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Idag följde jag med och hjälpte en kvinna med hennes trädgård med de här två killarna!🍀🌻De må vara amerikaner men de vet verkligen hur man gör Sverige bättre!!!🇸🇪✨De är här fullt i två år och om det är någon som behöver hjälp med vadsomhelst (måla, städa, trädgård, frågor om Gud och livet, och mer!) så kan du skicka dem ett meddelande på messenger eller på deras nummer 0737194718😊 Satsa!!! Helt värt och helt gratis så bor du i Borås eller varsom egentligen så slå dem en pling!!!😄

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Today I followed and helped a woman with her garden with these two guys! 🍀🌻De may be Americans but they really know how to make Sweden better!!! 🇸🇪✨De is here full for two years and if there is someone who needs help with anything (paint, clean, garden, questions about God and life, and more! ) so you can send them a message on messenger or on their number 0737194718 😊 bet!!! Totally worth and completely free so you live in Borås or wherever really so beat them a beep!!! 

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Facebook Post August 14

"Därför kan var och en som tror på Gud förvisso hoppas på en bättre värld, ja, på en plats på Guds högra sida, vilket hopp kommer av tro och blir ett ankare för människornas själlar..."

Mormons Bok
Ether 12:4

" Therefore, every one who believes in God can certainly hope for a better world, yes, in a place on the right side of God, which hope comes from faith and becomes an anchor for people's själlar..."

Mormons Bok
Ether 12:4

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Weeks 42 and 43 - Simple moments

Weeks 42 and 43 - Simple moments

Week 43 -  I'm not going to send a weekly email this week because I was working on a visa application and don't have time, but things are going great here! We rode our bikes a little this week, went fishing with some people that aren't members of the church, taught some lessons, ate some food. It was awesome! I'm sending you a picture of what we ate last night. We made it ourselves :) 

Week 42 -  Simple Moments - Things are cool and groovy here in Borås. We have an awesome young man here Will who let us be a part of his ordination to priest in the aaronic priesthood. Such an awesome experience. Highlight of my week for sure. It made me think back to when I was 16 getting ordained as a priest. That moment seemed small then, but looking back I see how much it's changed me. I remember Bishop Erickson telling me when I was 12 receiving the Aaronic Priesthood that in the movies, it's easy to tell what parts are important. There's always swelling music and dramatic camera angles. He told me though that it's not like that in real life. Some of the most important moments in life are quiet and and simple. I see now just how important some of those simple moments have been for me, and I'm so grateful for them.

      We taught a free thinker this week. We were trying to teach really basically who God is, and he was sharing his ideas in return, which included that God was all around us. I was trying to see his side and I could agree that in a way God is all around us, like the evidence that he exists and that he loves us, but then he cuts us off and points to a pigeon that had just landed and says very plainly "That is god." We all watch it pecking at the cement for a second and my companion says with a sideways glance and eyebrows raised "That pigeon is god?" Then we just sat trying to understand what he meant as he goes on about energy and and feeling sounds around you and stuff. He was going to deep for us and it was getting pretty obvious we weren't going be able to understand too much of what he was saying, so after listening for a bit, we winded the conversation down and asked if we could close our meeting with a prayer. He said yeah and we prayed. Then after that, he asked if he could pray too and we said yeah sure! Then he sat with his hands moving out in front of him in slow swirling motions and started beat boxing. Then after like three minutes or so, he faded out and after a few seconds of silence my companion was just like "amen". Haha it was pretty funny. Definitely the grooviest prayer I've ever heard. I love being a missionary :)

Love you all!

Äldste Denton

Week 41 - Go Sweden

Week 41 - Go Sweden

First of all, I would just like to say, Sweden is going to win the world cup. I can feel it.

Haha, there's been a lot of hype here. I don't know like anything about soccer, but yeah... Go Sweden :) 

We had district meeting this week which is not usually a super  exciting thing, but all district meetings are over Skype now except for one every six weeks where we actually meet in person. The one where we meet in person was this week. So we took a bus over to Jönköping and had a lovely time meeting with some other missionaries and discussing how we can more fully use technology in our missionary work and stuff like that. I got to see my trainer Elder Cook, and a few other mission buddies, plus some new faces. For lunch we went to the world food market. They had tents with food from all these different countries. I got some French thing. Mostly because they took card and I didn't have cash :) But it was yummy! They had stuff from the Ivory Coast, Holland, England, Mexico Thailand, USA... You name it. (Except don't name China, because I don't think that was there...)

My companion and I have been running and there's these really nice trails through the forest near our apartment. Pretty cool. There's cliffs, nice look-outs, lakes... It's been pretty fun. We're trying to be healthy and stuff. It makes it easy when it's so beautiful out :) We've been having lots and lots of sun and 75°-80° weather. 👌 

We also got invited over for dinner lots this week and more next week... Including a 4th of July party :) Should be fun. The guy that invited us is from Mississippi so I'm thinking it should be pretty delicious. 

We found a lot of nice people this week that said we could talk and stuff :) We've really been trying to revamp our finding approaches. The biggest thing is we're trying to become more in tune with the Spirit and receive inspiration about how we can find, where, who we can talk to, and what we can say. I've been reading and rereading President Nelson's talk about revelation from the last session of General Conference for guidance. I recommend reading and applying the principles he teaches. They have made a difference for me and I have found my understanding of revelation growing in following his counsel. Try it! 

Hope you all have a great week! 

Äldste Denton 

Some nice views and an old car show in town. That was pretty cool.