What a week!
During a lesson at the church on Wednesday, a man walked into the Church who we didn't recognize. The lesson was soon over and we got the chance to talk with him. It was so cool! He was taught by missionaries here in Växjö about two years ago and said that he wanted to start leaning about the church once again. We sat down and had a lesson with him right there and he mentioned that he felt the Holy Spirit really strongly last time the missionaries had taught him about Joseph Smith and the Restoration. He said that he felt the same Spirit as we talked about it again. We got to teach him again on Saturday and then he came to church on Sunday! So cool!
I wrote a few weeks ago about a mother and her two children who Elder Childs and I met on the bus weeks ago. We taught them one time in their home but hadn't had great contact since. We saw them on the bus again, then invited them to church. And they came! The kids' names are Mateo and Angela and they are hilarious. Our branch has one primary student and one sunbeam, so Mateo and Angela doubled the numbers. Unfortunately, we didn't actually have primary yesterday because we watched a broadcast of a branch in the stake becoming a ward. Hopefully Mateo, Angela, and their mom come again next week! Please pray for that :)
Transfer calls!!!! Elder Childs is moving on. He is done being trained! I am done being a trainer! Elder Childs will be headed to Halmstad, about an hour and a half west of here. His new companion is Elder Cummings from my MTC group. My new companion is Elder Jake Olson! He has been in the blessed land of Jakobsberg this past transfer and was trained in Boden like I was. So we will have three of the same areas! He will take my place as district leader and will be my final companion.
One of the most spiritual experiences of this week for me was at a lesson on Friday morning. The day before, two girls from a local junior high had called Elder Childs and I and asked if they could meet with us to ask us questions about our church for a school project. We accepted their invitation and invited a member named Marvin to come as well. We met in our church and had a really great time responding to their inquiries. We shared a video of the Rome, Italy temple at the end of our conversation and both of the girls were shocked at how beautiful it was. One of the girls seemed especially intrigued by everything we talked about. She said that she believed in God but was unsure of anything else regarding her faith. Marvin did a perfect job of talking about how he found himself in her same situation 10 years ago before joining the church. His testimony of prayer, the Book of Mormon, and prophets was really powerful. I know that God gave us that opportunity to teach those young women about this true message, and I really really hope they remember how they felt as we talked. We have contact with them via text so hopefully we can continue teaching them!
Ha det bra!
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