We spent a ton of time with members this week. From digging ditches, to a young single adult fireside about sexual purity, to helping ministering, to member meals, to visiting less active members and giving a blessing, to teaching a couple with the members that referred them present, to visiting a member getting ready to be rebaptized and teaching her daughter... And the list goes on.
Here's
one kinda dorky thing we did this week. We had a super long bus ride to
go teach the previously mentioned returning member and her daughter. 57
kilometers away as the crow flies. Unfortunately, busses don't travel
quite as straight as crows. Since this particular journey is not too
popular by bus, we were pretty much alone the whole time. So we decided
to make a short film with our limited resources. It's all on one video
and we just paused it and restarted it for new scenes. We got a little
carried away and it ended up being over 7 minutes long... (in our
defense, that's 57 kilometers as the crow flies, in both directions. The
amount we traveled that day could have almost gotten us from Pocatello
to Bear Lake) Wish I could send it, but it's over a gig... And also very
bad. But yeah we had a ton of fun with it. Staring Elder Hambrick.
Produced, filmed, and directed by Elder Denton. It's going to make us
money one of these days.
We
were asked Saturday to speak in sacrament meeting yesterday. We were
also already planning to do a musical number. So like half the meeting
was the missionary show. Then during Sunday school, we were all delving
into Isaiah and came across a scripture that made everyone kinda
chuckle. They read it aloud and explained that it was a prophesy for
missionaries: "For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak
to this people." Then everyone turned to us and started laughing like
"Haha roasted by Isaiah, let's all dab on the missionaries." It really
hit close to home since we had both just given talks. It was pretty
funny. We had a few people come up to us after and just say stuff like
"Don't worry you guys have very good Swedish" and stuff to try to mend
our broken hearts 😭💔 Isaiah is such a savage that he roasted us 2,750
years in advance, give or take.
And here's just some thoughts from the talk/testimony I gave.
Jesus
Christ knows and loves each one of us. As our favorite prophet Isaiah
also said "Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed."
I love the
simplicity of the gospel. Jesus Christ sacrificed everything for us. His
sacrifice enables us to gain everlasting life. With his stripes we are
healed.
That's about it for this week!
Hope you all have a good one,
Äldste Denton
Here's a lake by where we live in Sjöbo. Really puts the 'sjö' in 'Sjöbo'.
We bought a second hand popcorn machine off a friend. Now we are living lavish.
Game Night?
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