This week was great! On monday we went to Tjolöholms Slott (Castle) with Äldste Elinkowski and Stinett and Sister Spencer and Mecham. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and the drive alone was a good enough activity for a p-day. We got to take a tour inside and it was pretty cool, the castle was built in the late 19th century. We had a fun dinner at a members house then went to family home evening with our investigator Norbert at the YSA center in Goteborg. I actually left as soon as I got there to go on splits with Äldste Mott.
Splits in Alingsås on tuesday were pretty uneventful, we had to get an apartment check so most of the day was just spent getting ready for that then fixing stuff up with the apartment. We baked an apple pie and made some cookie dough to bring back to the four man. We got to contact some people walking to and from the grocery store but a pretty slow day overall!
Wednesday we tracted in the afternoon about family history and familysearch.org and it was a lot more positive than what I'm used to, especially cause the neighborhood we were in was mostly older people that weren't as busy. We went and taught our investigator Bengt with a member and it was the best lesson with him yet! Bert, the member present, helped answer his questions with his super good Swedish and got him to think about coming to the Family History Center in our church. We went and did some swing by's at night at Stormgaton but we ended up tracting into a Jehovah's Witness lady which just turned into an intense discussion where we were fighting for control of the conversation so we just left.
Thursday we took our car into the shop in the morning to get the oil changed, it cost 2590 kronor!!! That's ridiculous for just changing the oil! We went and did more yard work at a member's house. It was pouring rain but it felt good to work and get wet and dirty in normal clothes. The member made us steak and potato salad afterwards, super good! In the afternoon I put up a lot of sticky notes around the apartment of stuff I want to learn the word for, like mirror (spegel). We did dinner then went and picked up an RM member and went and taught Norbert. We were forced to take the lesson inside (the apartment buliding, not our actual apartment) when it started raining but then went back outside when the rain stopped. The lesson went well, Norbert's coming along slowly but surely!
On Friday we had district meeting in the morning then went to Max Burgers for lunch. We did some weekly planning then helped a young couple move apartments. He gave us a sweet rug too! At night we were feeling really patriotic for some reason so we took Äldste Elinkowski's American flag and hung it up on the wall and said the Pledge of Allegiance to it, it felt pretty great.
On saturday we taught Bengt again with another member present and it went really well. We taught the Restoration and he opened up more about his past. He told us he has nothing to pray about so we talked a lot about prayer and testified about it to him so hopefully he tries praying this week. We taught our kind of investigator Lars after and it went well, we gave him a Book of Mormon cause he lost his old one and hopefully he'll sincerely read it.
Sunday was amazing! Our normal investigator Norbert didn't make it but an Arabic lady we contacted on the street like a month ago showed up for sacrament with her daughter and other relative. It was awesome! The members were really friendly and introduced themselves and it could not have been a better sacrament meeting since it was Swedish mother's day. Great day, God's plan is always better than our plan!
"Your continuing exercise of faith will forge strength of character available to you in times of critical need. Such character is not developed in moments of great challenge or temptation. That is when it is used". -Elder Richard G. Scott. I love that quote, I've really come to realize that you and I are constantly moving along the pathway of life, and every single choice we make moves us forward or backward along the path towards or away from God, there's no standing still! Choose to always press forward!
Love y'all!
Äldste Hainsworth
No pictures this week because:
Hey super busy p-day, were going to lisaberg right now so i can't send pics or respond to anyone else right now but I love you all, have a great week and thanks for the birthday wishes! I'll respond to everything next week! Everything's great, love you!
Äldste Hainsworth
From Tenny's dad:
Hi T, you putting up the flag and saying the pledge of allegiance reminded me when I was in Toluca in Mexico on my mission and had native companions and hadn't spoken English for months. I remember going going to a newsstand and buying a People magazine in English and then reading it out loud to myself to hear English.
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