that he could meet Elder Titjen, and we read with him the definition of baptism in the Bible dictionary. I asked him how much time he thought that he needed before he got baptized and he said that he wanted to be snus free for at least a month. I told him that November 30th was great and that it would work well as it is a saturday, I am really excited for him and I really hope that he is able to quit snus. Pray for Hjalmar that he will be able to have the strength to resist the temptation of snus and that he will be able to have the will to choose the right.

On P-day last week we went to Göteborg and took an elevator up to a high part of a building, I got a cool picture of the city.

The weather here is getting consistently colder, but it is still a beautiful part of the world to live in. I am loving it here in Sweden and I hope that everything is going well back home! 

Love,

Hans

here is the picture of Göteborg

September 30, 2013

Hey Everyone,

Well this week was great, we were able to teach 22 lessons! On P-day we went to Goteborg and just walked around the shops, it was pretty warm out which was really nice. The weather is growing colder and fall is definitely here. It is normally about 5 degrees centigrade when I get up at 6:30. But it usually warms up to about 14 during the day. I cut my hair again, it is pretty short so that I won't have to cut it for a while. 

We got to teach the restoration in English to a 22 year old. We talked to his Mom on the street and she asked us to come and visit him (she is Christian) she is from Syria and has lived in Sweden for 20 plus years. It was a really cool lesson and we gave him a Book of Mormon. 

Also I am getting a new companion this week, I am excited for a change. I did enjoy my trainer Elder Faylor though. I am interested to see how it will be different.

We also were able to teach Selim (the guy from Kosovo) again, and we gave his wife a Book of Mormon in Albanian and it was super funny because she pretty much only speaks Albanian. She seemed really positive though and I told her to read Alma chapter 32 for next time. So I hope that goes well. On Saturday we played Innebandy which was really fun, and afterwards on the way home we walked a members dogs. I got pictures of the walk. Then we showed the Restoration the long version to Hjalmar and Anna, we are still trying to get them to stop snus. The video was really good and I think that it helped them towards baptism. Anyways the work is good and I am very happy to be able to serve the Lord here in Sweden.

Love you all, I hope everything is well back home

Äldste Peterson

 so on P-day we went by this old church... pretty cool.

walking Bell and Balou

I cut my hair... nice and short.

this was a picture of my zone as of a few weeks ago