Happy Swedish Mothers Day!

Hi Everyone!

 This last week has been good, though there have been a few unexpected twists (I suppose that the subject line sort of gives away which unexpected twists specifically, but that's okay). Lets see... On Monday we had p day and were then invited to the M's for dinner, which is always a bit of an adventure. They're really nice people, we just sometimes eat interesting foods there. Always fun, though.

  Later in the week (on Thursday) we met with one of our investigators, A, and had a picnic in the park here. It was nice, we ate, had a spiritual thought, talked for a bit, and played with her son. All in all, it was enjoyable; the weather's been really nice recently and I think she appreciated it.

  And then on Saturday we were having a pretty ordinary day until we got a call from the President announcing transfers! That day! It was kind of out-of-the-blue, but about five hours later, Elder Corbin was on a train heading to Halmstad and Elder Martinsson came in a few minutes later. Kind of weird, but Elder Martinsson seems to be a nice guy. He's from Vancouver Washington, which is apparently fairly close to Portland, Oregon. Should be good working with him over the next few weeks.

  Yesterday was the Swedish Mothers Day, which honestly seemed to be largely unnoticed aside from having the primary and the Relief Society (oddly enough) have musical numbers during Sacrament Meeting.  I'm afraid that there weren't any treats, though I think that the Luleå branch, where I was last year, gave all of the mom's potted flowers or something. But we were invited to the Bishop's house after church for dinner, which was really cool. The food was good, we all enjoyed the company, and he has a cool view from his house, which is on a hill overlooking the Baltic. All in all a good time.

 I think right now are elections for the EU or something like that. It's kind of hard to miss with all of the election posters. It's kind of funny, because one of the main parties here (at least they advertise the most, so they must have a bit of funding for it) is the Pirate party, who's platform is essentially just online piracy. Oh, Sweden. :-)

Have a great week.