Hey Everyone!
I'm glad to hear that everything is going well with you all back in California and Utah! It sounds like you all had a pretty good reunion-ish thing in Utah; I bet it would have been a lot of fun.
Things have been going well here. I feel like theres been a few things that have happened over the course of the week that have been pretty interesting.
On Monday and Tuesday (and some on Wednesday) we were able to help some of our branch members pack up and move out. It turns out that three people were moving, two are heading to Kopperberg (about an hour or two away), and another is heading down to Holland. So we spend quite a bit of time carrying boxes, furniture, appliances, etc down to trailers and cars so that they could get on their way. It was nice to be able to help them, but I'm going to miss them, they were all very nice people. Actually, as it turns out, S may not have actually left yet (we got a text from him this morning), but he will be leaving shortly. He's a really nice guy.
On Thursday we had a little "Thanksgiving" meal with one of the American families in the branch. We ended up getting Mongolian food, but it was an all-you-can-eat buffet, so it was kind of like Thanksgiving. Either way, it tasted really good and it as nice being able to talk some with them. It was a good evening. Actually, it was a really good evening, because right before we met with a bunch of other branch members for branch council, and immediately afterward we went to a really cool less active family, the P's. It was nice.
I suppose that in general we've been able to meet with quite a few branch members this week. Aside from moving people and an Asian thanksgiving, we also were able to have dinner with R, the Branch President's, family, as well as later in the week with M (the Stake President's) family. It was all very enjoyable; they're super nice families. And the K's have really cute, funny little kids. It was a lot of fun.
Also, earlier this week we went to a choral concert by the Swedish Church (because one of our investigators was performing in it). It was a really cool performance, and a lot of the music that they sang reminded me a lot of the kind I used to sing (or listen to) in Madrigal Dinner. A very old but beautiful sound. It reminded me a lot of the Dinner, and made me feel like it's almost time for Christmas. Also, Christmas lights and decorations are appearing all over the city and people are starting the stock on traditional Christmas food (which I'm still not entirely sure what is traditionally eaten; I'll find out). It should be a good holiday season.
A statue in the city with Kloister Kyrka in the background
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