Hello dearest family! Thanks for keeping me in the loop of whats going on! I love your letters! Congrats to Swakeny (Swa jake and whitney) for another! Super exciting.... I'm pretty sure by the time i'll come home I will have at least 10 new faces that I have never seen before! Keep up the good work! Exciting stuff about the Mantua cabin... Congrats to Lara on her contest the picture is BEAUTIFUL (Mostly Nossa Senhora McKenna!) The Stake Conference notes are well appreciated and will be studying up on those. And about the Atonement Study plan... if you ever have that... I would love to follow along with the stake!
Another great week has FLOWN BY! Joseph from Nigeria has been given a baptismal calendar and has been reading everything which was written on it... We taught him about following the prophet and keeping the word of wisdom! At first we thought he had a problem with coffee and tea... because he went on this long tangent about being addicted to things... and then after we bore our testimonies he Said, "yeah I know... I have no problem with the Word of Wisdom... that was just an example... Of course I will follow whatever comes out of the Servant of the Lord's mouth!" We had a member with us... we had our share of laughs and moved on. He is strong and I KNOW that it's because he is reading the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY! It is amazing to see if they really do feast upon the words of christ... it will show them what to do! Uncle Ringwoods talk really has made a difference in the way I present the commandments to my investigators now... he said " A easiness and willingness to believe comes by keeping the commandments" Something like that.. SOO TRUE! As he came to church with a member he had a great time... members translated for him, welcomed him and wanted to order the Ensign already!
Alinda from Sierra Leone is doing great... still progressing in her own ways... Recently we have been going through the lessons ONE principle at a time... because she has gone throught 3 sets of missionaries... And by the time we got to her.. she didn't know that Jesus Christ visited the Americas... D´oh.. anyways... she is slowly progressing... But seeing the much opposition that comes into her life from reading the Book of Mormon... we know the Lord still wants her to be baptized... she does too... she just doesnt feel ready. Asking Inspired Questions has helped so much with her. Instead of giving her the commitments... we ask her questions so that she teaches herself on why she needs to keep the commitment.
This past week our chinese investigators have been preparing for entrance exams so this week we will be seeing how they have been doing. Michelle has been doing AWESOME. We have now been able to get her to recognize the Holy Ghost... her problem is believing that these feelings come from God and she isn't just doing it to herself. Satan is doing his best with her... but I am certain she will be baptized... just patience.
Colette our recent convert is doing great.. comes to church without us inviting her and just loves it here. Zaki and Zeina have bth recently got jobs in Göteborg (1 hour away) and work every friday saturday and sunday... (except they are working there for an internship... so they get no money). So we are just trying to help them understand the importance of renewing their covenants every week by going to church. You never realize how important Sacrament meeting is (to an extent) until you are a missionary... You are doing everything you can to get them to church.... so they can feel the spirit... feel at home.. and have the feeling of "I need to come here every sunday... what do I need to do?" BE BAPTIZED!
This week I have just really begun to have a deeper understanding of the Atonement and what that means for me, our investigators and EVERYONE that we encounter! How grateful I am for the enabling power of such a gift!
Thursday will be district meeting... then my companion and I will be going to STOCKHOLM on Friday ( Dinner with him and president) Saturday (Conference) and Sunday (Combined Stake conference) to see GRANDFATHER give a special address to 2 Zones in our mission! I can't wait...
Well this week has been exciting... This is Sweden's last semester for providing free education for EVERYONE so there have been many chinese and Indians and people from all over the world coming. (I wonder if they knew that God really had another purpose in mind for them?) With the spirit.. we'll just have to go and tell them ourselves! This Gospel is True... Onward!
Dearest family, you are great!
Love, Äldste Wad
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