Nearer to God

Jennifer Juker jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net	Feb 20 (6 days ago)
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Nära och Kära

This week has been one for the books! Its been a crazy amount of ups and downs and all arounds. Any place you can name, emotionally that is, we have been there this week! But the best thing is that we survived it and witnessed many miracles because of diligence and faith despite difficulties.

I måndags we "tog det lungt"! We did some letter writing at the appartment. As I was writing our phone rang, but we couldnt find it. We searched, but by the time we found it, of course the answering machine got it. It was Sabrina, our investigator. I immediately tried to call her back. She was leaving a message. I waited and then listened to the message. It was absolutely nothing. My thoughts went to she probably dialed us from her pocket and didnt notice, but my heart said call her back. So I did! She was very discouraged and you could hear it in her voice. She told us about the difficult day she had had and how she felt like a failure. It was difficult to hear but I just tried to lift her up and be positive. She didnt know who else to call, so she called us but felt silly about it so couldnt leave a message. We invited her to the YSA FHE and she accepted. We invited some of the YSA to take care of her and make her feel welcome. They were awesome and she really felt at home. They played games and she was right with them playing it was awesome!

I tisdags we visited a Christian American lady named Ruth! She is very strong in her faith but loves talking with the missionary and inviting them over to her house! She showed us around her apartment and described that she was having a difficulty with her computer going into sleep mode when she needed it to be on. We talked a bit about it. Syster Schneiber said "If I could I would." I thought I probably could, but only if its in english. I told her I could try, luckily it was english. I resolved the issue and she was very grateful. She has a problem in her joints so we did some service with her and cleaned out some cupboards. She shared her experiences with faith and a lot about her life. She is an awesome lady of faith! We talked a little bit about our faith, she remembers a young man who she dated when she was younger who was a member. So she has only good things to say about the church. We are going to go back and help some more and give her a Book of Mormon to try our for size. We then did some more service and helped Hannah a member in our ward paint some chairs for her new house. She is getting married this next week so we talked about goals and making goals with her husband for the next 6 years so that they work together towards the same goals. She said it was a great idea and that shed like to do it. We got the chance then to teach a zero lesson to a member and practice. Since Syster Schneiber and I are still figuring the best way to work with eachother it was great. We got to know her more and how we can help eachother better. Also a few ideas on how we can help members in our ward. Then was a little trip to visit a less active that our bishop thought would be interested. He had difficulty remembering what age he got baptized in. He seemed a bit set in his ways, as he offered us beer and then remembered that we don't do that. It was funny. His wife and daughter were really nice and seemed more interested then he was at the moment. He lives by a member so we might do some splits and try and create a friendship there.

I onsdags we had lunch with Annalisa, our member who doesnt know english. She is awesome! She had Bergit there too so we got to know each of them better. Bergit writes in to the newspaper and bears her testimony on opinion papers who stand for the same things that the church does. She is a woman of great faith as well. She gave us a referall of a man who wrote in about familys and the importance of them. We then got on a bus to do some service at Melanies house. We were able to get some stuff organized and in storage for her. We got off at the wrong stop and had to back track a ways, then up a super steep hill, all the while having to use the restroom. It was one of those few occassions where you remember why everyone said to take part in every bathroom opportunity as a missionary. We had a lesson with Amin, it was incredibly difficult. We wanted to begin with a prayer and he plead with us not to. Im not sure why we didnt do it but we didnt, we were trying to be courtieous to his wishes. The plan was to just teach the first point of the Restoration. "God is our Loving Heavenly Father". We had a few scriptures and we began to share them with him when his science mind took over about atoms and tiny particles. It was difficult to feel the Spirit in that lesson. Afterwards we felt drained and that he needs to want to test it, not to prove it. Then there was a 180 degree flip in our day as we had a lesson with Sabrina. We had Jennifer come too. We taught the Plan of Salvation and the Spirit was really strong. Sabrina recognized that she felt comforted and that it felt good to hear about the message of the Plan of Salvation. We explained what that was and she really wants to learn more about how she will know what she needs to do to keep the feeling around.

