Hajsan
We've had quite the party this week. It's been really fun.
First things first, I finished knitting my socks. I know, I
know. It's been months since I've even talked about knitting but I finally got
on myself and finished knitting the other sock. They're different sizes and are
too thick to fit tightly on my legs because I didn't really follow the
instructions that well but seeing as they were the first things I've ever knit,
they turned out well. I'm proud and I hope that you are too.
On Thursday we went out to help our Branch President with on
his 🌟 cow farm🌟
with nearly 250 cows. That's a lot of cows. I've never been so close to so many
cows before in my life. It was so cool. It made me want to have a farm when I
grow up. It was also really cold. The upside was that all the cow pies were
frozen so you couldn't step in them but you had to be careful or you'd trip on
them.
This week we got to see some really cool miracles. On
Friday, e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e canceled on us. Literally nothing we planned ended up
happening and we were feeling pretty crummy about it all. But then we were out
knocking doors and started talking to this older couple while they were outside
their house they were rebuilding after it burned down and they let us in to
show us around and they were so nice and cute. They ended up inviting us back
to teach them more about the Gospel. Just talking to them warmed my heart on
that cold day. Maybe it's just because I think elderly ladies are
adorable--both of my grandmothers included ❤--but I
started to tear up. It made my day.
We also had a cool experience when we went to teach a family
that hadn't been so active in the church. We decided to teach them about the
temple and we were trying to find pictures of the temple on our phones about 5
minutes before we needed to leave when I looked over Elder Mathias' shoulder
and saw a framed picture of the Stockholm Temple that we had in our apartment.
I said "Bring that," and he responded "Why don't we just give it
to them?" so we decided to give it to them. What a "coincidence"
that the mother of the family had just recently taken a mirror off the wall in
their living room and was wanting to replace it with a picture and was
overjoyed when the picture of the temple looked so good on the wall. Then they
came to church on Sunday with all the kids for the first time in a while and it
just so happened to line up exactly with the visit of a recently released
temple president to his daughter up here. He gave a talk about the temple and
the family was really moved and motivated.
On Saturday, more people canceled on us and e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e
we planned to swing by wasn't home. So we were out knocking doors and this guy
opened and let us in as soon as we said "Jesus Kristus." We ended up
having a good lesson with him about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon and
will be back soon to teach him more. He said that he had just moments before we
knocked sold a snowmobile to a German guy for a really good price. He said that
that's why he was in such a good mood and wouldn't have let us in otherwise.
Lesson of the Week: God's plan is always better than ours.
He knows who needs help and when and He doesn't seem to care that much about
making it a little more difficult for a couple of cold kiddos in Boden to
eventually lead them to the people they really need to talk to. It's been
incredible to see and be a part of and I'm so glad that the Lord is helps us to
where we need to be and not where we want to be.
Have a great week!
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