Good afternoon!

Another great week in Boden, it actually warmed up a little! We are supposed to have snow every day this week so that will be exciting!

On the bus home from Luleå on Monday, I sat next to the same guy I sat next to a few weeks ago! His name is Cosmos, he's from Nigeria, and this time I gave him a Book of Mormon! (Didn't have one in English last time). He asked me how 'the ministry' was going and we had a great conversation again!

Äldste Erdman is great. We have a lot of the same interests and he has taught me some great things about missionary work!

We were in the library on Saturday teaching a guy named Saul. During the lesson, we gave him a Book of Mormon in what we thought was his native language (Amharic) but it turns out he can only read Tegrinic. So anyways we had an Amharic Book of Mormon with us, and right after the lesson with Saul this kid named Michael started talking to us! His English was perfect but we found out that he was from Ethiopia, where they speak Amharic, so we were able to give the Book of Mormon to him! Michael seemed really happy to see us, he said he had cousins in the US who had told him about Mormon missionaries! It was cool to be in the right place at the right time and know it!

I was able to give a talk in church this week! It was on charity. I think that talk was fine but the best part was that I learned so much about charity myself in preparation for it!

Have a great week!

Äldste Francis

To my family...

WHAT A WEEK!

A car, passed exams, President Monson's funeral, and Jazz tickets! Wow!!

About the car... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT LOOKS SO NICE! I AM SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF YOU! HOW DID YOU FIND THAT? Mama, that car is perfect. It reminds me of us finding the red van! Heavenly Father knew we needed a car, and we found the perfect one after being patient! Both times! I wish I could ride in it or drive it! Have so much fun with the Bluetooth and sunroof and heated seats and hitch and everything else!!!! I am so happy about that!

I am so grateful that Uncle Joe passed, I have been praying for him and I actually asked Äldste Harris to pray with me one time when I thought of him as we were walking to a bus stop.

Elder Erdman is great, we have become good friends this week. To shovel the snow in Boden, they use construction equipment. They are super efficient, so the roads are never super bad. Sweden takes some of the jobs that either go undone in the US or are done by volunteers in the US and turns them into jobs for people, so there are big teams of people working on the snow after every storm.