Hej all!
As you may or may not know this week is transfers. Its been
a crazy week. P-day was to be tomorrow but it definitely is not going to work.
Well first a funny story about our mini zone conference. Our district leader
Äldste Shear´s Birthday was last saturday, the same day as our conference. So
the sisters in his district (us and Lund) decided to give him gifts. Lund gave
him some Yoga exercise cards and Syster Page and I baked some cookies and wrote
a poem. You probably dont know but Syster Page is a prankster and so we made
two kinds of cookies, salty cookies and regular cookies. We rewrote the lyrics
to Arthors theme song into a happy birthday song. We were the last in our Zone
to hope on the train to Göteborg so we found and sat by everyone. We surprised
him with his gifts and he made a video about his loving "Relief
Society" and the gifts we gave him. Then he shared his cookies with
everyone. Realizing there were salty ones he quickly made another video of how
upset he was that they were "poisoned" and a waste of chocolate
chips. He laughed in good fun. Then once at the conference he played one back
on us, He put the left over cookies on the dessert table for the two zones to
partake in. As we were eating, Äldste Shear just laughed and laughed. Then
President Newell partook of a cookie and admonished Syster Page to get a new
recipe. It was a great laugh for everyone involved. When President Newell got
up to talk with us he explained about our incident "If Syster Page wasnt
going to be going home Id think twice about sending her home." All in
great fun mind you.
We found out yesterday that if we were moving President
Newell would call. So we were waiting around as Syster Page packed up and I
cleaned. No call ever came. We planned for today, wrote in our journals and
went to bed without recieveing a call. I was ok with staying in Halmstad. I
have learned to love all those people here and would have loved to have stayed
here another transfer. Around 10:40 President called and informed us of my
transfer. Im headed to Göteborg where Ill be junior companion to Syster Brown.
I just met her when we had our mini zone conference where we met President. She
seems pretty nice. Im excited to learn from her more swedish and a new town.
Its exciting!
Our Fourth of July Celebration was pretty epic. We had to do
some laundry yesterday so we were running up and down the stairs to the Laundry
room when the Zone leaders called. The whole zone took time in the morning on
the phone to sing "God bless america" (well a few random elders) and
then we all recited the Pledge of Alligence, Syster Page and I standing in the
stairwell of our house. I never have experienced something quite like that
before. Oh and we made juice popsicles from the koolaid Mom sent =) Thanks mom!
This week I headed up most of the lessons. Its been a big
change. Usually with svenska Syster Page will lead and I will follow and
testify, but not this week. It has definitely been a learning experience that
was definitely needed. It helped me to realize how important it is to have
Faith in the Lord and to rely on inspiriation from the Holy Ghost, as well as a
whole lot of study on my part. Im proud to say (proud in a good way) That
Heavenly Father helped me through all the lessons we had and we were able to
teach in unity with the Spirit a lot this week.
The Lord blessed us with Marianne this week. We have been
having a rough time finding people to teach. We went trackting and found her.
She thought we were jehovah witness but we explained gave her The Book of Mormon
and an appointment in a few days. When we arrived back she had read every night
before going to bed and had taken notes. She gives great hugs and is an awesome
lady! We asked her to prepare to be baptized for August 13. She is so nice. We
met with her yesterday and she gave us all super great hugs. She is like 65 Id
say, lives alone with a dog and kat. Will you all please pray for her that she
will continue to feel the spirit and feel prepared to be baptized on that date?
Tack så yette mycket!
Im kinda bummed to be leaving Halmstad but I know Im needed
for some reason or another in Göteborg. Its been an awesome area and Im excited
to experience what Göteborg has to offer. I hope to find more Alligators there
and to help many others come closer to Christ.Now for Challenge time! ´This week I studied a lot about relying on the Lord. Its someting that seems difficult to master. The image in my head goes straight to that trust activity where someone stands facing away from a group of people and is supposed to fall into their arms. (please note I couldnt ever do that) So its an interesting perspective to be that person. You never know exactly who will catch you, if those that will attempt to catch you will catch you in time, or even if they will. Im thankful to know that that is not the case with our Father in Heaven. When we rely on him throughout everything, he will guide us, he is always there, no matter the worries our Natural man tries to put in our heads. When we rely on the Lord we cannot Fail. He wont allow us to, unless there is a purpose and we know that his thoughts are higher then our thoughts so all we must do is to rely on him. So i ask How do we rely on the Lord? Enough with the ramble! Its through our sincere prayers, as we kneel in humility to our Savior and ask for his help and guidence in all we do. He will help us. I know this is true, had it not be true I definitely couldnt be out here in Halmstad talking to strangers about Gods love for them. Will you all please take time each morning and evening so communicate with your Father In Heaven who has blessed you with all you have and will bless you with all that you need? I can promise that when you do this, no matter what is going on in life you will be strengthened and will be able to overcome all obstacles. Im living proof of that!
I love you all! Thanks for your support and prayers!
Love
Syster Juker
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