I torsdags we had district meeting and I was asked to teach. I taught on Teaching in Unity and Relying on the Spirit. If you think of it, they are the same. We are teaching in Unity with the Spirit if we are really working on doing things right. I was able to learn a lot while preparing and the Spirit was around to enlighten us. WE then met with Äldste and Syster Rasmussen and shared a message about district meeting with them. They were busy getting ready for the YSA activity for friday. We had a lesson with Johannes where we had Benjamin with. We really wanted to create a spiritual experience for them. We knew we wanted the focus to be on the Book of Mormon and how it can help us. We talked about favorite chapters and about where Johannes is in his journey through it. We planned to read some together just from where he was, when Benjamin brought up his favorite part being Alma 32 and the seed, because its simple but complex at the same time. So Ta-Da the Spirit delivered! It was great, the discussion unfolded nicely as we talked about nourishing our seed. As we ended we asked Johannes if he had felt anything as we've been meeting with him regularly. He said yes, but its not a tree, maybe a strawberry plant! We laughed with excitement as he recognized that he has felt something!

I fredags we helped Edith clean her house. Torstan has been getting better! The Spirit and happiness was certainly a part of their apartment! They are great! As we were getting ready to leave she came up to us and said that she couldnt do it without us. Torstan asked me "Did you think that you would be in Sweden washing old peoples floors on your mission?" I didnt have to even think when I replied, "det är värför jag är har!" That is why I'm here, to help those who need help and find those who don't recognize the help that is readily at hand for them. We had to then check bus times to visit Pauline and print out something for her. We were able to strengthen Syster Rasmussen in a second where she was feeling pretty down and then on to catching the bus. We shared some experiences and were able to share a conference talk about the Savior with Stephan. We want to help the members get to know him. We then had the Chinese Night with the YSA. We got there early and Li and Wilson were there preparing food and Sabrina was there talking with people. It was a great night. We were really bummed that Albert couldnt come. Sabrina loved it and got to know everyone well. We had to leave before it was finished, but it was great and we heard that she stayed till late with the YSA playing wii. She is getting along well with all of them.

I lördags we had our meeting with Niklas. It was great! He always gives us great new ideas and ways to help people. We have been having some issues in doing planning. We have not quite figured out how to plan in unity. I guess is the best way to say it. We spent Saturday in a serious planning session and companionship inventory as we try to figure out what is not working in the planning aspect of our companionship. We think we got it nailed down to listening. Sometimes it seems like we don't listen to eachother when we are speaking. So if you could add that one to your prayers that would be helpful. We made some cookies inbetween planning in our ward and for the YSA. We didnt have butter so we used apple sauce and it turned out really well. We hope to one day recreate those. Sabrina called us later and was worried about going to church for 3 hours. We talked to her about it and gave her some scriptures to read and she resolved her own issue and said she would see us there.

Igår we had a wonderful day at church. As Relief Society was going to begin with Sabrina, Äldste Rasmussen came in and asked if we were expecting a man to come to church today. Syster Schneiber was talking, so I went to see who it was. It was Emanuel, our old investigator. We had sent out a reminder to our investigators to read their scriptures and that we hoped to see them at church and he recieved it and showed up to surprise us. He attended priesthood and they talked about the Plan of Salvation and had a lot of questions he wants answered now. So we are going to make time to meet with him. Sabrina enjoyed church and then we had our choir practice so she sat and listened. She really enjoys church music. I want to share with her some of my favorite hymns. We then were invited to a members house for dinner. They invited us with investigators and the Rasmussens. We ended up having 10 people for dinner. It was really fun and spirit filled. The day just got better as we met with the Thörn family and talked about the blessings the gospel has given us. Which leads to your favorite time! Can you guess?

Challenge time! This weeks challenge is simple but can lead to more if youd like it to. We made a list of the blessings that we have recieved from the Gospel of Jesus Christ or from being members in His church. We gave the family 5 minutes to make their own list and then we compared them. Its amazing all of the  blessings that you have recieved and will recieve as we are faithful. I want to compile a list so as you do this feel free to send it to me. I think of it as if we were to make a pro and con list about the blessings we recieve and the things we could lose by sharing the gospel. One list would be very small. The blessings list is the one that we are offering to our friends and neighbors as we talk to them about the gospel. Its great! How can we deny them of those gifts when we are so thankful for them already. Its cool to think about. 

I hope you all have a great week and that you count those blessings you are blessed with even when you don't necissarily notice them. They are all around you I promise! Love you all!

Love,

Syster Juker

Overcoming Challenges

From: Jennifer Juker <jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:09 AM
Subject: Overcoming Challenges

Nära och Kära,

This week has been unlike any other week of my mission. Many wonderful things and many difficulties, sounds just like life right? At least that's what I hear. Take a second and think about your life, how many miracles do you have faith to see? How many difficulties can you feel on your back? Remember who is always there to help you through them both and also "and it came to pass" every moment passes, cherish and learn from every second. Im putting it into practice here in Jönköping!

