Quite a Bit of Malmö

Hejsan!

Okay, many things happened this week. Far too much to cover in one email. So I'll stick to the highlights, and the lowlights. Because both are equally important!

Highlights:

- We went on Splits in Malmö and we had an MTC Reunion! Syster Bryson and Syster Cook are awesome, and it was really great to see them again.

- Our friend *Oliver, who is of the Muslim faith, surprised us by asking if he could say the prayer to start our lesson! It was incredibly powerful, and he even ended it in Jesus Christ's name. Which is a HUGE step, for someone who never learned about Christ as the Savior and Reedemer of the world.

- We gave out 7 Book of Mormons! Which is quite a few for one week here in Sweden.

- A family that has been hard to consistently meet with came to church yesterday!

- Syster Kearns has decided that she loves falafel and so we got some this week. Det smakar alltid gott.

Lowlights:

- We were supposed to have ZonsKonferens on Thursday, and it got canceled one day beforehand. That meant we had planned nothing for Thursday, and did an entire day of finding. Which is always a bit of a drag.

- We visited a member who lives in a mental health facility, and she gave us some saft to drink. (Already sketchy). Halfway through drinking it, she let us know that her medication makes her forget things, and she realized she had forgotten to wash the cups we were drinking out of. Tufft.

- Many of our lessons were canceled like 5 minutes before they were supposed to happen.

- We got on a train without thinking, and accidentally went like 30 minutes the wrong direction. But hey, we ended up giving a Book of Mormon to a guy on that train! So I guess God is real after all.

This week was a little tough at times, but så är livet på missionen! God always gives us the strength we need when we need it.

Syster Naatjes

Pictures:

Morning run in Malmö

The iconic MTC trio.

Me and Sys. Cook--who cut my hair while on Splits.

Sys Kearns and I in Malmö for pday.

Syster Kearn's first authentic Skåne kebab pizza. Big day.

A fashion statement.

Comments

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