Dearest Family and Friends,
So
remember how two weeks ago I told you a action packed adventure about
overflowing baptismal fonts? Well, it appears that someone in heaven
followed my example, because it has rained nonstop for the last week or
so. Literally, I think I have seen the sun for a total of 6-8 hours
this week. Combine that with a sunset that is
determined to go down at
least
15 minutes earlier every day, and a thermometer that has absolutely
given up the fight to stay in the double digits (in Celsius, mind you),
and you get one
very interesting week.
Despite the bitter (and I mean
bitter) start of fall,
things have been very warm for the work here in Skellefteå, actually. We
continue to go around visiting the local high schools to give our
presentation (I am starting to get
sick of the words "America"
and "American"), and our English group last Monday went incredibly well!
We had about 13 people in attendance, and they all loved it. So much,
in fact, that they said they'd bring their friends this week! Which is
good, because we are having an American (I just winced after typing that
word) Pancake Night! It is going to be crazy; there will be pancakes
(obviously), I'm a Mormon videos, and I am taking it upon myself to
introduce the game Mafia to Sweden (don't worry, no secret combinations
going on here!). Yes, I am very excited for tonight.
As for teaching, while there have not been any stunning
developments, there are a good number of things worth noting: first,
Hanna is doing well still (she had an awesome time at district
conference this saturday and
sunday!),
and is coming with us to teach a less active family from Colombia
(Hanna is studying linguistics, and Spanish just so happens to be one of
the
five languages she can speak). We still don't have very many
investigators (I can count them on one hand), but we really feel like
we could be seeing some amazing things coming out of the English group
in the next couple weeks.
I'm sorry that this email is kind of short, but to be honest,
I'm not sure there is much more to talk about right now. Things keep
plugging along, and I'm just happy to be plugging along with them. I
hope that you all have a good week, and that you are all as excited for
General Conference as I am. T-minus 12 days! =)
Love,
Äldste Kody Christopher Ogaard
P.S.
Some of you have asked about birthday ideas/needs. While I am not a
worldly man, I do have a couple things that I have been thinking about:
Bagpipe and Celtic instrumental music, any kind of American candy
(especially peppermint Altoids. I
really miss those), any of James E. Talmage's books besides
Jesus the Christ and
The Articles of Faith, or
any other book by an Apostle/Prophet, especially those on Hebrew
culture and the Old Testament. Pretty much, though, I don't really need
much. I'm already doing what I love in one of the best places in the
world, so I think I'm pretty well off right now. I
would love pictures, however. I miss all of your smiling faces, and it'd be nice to look at them every now and again. =)
P.P.S. Photos of the week!
The one of all the smiling teens is the English group.
The
street sign was cool because -gatan in Swedish means "the street", so
loosely translated there is a Bro Street in my area. Pretty sweet if you
ask me.
and the drawing was something i doodled on a rainy mailbox while tracting.
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