Måndag-an easy going day of letter writing and cleaning. Ending with some Language study with a member who is an awesome teacher preparing to serve a mission! Then we attended the Unga Vuxna (YSA) Family Home Evening, They asked us to do the Spiritual thought. It went well and we were able to befriend them so they dont think we are so weird and different from them. We are working on gaining their trust so they can believe in our words. Just like Ammon and the servants of the king in the instance of the Sheep. (Alma 17)

Tisdag- We had a chance to finally do some weekly planning in the morning. It felt weird to be in the week we were planning for. We felt a whole lot better about our week afterwards though. We were able to meet with Pär our less active member who knows he is missing something from his life. He is a great example despite his situation. He is committed to coming to church every other week because its difficult at home if he were to go each week. We thought it was a great place to start. He is sincere and wants to change, I love people like that! We then created a center report from on the computer, just like the one we made in Göteborg to report to the missionary couples about the work that is accomplished in the center with the YSAs and everything. We were able to meet with Sabrina and talk more about the Book of Mormon and began reading with her. She is really searching, may not be aware of it right now but she asks the best questions and we just want to help her understand everything! The most interesting lesson on tuesday was with Amin, he is a university teacher and very inteligent. We knew this before meeting with him so we thought about using a scientific method take on Moronis Challenge. He took control of the lesson but once we had a chance to talk we could feel the spirit as we talked about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Its awesome how powerful that story is! He committed himself to reading the book and praying. He gave the closing prayer and it was great. We will see if he will put the science on pause to let faith grow. We had a member present and he helped explain things when Amin didnt understand. It was awesome. I am so thankful for members who are willing to come and teach with us.

Onsdag-Plans we had planned changed before we even finished studying in the morning but it was all for the best! We met with Albert, who is awesome! We talked about the Non-Smoking Program and how he can overcome the addiction using those 15 steps. At first he was reluctant and talked about how he had tried to stop before but had never been able to do it. We shared with him the steps and how faith plays a major part. By the end of it he was excited and looking forward to it all working out well. He really is willing to change everything to be a disciple of Christ. Syster Rasmussen wanted to visit a less active family who live on an island nearby but Äldste Rasmussen was sick, she decided to see if we could do it. Our plans worked perfectly and we were able to be with her. We had a little 15 minute drive to the ferry and we were late, so we ran from the parking lot to the ferry and barely made it. It felt super weird, but weirdly at home, to be on the water. Syster Schneiber and I took pictures out on the deck as many people were in their cars just doing the normal travel thing. We were excited and taking pictures. We found our members in their car and got in to get to know them. It felt super weird and more car sickly to be in a car on a boat. The stablilizers on the car vs the waves of the boat just made me sick. We got to know them a bit and then got to go to their house, see their garden they have in the summer time. We talked a lot and invited them to church. They said that if we made a transporter they would be there. We joked around about working on one. We plan on having a member invite them over for dinner after church. So they have incentive to come. We were keeping track of the time and then all of a sudden it was time to go. We left sprinting to the car to get back to the ferry. But we made it! We talked to some ladies about crocheting and then we realized we had stopped (the boat) we were on the dock, new cars loaded on and they were going to raise the ramp as we came out of the passenger rooms. It was really funny. We made it back to Jönköping and had enough time to update our area book and get the records updated.

Torsdag-We had an awesome lesson with Jamie, we talked to him about the Restoration but he just had so many things on his mind he needed to talk. We listened a while and then told him we couldnt really help with problems because we haven't ever been married but we do have a Bishop who you could talk to. He agreed and we thought about teaching him about priesthood blessings. As the thought came to my mind Syster Schneiber was speaking but we tied them right together and he was able to recieve a comfort blessing before our district meeting. The District meeting went really well as we ate at the Italien and Greek restuarant and had a discussion and role play about listening and asking questions. We really realized how easy it is to make a zero lesson sound like an interview. We got to role play and get better. It was great. We then had our coorilation (spelling??) meeting with our ward mission leader. He is great! Not only does he listen and congradulates us when things are going well but he also has great ideas and is willing to help in all aspects of the work. He is an amazing strength to our work here in Jönköping! We had dinner with the YSA and they were super nice. We met with Johannes and talked about Christs Atonement. He had been thinking a lot about Christ since being in the hospital. He works a lot and is stressed so it was great to talk with him with a member who seems to really connect with him. We think that we can strengthen both of them as they strengthen each other. Its great!

