If you haven't already guessed, I've been transferred! I was moved from the Örebro to Malmö (the southern most city in Sweden) and I'm actually in the area that works on the southern border of Sweden.
Saying goodbye to Örebro I'll admit was difficult. I was there officially for about 6 months and three weeks and it will always have a place in my heart. And I'm going to miss Syster Hauglid quite a bit (I think we can say that she's one of my best friends ha-ha), but I'm extremely grateful that I'll be able to see her in the States if not again before my mission is over.
The one that definitely broke my heart was saying goodbye to Moses. A part of me is just afraid that I'll never be able to see him again... but I know that if I can't in this life time, I will be able to in the next. He gave a little bear as a good bye present and it was just so incredibly sweet of him. I'm going to miss that kid a lot, but I know that he's in every excellent hands. I've included a picture of me with him and Cherry. Moses is actually smiling!
Also included is a picture of Mehtap, Mansur and Matilda. Matilda is absolutely adorable! Let me just say that. So much good Turkish food from them. They are some of the nicest people that I have ever met.
My new companion is a Syster Eborn. She's 19, from Utah (already has her associate's degree) and just fantastic! We've only been companions for a couple of days, but I like her a lot. I think I'm going to enjoy my time with her.
New Year's in Sweden is a little bit different. Ever since Christmas, fireworks have been going off randomly pretty much any time of the day. The last hour of 2013 and the first two or three hours of 2014 were pretty much non-stop fireworks everywhere we would go ha-ha.
We had permission from President Newell to be out until 12:30 if we were with a member, and the Malmö Stake President invited all 8 missionaries serving in Malmö to come to his house for the holiday. (There are 6 elders in addition to my companionship here). They gave us so much food... but some of it was even Mexican (which I've missed quite a bit)! It was a fun time =) I included a slightly blurry picture of me and Syster Eborn from that night. =)
One last picture of me in front of the Örebro castle.
And one of moose reflector that I bought, just because.
A scripture that really struck me this week was Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." With having to say goodbye to everyone in Örebro, this scriptural verse and the third verse of the hymn How Firm a Foundation hit home. I ended up sharing this scripture with Moses before I left to try to help him keep up hope for the future and I couldn't help but think of how true this is and how it applies to saying good bye and moving down to Malmö. I lot of good things will be and are happening down here in Malmö and I look forward to being able to help the ward. I don't have to face all of this alone, and I never will.
I love you all!
Next e-mail on Monday!
Love,
Allie
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