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| A fountain/statue of Thor in Torshällas (Torshällas literally means "Thors Pouring" in English) |
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| Inside the old church we visited |
September 25, 2017
Last P-day Elder Wilkinson and I decided to go to Torshällas and explore a little. It was an incredibly beautiful little town, and we ended up touring a church that dates back to the 1100's. There were a bunch of super old artifacts that had been found which were in display cases, and the church was pretty amazing to look at. We continued to look around the town and found a nice windmill and walked along the river for a ways.
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| The train tickets for Handen(The machine went a little crazy) |
On Wednesday I had my first Zone conference! It was in Handen so we had to take 3 different trains and about two hours to travel there. It was an amazing experience to see so many other missionaries, to learn together, and to hear of their successes. We focused on the importance of strengthening our testimony of Jesus Christ. As we do so, we are truly anchoring our testimonies in bedrock, and our focus is on that which is of the most importance. I also had the chance to talk with Elder Tingey, who was in my MTC district. It's pretty amazing how different our experiences have been, and yet as we spoke together it was clear how much the Lord has truly helped each of us.
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| Outside the old church |
One of the coolest experiences experiences we had this week was the return of Hamid. Hamid is in his twenties, and is from Afghanistan. Elder Wilkinson actually found him this summer and taught him for a few weeks, but then he he moved to France because he didn't have tillstånd (permission to stay in Sweden). After living in France for several weeks he moved to Germany, and then found out he had tillstånd, so he decided to come back to Sweden. The day he arrived in Sweden we just happened to run into him on the street, and we were able to set up an appointment to teach him. We had a wonderful lesson with him on Saturday in which we set a baptismal date for Nov 4, and he also came to church on Sunday. Hamid used to be Muslim but gradually stopped believing, and after meeting the missionaries he knows that our church is the true church of God. It's been amazing to hear his life story and how much the gospel has blessed and improved his life.
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| The town square |
As I have turned the focus of my studies this week to the Savior my love for Him has deepened. I know that Christ is truly the Son of God. He came to Earth and suffered all things. Despite having all power, He allowed men to mock him, scourge him, and crucify him. He did all this because He loves each of us more than we understand, and all He asks is that we follow him. As we do, we are able to receive the blessings he has in store for us, and he is able to make our burdens light.
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