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Nära och Kära!
I really am so
thankful for each and every one of you. I hope you know that. No matter the
situation I am in I can always think of the examples you have set for me as I
have grown up. You made your way and made the best decisions you could do at
the time you were given. Its a pretty cool thing that people around us can
learn so much from the decisions we make in our own lives. You may not ever
really recognize those who follow your life. (like twitter=)) I have learned so
much from those people I have been around (aka you) SO thank you so much for
being the example for me. You rock!
This week was an emotionally and physically drainning week. We went through lots of problems and difficulties, sad times and happy times. It was just a rollercoaster I guess you could say. But we made it out alive and a whole lot stronger then before!
I måndags wow last
monday was great! We had a surprise farewell party for the Rasmussens planned.
It was great! We were finishing our emails as the ward members were in the
cultural hall getting ready. We then were to join the meeting the Rasmussens
were in. So we asked how long they needed us to take. They said 15 minutes. Our
part usually only takes 5. It was great to let the spirit work and get some
really good ideas from them as we just asked a lot of questions about how we
can help here in Jönköping. We left first from the meeting and grabbed Sabrina
and we went in the cultural hall. We got the music started and we waited. It
was a great experience to see the ward come together to show their apprication
for them. They have forever changed our ward! We played games and we enjoyed
ourselves. They had forgotten their camera so I used mine and got a bunch of
great pictures for them. It was fun! Syster Rasmussen wanted to see Syster
Pools jump rope skills. When it seemed like everyone left she changed her clothes
and began to jump. It was pretty crazy how quick the gym filled up again with
practically our whole ward. It was great! It was like an inpromptu ward
activity. Everyone got in on it, from the bishop to the little kids people had
to hold to jump with. It was great. Now the ward wants us to teach the Young
Women and the Relief Society. Its great. The Bishops wife came up to me as
Syster Pool was rocking it and asked, "Vad kan du göra?" It was
funny, I couldnt think of anything so impressive so it was good to laugh and
say, "inte detta".
I tisdags. I was sick,
I felt horrible had a great headache and stomach ache. I got up and did studies
but couldnt do anything else. I felt sick. We stayed in the apartment, we had
Pauline (one of our less actives) call and ask how I was doing. It was great
because we were not sure how she was. She is a nurse and offered her ideas on
how to get be to be doing better. She says small meals often. So Im working on
it and carrying food with me. So far so good. Syster Pool was able to prepare
some lesson plans that she hadnt had time to figure out. So she felt
accomplished and then that evening Äldste Rasmussen came and gave me a blessing
before I went to sleep for the evening.
I onsdags, I still
wasnt feeling top notch but I felt a whole lot better then on tuesday. We had a
lunch with the Wallgrens. They are super fun to be around. We had stinging
neddle soup again. It really is delicioius but just different. We had a great
discussion about the Book of Mormon. Then Syster Wallgren showed us what age we
need to get the stinging neddle at in order for it to taste the best. It was
cool. They really have to be babyplants. We then were heading to Råslätt to
visit our Chinese friends. Äldste and Syster Rasmussen were driving us to the
bus stop so we could catch the bus but as we rounded the corner the bus was
just arriving. So Äldste Rasmussen took us to the next bus stop. It was pretty
interesting. We practically fell out of the car at a corner to catch the bus.
We ran out and tried to wave them down but he didnt notice us. So the
Rasmussens were kind enough to lend us a ride and took us there. We were able
to meet with Shell a less active and got her another Book of Mormon. Then
Wilson, who is making lots of progress in his testimony. Then with Julia and
got her another Book of Mormon. Its great to just have appointments back to
back in the same area. It was rainy so it was a blessing that we could be in so
often as well. As we were waiting for the bus back to town. The timer things both
showed 1 minute. We had never taken the green line before so we decided to do
it. After a few minutes we realized why we didnt take that line. It took us
through the other side of town. Luckily we were going to eat so it was just our
dinner time that was infringed upon. We got to then meet with our ward mission
leader and get ideas on what we can do. Our ward counsel meeting is coming up
so he is ready to share our ideas again.
I torsdags We had our
district meeting with Börås and the Zone leaders. It took a while for everyone
to gather but we had already decided where we were going to eat. So It saved a
good amount of time. We tested out a new greek restaurant. It was a
recommendation from a member and it was cheap and delicious and healthy. It was
a cool experience too. The Elders decided it was even better then Kebab pizza.
