There isn’t much to tell about the past week that is new. We just keep trucking along with FHE and Chill.   Family night was a mini adventure this week.  The sister missionaries had contacted a fellow on the street and in the course of the conversation had said that there was a meeting at the center tonight and that they would be there if the fellow wanted to come. Well, he wouldn’t give them a phone number or an address and sort of gave them the run around so they figured he surely wouldn’t show up for FHE. Well, about 6:55 there was a knock on the door (it has a coded lock) and Dad opened it to find 2 young men who said they had been invited to the center by Sister Brown. So Dad welcomed them in and they played some pool until FHE started then they joined right in for FHE.
Family Night at the Center
About 2 minutes before the lesson was over Dad came to me and said we were the activity! I quickly figured a game we could play and after the closing prayer had the YSA put their chairs in a big circle in the ping pong room. We were going to play “do you love your neighbor?â€Â someone stands in the middle and says ‘I like boys but not boys with blonde hair.’ Then all the blonde haired boys have to hustle and change seats and the middle person has to try to get in to one of the vacated seats. Well the game went on for several minutes then one of the new comers was in the middle and he said, ‘I like people but not people who drink coffee’ when nobody moved he said it a little louder and one of the YSA said well, none of us drink coffee. And he said none of you? And everyone said yea, none of us. So his friend said well I’ll save you because I drink coffee! And traded him places. Everyone was laughing so hard they were nearly on the floor, even the new comers. After the game and the treat one of them asked one of the YSA what is this ? she explained family night to him and he said Wow cool. Then the sisters sat by them and started to ask them a few questions and about 6 or 8 of the YSA sat down too and joined right in on the teach. Before the new comers left, they gave the sisters their phone numbers. We don’t know where it will go, of course, but it was a very positive experience for them and for the YSA.
Chill was supposed to be a picnic at the park but it rained for several days leading up to Friday and all Friday morning and early afternoon. So we just played games, set up the Wii and chatted. Saturday Dad and I went to dinner. We found a Texas steak house we wanted to try but when we got there it was closed. We ended up at the same old place we have been to 2 or 3 times before. We had lamb. It was excellent. Then we went to a baptism in Utby. Several months ago a young man from India was baptized. He introduced his roommate to the elders, and the rest is history. The first young man baptized him. It was a great service. The mission leader in the Utby ward has a beautiful wife who plays the harp. She played one of the hymns from the children’s song book and it was really nice.
The zone leaders had a meeting in Stockholm last Monday and were told that Zone Conference will be tomorrow!
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We inadvertently left our phone in the car Saturday evening and when we retrieved it Sunday afternoon there was a missed call from the mission president. We listened to his message and he wants me to speak in zone conference about strengthening the church. He called the senior sister in Lund as well. She called me and said she would much rather talk than do the lunch. Well, I would rather do the lunch! Thinking about what to say kept me awake until 1:30am last night. But I think I finally have it figured out. Now to cut it down to the 3 minutes he wants me to take!
Most of Sweden is on vacation this month. There are parking places at the mall and the roads aren’t nearly as crowded with walkers or cars. However, it has rained so much that I don’t know what the vacationers are doing except sitting in their motels watching the rain! We are shopping for a GPS as the one in our car is so old that some of the freeways aren’t even on it and it is always telling us to return to the selected route. We go to Fest-i-Nord next week and need it so we can get there and get back. We also hope to go to the place where they make the Dalahäst – those little (or big) wooden horses that are painted red. And we definitely need it to get there. Fest-i-Nord is just south of Stockholm and the horses are just north. We had a great part time missionary from Borlange (the horse place) last winter and hope to see her while we are there.
We hope all is well with all of you. That you are healthy and happy and having fun for the summer. You are always in our thoughts and prayers. We miss you and would love to hear from you when you have time.
All our love,
Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Nikki and Robert