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Hey Everyone!

 

   First off, congrats to Jared and Britt on their new child! I'm glad to hear that everything went well and everything. It should be super exciting for you guys, a whole new chapter in your lives! Yay! And I'm an uncle now, too, which is cool! I saw a few pictures of the baby and he looks cute! Congratulations!

  Secondly, Happy Birthday to Jessica! Hope you have a good birthday (it sounds like you had a good celebration with all of the family in Utah). Gratis på din fördelsedag, as the people say here. Hope you have a good year!

  Things have been going fairly well here. This week, we had another Zone Training meeting, though this time it was in Helsingborg (last month it was in Kristianstad). The meeting itself was kind of odd; they pretty much had a short learning activity and a few testimonies, the whole thing only took about 30 to 40 minutes (as opposed to a usual length of about 2 hours or so). But we were able to meet with people we don't see very often, walk around the city some (which is a really cool city), get lunch, etc. I did actually take some pictures of the festivities, though once again I managed to forget my camera back home... So I'll upload a lot of pictures next week! (Sorry guys!)

  Also, earlier in the week, I was able to visit the mother, who's not a member, of one of the YSA here in the branch (M). It was actually kind of spur-of-the-moment meeting; we stopped by the church in the late afternoon to look something up, and we found (M) there. We talked to him for a little while, and then he invited us over for dinner that evening, so we went over and had a rather nice dinner with him and his mom. She seemed like a really nice person, and seemed to really enjoy having our company for a while. It was fairly enjoyable, and we're hoping to be able to meet with her more later.

  This week we also got a referral from Mormon.org, and someone actually requested a visit from the missionaries. They lived out in Älvesta, which is about a 20 minute train ride away, so we went out there on Saturday. He ended up not being home, but we left a note for him with our phone number, so he can call us now, and we're hoping to be able to head back out there this week sometime. Hopefully something good will come of it, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. 

  Anyways, I love all of you guys! Have a great week!

    Eli