A grillfest of strangers

Hej alla!

This week was busy, and fun, and good.

We had a lot of lessons, we had a game night, we had a volleyball activity, and we had a 50 minute lesson on the street with a guy named *Matt who stopped us and asked us if we were Mormons, and then took us on a walk.

We also:

- got a call from a member in our ward who asked us to pick her up after she got in a crazy car accident

- got invited to a grillfest by a person we had never met, and met a bunch of very interesting people there. We were able to talk about the gospel quite a bit, and gave out our card. We even scored half a free Korv!

- invited someone to be baptized. She said no. #tyvärr

- Had a really deep lesson with our friend *Mark about the temple and about making covenants with God.

- had yet ANOTHER person tell me that I look like an elf

- had a lesson in a burger joint and ate the worst nachos ever

Spiritual thought for the week is from Mosiah 4:

"9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend."

I really like the last line of this verse. We talk a lot about believing in God as a creator, that he has power and wisdom, that he watches over us--but we don't talk that much about how God can comprehend the things we can't.

Sometimes we get lost when we don't understand something, but God has the missing pieces of the puzzle, and has the capacity to understand and utilize truth in a way that's beyond our mortal means.

I know he lives.

Have a good week!

Syster Naatjes

Warning! living children

Lunch with President at Ikea

fairy door?

this picture speaks for itself I think

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