September 29th, 2014

Well this week has been GREAT! I got my new companion Elder Downing who is super ready to work Which is awesome! We decided to only speak Swedish with each other and it has been going great! So I finally have some pictures for you all.
LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is yours truly

Me and my dear companion Elder Downing

This is the lake that our apartment looks out over... pretty sweet

This is some graffiti in Alingsås... graffiti is VERY popular in Sweden

this was funny, we travelled all the way out into the woods to swing by this less active, it was pretty fun and this little guy was there to greet us. They were there but they didn't have time so we just told them that we are here if they need us.

While we were out doing a swing by we found this little toad in the road. pretty cool!

Me cutting my hair, it was getting kind of long

September 22nd, 2014

Well this week went well. I will give some highlights.
on Saturday we got to help out with a youth conference thing, there were about 70 youth there from ages 12 to 17, it was fun, and a good experience to help out. While we were there we got transfer calls, and Elder Simas will Be going to Lund (that is the south of Sweden) I will be staying here and getting Elder Downing as my new companion.
On Thursday we had a cool experience where after getting a prompting we went by train to a town called Herrljunga and swung by a less active lady's house. It turned out that she had been wanting a blessing and we came at just the right moment. We were able to give her a nice blessing and she is planning on trying to get to church more. (it's hard because she is married to a non-member who is not very friendly towards the church.)
The rest of the week was good, I dislike writing emails so If these are to short I'm sorry. I would much rather just tell you all about it. I am doing great though and really enjoying my mission, the work here is slow but that is kind of a "well duh it's one of the most atheist countries in the world" but it is great to be able to see the difference that the gospel makes in peoples lives that let it. If I have learned anything on my mission it is to not take for granted the HUGE blessing we have to have the gospel in out lives... without it life is HARD.
Read the scriptures!!! they really do help! proverbs is my favourite book right now, probably because I have been studying out of that the most. But if anyone is not happy with where they are in there faith or life or anything really, READ READ READ the scriptures.
I love you all soooooo much and I hope that things are going well back home for everyone.
Med stor kärlek!
Äldste Peterson

September 10th, 2014

Well this week was not as wet, there were a few cool things that happened this week I will start with Anna. Anna is Hjalmar's wife if any of you remember Hjalmar he is the man that was baptised while I was in Trollhättan so it has been almost 10 months since I saw them... they live in Trollhättan which is about an hour away. on Friday Anna was baptised by Hjalmar! I hope that their two sons will follow soon. The service was really nice put on by the two sisters that are there right now. The best part was that Elder Simas and I both taught their family and we were able to be there for it!

Another cool thing that happened this week was that Yesterday was Stake conference, which was great but in addition to the stake conference we were able to have a missionary meeting with the west and south parts of the Swedish mission where Elder Hallstrom who spoke at General Conference this April was spoke to us. I was super cool and the spirit was strong.

Other then that this week was good. Love you all!!!

Elder Peterson

September 1st, 2014 | AMERICA

Hey!
Well this week was good! Yesterday was the last Sunday that Alingsås ward is going to meet in their chapel for the next five months because they are adding on, This sunday is stake conference which should be good because it will be in Göteborg same place as last year... I am excited to see how it compares.
Yesterday was also cool because we got to eat dinner with an American Family! It was super cool, but a little weird to speak english to non missionaries who had real american accents.
Other then that this week was pretty normal teaching.

On Saturday there was a ward party, whch was pretty fun, Elder Simas and I helped man the stations, he got the hammer a nail station and I got the ring toss. The coolest part of the evening was the blowgun station though... They were so cool, I always wanted to shoot a blowgun.

sorry If i'm boring, I just seem to do the same kind of things every week in different ways, I love being a missionary in Sweden though, it's really great.
I also apologize for not taking pictures, I will try to improve.

This week I have been reading through proverbs and this morning I was reading chapter 13... the first verse is SUPER good Dad.
Love you all!
Äldste Peterson