Peanut Butter And Jelly

Peanut Butter And Jelly

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So as some of you may know i like the song "Peanut Butter and Jelly" from Insideout. My loving mother sent me this song on a CD. I listened to it one night because it makes me happy. Now it is the theme of our time together. Syster Jenson has written out the lyrics, we change the words to fit the situation we are in and sing it on the way to the spårvagn stop. Its great! Now we all love it and can share our peanut butter and jelly song all the time!

We have had such a different week then normal since being on my mission. We have had so many different teaches and kinds of teaches and just all around everywhere. We met with a guy Syster Jenson had contacted that Syster Brown and I began teaching. He is very scientific and wants to prove everything about faith in the way of science. We have really connected. Evidently the first time he prayed he prayed to energy and told the energy that he had no use for it. Kinda a different look on life I’d say. Now after meeting with him several time and using different ways to look at the science he has come to an understanding of who God is and who we are in relation to him and how we can rely on him. The teach with him went differently because neither Syster Jenson nor Vistuanet really said much. I was the one who needed to help him understand. Syster Vistaunet helped me realize the fact that we all have our own "baby" here. Someone we connect with and can help explain things too. He just happens to be wired kinda like my brain. So Im super excited to continue the work with him. 

We finally met Syster Vistaunet´s miracle Peder. He is awesome. He is trying to get in contact with his 7 year old son. The spirit was so strong in the teach you could cut it with a knife. He could feel the difference as well. We are also excited to teach him!

On Friday we were late at heading to a teach on the other side of Frölunda Torg. (a shopping center near our house) We got off and tried to find where the apartment was and looking for a sign and not finding what we needed. When a man walks up to me and points at my nametag, "Vad är det för nånting?" literally What is that for anything? the equivalent of what’s that? So I began to tell him that I am a missionary for my church and we talk to people about God. He has sung in a bunch of different religious choirs at different churches. He’s been separated from his wife for a long time and tries to fill his life with good things. So we got his name and number and invited him to church! It was cool to meet him.

Saturday we did some service in the morning at the Holdaway’s house in our ward. I really think that our family especially Bob would get along with Rich. They are awesome! We cut back all the trees and bushes in preparation for winter. Which is steadily coming our way and everyone we talk to reminds us of how cold it was last winter and how its supposed to be super cold again this winter. Makes me a little nervous. Anyway, we worked and served and it felt awesome! The only different thing was that we were cutting off all the green new growth on the trees and such. Completely different than anything I am used to. I was working on one tree and I cut a significant amount off and then I turned around to see the ones that Rich and the Elders had done and I had to take off like 6 more inches. It was a lot of fun. They then fed us lunch. PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY! Rich is from the states so we all reminded a little bit about costco and low prices for food. It was delicious. We hadn’t had peanut butter and jelly for a long time. They then drove us into town for our Swedish class. We were late, it was raining and our students couldn’t come into the building because there was no one to ring them up. So we booked it up the stairs and took turns changing and beginning class. 

Yesterday was great and difficult! We had many people at church that we didn't know. We had our correlation meeting and then as we walked out Lars (the man who asked about my tag) was there! Our members took him in and he felt right at home. It was awesome. Our ward here feels like a ward in the states! Its great and huge and most everyone is willing to help out as much as they can. As sacrament was beginning a family who only spoke English and Portuguese came in. They sat close by me but I figured it be alright we have the electronic translator things. Then the first counselor stood up and told us they weren’t working. I froze, I wasn’t sure I could translate for the whole family. So Brother Murphy came and helped out. I translated for one of our new members until the electronic things were working again. We had a dinner with the Karlsson family and it was good. Syster Vistaunet and I gave the spiritual thought. It was funny as we were walking up from grabbing our scriptures we realized that we were the two people in the entire house that had the littlest skill in Swedish! But there we were giving our testimonies and sharing with everyone what we know is true! 

Its been a great week! How about yours? Can you guess what time it is? Challenge time!!! We had our nightly FHE on the phone with our Zone Leaders and our zone after watching Joseph Smith The Prophet of the Restoration. The full length one. It is a great movie, if you haven’t watched it yet watch it. One of my favorite parts is when Joseph and a few of the apostles are in jail while the guards are speaking horribly of the things that they have done to different members of the church. He instructs them to stop speaking such fowl things. And ends with "Every soul is great in the sight of God." It is a constant reminder of how we should feel toward one another. Sometimes its difficult to keep this in mind when people are not accepting of what we are trying to share with them. Ive laughed with Mom and Syster Vistaunet as I have told them that I think two things when this occurs. First thought Id like to cause a bit of harm to them so that they we recognize what they are missing and my second is to testify. I always think the first but do the second. Im working on getting the first to be the second but of course it takes time. So the challenge for this week is to remember how much everyone is worth to God and should also be for us. Work on this, put other people and their needs before your own.  I have had a difficult time in different situations on my mission but there is no greater feeling then putting someone elses needs before your own and helping them to realize that they are great and are making a difference no matter what it may seem in their own minds. 

I hope you all have a great week! Today we are going with Talitha and Sophia to the islands! Ill be sure to have lots of pictures next week! I love you all be good and dont be dumb!

Love Syster Juker

Pictures! a few random pictures, the dark one was at like 8:00pm, Syster Jenson during weekly planning. Syster Vistaunet yawning on the spårvagn. us on the bus on the way to the holdaways, a picture from the very back of a bus we often take. Its like a catepillar, I like it! a random late night picture of syster Jenson and my finger!