Triple Vistaunet!

From: Jennifer Juker <jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:25 AM
Subject: Triple Vistaunet!


Hey Everybody!,

This week has been a bit of craziness! Plans always change, no matter how solid they seem in personal study has no reflection on what actually does occur throughout the day! On Monday we went coat searching! It was a lot of fun! Talitha, Syster Visaunet and I went to some secondhand stores to try to find a winter coat. It was really fun to find all the miscellaneous things that were just so unique! Syster Vistaunet found a great carpet skirt at a shop that I found a gigantic red coat at. They didnt take cards so we had to leave and get cash. It was only 100 krons and I took out 500 because I felt like I needed to. Upon walking back to the shop to purchase our things we noticed a different shop to go to. We found THE PERFECT coat for me! It was 499- the Spirit guides! Its so warm and perfect!

On Tuesday we had lots of plans made and they didn't really go through. We got a phone call to go to a school for their Religion day. They had all these different religions at their school and we got to represent our church. We got there and waited for the Elders to come and get us. As Äldste Smith and Norr came and got us they shared that they had been there for a while and had not stopped speaking Swedish. I froze! I am not skilled in this speaking Swedish all the time. It seemed like walking into a nightmare! I freeze when trying to speak with people of our own ages and younger. I am certainly more willing to talk to those who are younger. But in this situation I had no choice! It was a must to be able to make everything work. We had many missionaries and many students come to talk with us. People would come in, be greeted and then the conversation would go to the tables. Meanwhile other conversations would end and we would wait for more people to come in. Multiple times Syster Vistaunet and I would notice that out of all of the missionaries who have been out longer then us we would be the two set up for greeting. We took on the pressure with ease. It was really an awesome experience to rely completely on the Spirit so that I could answer their questions. I developed a lot more confidence in making mistakes and recovering. 

Wednesday Syster Jenson was sick and Syster Vistaunet and I had a really awesome teach with Paul a man who has no idea who God is or who Jesus Christ is! We were able to develop a relationship with him and let him teach us about him. It was awesome! He is very busy but we hope to be able to talk with him again and teach him more about what gives us all so much happiness! 

Friday we were able to do awesome weekly planning and had an opportunity to do an FHE activity with Rich and Sisla. He is an American and had taped a bunch of 9\11 rememberance things and invited all of the missionaries over to watch it with them. It was interesting to remember all of the emotions and things that were around as that occured. We all remember exactly where we were and what our first thoughts were. I really loved seeing them. 

Saturday is a special day! We made cookies for Elys baptism. During lunch we received the elusive phone call from President Newell, regarding transfers. Our dear Syster Vistaunt is headed to Halmstad! My beloved Halmstad! She is going to do wonders there. It's really sad to have her leave. We all shed some tears but we realize that the Lord knows what he is doing! Elys baptism went without flaw! The water was cold, because we had a child's in our wards baptism before hers. It was super cool to be on the font side of things. Her Brother was able to attend. She thinks he will follow in her footsteps. We had a fika at her house and talked with many of her non member friends who were there and we were home 10 minutes before bedtime! 

Sunday was a funny mistake. We all thought that since it was the weekend after conference we were fasting. All the missionaries fasted. We sat in the chapel preparing for the meeting to start as we realized that there were speakers on the stand. We all chuckled a little to ourselves as we realized all 5 of us missionaries were fasting and no one else was. We all fasted with purpose so it counts, but it was just funny to see the difference between here and the states. Evidently they don't usually fast in the months of General Conference. We thought it was different. Also, we realized that we were only going to be able to wear Syster Vistaunet's clothes for a few more days. So we all got dressed in her clothes and we were a triple Vistuanet! It was awesome!

Challenge time! I actually got this challenge from an experience I had this week. We were trying to figure out a scripture to help one of our investigators on his journey in learning the gospel. We all had differentiating opinions and none of us would budge. It was a terrible situation. I felt really bad about starting the contention. We just had a difference in opinion. We all realized that we were all being stubborn and not humble and acting in the Spirit. Its an interesting situation to reminisce on. We can learn so much by just becoming humble and trying to put others needs before our own. In order to do this I have realized my reliance on sincere prayer. When we are able to sincerely communicate with our Father in Heaven and tell him how we are feeling he is more able to bless us in all that we do. When we forget Him we seem to be forgotten. It is not the case but we are the ones who distance ourselves from Him. I am reminded of the story of Enos and his mighty prayer. My Challenge for you all this week is to take into consideration your sincereity of prayer. Put others needs before your own and live worthy of the Spirits guidence! Can you do it? I know you can Believe in the Lord and Trust in His care and you will be blessed with happiness.

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