Week 15 - Change

Hey Everybody!

   We had zone conference near Stockholm on Friday and it was a party! 🎉🎈✨🎊🎁

Also baptism on Saturday! ......  ......  ....... ...... ...... ...... (where those baptism emojis go) 

     

Super proud of Sigmund and the other Elders here. It was an awesome experience.

    Seriously though, President Youngberg is also so inspired. He has been changing the way we do missionary work here in Sweden. First is just the way we talk to people. He has encouraged us to be ourselves, not a missionary robot, to focus on people and quality conversation over numbers. He wants us to focus on making a friend when we talk to people, not getting their phone number. He's been telling us to visit and encourage every member to do one thing to help out with the work. Right now the members have a challenge to each invite one friend to church before Christmas, and let me tell you, I have seen some new faces at church! It's so exciting to see members do missionary work. 

     

     President Youngberg also said something very profound that his dad told him. "A good leader sees others as Christ does and helps them to see themselves that way." He wants us to see Swedes in their best light. Swedes are known for not liking two things: talking with strangers and talking about religion. So naturally missionary work is going to have to look a little different here then maybe it does in America. But President insists there's a way and it starts with seeing Swedes where they are comfortable and learning to love what they love... with seeing them how Christ sees them. 

   

     Also we got to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" for Christmas conference and now my Christmas is complete. I got your package mom and dad and I haven't opened it yet but thanks I love you guys :) (Also I'm using Skype on Monday mom, and my companion and I are ready to sing for you in Swedish)  Also, during the week between Christmas and New Years, we all will be reading The Book of Mormon. The whole thing. We are aloud to spend up to 3½ hours a day of proselyting time to just read. Should be a really neat experience. 

     Love you all! Have a great week! 

     Äldste Denton

                                            Some of the MTC crew at Zone Conference.
                                     

                                                               The Ocean is frozen...

                                                              Like... real frozen…

                        My Comp with all of his Companions who are still out on the mission. 

                                                                  Sundsvall :)

                                                                 Stockholm :)