Bilingual Doctors

From: Jennifer Juker <jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2011

Subject: Bilingual Doctors

Hej Alla!

This week has been a tough one. On pday we did the church trip, going around to all the different churches and taking beautiful pictures that actually didnt get sent =( I will try again in this email. We did lots of walking and on Tuesday I felt it! My ankle was swollen and hurt like crazy! So I called Syster Newell and asked if I could go to the doctor. Yup imagine that I asking to see a doctor! We then went to our closest Vårdcentral which was closed for the summer! How can clinics be closed for the summer I will never know! Anyway so we went to the Hospital- the one we went to didnt do anything with orthopedics so we got sent to another hospital across town. Upon arriving there we were told we needed to wait in the emergency waiting room, we took a number and waited for an hour or so to be called to the window. I sat next to a lady who was hit by a car and Syster Brown sat next to a lady whose whole leg was swollen and bruised. Once finally at the window they informed me I needed to go to a Vårdcentral because the accident happened more then two weeks ago. So I called Syster Newell and she gave some consoling words, "You're probably thinking there are a million other things you could be doing like teaching, finding, working hard, but I know that this is more important and Heavenly Father wants you to be your 100% so just take the time and see the doctor." We finally saw a doctor who said its not broken but wants me off my feet for 10 to 14 days and I have pain medication. The next day we walked and got xrays just to make sure it isnt broken. We are all in the clear no breaks. 

Wednesday during Swedish Class I met Svetlana and we had an awesome first teach about the restoration then on saturday we had a great second teach on the Plan of Salvation and then on Sunday She came to church! All 3 hours in a skirt! The members were supprised and asked if we were now three (referring to a three some)! It was awesome! President and Syster Newell spoke in our sacrament meeting and they brought me gifts of crutches and our new mini DVD players! Each missionary pair gets one to use! Its a tremendous responsibility and super cool. We have them in hopes that we can show investigators the church dvds in their own homes or wherever we happen to find them. We spend a lot of time on spårvagns and trains in this mission so its more accessible to share the dvds with everyone. 

Today we have nothing planned because Im on crutches. Äldste and Syster Anderson came and picked us up to do our shopping for this week and then to bring us to the center. They are awesome and so thoughtful! I am very thankful for them. President Newell has made it possible that Syster Vistaunet will come here to Västra Frölunda so Syster Brown and her can go out and I can rest my foot in the center with Syster Anderson. I just want my foot back so I can do everything myself its very frustrating to not be able to do things. Im learning patience, endurance, and humility. Its not the most fun but I certainly am learning a lot. Syster Vistaunet will get her at 8.25 tonight. It is a relief and I am thankful for the stress that is relieved by these changes. 

Transfers are on the 30, President Newell said we will probably stay here and work just as discribed above. Ill let you know if anything changes. 

With this trial has come a need for comfort. There are so many variables in each and everyones lives. No matter what you do or who you are, life can change on a dime. One thing that has helped me through out this is my Patriarchal Blessing. I think I forget about it sometimes, its always in the front of my scriptures, How often do we look there? I took it out this week many times and read and studied it. Our Patriarchal Blessings are personal scripture and should be regarded as such. So for my challenge this week I challenge you all to dust off the old blessing, take in out of the file folder drawer and study it. Look up definitions in the Bible dictionary (I love that thing!), find examples of what you need to develop in the scriptures, try and find ways to live more worthy of those promised blessings! I know that as we take the time to study those things we have been given as guidance systems we are living more worthy of the spirit and can find a deeper happiness and a deeper desire to be better and do better everyday.

I love you all! Hope you all have an awesome week and remember what sacrifice the Savior has made for you! He came for YOU individually! I was listening to the Women at the Well CD the other day and It really struck me the individuality of the Atonement and the life of our Savior. He did all that He did for us specifically. Today I studied the atonement and I read in chapter 33 of Jesus the Christ! Read it! It is amazing and has grown my appriciation of my Savior and His love for me, individually, even if I dont "deserve" it or I am ignorant of my need of Him. He is always waiting for us to talk with Him and communicate what we are going through to Him. He loves us!

Tangent =)

Love Syster Juker

ps excuse all grammatical errors- I blame swedish! =)

Be Lovingly Aggressive out there!

From: Jennifer Juker <jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:56 AM
Subject: Be Lovingly Aggressive out there!

Hej Everyone!

