Week 51 - Multicultural Week

Week 51 - Multicultural Week

We had a really awesome lesson with two of my favorite people ever. They're a Swedish couple that love jazz. He plays jazz piano. She sings. And they are GOOD. She used to tour professionally.

Anyways. 

Before I get on any jazz tangents...

The spirit was super strong there on Saturday when we were with them. I love being with them and reading from the Book of Mormon together. I always feel so refreshed after being with them. And I really think they do too. We gave them an initiative the church did here in Europe where you have 21 questions on there and 21 references in the Book of Mormon. Some of them are simple (Is there a God?) and some of them more complex (How can I find joy?). We felt like it was perfect for them so we have it to them and they said they would try it out. I know that if they really do, they can receive a witness from God that the Book of Mormon is true. 

We did some other fun stuff this week. Including digging a ditch at our friend Paul's place. He's an American from Mississippi. That was fun. His stable kept flooding but now it shouldn't. 

We also taught a family that moved here from Columbia this week. Everything went prefect. I felt like I was watching an episode of 'The District'. Usually I have a hard time relating to the missionaries in those videos, but this time I was like "So this is what it's like to teach a family with a Christian background!" It felt way different. Usually we spend the whole first lesson on whether or not God exists or they don't understand prayer or are afraid their friends and family will judge them for meeting with us (which is usually a pretty rational fear since being too religious is considered really weird here). So it was a different experience this week when we asked if we could pray and even their kids came in and kneeled down. The whole thing was interpreted for us. From Swedish to Spanish, then Spanish back to Swedish. 

So that was some highlights from our week. 

Hope you all have a wonderful week :) 

Äldste Denton 

                                          Here's some recent pictures from the week.

Something we like doing in our spare time is making fake album covers. Here's one I whipped up this morning of Elder Hambrick. You can pre-order your copies now folks. 

                                     That's a big mushroom... 

                                      Hiking in the forest. 

                                     I made a salad this week. Twice.