Fredag- We got to do some service at the Wiklöfs house. She is an amazing woman! We helped clean after eating lunch with her. We planned a surprise for her, so as she was out of the room we hung up inspirational scriptures and quotes to help her remember the strength that Heavenly Father has given her. She saw one and thanked us. We gave her a hand massage as she shared experiences from her mission in Chili with her husband. We did some greatly inspired weekly planning! It was great, it seemed this week that was the most difficult time of the day for us. We are working hard at working in unity and its tough but its worth the challenge. We got some planning and focus done for our goals with working with the YSA and we feel pumped to get to work with them all. We then had another great lesson with Sabrina. We shared the Restoration with her and Caroline was there to testify on how she figured it out. The Spirit was great as we shared personal experiences and as she prayed to know if God is there. She is awesome! We invited her to be baptised when she knew it was true. She felt a bit taken back because she hasnt learned so muchy yet. But she agreed that she would do what is expected of her if she finds these things to be true. I was able to talk to Caroline a second and she shared that just being with us on lessons has strengthened her testimony and got her back in the groove of sharing her testimony. The work with the YSA does work! We just have to invite them to lessons where the Spirit can touch their lives! We had a member dinner with the Strömberg family and they were great. We helped take down some Christmas curtains and helped with dinner. We talked about goals and made some for when their daughter graduates from High School. Just like the ones I have from 6th grade. It is cool but now I have the responsiblity of keeping in touch and mailing them to them in 6ish years.

Lördag- We finished our weekly planning and did studies and I was super sick. It was really not all that fun. I was in pain and wasn't really sure what to do. Luckily Syster Schneiber is super caring and wanted to just take care of me. We did a lot of work from home, from the area book and calling people as I was in and out all day. We got this next week planned with tons of stuff to do and it does feel great. The Rasmussen's were out of town but we asked for a blessing and got one on Söndag.

Söndag- After studies we headed to the church and I talked with so many people it was great. I think something switched in my head, that it really doesnt matter that I can't speak perfectly with the members. They are my safe zone of sorts. As I am more willing to talk and mess up with them I wont make silly mistakes as we talk to people out on the streets and on the busses. In Relief Society we had a great lesson on Christ and his attributes. In Sunday School we were able to be in the YSA class because our investigator didnt show up. We learned a new perspective on the Tree of Life. If you read it in 1 Nephi 8 and 11. Compare the tree to Jesus Christ, the fruit to the Atonement, the rod to the scriptures and the word of God, and Lehi as a Prophet not just a father. IT takes on a whole new perspective. Especially with the different groups of people mentioned in the dream. Thats CHALLENGE TIME! Read and apply different interpretations of the tree of life. I know that as we try to apply what we learn and live after that knowledge that we are blessed for our efforts and that Heavenly Father is happy when we study and apply those sacred records that He has prepared for us in this day and age. Its pretty incredible that records from so long ago can be applied in our every day life to make them all better. I am so thankful for the scriptures and the opportunities I have had to get to know them more personally since I have been on my mission. What are two things that we need to be able to partake of that fruit? just a question to direct your thoughts. We had another meal with the Robayo family and it was great. They are so kind and worry about us. They all enjoy cooking so we always eat well when we visit them. We then went and visited some less actives that members of the ward have asked us about. Äldste Rasmussen then returned back and we were able to get blessings from him. Heavenly Father knows exactly what we need and we just have to be able to listen and be humble enough to do what He asks of us.

Today we have done what we did last week and it seems that that is the trend. We will see what happens here today. I love to hear from anyone and everyone who reads this. Just know that I will respond in letter to your email. You all are great examples to me in the great Love that God has for each of us individually as you search for ways to serve each other. I love you all and hope you have a great week! Talk to you all again soon!

With Love and Hugs,

Syster Juker

Faith and The Spirit

Jennifer Juker jennifer.juker@myldsmail.net	Feb 6
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Nära och Kära!

Oh Man do the weeks fly by. It seems that that is the exasperation I feel each week as I realize another week has flown by. Sorry if it gets redundant but it is still truth! This week has been a great one, as the Spirit was able to lead us through many situations that could have been very difficult but were not because the Spirit could lead us. Im so thankful for the guidence of the Holy Ghost and our ability to live worthy of it, when its a part of our lives we are able to be guided in the most simple ways, to make our own lives better. Its a built in self improvement agent we just have to tune into it everyday. I love it!

