The Extra Mile

Hejsan ifrån Malmö!
First thing I would like to congratulate the family for the amount of emails I got this week! Thank you so much for the Utah update, and just letting me in on the loop!
We have 4 elders down here in Malmö so the ward is quite excited about whats going to happen in the future. Right now we are just praying for guidance on how to make the best of this season and to get the members down here excited about missionary work! The past few weeks we have been looking at a very blank calendar this christmas for member dinners/visits. But this Sunday a man from the High priests got up during priesthood & sacrament meeting and showed everyone the calendar. After church we saw the calendar go from White to black! What a blessing that was to see the members have a desire to have us in their homes this holiday season!
On Saturday the Ward had a combined Christmas concert with the Lund ward! So it was a great time to see the members from Lund. 2 of our investigators were able to come. Marta from Bolivia and Ammed from Ghana! Ammed's story is pretty amazing actually! We actually were just going through the phone to check if anyone had slipped between the crack of transfers. And we found him in the phone. We called him and set up an appointment and then he canceled on us but said that he could come to the concert. He didn't show at the beginning but then he called us about 3/4ths through and said he was there. After the concert we ended up talking for quite a while. He said that he was christian and that there has been so much bad happening in his life and knows that God led us to him. HE said e had heard about the church before and told us that he was totally open for the truth! So that will be exciting! Michael who will be baptized this saturday was able to come to church and he keeps telling us how excited he is for it! One of his teaches was amazing. We taught him about the 10 commandments, the law of chastity and the Sabbath Day. Before we even taught him he told us about Sabbth Day and said if he had a job on sunday, he would quit it. This man is a miracle! After we taught him the word of wisdom a couple of days later about the Word of Wisdom and he was excited about it. Then, after the lesson he said "But, I have one question.... My wife back in Nigeria is Catholic and isn't that sure about this. But is it alright if we get married civily and then after a year or so, get sealed in the temple?" (Hint: we have yet to talk about temples with him) Of course, we said yes and then he said... I believe when I get baptized she will she the change in me, want to be baptized and be sealed! This man has got his eyes set in the right direction thats for sure!
We were able to go to Växjö this past thursday and I was able to see Marvin and he is doing great! He has his patriarchal blessing, and is introducing the gospel to so many of his friends it's amazing! It was good to be in the area again and am so thankful on what that area helped me gain!
Us four elders are doing great in the apartment. The other two have to sleep on the couch. But tomorrow is Christmas conference (about the Extra Mile... more details next week) combined with Göteborg Zone and we are going to have an amazing time! So our P-day today will be mostly preparation for that!
Love you fam!

Talk to you next week!


P.S. Elder Winegar's family said 11 your time on Christmas day... should we do that? should we all do it together? Tell me the times you all are available and we will adapt! Love you all!