Well happy Halloween! almost, This week was super good I will make this quick, but some highlights were:
I think it was Wednesday and anyway we ate dinner and then we were heading out the door to go so some trakting and so we said a prayer as usual, and right after we closed I felt like I should grab a Book of Mormon, in Arabic... so I did, anyway we ended up trackting into a family from Iraq and we taught them the restoration and gave them the Book of Mormon (they speak Swedish but reading is better in Arabic).Thursday, October 30, 2014
October 27th, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
October 20th, 2014
Well things are going well here... this week was pretty cool, on Tuesday we were able to meet with Traute, a sweet old German lady that is investigating the church. She is afraid of what her children will think if she gets baptised into our church, but we were able to make real progress with her faith in God.
On Wednesday I got to go on splits with Elder Johnson who I was comps with in Vendelsö. It was fun to catch up. Then on Thursday we had a Zone training, it was fun to get to see everyone in our zone and I realise how old in the mission I am getting, it's weird.
Friday we made Dad's cookies and took them out to a member, it was cool because we just surprised them with them, it reminded me of when we used to take people bread during Christmas.
Saturday was cool too, we got to play soccer with Holland one of our Investigators, he is from Kosovo and it was interesting because me and Elder Downing were the only white guys there. haha
Anyway that's the run down of the week, other than that things are going well.
Love you all!
Äldste Peterson
Here are the cookies! Thanks for the recipe Dad!
This was kind of funny, someone ruined their tire and just hung it on this tree... haha it made us laugh.
Soccer (or Football as everyone says in Europe)
I realize the picture looks like we were playing basketball, but someone had just kicked it high, and it was indoor.
On Wednesday I got to go on splits with Elder Johnson who I was comps with in Vendelsö. It was fun to catch up. Then on Thursday we had a Zone training, it was fun to get to see everyone in our zone and I realise how old in the mission I am getting, it's weird.
Friday we made Dad's cookies and took them out to a member, it was cool because we just surprised them with them, it reminded me of when we used to take people bread during Christmas.
Saturday was cool too, we got to play soccer with Holland one of our Investigators, he is from Kosovo and it was interesting because me and Elder Downing were the only white guys there. haha
Anyway that's the run down of the week, other than that things are going well.
Love you all!
Äldste Peterson
Here are the cookies! Thanks for the recipe Dad!
This was kind of funny, someone ruined their tire and just hung it on this tree... haha it made us laugh.
Soccer (or Football as everyone says in Europe)
I realize the picture looks like we were playing basketball, but someone had just kicked it high, and it was indoor.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
October 13th, 2014
Well hey there allihopa, This week was super good... We tracted into a man named Holland from Kosovo on Tuesday it was cool because he speaks German and so I got to realize how rusty my German is.
Later in the week we also met a man named Achmed from Iraq who I practised the four words of Arabic I know... he was nice and tried to convert us to Islam.
The week was super fun though, we contacted 142 people on the street this week and we have one new Investigator! Holland.
Also in Alingsås they have a big thing in the month of October every year called Lights in Alingsås where there are basically just light exhibits around the city, it's super cool and people come from all over to see it, we saw part of it on the way home on Saturday.
anyway things are good here... I loved all of your emails they were awesome!
Äldste Peterson
The picture below is of the inside of a church that we visited on Monday with some other missionaries.
on our way to visit Verner, this 93 year old guy from our ward he lives in a rest home, and we walked the long way around the lake to get there... pretty sweet!
Alingsås at night
The church that we visited... it's in Gothenburg.
Me and Elder Downing
Later in the week we also met a man named Achmed from Iraq who I practised the four words of Arabic I know... he was nice and tried to convert us to Islam.
The week was super fun though, we contacted 142 people on the street this week and we have one new Investigator! Holland.
Also in Alingsås they have a big thing in the month of October every year called Lights in Alingsås where there are basically just light exhibits around the city, it's super cool and people come from all over to see it, we saw part of it on the way home on Saturday.
anyway things are good here... I loved all of your emails they were awesome!