Anyway down to this weeks business!

Måndag, we were able to take it easy and right letters to our dear family members. It was great, did some cleaning around the apartment and ended the evening having language study with a member who is really skilled at teaching and is preparing to serve a mission. Its awesome! Then we had the opportunity to attend our YSA FHE. They are defininitely different then Göteborg but they are super nice and we are excited to get them on teaches and participating in missionary work.

Tisdag, we had our language study with another member who speaks only swedish, it was a great experience for me. They corrected something that I had written in Swedish and there were not so many mistakes. I thought there would be a lot more. But then again thats how I sometimes think about my language skills. We were able to go home for lunch and a time to set up appointments for the rest of the week. We had a great zero lesson with an investigator who is athiest. They have a hard time understanding why bad things happen. We taught them how to pray and they were willing to give the closing prayer. It was awesome! We are looking forward with teaching them more. We then met with a member of the Svenska Krykan (a prominant church here) she wanted to know more about our church and teach us things about hers. It was interesting to ask her questions and see their insights. After she answered all of our questions we were able to teach her the first lesson. She is also interested in recieveing a Mormons Bok. She was really kind and knowledgeable. It was cool.

Onsdag, we met with a less active member when our investigator didnt show up and taught them a bit about the temple and recieveing more blessings from going there. They would like to prepare to go and go with a group. I think it would be awesome if we could get something like that organized in our ward. So we are working on it! We were able to go visit Pauline at her house as a member drove us out. She would like to get her Patriarchal Blessing so we are organizing and studying with her to help her prepare. We had miracles happen after studying swedish after lunch. We were going to find some referalls that our member teach on tuesday gave us. None of them were home but we were able to stop by a member families house with less active children and we were able to help them out and do their dishes. We had a great conversation with one of them and they really opened up and we were able to testify of the strength that we can recieve from praying and coming to church. Its pretty amazing how much better our lives can be if we but pray in faith and attend 3 hours of church on sunday. (I'd have you know that my spelling has decreased exponentially since learning swedish-I just spelled hours ours and left it until I went back and edited! Yay for learning languages!) My life has been about going to church for along while now but every time I go I still just feel that my batteries are recharged and that is where I am supposed to be and what I am supposed to be doing and I feel all of those blessings throughout the rest of the week. So to continue, we were readjusting plans in the evening and decided that we should name the people we had talk to that day. It was around 7 pm and we were on our way to a lesson with a less active. Our standard of excellence is 10 contacts a day. We realized that we had talked to 7 people. We were then redetermined to reach that goal and talk with more. Heavenly Father blessed us with people to talk to and we were able to talk with them. The lesson with a less active turned into a member teach as a potential investigator wanted to know more as we talked about the Restoration through the Prophet Joseph Smith. It was great! We set goals had faith and attained them with Gods help! It was awesome!

Torsdag, we were out the whole day and it felt AWESOME! We left early to meet a less active but there was a misscommunication and he thought it was friday morning so we then did companionship study as we waited for our district to come together to have lunch. The Zone Leaders showed up and we were able to have lunch. We had talked about Semlor (a not from sweden treat that sweden has picked up) Äldste Norr hadn't ever eaten one and they are only out a few times a year. So Syster Schneiber and I opted to walk to the church, so the elders could drive. We determined to buy them semlor as a treat and they wouldnt expect anything. As we got to the church I tossed my wallet on top of my bag in the institute center room. Noticing a bag of semlor already on the table. I just laughed and went to the restroom. We ended up having 10 semlor and 8 people including the Rasmussens to eat them. They were trying to be nice and we were too. So we all had a treat! It was commical and enjoyable. We each gave 2-3 minute talks from the first chapter in PME. The Spirit was really strong and we learned a lot about how things work as a missionary and how we can know that we are doing well. We then taught the Word of Wisdom to an investigator who wants to be baptized that we knew had a problem with it. We planned to teach it one way and it went another way but the lesson was lead by the Spirit and we were able to show him the blessings of living those commandments. They are determined to change those habits and know that Heavenly Father will help them. It was great. We then were able to eat dinner with the YSA and get to know them better. We are working on building a relationship with them so they don't think we are weird. Right now it seems like thats the feeling. Then our investigator who has moved to Stockholm came to say goodbye and write in our Buddy Books. He is very kind and will soon be getting baptised.

