Conference Weekend

Hey y'all! 

We got a new progressing investigator this week! Wooh! I'll try to turn her from just being a name in this email to someone you can truly appreciate and learn to love as I have quickly learned to love her. Her name is Ava and we tracted into her on tuesday. We of course had an Arabic Book of Mormon with us and gave her that to read while somehow finding Enos as a place for her to start. She read Enos and then some when we came back on saturday to teach her again. She expressed how she'd grown up Muslim but had lost her faith and was at a crossroads between Islam and Christianity and wants to find the right way. We promised her that as she reads the Book of Mormon and prays about it she will come to a knowledge that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and loves her and wants to bless her and her adorable family of a 3 and 5 year old, both daughters. She also has a husband but we haven't had the opportunity to meet him yet. Ava ended up coming to watch general conference and she got her own little room to watch it with her daughters in Arabic since her Swedish isn't the best. She's sincere and searching for the truth that comes through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Ann Marie our investigator has still been sick but hopefully will be feeling better this week as well as our other investigator Kjell. It's pretty ridiculous how long our two formerly progressing investigators have been sick, please pray for their health! They really need it!  

I also had the privilege of going on splits with Elder Kapp here in Växjö, Elder Reed's (MTC comp) trainer. He's a heck of a missionary and I learned a lot working alongside him. We were only together for the day but we met several positive potential investigators and had a great time doing it. 

On friday we just had a killer weekly planning session, I get so excited after some good weekly planning. We tried to arrange swing by's for the week by geographical area and pair a member we could take with us to everyone we're going by, we'll see how it goes! 

We also had the opportunity to meet "Smokey" on saturday night, he came up and talked to us, his "American brothers". He said he sells all sorts of drugs and guns if we were interested in becoming customers. We politely said we were good but had a good conversation with him, he's been to America twice! And hey, being good pals with the local drug dealer can never hurt. 

Conference was great this past weekend, I ate sooo much candy but hey, conference godis are a tradition! I loved the talk by President Eyring in the Sunday morning session. "As you obey, the impressions from the Spirit will come more frequently, closer and closer to constant companionship". What a blessing and a gift that is if we can learn to follow the pattern and promptings of the Spirit. Honestly missionary work would be pointless without the Spirit's help, it makes ALL the difference. I testify to that.

Shout out to newly ordained Elder Renlund of the 12 Apostles for being an RM from Sweden! 

Have an amazing week!

Mvh,

Äldste Hainsworth

On the lookout for investigators

General Conference this last weekend!