Well this week was good! Just did normal missionary stuff... which gets boring just saying the same thing over and over again.
This week though I started reading Genesis and I am loving it... it is super cool seeing how the twelve tribes of Israel started out... and how Jacob's name was changed to Israel....
I was wondering if anyone knows why Jacob isn't reffered to as Israel untill after the second time his name is changed?
The first time is in Genesis 32:28... and the second time is in 35:10 but his name dosn't change untill 35:21 right after Rachel dies. Just curious.
but anyways I also read Ecclesiastes on Tuesday morning (it's pretty short) and it was super good, it talked all about how we shouldn't be vain and how knowledge is of the most value. Kind of like what it says in a lot of Proverbs.
Anyway if you have an hour or so I would recomend reading/studying Ecclesiastes.
Other than that life this week was good, we got to meet with Holland and his wife Zaklina and their three kids (they are from kosovo) and we talked a lot about baptism. In their culture the person who baptizes them becomes their Godfather and they explained to us that it basically means that you grafted into their family... they are not sure yet if they want to but we told them that they just needed to read the Book of Mormon and ask for an answer. They are super nice.
This week was also super fun because Noah Bernhardsson a 13 year old member came running with us on Wednesday and Friday. he lives on the other side of the lake so we ran around it. Super cool that he would get up at 6 to come run with us in the cold and the dark.
On Saturday we got to go to his families house for American breakfast. Magnus Bernhardsson
Noahs Dad was trained on his mission by a McArther who is from St George. He served in England, I am pretty sure were related but not 100 percent.
Anyway I wish I could show you pictures this week but we forgot the cable for the phone so... Tyvärr :( Men kanske nästa vecka!
Jag Älskar ni soooooooooooooo myket!
Äldste Peterson
Sunday, November 30, 2014
November 22nd, 2014 | I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...
Well... I will definitly have a white Christmas this year! I am getting transfered to Örnskoldsvik up in Norrland! Super excited! Oh and today is P-day because of the transfer (they want the people going home to get there in time for Thanksgiving I think).
Sad as well because the sisters in my group are going home. :( I guess that's bittersweet though, they made it!
anyway this week has been good, I got to say goodbye to some people and we ran with Noah on Wednesday and Friday and he even came trackting with us on Wednesday night which was cool.
When we picked him up I handed him a Mormons Bok and said "alright Noah our goal for you is that you give this book to someone"... and he did! The very last person we talked to at about 21:00 was a guy from Iraq who spoke good Swedish and English. and he even said that he would come to church on Sunday as well! which was cool.
We also got to visit Christer with Noah. We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ, great lesson.
anyway other than that the week was super good! I'm excited to leave but glad to have had the chance to spend time in this ward... so I guess my exodus is bittersweet as well.
Oh and by the way I LOVE CHRISTMAS, ie. Christmas music.
Love you all!
Äldste Peterson
Me and Downing trying on Sunglasses in Kungsbacka... this is from like two weeks ago.
running with Noah
This was pretty funny... a guy we had taught the restoration, then he said that we could come back, sounded super nice and then left this on his door. haha
Me and Downing
Gerdads Bageri... pretty nice place.
this is Catharina... she's a super nice new member from Congo.
This is Christer... cool guy
Haven't seen one of these in a while... super weird, found this while trackting on Thursday.
cool picture Downing took while we were on the train this morning.
Sad as well because the sisters in my group are going home. :( I guess that's bittersweet though, they made it!
anyway this week has been good, I got to say goodbye to some people and we ran with Noah on Wednesday and Friday and he even came trackting with us on Wednesday night which was cool.
When we picked him up I handed him a Mormons Bok and said "alright Noah our goal for you is that you give this book to someone"... and he did! The very last person we talked to at about 21:00 was a guy from Iraq who spoke good Swedish and English. and he even said that he would come to church on Sunday as well! which was cool.
We also got to visit Christer with Noah. We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ, great lesson.
anyway other than that the week was super good! I'm excited to leave but glad to have had the chance to spend time in this ward... so I guess my exodus is bittersweet as well.
Oh and by the way I LOVE CHRISTMAS, ie. Christmas music.
Love you all!