Fredag, that was an intense day. We met with the less active who thought he wrote himself out of the church who really hasnt but has noticed that something is missing in his life and wants it back. Äldste Rasmussen was able to attend and help testify of how we can help fill those holes in again. He is really kind and we enjoyed talking with him and assuring him that we could help him. Then with our investigator who is working on following the Word of Wisdom. We organized his baptismal calander and he chose to make goals each week to lower his smoking and coffee intake so that he can quit! He is awesome! We then went to a members house to help clean up and eat lunch. We ended up doing a lot as her husband was really sick and had to be taken in Ambulance to the Hospital. We gave support in a time that was needed and that was also lead by the Spirit. We thought about cancelling because our investigator who was going to come cancelled. We both just felt like we needed to go. We ended up staying longer then expected and still hadnt packed for Sisters Conference. It was intense as we waited for the bus and then realized we wouldnt make our trian if we stayed on the bus. We had to call the Rasmussens and they were our Saviors as they were able to pick us up, we sprinted around our apartment packing in three minutes and then to the trainstation. We made our train! It was awesome. We made our connection too, a man contacted us about us as members of the church having multiple wifes and our stance on polygamy. It was interesting as we corrected him and he continued to tell us we were wrong. The next train was an overnight train, we felt like we were in Harry Potter as we had a whole compartment for part of the trip by ourselves. We talked a lot about faith on the train ride. Why is it that we must live by faith and can't live by knowledge? Have you ever thought about that? Im thankful that we can live by faith. I believe it enables us to have agency. If we had knowledge we would be considered foolish to believe anything different. Once in Stockholm Syster Oscarson picked us up and took us to the Mission home where Syster Detinne-Cassel, Dabb, Erickson, Sprague were all already there. It was awesome to see Syster DeTinne-Cassel because I havent seen here since we left with our trainers. It felt like a reunion. Especially once Syster Vistaunet arrived with Syster Francis! The last time I was in that house was when I first got here and I was with those two. We had a cool reunion and it was great. We talked for a long while and caught up on everything about our families. We were a bit chatty and stayed up a little late but I think it was what we needed as systers, we arent around eachother so often.

Lördag, Conference was amazing we learned about how important preparation is. How to do a zero lesson. How to included our members in our work in every aspect. Systers are now going to go on exchanges (splits) We get to go with Karlskrona which is super far away in Malmö zone. So that will be awesome. Syster Vistaunet and Francis are there. We are looking forward to doing that. We really enjoyed Syster Newells talk. She helped me to realize that the gospel is not rigid. It is a moving and living thing. As we become ourselves and are able to adapt and change we are able to apply more doctrines and principles to our lives. It was super cool. She instigated a sort of self reflection in a lot of us as we thought about how we are doing as a missionary in Sweden. We went a little long so our  exit was about the same as our entrance as we gathered our things hopped on a car to the train station and ran to our train. On the train ride back Syster Vistaunet and Francis were with us and we were able to switch seats so Syster Vistaunet and I talked as Syster Francis and Schneiber talked. We all learned a lot from eachother and it was very benificial.

Söndag, we were able to teach our sunday school investigator class as our Ward Mission Leader is still sick. We were able to have members and our less actives we are working with be with. Church was awesome! The testimony meeting was great. I felt the spirit witness to me the truths that each person shared with us. After Sacrament meeting we sang in a womens choir We are singing The Olive Tree but in swedish and with a few different parts. It will be awesome. We were then invited to a members house with the Rasmussens for dinner. Then to another members to help them continue in our program. They were both thankful for the time we have taken to help them become better missionaries and everything. I really love working with them. Another plan we have is to take this program to our less active and part member families to get them excited about learning and sharing the gospel.

Well you know what time it is! CHALLENGE TIME! President Newell has challenged us missionaries to every fast sunday to read Alma 32 and Ether 12 as well as do the Christlike Attribute Activity at the end of Christlike Attributes section in PME. This month was the first since he made that request. I know that I have felt a different spirit come as I have had the time to reflect on my application of my faith and other attributes which our Savior Jesus Christ has. I would like you all to read those two chapters and do the activity. There are not many activities that are so organized as those that are in PMG. I know that as you take the time to do that you will know how you can improve and adjust to make faith take a larger role in your life. With this we, as a mission have been promised that as we, as missionaries, increase our faith we will be able to do twice the work we are able to now. So I would like you to think about and send me and email or letter =) about how you increase your faith as believers of Christ. Next week Ill share what I have learned if people respond to me!

I love you all! Thanks so much for your love, support and prayers! I hope you all have a great week and make good Choices!

Love you

Syster Juker