Elder Paxton - Sweden Stockholm Mission

  Monday: We had FHE with a member in the ward and we had the lesson and we decided to teach on obedience.  The lesson turned out really good. I learned that I know a lot more than I thought I did in Swedish because I had a 45 minute conversation with one of the people there about Star Wars and it was wonderful!  We also visited a Castle that is, come to find out, private and probable someone's house but oh well... Tuesday:  We did some finding and had some success with finding some new people to teach.  We also had a video zone meeting where we talked about how we can use the Light the World campaign the best and the best ways to serve the people here in Sweden.  I can't wait to be able to share it with everyone that I come in contact with!! Wednesday:  It was sunny outside today so we went out and knocked some doors a little earlier and the people were so nice.  It was also nice to see the sun and enjoy the wonderful Vitamin D from the actual su...

  Monday: Today we had a meal and family home evening with one of the members here and it was really good. We had some rice with some sort of mixture of meat and sauce. We also visit the outlets they have here in Katrineholm and they were super nice. They have lots of stuff for good prices and then they also have a Fika outlet that has all of the stuff you but to go and Fika with.   Tuesday: To start of the day we had breakfast with a guy that we are teaching and we committed him to be baptized on the 7th of December! So hopefully that goes to plan. The breakfast was really good too, it was a breakfast sandwich thing. Then in the afternoon we taught another lady that is super sweet and gave us some very good grapes that we ate while talking with her. After that we taught one of the members here so that I can practise my Swedish. It was super fun and a real confidence buster for me because I was able to teach most of the lesson and only have to ask for a couple of words th...

  This week has been so busy and I really haven't had time to type this thing out until today, so this might be a little shorter than my previous emails but I will do my best to remember this past week! Monday:  This was my final Pday in Malmö.  We visited the Turning Torso, which is the tallest building in Scandinavia which was really cool.  We went inside it thinking you could go to the top and when the elevator only when to the 12th floor and you needed a key to continue we decided to go back down and ask the receptionist if we could go to the top, come to find out the entire building was private and we were not supposed to be in there but oh well🤷🏿‍♂️ I still would have gone in anyway.  We then had a family home evening with one of the families and it was really good.  I also started packing to leave on Wednesday . Tuesday:  This was my last full day in Malmö and we did a lot of picking up for transfers and stuff so that was fun and then I finish...

  Monday:  We ate the nasty fish that everyone talks about, Surströmming.  Let me tell you that this very nasty!!  I was able to get it down but then I ended up throwing it up.  That stuff is so gross.  If I never had that within 100 miles of me, I would be happy.  We then taught some members that we are working with and had a message on setting goals and stuff like that because I also needed to hear this. Tuesday:  We had splits with Växjö and it is so far away from Malmö.  This is our second time doing splits with them and this time I was with Äldste Rantaniemi and he is very cool and I had so much fun.  We did a white board thing that had the questions that say "Which is better:  A beach vacation or A ski vacation"  and we just wanted to see what people would say and then after we started talking to them we were able to talk about why we are here in Sweden.  It was really cool and I was able to ask a group of kids what ...