Äldste Peterson
Me and Downing trying on Sunglasses in Kungsbacka... this is from like two weeks ago.
running with Noah
This was pretty funny... a guy we had taught the restoration, then he said that we could come back, sounded super nice and then left this on his door. haha
Me and Downing
Gerdads Bageri... pretty nice place.
this is Catharina... she's a super nice new member from Congo.
This is Christer... cool guy
Haven't seen one of these in a while... super weird, found this while trackting on Thursday.
cool picture Downing took while we were on the train this morning.
Monday, November 10, 2014
November 10th, 2014
Well this week was good,
We got to teach a lot this week! Which was great and a lot of people let us in when we have been trackting, we meet a lot of interesting people like yesterday we taught about the book of Mormon with a family from Pakistan that has lived here for about ten months they could barely speak Swedish and I only know a few words in Arabic but we had a Book of Mormon in Arabic ( I learned how to read the numbers and all the books in the Book of Mormon) so we taught them by using scripture. They had a daughter who is seven just like Ariana, and she was nice, her name was Marriolo or somthing like that.
Right after that we knocked on one door and then the second one we knocked on answered and it turned out to be a satanist, he let us in and we taught him the plan of salvation. It's amazing because most of the time people don't let us in or even answer but lately there have been quite a few.
It is interesting all the different kinds of people that you meet in the world.
Anyways
Life is Good.
Yes the about picture is Captain America... haha and yes I wore that under my shirt while teaching both the above mentioned lessons (I had a sweater over my white shirt so you couldn’t see through)
This picture is a house that we trackted (they didn't answer)
This is a HUGE pooofy coat that I got for free at the last zone conference... I love all the pockets. :) (oh and it's warm)
We helped David and Andreas (who lived in Trollhättan last year when I was there) move here to Alingsås... pretty cool beans
This is Noah Holleson and the Holleson's beagle.... pretty awesome dog. (we helped them fill in some holes with gravel on their dirt driveway on Saturday and on Wednesday they fed us lunch)
We got to teach a lot this week! Which was great and a lot of people let us in when we have been trackting, we meet a lot of interesting people like yesterday we taught about the book of Mormon with a family from Pakistan that has lived here for about ten months they could barely speak Swedish and I only know a few words in Arabic but we had a Book of Mormon in Arabic ( I learned how to read the numbers and all the books in the Book of Mormon) so we taught them by using scripture. They had a daughter who is seven just like Ariana, and she was nice, her name was Marriolo or somthing like that.
Right after that we knocked on one door and then the second one we knocked on answered and it turned out to be a satanist, he let us in and we taught him the plan of salvation. It's amazing because most of the time people don't let us in or even answer but lately there have been quite a few.
It is interesting all the different kinds of people that you meet in the world.
Anyways
Life is Good.
Yes the about picture is Captain America... haha and yes I wore that under my shirt while teaching both the above mentioned lessons (I had a sweater over my white shirt so you couldn’t see through)
This picture is a house that we trackted (they didn't answer)
We helped David and Andreas (who lived in Trollhättan last year when I was there) move here to Alingsås... pretty cool beans
This is Noah Holleson and the Holleson's beagle.... pretty awesome dog. (we helped them fill in some holes with gravel on their dirt driveway on Saturday and on Wednesday they fed us lunch)
Friday, November 7, 2014
November 3rd, 2014 | Halloween
Well this week was cool, there was just too much that happened and I am way too lazy to write it all down so I will just give the highlights... after emailing last week we got to go to this cool music store in Gothenburg and I played this super sick synth which was fun, as well as guitar, bass and drums.
later in the week we got to help a member who is building his own house, mostly we shovelled gravel and carried insulation.
We also got to help Lennart move from the top floor of his apartment to the bottom floor, Lennart is a guy in our ward who is totally awesome he does cremation by trade for the Swedish church, and has been a member for a long time.
anyway Things are great... hope that everything is good back home!
Love,
Äldste Peterson
later in the week we got to help a member who is building his own house, mostly we shovelled gravel and carried insulation.
We also got to help Lennart move from the top floor of his apartment to the bottom floor, Lennart is a guy in our ward who is totally awesome he does cremation by trade for the Swedish church, and has been a member for a long time.
anyway Things are great... hope that everything is good back home!
Love,
Äldste Peterson
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