Käre Familj och Vänner,
Hello again from the
beautiful
climes of Borlänge in the Stockholm North Zone. Man, let me tell you,
big changes are happening here in the zone this month, and I'm not going
to lie, I am a little less than excited about it. Perhaps I should
clarify a little bit. This week we are going through what I would like
to call Mega Transfer. Basically, the mission president decided for some
reason or another to play musical chairs with the entire mission. 75%
of companionships are being effected by this transfer. Basically, it's
flipping huge, man. On the bright side of things, me and Hitch are
staying clear in our area right now (thanks be to the fact Hitch just
got here). On the not so bright side of the coin, however, almost
everyone I know in the zone is getting moved to other parts of Sweden.
In fact, I am now
officially the only remaining missionary
remaining from when this zone was created (sidenote for those not
familiar with LDS missionary terms: a zone consists of a totally
arbitrary geographic area with two zone leaders, who are kinda like my
immediate supervisors). So it is with sadness in my heart that I say
that I am now the Old Man of Stockholm North. I am going to miss all of
my fellow Northlanders, especially Syster Clouse and Äldste Miller, two
of my best friends in the entire mission!
Anyways, on to things that you all actually care about
=). So for this week, I can't really say that there is a ton of things
that have gone on here in Borlänge. It is the beginning of Semester (or
as we call it in the states, vacation), which means almost everyone is
out of town or "too busy to meet". Not going to lie, it's a little
jobbigt (Translation: it's a pain), but we move forward.
One thing that was really cool was the number of less active
people who came to church this week! We have really been working hard
with quote unquote "finding the Lost Sheep" in this area, and it really
paid off! We had 4 people come to church this week who haven't been in a
good long time, and everyone was so happy to see them there! Truly, it
was a wonderful experience.
Oh, and I guess since it did happen last week, I should probs
mention what a 4th of july is like in Sverige. Here they have a
different name for it; they call it
Thursday.
Seriously though, I did nothing for the 4th. I was on splits with the
Zone Leaders, and the Zone Leader I was with was from Finland, so yeah,
basically, it was
Thursday.
Oh, and to answer Aubree's question on what the national holiday is
like in Sverige, it's about as celebrated as the 4th of July. Other than
the fact that people have the day off from work, not much really goes
on. Svensk folk may love Sverige, but they are not very vocal about it.
lol.
Anyways, that's pretty much how my week has been. This week is
nothing special, just doing the work like a boss (and a humble one at
that). Hopefully I'll have something a little more exciting to share
with you all next week in the adventures of Äldste Ogaard.
Till then, wishing you all a wonderful week, and a happy sommar!
Sincerely,
Äldste Kody Christophr Ogaard
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