Well this week has been one for the books! It started out with Pday last week as we stayed in our apartment and wrote lots of letters home. It was nice to rest my foot and probably smart because I've been on it all week! Doing the Lords work you don't need breaks, The Spirit carries you from teach to teach and its awesome!

On Tuesday we had a member dinner with the Anstinsons- She is danish and he was athiest and has been a member for long time now! His conversion story was awesome. A short summary, They married and she made him go to church, There was a change in the elders quorum presidency and the new president was fasting and praying to know who to call as his secretary. Anders kept coming to mind but he wasn't a member so he kept fasting and praying. After a couple weeks he asked to meet with Anders and told him of his dilema- he agreed to start taking the discussion and got baptised! Isn't that awesome!!!

Wednesday we taught Swedish class and were able to introduce Yang Yang to the Elders which was really cool. It's like giving away a child, though I have never done that before I imagine the feelings are the same.

Thursday we had our district meeting and an AMAZING teach with Ehsan! He is our investigator who the first week I was here we taught about baptism and we asked him to pray about being baptized; seeing as he is from Iran and may have to return back. Thus he cant be baptised or he could be killed. Anyway, we came into the teach and he shared with us that he knows he needs to be baptized that the Book of Mormon is true and the word of God! We then explained to him more fully the fruits of the Spirit and he contected each of the words to different experiences in which the Holy Ghost has helped him in his life and to know these things are true. He has been looking for a job so that he can stay in Sweden and get residency but it hasn't happened yet. Randomly after he recieved his answer on Monday a man in his class came up and offered him a job with his company. The Lord really does prepare a way. It was an awesome experience as he had trouble knowing what words meant and how they applied to the church, like he asked why is the Holy Ghost baptism of fire. The Holy Ghost was able to explain through me how it purifies us just as coal becomes a diamond, we are refined and made better by following the promptings of the Holy Ghost! It was so sweet!

We had our first teach with Marie-Louise, a swede who the past missionaries found. She is awesome and patient with my broken swedish! She is super sweet!

On Saturday when we were out contacting we were talking with this man who was a little argumentative and when I tried to explain part of the Restoration I slipped up a few words and he told me you have an important message, it's really important that you speak properly. (in swedish) I told him Jag har varit har 3 månader. to which he responded Oh You are skilled! It was a really funny experience! It was also a shock to me that I was able to communicate and hold all these conversations in Swedish and I've only been in Sweden for 3 months! Its a crazy thought all in all! I know that it is only though the Lord that we are able to see these miracles and be able to do his work.

On Sunday the old ward mission leader Fredrick Karlsson told us to Be Lovingly Agressive out there! It really stuck with me. We are out and talking with folk everyday because we love them, just as our Heavenly Father Loves them! We impress upon them the importance of our message and keeping commitments because that is how the Savior admonishes us to live. We do all these things because of our love, knowledge, and testimony of the Savior and His restored church through Joseph Smith! It's an awesome thought to see how it all boils down to love! So this weeks challenge is to be lovingly agressive, show those you care about that you care, serve them and try to relieve their burdens. I know that as we lose ourselves in the service of others we are blessed and they are thankful, thus making the world a whole lot better!

Sunday evening we had a member dinner with Mary and Christopher Malm and they have a tradition with all new missionaries that their companion gets to pick a random object in the house and then you have two minutes to prepare a spiritual thought with a scripture and experience and testimony. It was awesome! I felt stressed but It turned out well. Syster Brown picked out a purse. I related it to the Savior and carrying our burdens in Matthew. I liked it! There are ways to remember the gospel no matter where you are or what you are around. Look around and find some of your own this week!

I hope you have a great week! Love you all!

Love

Syster Juker

pictures to come later- we are going to visit as many of the old churches around here as possible today =)

 Hej Då juli Hej augusti!

From: Jennifer Juker <jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net>
Date: 2011/8/1
Subject: Hej Då juli Hej augusti!

This week has been an interesting week. We had an explosion of laundry last pday. We came back to the wash room after starting the washer and most of our clothes were in a pile on the floor soaking wet. It was commical, we laughed as we had to ring out all of our clothes before placing them in the dryer. We went with the Zone Leaders to a look out tower here and took cool pictures and wrote letters in the woods. It was fun, the hill wasnt too hard on my ankle. Its getting better. Thanks for all the prayers and such I really feel the strength everyday from them.

