This week has been pretty good. There's been some things that have been kind of interesting.
On Monday (or maybe Tuesday... I don't really remember), we were on our way to the grocery store to pick up a thing or two, and someone came up to us and asked if we knew the address to the other missionaries. It took us a second, but we realized that he meant the Boyers (who were the senior couple here a few months ago but had since moved home), and he wanted their address in the States so he could write them. Anyways, he ended up inviting us in and we chatted for a little bit, which was cool. He's Lebanese guy named J, and he seemed to have enjoyed meeting and talking about religion with the Boyers, and he seemed interested in having us over as well, so we may end up meeting him sometime soon. It was pretty cool.
On Wednesday we had a fairly ordinary day and then had home teaching in the evening with J-E. We visited two of the branch members, which was nice, though I don't think either of them remembered me from when I was here last. But that's okay, I just thought it was funny. And I suppose on Wednesday we did also have dinner with the C's, the new-er Chilean family in the branch. They're super cool; the kids all like games and tv shows and stuff (which I guess isn't all that surprising), and the parents are really nice. We had a good time there.
On Friday we had a zone conference down in Malmö. It seems like I've gone down to Malmö for some sort of zone meeting almost every week since I've gotten here. But the conference was good, they talked a lot about faith and obedience and diligence. All in all I liked it. Also, because it was on Halloween, some of the missionaries dressed up, which was really funny (only a few of them did and they were mostly pretty basic costumes, like a toga over the suit, but it was still fun).
Saturday was All Saints Day. The day itself wasn't that exciting, but in the evenings on November 1st the Swedes always go and light candles on the graves of loved ones, so the cemeteries are full of candles. We went and walked around one for a little bit, it looked pretty cool, and they had one part that had a pond with a whole bunch of candles around it. It was very neat. I do have some pictures, but I'll send them out sometime this week, though.
The woman being baptized is probably in her mid-to-late twenties. She's Bosnian, but she's lived in Sweden for most of her life, so she speaks pretty good Swedish, but also pretty good English. And I think Bosnian. Maybe. I've never actually heard her speak it. But things are going well on that front; we're having a baptismal interview on Thursday and then the baptism is planned for Saturday. So that's good. Aside from that, we're trying to find new people to teach. We're doing contacting and whatnot, and we swung by some old investigators and less actives and such this week. Seems like there is always something going on.
Have a great week!
Candles on All Saints Day
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