This last week has been quite good. There's actually been a lot of interesting happenings over the course of the week, so I have stuff to write about this week! Yay!
First off, on Wednesday (well, not really first in the week but first of interest) we went to help the W Family with gardening at their summer cottage thing (I don't really know what to call it. It's like a tiny house with a garden). That went well, we helped to move some compost and take out some bushes, which was cool. Okay, maybe not all that exciting, but it was good to be able to get out and do some service and then eat some pizza afterwards.
On Thursday we had our baptismal service for A in the Helsingborg chapel. That went very well, she seemed to enjoy the service and have a good, spiritual experience, and everything with the service went smoothly. There was also a good turn out from the ward, despite it being a Thursday. The ward here feels very supportive, a lot of the members have been very supportive of A despite the language barriers. It's been very good. At the service, we had a few talks by the ward members as well as some musical numbers that were quite good. And, of course, fika (refreshments) afterward.
On Friday I had a leadership training meeting in Stockholm, which was actually kind of crazy/ stressful. Good fun. I traveled there with Elder Knutsson, who stayed Thursday night in our apartment (which we found out about Thursday night), and some of the travel was delayed because the bus we took at the start of the trip was about 15 minutes behind schedule, which caused us to miss the first train and made us spend a lot of time trying to arrange new travel plans with the traffic service here, which was not easy because they had reduced hours for the holiday. In the end, we got there about an hour and a half to two hours into the conference (which actually isn't too bad because with the original plans we were going to be half an hour to an hour late anyways). The meeting was pretty good; it was partly on physical and mental health and helping to motivate people. I enjoyed it, but it only lasted for about three hours and then we got to get on a train to go back. In the end, I traveled for about 15 hours to attend three hours of conference. But at least the three hours of conference was really good, so that's a plus.
Saturday was a bit more normal, but we got to go to the N family for Easter Dinner (which is of course on Påskafton, the day before Easter). It was really good! We got to eat plenty of egg with caviar, marinated salmon, cooked salmon, pickled herring, Johans Frestelse (some sort of fish and potatoe dish), as well as some dishes with mushrooms, asparagus, bread and cheese, and so on. And, of course, we had plenty of Påskmust to drink (which is essentially Julmust but with a Påskmust label). It was all in all very good, and I enjoyed spending time with the N's.
And then Easter day went well, too! In church A was confirmed by the Bishop, and we had a few musical numbers (one of which Elder Noso was involved in and another with Elder Stafford in it). They were good, the talks were good, and we had a good experience. Additionally, A got a temple recommend, so we can go to the temple with her in a few weeks and do baptisms. And then in the evening, we met with C and A. That was nice, we ate pizza and Christian talked about his mission in Texas. It was an enjoyable evening.
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