Jan 12th 2009

Hey so for a quick update this is what i sent to president in my report today " This week was a great week! we had a very sucessful time here in Kristianstad. We had 8 member teaches and 4 in sacrement. And the key to it all was the 15 teaches. They really help. People have been inviting friends over when we come and it has been really really good. Our mission leader is AWESOME. He really gets the work. We have a branch goal of having members invite the missionaries over AND a friend, doing that 2x a week! So hopefully we get a new investigator and a good contact 2x a week! So far it has been really good! this week we had 2 and a few weeks ago we had 1. It has been really good. I'd want to say that the branch understands the next level and is going to bring it here in Kristianstad. They get for the most part the new idea of them finding and us teaching-- but they still have some work to do. This week was very good. I was not at the teach with the Appelqvists but I heard it went good, but that Alexander and Jerry did not want to set a babtizimal date, AND would not tell why. We are working on that situation. David Gustavsson also has been showing progress. We had a member take his older inactive sister to church 2 weeks ago, and yesterday her and David came. That was Very good. If we can keep getting him a ride to chruch he will actually get babtized here soon. All our other investigators are doing great. We have Erik, Cristian, and Erika who all are showing great faith and openness, all are swedes between 20 and 29 years old. It is really really incredible how the Lord just does the work when us and the branch do their parts. Erik is a potiential babtism within the next 2 months, and Christian will need a little work-- but it is definately possible. And Erika is our new investigator who is open and seeking the truth. We will have to wait and see how the gospel effects her. "
OTHER exciting things that happened this week. While I was in Växjö on splits we went to a Jahova Witness meeting. It was very interesting, and really cool to see how they do missionary work. I think every member of our church should go to their church JUST to see how it feels to be an investigator and how they can become better missionaries themselves. It was SO interesting. I felt very welcome and everyone was very nice and willing to talk to us, didnt bash us or anything, and very respectful. And they are so close to the actual gospel it is scary. We as normal members of the chruch need to become better missionaries. This is how the work is going to go forth in the next level of missionary work. AND the next day we went to a Mosque. Cool huh??? we wanted to get a Qu'ran, but they didnt have any in english. BUT it was very interesting to talk to they guy and see what they believe. You guys should look into them, they are NOT what you think. They are such nice people and really are trying to do the best they can. You guys dont understand what it is like in sweden. I'd say that 30% - 40% of the people living in sweden are immigrants. Many are from the middle east. They are NOT what you think. Sweden has really opened my eyes to a lot of things. That day that we visited the mosque i felt like i was in another country, like a crazy country. The bus schedule was messed up and so the immigrant side of the city had tons of people trying to get on the bus, and we were over there and the busses were packed with people speaking all sorts of diffrent languages. I've decided i'm really good at guessing things. My comp got a bunch of cds for his birthday, and I guessed what 2 of them were AS he was opening them, I guessed Tarzan and Pocuhantas, and then i missed the other 2 or something. It was cool, and I guessed the exchange rate a few times. that was cool. Well anyway I guessed that these 2 girls were speaking veatnamese, and i was right. That was crazy. I guess i'm lucky! I think you would be BLOWN AWAY if you realized how much truths the Islamic Religion actually has. I'm just going to incourage you to look into it if you are interested. or ask me. Tomorrow we are going to work in Halmstad, and then the next day we are going to Göteborg for zones confrenece. That will be fun, but mess up this whole week. And today we are going to Hässelholm to go see the pompeus exhibit, you know the city that got volcanoed? well the exhibit is here apparently. I'm having tons of fun here! and our area is on fire!! it is really awesome to see it happening here! thanks for all you guys do! Love yall lots!!
-- Äldste Riley Adamson