Giant Festival

Hey Everyone!

  The last week here has been pretty good! We've been able to do a few different things this week that have been good. We were able to visit a less active family in a nearby town and have a pretty good meeting with them, which was quite enjoyable. We also visited some of our other investigators and whatnot. It was good. The less active family we visited out in Alvesta (about a 15 minute train ride away), F and her family, seemed to really appreciate our visit. They're from Peru, and for a few weeks, F's mother is visiting from Peru, and wanted to invite the missionaries over. We came, and ended up having a pretty good time. We talked to them for a while, got to know them, read some of our favorite scriptures together (in Spanish and Swedish), and generally enjoyed each others company. They were super nice, and really seemed to enjoy the visit. They even gave us dinner, which was nice of them. And, this Sunday, though F wasn't able to make it because of work, her daughter and mother joined us for Church, and they both seemed to enjoy it. It was cool.

  In other news, there was some sort of giant festival this week (over the weekend, though it seems like they were setting up for it for a few days before). Apparently there was some sort of holiday that they were celebrating, though I'm not entirely sure what. I think it had something to do with the early pioneers, but most people we asked said that they had no idea why it was celebrated; it was pretty much just an excuse to party. Either way, the downtown area was packed with people, there were a bunch of booths selling things like pastries or music or whatnot, and they had a few carnival-type rides set up (like ferris wheels). It was kind of crazy, at least for a few days. By Sunday evening, however, the stalls and rides had all packed up, and within a few hours were gone completely. But it was interesting while it was all here. 

  Anyways, things are going well here. We also found out fairly recently that Elder Jensen is going to be transferred soon (in a week and a half or so). Though it's not set in stone, he may actually be going up to Luleå (my previous area)! That'd be kind of funny if that's where he went, but it's be cool. Either way, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

 

  Love,

    Eli