I've officially been in Malmö for a week now. It is definitely a bit warmer and we really do have a lot of really cool people that we are working with. The one thing that is interesting for me is that I feel like I'm back to my first transfer in the field, just because the Swedish dialect here is so different and I do have a hard time understanding things (and people have a hard time understanding me ha-ha). I went from understanding about 85-90% of everything to maybe 50% so that was interesting. I know that it will just come along, especially if I am down south for a transfer or two.
People that we are working with:
We had a really good lesson about the plan of salvation with an investigator, his wife, and her son, who would like to come to church next week (They weren't able to yesterday because the buses necessary were canceled). They want us to come back this Saturday. But the lesson with them was definitely one of the spiritual highlights of the week. The investigator definitely has a good heart and he wants to keep learning how he can keep growing in the gospel.
A new investigator that Syster Eborn had contacted on the bus and he decided he wanted to meet after reading about a third of the Book of Mormon. He's definitely interested.
Another investigator is back from France and we have an appointment set up with him for Tuesday. We hope that we will be able to decide on a baptismal date with him.
Recent convert - He's just this cool guy that Syster Eborn had helped baptize. He was baptized in the ocean. He's been a member for about 2 weeks and he's preparing to receive the priesthood.
Scripture studies - I finally finished 2 Chronicles, so I'm getting into the section of the Old Testament where it is not so repetitive and I'm looking forward to it. It has been interesting to make my way through the Old Testament--I am definitely getting so much more out of it this time around than when I read it in high school.
I also started to do an in-depth "Gospel of Jesus Christ" focused study of the Book of Mormon that I want to finish around June. One thing that is interesting is noting just how many times Jesus Christ is mentioned on a page. A couple of scriptures that stood out were 1 Nephi 2:3 in connection with
2 Nephi 33:15. Lehi was a great example to Nephi about being obedient to the commandments of the Lord and we can see this evident in how Nephi lived his life.
Allie
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