Which really says a lot! We had a great lesson of Äldste Rautio on hope and he
shared a song that really was powerful. The Rasmussens came late but we were
able to share the song with them as well before Li came. Last time we taught
him he told us he wanted to learn more about the prophet. So we read an article
out of the Liahona about President Monson. It was a great spiritual experience
to see him be able to see the prophet as a real person striving to do the best
he can. We had dinner with the YSAs and the Rasmussens for the last time. It
was really a fun time. Johannes came and we were able to talk to him about
Tithing and then the conversation went to Adam and Eve somehow. He has a hard
time believing that we all came from 2 people. Especially without defects and
things. He says science has proved that there are 7 female dna pools that
explains a whole lot of people and differences but thats not what it says in
the BIble. It was an interesting experience just sharing our testimonies about
what we do know. He is going to research it with the church and try to find an
answer to it. We hope it will all work out.
I fredags The
Rasmussens invited us over to have breakfast with them. It was interesting to
see how stressed they were and try to offer help. We helped start some laundry
and got some food from the store with Syster Rasmussen. They are awesome
missionaries and have really helped us so much! She needed some recipes typed up
for the YSAs so we helped get that done before heading out to the Wiklöfs to
help clean. Ulla asked if we could take a 2 week pause from meeting again so we
are praying for her as well. The Wiklöfs had lunch prepared when we arrived.
She grabbed some weeds that were sitting on the counter and explained that we
were going to have a little different kind of salad today. She explained the
different types of weeds and handed it to me telling me to share it with my
companion. I was glad to do so. We ate a couple leaves of different weeds, one
was sour and the other tasted like grass. We literally ate a weed salad. It
reminded me of the salad that Dad likes that pretty much looks like weeds. It
was good anyway. We cleaned there apartment and then did some weekly planning
before catching a bus out to Bottnaryd to meet with Pauline. She has a
testimony of the gospel and its great but sometimes lets others get in the way
of it. So we talked about the sacrament and invited her to come to
church.
I lördags we had some
great studies before doing some work in our area book and finishing weekly
planning. We had companionship inventory and some tears were shed as we opened
up to eachother. It was a good experience. We then met with Sabrina. She
decided that our purpose was complete when it came to her. She wants to be
friends but doesnt need the spiritual stuff anymore. We bore testimony and the
spirit was strong. Then it would seem out of no where something would happen
and her concentration was comprimised. She choked and coughed, someone walked
in the room, her phone. All signs pointed to the adversary trying to diminish
the spirit. We talked about reading the Book of Mormon and how she now has the
proof that will change the world. We read Moronis challenge with her and
commited her to praying more often and reading. She says she really wants too.
After the lesson we were having a difficulty seeing the bright side of things.
So we got the train tickets set up for our exchanges next week. The lady with
SJ was great and got it all perfectly. She questioned as one of the bookings
said that one person was only going to be in their destination for 10 minutes
before going back to their area. Its going to be great. We are all looking
forward to it. We went home and I made dinner, I made homemade maccaroni and
cheese for the first time so it was cool. It was a difficult day to say the
least.
Igår there were some
major miracles in the ward of Jönköping yesterday! We came early to the church
to greet our members. They really seem to like seeing us as they arrive at the
building. As it was nearing the beginning of the meeting Wilson arrived (he had
a personal goal to attend all three hours of church!) then a member told us,
"There is a nonmember in the back you should go see," So we did. It
turns out that a member gave him a Book of Mormon 15 years ago and invited him
to church but nothing ever happened with it. He then was asked another time by
that persons son and he came and stayed the whole time! We had 5 less actives
at church whom we have been working with! As we turned at the end of the
meeting to talk with Markus I noticed someone else who was not a member. Syster
Pool was with Anita who was talking with Markus so she was in capable hands. I
went to introduce myself to the other person. It ended up being our less active
members husband, who wants him to become a part of the church! It was great!
Not only did we have all of these less active members and new people there but
our ward opened up and took care of a lot of things. In the first meeting we
didnt have translation available for some reason. I sat next to Markus to
answer his questions with Syster Pool of course. Then she asked Lars to
translate for Wilson. Our new pair Äldste and Syster Reynolds came and were
announced and as soon as they were a ysa went and translated for them. It was
great to see the ward come together to help eachother out. We then had an
amazing dinner with the Robayos and a fantastic lesson with Johannes and his
mom Marie. She is great! We are going to try to set up something so we can help
her out in her garden and get to know her better so we can teach her without
him because its difficult to keep the spirit sometimes with him around.
As a challenge this
week Id like you all to count your blessings. Keep track of the things you are
grateful for and then make the appropriate person know that you are thankful.
We learned that it helps your ammune system to be grateful. Try it out! Let me
know how it goes!
Love you and hope you
have a great week!
Love,
Syster Juker
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