This week showed me the importance of planning and reserve planning. Many appointments fell through and we had to fall back on the reserve plans. Then as we had showed the Lord what we were going to do we were able to find those who are prepared. It was great to feel the Lord work through us because of our planning and desires to serve him. This last week was Feste Nord so its like a gigantic EFY for Young Adults from all over the world especially Scandinavia. Our Center couple went and since we teach most often in the center we gained a real appreciation for them. Many times this week we had just finished a teach and a YSA or someone would come in to use different aspects of the center. We had to wait for them before continuing on with our plans. We really got to know a lot more about the YSA this week.

We are having to give our most positive investigators to Utby because of where they live but luckily Äldste Bush and Bloomfield are awesome and will take great care of our babies.

Today I found a scripture I really liked in Lären och Förbunden section 8:10 I belive is the verse. It talks about nothing happens except by prayer and faith. So this weeks challenge its to strengthen your faith. Take time everyday to write down questions you have about the gosepl and take time to seek for answers and end with prayer for understanding. I know that as we study the gospel in this way we are able to unlock the knowledge that the Lord would have us know at these times in our lives. I learn so much every day from our personal and companionship study and also all of our teaches. Every person everywhere has a unique outlook on the gospel and of life and we can all learn something from them.

Also as a side note! How do you know the Church is true? Send me a note =) I want to know! we get asked about conversion stories all the time!

Thanks for all the Love and Support

Love

Syster Juker

PS Pictures to come later hopefully

A forgotten Umbrella, A NEW new testament and A Blue Ankle

From: Jennifer Juker &lt;jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net&gt;
Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:54 AM
Subject: A forgotten Umbrella, A NEW new testament and A Blue Ankle

Oh Boy has this week been an AWESOME one! (notice slight sarcasm)

We had lots of success this week. As you know we teach a swedish class on wednesday and on saturday. We have many people who come regularly. Yangyang comes every week and is always ontime. I had a feeling I should bring up the gospel with her after class. But as soon as we said amen she was out the door and I was talking to another student. I was really bummed to not be able to follow up with a promting like that. So I prayed that Heavenly Father would give me another chance! And He did! The door rang and it was Yangyang, she had forgotten her umbrella and was afraid it was going to rain again! So we got to chatting and ended up teaching her the restoration and got her excited to learn more! 

That night we had a teach with someone who a dead missionary had contacted on the spårvagn. (dead as in home already) Remedius, he is awesome, and during our teach of the Restoration and the Book of Mormon he made comments like I always wondered what happened to the structure of Christs Church from the Bible times. and The Book of Mormon its like a NEW new testament I cant wait to share it with my family! We are finding the prepared and teaching them! The second harvest is real! The only bummer is that Göteborg is split into two with us in Fästra Frölunda and the Äldster i Utby and all of our golden investigators we have to give to utby because of where they live. Its a bummer but I told the Zone leaders that they are like my children and Ill be watching out for them.

Now to the Blue ankle story! On Friday we had a teach during Chill, an activity at the institute, it was with Shola, from Nigeria and it went super well. We then watched the Restoration with him and Wisdom, who is getting  baptised on Saturday! Anyway, we had a referall come with one of the YSA and got to teach her in swedish and that was awesome too! Afterward we were going to be home past curfew because of the travel time on the spårvagn. We tried to wait around for the Andersons to leave so we could hitch a ride but it didnt happen, we felt bad. So we left. On the way down the 3 stories worth of stairs I noticed that I was walking with a different rhythm then normal. I guess you could say I got caught in the music?! and missed 3 stairs and landed on my ankle! I couldnt stand on it, I jumped over to rest my weight on a heater and wanted to scream but couldnt, I was in public. I sucked it up because we had a long walk to the spårvagn and then home. We contacted a man on the street and as we got his number Syster Brown couldnt help but stare at my foot, my ankle had a golfball coming out of it. We made it to the Spårvagn, the Andersons picked us from our stop and drove us home. I got an awesome blessing from Äldste Bush! I am pretty much turning smurf! It hurts but the work moves forward!

Challenge Time! I read in Gospel Principles Manual today about service! Take time EVERYDAY this week to find someone to serve. When we serve we are happy and show others the Love that their Father in Heaven has for them!

Sorry its short this week but the library computer was super slow! We are going to try to send pictures from the church or institute center later today! Ive got good ones of my foot and bruises!

I love you all! Thank you all for your love and support!

love Syster Juker