Let me say straight off...I have seen snow. Last Friday, when we walked out of the apartment at
5:20am to catch a 5:30am bus to make our train for Stockholm (we had a zone conference in Västerhaninge), there was officially snow on the ground. It wasn't that much, and a lot of it has already melted, but some still exists. I do not like how fall here feels like winter back home, but with the added addition of snow. It feels so cold...not that having to wear a skirt helps anything.
We've been working with Collins, who really just is a cool guy. He wants to be baptized on November 2nd and he should definitely be ready by then. He was able to come to church yesterday and the ward just seems to love him! But honestly, how could they not?
We've been trying to find more people to teach. We have a lot of people that we currently work with, but a most of them are not really progressing. Or they will read the entire Book of Mormon, but not pray about it to see if it is actually true or not.
But it has been good to work with Moses and Frezghi after their baptisms. These two together on a lesson is one of the funniest things (and they both know it!) Last Thursday we ended up meeting with both of them. We were planning on showing Frezghi the Restoration video (since he had only ended up seeing a part of it when we taught him originally) and Moses most definitely did not want to see it again. So we ended up talking to Moses in another room, while Frezghi watched the Restoration by himself in English. We hear the video end and then restart, so Syster Hauglid goes to check on Frezghi (and to make sure it didn't start over in Spanish, which has happened before). But Frezghi had started it over in Arabic. Then when that one ended, he came in to where we were with Moses and widening his eyes, he said "I liked that movie. I watched it twice."
"Would you like a copy of that movie?"
Noise in the affirmative.
"We can get one for you then."
Then Moses was like, "Do you have any questions for the Sisters?"
"No."
"Well I have a question for you. Why did God and Jesus Christ come to Joseph?"
"Because they loved him."
Moses leaned forward as he studied Frezghi for a little bit. "Yes...okay, why did God create you?"
And then Moses just continued to ask Frezghi questions for about 5/10 minutes. Moses has been around us too much haha. He's just preparing to be a missionary himself =). Moses did tell us (and Frezghi) how much of a difference meeting us and learning about the church has helped him. They're both such good kids, I just hope they realize that.
It's strange to think about how I've been in Örebro now for over four months and have almost officially been on a mission for nine months. Definitely seems like the longest and shortest nine months of my life. I'll admit some things have been extremely difficult; sometimes I just wonder how I am able to just keep going everyday. Certainly not just through my own sheer will power. Prayer is a wonderful blessing. And all of the bad and heartache that I've experienced has definitely been for the good. Just seeing how much a person's life can change. True, an investigator doesn't always choose to accept the gospel at the time, but that doesn't mean that life hasn't improved. I'll straight up say that just working with Moses and Frezghi has been worth more than everything else.
Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;"
Love you all!
We've been working with Collins, who really just is a cool guy. He wants to be baptized on November 2nd and he should definitely be ready by then. He was able to come to church yesterday and the ward just seems to love him! But honestly, how could they not?
We've been trying to find more people to teach. We have a lot of people that we currently work with, but a most of them are not really progressing. Or they will read the entire Book of Mormon, but not pray about it to see if it is actually true or not.
But it has been good to work with Moses and Frezghi after their baptisms. These two together on a lesson is one of the funniest things (and they both know it!) Last Thursday we ended up meeting with both of them. We were planning on showing Frezghi the Restoration video (since he had only ended up seeing a part of it when we taught him originally) and Moses most definitely did not want to see it again. So we ended up talking to Moses in another room, while Frezghi watched the Restoration by himself in English. We hear the video end and then restart, so Syster Hauglid goes to check on Frezghi (and to make sure it didn't start over in Spanish, which has happened before). But Frezghi had started it over in Arabic. Then when that one ended, he came in to where we were with Moses and widening his eyes, he said "I liked that movie. I watched it twice."
"Would you like a copy of that movie?"
Noise in the affirmative.
"We can get one for you then."
Then Moses was like, "Do you have any questions for the Sisters?"
"No."
"Well I have a question for you. Why did God and Jesus Christ come to Joseph?"
"Because they loved him."
Moses leaned forward as he studied Frezghi for a little bit. "Yes...okay, why did God create you?"
And then Moses just continued to ask Frezghi questions for about 5/10 minutes. Moses has been around us too much haha. He's just preparing to be a missionary himself =). Moses did tell us (and Frezghi) how much of a difference meeting us and learning about the church has helped him. They're both such good kids, I just hope they realize that.
It's strange to think about how I've been in Örebro now for over four months and have almost officially been on a mission for nine months. Definitely seems like the longest and shortest nine months of my life. I'll admit some things have been extremely difficult; sometimes I just wonder how I am able to just keep going everyday. Certainly not just through my own sheer will power. Prayer is a wonderful blessing. And all of the bad and heartache that I've experienced has definitely been for the good. Just seeing how much a person's life can change. True, an investigator doesn't always choose to accept the gospel at the time, but that doesn't mean that life hasn't improved. I'll straight up say that just working with Moses and Frezghi has been worth more than everything else.
Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;"
Love you all!
Allie
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