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 Tjena! 


Summer has officially come here in Sweden, and we've got the fan absolutely BLASTING every night. Sweden is the worst for not believing in air conditioning. 

This week we had a lot of events, including:
- our Monday night språk café 
- basketball in the church on Wednesday
- Football in the church on Thursday evening 
- Our last zone conference with President and Syster Davis before they go home! 
- The Musikafton on Sunday evening, which is a stake event that we had to plan

We also met with David, who got baptized about two months ago, for the last time before he goes back to Peru! He has such a strong testimony, and we're excited for him to be able to go to the temple there! 

On Friday, we hopped on the tunnelbana to talk to people, and I got distracted talking to a man that I met about the meaning of life. We stayed on the train until we were quite a bit outside of our area, and then realized after he got off the train that it was the last station. And we were the only people left. 
We were stuck on the train for about 10 minutes in the middle of nowhere, and there were no workers or people in sight. The things you do for a good conversation, haha!

This week, as a mission, we focused a lot on faith in Jesus Christ. What it is, how we grow it--and what we would do if we had more faith. 
In Alma 32:21 it states:
"And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true." 

Our faith doesn't have to be big to make a difference. But we should do all we can to nourish it and give it the potential to grow!

Have a good week.
Syster Naatjes 

a good reminder 

sportskväll!

big Lake

Zone conference ft. Sys Taylor

post musikafton



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