Äldste Peterson
The picture below is of the inside of a church that we visited on Monday with some other missionaries.
on our way to visit Verner, this 93 year old guy from our ward he lives in a rest home, and we walked the long way around the lake to get there... pretty sweet!
Alingsås at night
The church that we visited... it's in Gothenburg.
Me and Elder Downing
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
October 6th, 2014
Well this week was good! Of course the highlight was General Conference, It's a little different in Sweden because of the time difference of 8 hours and so on Saturday we watch the morning session at 18:00 till 20:00 and then we watch Preisthood on Sunday morning at like 10:00 and then Saturday afternoon at like 14:00 till 16:00 and then Sunday Morning at 18:00 till 20:00, so I haven't seen Sunday afternoon yet, but I think that of all the ones that I did see I liked President Uchtdorfs talk about telescopes and the light of the gospel the most in the Saturday morning session.
Before conference we were able to go out to a members ridskolan which is a horseback ridding school and move all the jumps and obstacles to their indoor stadium for the winter... It was super fun and it reminded me of taking riding lessons in Wyoming. It was also great to be able to help them out in some way.
We also got to go bowling this week with the young single adults and while we were there we ran in to a man named Kim who we had contacted on the street, he doesn't believe in God, but he is open minded and so talked to us. I thought it was pretty cool though that we ran into him just a short time afterwards especially in some random bowling ally with the young single adults. People really are placed in our way.
It is slowly getting colder but fall is making a brave attempt to hold on, all the trees here are turning color and it really is a great time of year.
This week I was reading in Alma chapter 30 about Korihor who is trying to destroy the church and it was awesome that a few talks referenced that same chapter. I think it's sad that so many people will not believe our message because of various reasons when it is such a beautiful plan but deep down like Korihor many people know that there is a God but they just lie to themselves and because of this they wander through life trying to find happiness.
I think that General Conference is a great reminder to us that we need to bear our testimonies more because that is how they grow and so I leave all of you my testimony that I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's authoritative church on the earth and that only through the authority of this church can we access the full power of heaven in this life. There are many pretenders and that is why it is so important that we ask for ourselves. Through prayer and scripture study we can receive this witness again and again. I remember one thing that Chris Hinckley liked to share in his Sunday school lessons back in Basin, he would quote a general authority and say "a testimony is as hard to have as it is to catch a moonbean in your hand you have to try over and over again every day"
I hope that you all enjoyed Conference as much as I did.
Med stor kärlek
Äldste Peterson
Before conference we were able to go out to a members ridskolan which is a horseback ridding school and move all the jumps and obstacles to their indoor stadium for the winter... It was super fun and it reminded me of taking riding lessons in Wyoming. It was also great to be able to help them out in some way.
We also got to go bowling this week with the young single adults and while we were there we ran in to a man named Kim who we had contacted on the street, he doesn't believe in God, but he is open minded and so talked to us. I thought it was pretty cool though that we ran into him just a short time afterwards especially in some random bowling ally with the young single adults. People really are placed in our way.
It is slowly getting colder but fall is making a brave attempt to hold on, all the trees here are turning color and it really is a great time of year.
This week I was reading in Alma chapter 30 about Korihor who is trying to destroy the church and it was awesome that a few talks referenced that same chapter. I think it's sad that so many people will not believe our message because of various reasons when it is such a beautiful plan but deep down like Korihor many people know that there is a God but they just lie to themselves and because of this they wander through life trying to find happiness.
I think that General Conference is a great reminder to us that we need to bear our testimonies more because that is how they grow and so I leave all of you my testimony that I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's authoritative church on the earth and that only through the authority of this church can we access the full power of heaven in this life. There are many pretenders and that is why it is so important that we ask for ourselves. Through prayer and scripture study we can receive this witness again and again. I remember one thing that Chris Hinckley liked to share in his Sunday school lessons back in Basin, he would quote a general authority and say "a testimony is as hard to have as it is to catch a moonbean in your hand you have to try over and over again every day"
I hope that you all enjoyed Conference as much as I did.
Med stor kärlek
Äldste Peterson
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