Hey Everyone,
First, my Swedish grandparents.
As far as I know, we're not related, but Garth and Kristina are still my
grandparents. They are the nicest and are always feeding us and talking
our ears off. They are investigators and they say they really believe
God has sent us to them. My new companion and I went swung by their
house the other day and I was super excited to introduce them to Elder
McCarl. We knock on their door and Garth asks "who is it?" through the
door like always. Then he checks through the window just to make sure
before letting us in and giving us both hugs. Then Elder McCarl pulls
out a smart phone with a pink case and asks if it's theirs. It was
Kristina's that she had apparently dropped. I didn't even realize Elder
McCarl picked it up, but it was another testimony builder to them that
we were heaven sent since we saved Kirstina's phone from freezing in the
snow. Then we talked about the Book of Mormon. They were planning
before Christmas to leave for Spain in January until March or April or
something. Long story short, Kristina hurt her back just bad enough that
they won't be able to go but not bad enough that she's in too much
pain. But then they said that meant we could come by whenever, which is
actually really great news. We are going to invite them to be baptized.
Okay and then the lame "storm". Yesterday in church they announced
church would be ending an hour early so that we could travel home in
time to be safe from this massive storm that was coming. I was pumped. I
love storms. Snow storms especially. If this was the worst storm yet
this winter, I could only imagine how good it was going to be. Not only
that, but the mission president told the missionaries in Sundsvall and
Örnsköldsvik I think to go home right after church and stay there. I was
so excited to just watch the snow fly with a cup of hot chocolate and a
Book of Mormon, so I get everything ready and wait... Not much action,
so I start organizing some stuff and cleaning to pass the time...
Nothing... The sun has been down for a few hours now and it's like 5... I
see the stars outside.. no clouds... It's a little windy and that's
it... It stays like that all night... So disappointing! If there's one
thing I've learned from life, it's not to trust a storm warning. Well
okay, if there's one thing I've learned, it's to follow the Spirit, but
if I could pick two things I learned, the second would be not to trust a
storm warning.
Äldste McCarl is cool. I think we're going to get along fine :) New approach for finding investigators is successful for sure, but usually not at getting investigators. What it does better though is gets people to open up and be honest with us an they usually have a really positive experience even if they're not interested to learn more. Also, we're allowed to do family history here and there's resources I can only use while in Sweden so that is super cool. I am going to learn to use those to see if we have any Swedish blood in us.
Love you all and have a great week!
Äldste Denton
My new companion and I.
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