May 4th 2009

Happy Birthday MOM!!!! Her birthday is coming up in 2 days! the 6th!



Ok i have like 9 minutes and alot to say



Transfers are coming up, so i will not email next monday, but on wednesday!



I've been in Kristianstad for 7 months now, so i'll probably be transfered, but my companion might go zone leader, so then we might have to double out, but more likely i'll stay then and probably train. Transfers are really big here. Alot of missionaries really get into them. We are a pretty small mission, and transfers are 2 months long, and so that is alot of time to think. It is good though!



MOST IMPORTANT!!!!

Alexander is going to get baptized this saturday!!!!!

and Jolanka also, she was already baptized but needs to have it done again because they didnt have a council for her because she wrote herself out like 15 years ago.

And Äldste Langston is comming back down for the Baptism!!!! I'm very excited to see him, he was probably one of my favorite companions ever. He is awesome, so that will be super cool. I'm not sure who is doing all the dunking but we'll see!!



Ok so we had valborg! that was pretty cool! everyone has a huge party and lights a huge fire.

This better work.....

well this is a video from valborg. I have 1 minute left so it better upload....

I'm going to call home on Sunday! expect calls people!

I had a really cool experience with a less active kid. It went really well! he said he wasnt sure how he could figure out which church is true but we helped him figure out he needs to read and pray! HE DID IT!!! he read and did everything right and got an answer! i hope he realizes his answer. He is an awesome kid, and came to church and fit right in. It was so awesome!!!

love you all!

ÄA

27th of April 2009

Hello everyone!

This week was pretty good.

the biggest thing is that this tuesday we are going to get a baptisimal date with Alexander!! I'm VERY excited and kinda nervous. it will be really good and hope everything goes thrugh.

I had sushi for the first time a few hours ago. it was kinda good, pretty weird but good. and chop sticks are weird. Missionaries in Asia must be pros with those stupid sticks.

Right now I'm in Helsingborg with workoevers with the zone leaders there. They are about 1½ train ride away so we went to visit them for p-day! I can ALMOST see denmark from where I'm sitting. There is a big boat in the way.

My mom and Nati are in Guatumala right now helping out furture missionaries with their dental work! It sounds like they are having a really good time serving them and getting them ready. I'm sure proud of them for doing that! they are pretty awesome!!!

In a few days is Valborg, its a big holiday here, welcoming summer, so everyone burns all their garbage and stuff and the city has a huge fire and stuff. And everyone is drunk and out of control.... so we have been advised to avoid the main places. Might be a really boring few days, locked in our appartment because Babylon really goes crazy. Every weekend is a mess of drunk people and crazys.

Erica does not want to meet anymore. Maybe in 2 months she said, after she is done with this govermental course on how to feel better about yourselves. we'll see.

I went on splits to Karlskrona this week! It was so awesome! I went with Elder Dixon, he is one of my best friends out on the mission. he is a really great guy. We've been in the same district for 7 MONTHS! long time. Well we talked all about technology and plans for when we get back home, he goes to BYU also, and is going to major in film making. he is really good at all that stuff. So maybe we will team up for some things. He is awesome. Missionaries know splits is kinda a time to vent and talk to someone else, then the normal person you are glued to. It was pretty awesome. I feel like I learned alot from him, and we understand eachother pretty well.

We taught a less active guy from from Zimbabue, that was pretty cool. He was so cool! I love africans and all immigrants. I feel like i could be their best friend after 5 minutes of talking. they are pretty cool.

We also visited a castle this week, it was cool. And now we are in Helsingborg so we will probably walk around and see some more stuff. We sure take alot of this european stuff for granted. Not every day you stroll down cobblestone roads with yellow old buildings all around speaking some crazy language.

Tack för allt ni gör!

ÄA

April 20th 2009

Ok this week, maybe i'll just take snips from my emails to people.

to my Grandma,
"Gma you sure are a good example of service. That is really cool we are getting alot of Swahili people in SLC. Sweden has LOTS of immigrants. yesterday we went tracting and about half of them couldnt speak swedish. We were in a "bad" neighborhood, but we were looking for this swedish girl the missionaries taught about a year ago. I've gained some serious appreciation and love for the people of Iraq. Honestly. A family let us in yesterday from there, the mom could BARELY speak swedish, but the kids could. They had a girl who looked JUST like melissa! I showed her pictures and she thought it was pretty cool. Even though they are going to stick to Islam for ever I would be their best friend any day over most christians. We (colectivly as christians) do not live even close to what we preach. Sweden is the best example of that. But Muslims live what they teach, even if it isnt 100% right, they follow god, the best they know. I really love immigrants haha."

to President Anderson:
"The best thing that happened this week was on Saturday when we went to lunch with Alexander Appelqvist. he said that on next tuesday he will know WHEN he will get baptized. He said that he wants it to be a private baptism. I thought that was interesting, and really shows that he is doing it for the right reasons. he had some basic questions that we answered. Basically it came down to tithing and preparing to pay it. He was wondering if he still should pay the swedish church 1% and our church so he gets the funeral stuff they offer. So that was easy to answer, we actually called our mission leader here and asked him.
The mission leader here in Kristianstad is awesome. he is really good. Other things are coming, just slowly.
Our less active guy we are working with, Daniel Pedersen is almost completely back. He was sick this week, and that is why he didnt come to church, but we are going to do something fun with him, like go bowling and eat pizza. Usually when we visit him we just read a chapter from the book of mormon and discuss it. He wants to get married in the church, but we explained that that will never happen unless he is active. That got him thinking. He is a great guy.
Things are almost the same with Erica. She is coming, just slowly.
Same with Jerry Appelqvist. They will come around soon."

Live is good!!!

Äldste Adamson