To start, nothing on transfers yet. =) The next transfers are on the 18th, and I won't get word if I'll be transferred until the 14th. I kind of hope that I won't be transferred right before Christmas... but maybe I might be needed elsewhere.
It sounds like you had fun on vacation! And a busy week otherwise because of selling the cabin. As for Christmas, lights are slowly being put up everywhere. Something that Swedes do is that they put lights in their windows. Things like this:
So at night, almost every window has pretty light shining from it. We have one in one of our windows (we went digging through our apartment and found some Christmas decorations).
We were luckily feed a meal every day last week, which was a blessing because Syster Hauglid and I had less than $5 in our Missionary Support Fund accounts...which happens every so often I'll admit. I've never had to worry about a budget as much as I've had on my mission (maybe because I'm used to giving myself a higher budget?)
I forgot to mention last week, but two Sundays ago I had to give a ten minute talk in Swedish during Sacrament Meeting. Talk about the most nervous that I've been ever for a talk. But it was fine in the end. I obviously survived =)
After a turn of events, Collins might be able to actually get baptized this Sunday as opposed to January like originally planned (a new family in the ward just moved so they live near him and they are more than happy to give him a ride to church almost every Sunday). So we're hoping and praying for him!
Another investigator came to sacrament yesterday, which was the first time that she has been able to in a few years and she really liked it. We hope to be able teach about the Gospel of Jesus Christ this week.
We also have another investigator, that we came into contact with last Friday and she's super positive. We have a set appointment to meet her this Wednesday, so we'll see how things go.
A picture of me and Moses on a day that we ended up being a little "matchy". It's a little hard to tell in the picture but our shirts are opposite of each other (mine is thick purple and thin white stripes and his is thin purple and thick white stripes). And he even is kind of smiling =) (don't let him know that I have proof of it). We were watching the Testaments with him, which is why the TV is in the background. He really liked the movie, so we gave him a copy of it.
We were helping Victoria (She is a member that I worked with quite a bit, she's now completely active, has a recommend for her patriarchal blessing and is halfway through getting her recommend to the temple - she just needs to interview with the Stake President) move out of her apartment (she's moving to Stockhom to live with her mom for a little while, which is good for her, because it is a lot easier for her to go to church there).
It's strange to think that it's December already. One of my favorite scriptures related to Christmas is
3 Nephi 1:13: "Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfill all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets."
Love you all!
Allie
Love you all!
Allie
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