Växjö Week 15 - April 29, 2019

Hello!

Another wonderful week has come and gone!! 

The sun is shining brightly here in Växjö. I'm curious to see how warm it will be in the summer based on the temperature already!

We definitely saw a multitude of miracles this week... First, Björn! Elder Childs felt that we should go by his home on Wednesday. I was hesitant because we didn't have anything set up with Björn and I wasn't sure what we would do or say if he ended up answering the door. We chose to follow Elder Child's inspiration and swing by his house. I am so glad we did! He was home and happy to see us. He invited us in and we had another good lesson! Björn has deep faith in Jesus Christ. He has a wonderful family. He loves righteousness. I feel like God has blessed him abundantly and wants to bless him even more! Thank you for praying for Björn. Please keep praying! We invited him to attend sacrament meeting with us. He explained that he was busy but would "jättegärna" come another time. 

Mats is an ongoing miracle! He came to church again. He comes each week and greets each member before and after the meeting. During our lesson on Wednesday, we read the first two chapters of 1 Nephi together. Mats understood the story line really well and did a great job of summing up what was happening in a funny way. He said things like, "wow, Laman and Lemuel really thought their dad was coo-coo, didn't they?!" and "so basically they were super rich and they left it all." We want him to develop good personal scripture study habits

Another miracle man! Fredrich. Elder Childs and I were going to the home of a member who we hadn't met before to see if we could get contact with them. The member didn't answer, but we decided to do some finding work in her area. We knocked all of the doors on one side of her apartment building and then started walking away. But we turned back! It felt as if there was someone we needed to find. And there was! We met Fredrich, a super humble college student who we will be teaching again tomorrow. Hopefully the story will continue next week!

One of our focuses this week was trying to find younger people in Växjö who are prepared to receive the message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We met a ton of youth! That prayer was answered! We talked to a ton who seemed really prepared. The conclusion that Elder Childs and I came to is that we need to pray this week not only to find the youth who are prepared but also that we will be inspired with a way to be able to find a way to teach them consistently... I am sure that the inspiration will come!

We played soccer at the weekly branch soccer game, and Vlad (one of our friends) came as usual. Afterwards, we headed to the church with member and Vlad came with us so that he could play the piano while the church was unlocked. He is an impressive pianist! At church yesterday, we found out that Vlad had ended up staying with Dallin (the member) for basically the rest of the day. They went to another sport activity at the university and then worked out together for two hours. Elder Childs and I were super happy, it is great when the people we teach become tight with the members!

Love you all!

Äldste Francis

I am out of room on Google and cannot attach photos! Plus I am out of time and I will have to figure it out next week! Sorry!