The adventure continues! Week number 2 in Stockholm was
really great actually! I am just coming to realize that I am truly a city-boy.
I love it so much, it is all so fast paced here. Everyone has somewhere to go and
someplace to be. You would think that it wouldn't have a effect on the work but
it does! You just have to be quick and hope you are fast enough as well! It is
fun!
We have from Liljeholmen to Norsborg and we live in Hornstull... SO it is close to Stockholm Central.
Basically I can explain what it is like here in Hägersten, there are 3
subway line in Stockholm, The Red, Green, and Blue. They all run through The
Center of Stockholm. Our area is pretty much half of the Red line, so we
don't take that many buses just travel on the line! I love it, we are the
subways everyday and it really hasn't gotten old yet!
We did have a really
scary moment a few nights ago on the subway though, allow me to explain. We
just got on and this guy started asking us where we were from and we told him
England, (because he was very drunk and drunk people generally don't like the
US) So then he was joking around and be really rude, basically like a drunk man
would. Then his language changed and he used words that I hadn't heard in a
LONG time. It was really scary, then he looks at my companion (who is probably
in this moment rethinking his entire mission) and he says to him: "Go ahead
and tell me where the [explicit language] I am from... do it and I will STAB
you." I was like, "Holy cow, so this is how I am going to die. But
luckily the train was slowing down and we just told him we were getting off
here, so we were spared... Or so we thought. We were really trying to get to
the next stop, so we waited for the next train coming like 5 minutes later, and
we took it and while on the train I turn to Nielsen and say "If he is at
the next stop, you just turn and RUN." Yep. You guessed it. The doors to
the train open and there was our best friend. We just start walking away,
trying not to be noticed and then we hear: "Hey look! Our English
friends." So we just booked it. I was so scared.. But do not worry, we are
fine. He never caught us, I am not even sure if he followed us but we ran fast.
So that was the scariest moment of my entire mission, but no big deal.
This week we have really been trying to get our feet on the
ground in this new area, it is going really well. Elder Nielsen is really amazing,
he taking on a lot and it is really nice. I am still trying to allow him to
relax and understand that he is in a stage where he needs to focus on learning
the ways and he has no need to be stressed. It has been really good, we have
had some good long talks about stress management and it seems to really help us
both. He is SO good at Swedish and I am realized that I am not to shabby
myself. It is really fun actually-- I continue to miss Gävle with almost my
whole heart but I am starting to shift my mindset. Hägersten is a seriously
great ward. I am really excited to get to know everyone and form some
relationships here! It is really exciting!
We had received a LOT of referrals this last week, from here
and there and we are SO excited to get to meet these guys this week! The work
is going forward here, I can just feel it. We are working hard and we are
really obedient so I just have such a testimony that the Lord is going to bless
our efforts. I am really excited, we have this one guy that we got and when we
called him, he was SO grateful that we would take the time to me with him!
Usually I feel like we have to drag a time and date our of people but he was
like so eager! I swear he needs to talk with like all of the non members here
in Sweden! It was awesome! We will be meeting with him tomorrow night, we don't
know what will happen but we are looking forward to it surely!
There are a lot of non-swedes here, like I said last week! I
am pretty sure that I like the switch up from the norm. I mean, don't get me
wrong... I LOVE Swedish people, I mean, come on. I basically am a Swede, but the
other cultures bring so much to the table and I LOVE it, the South American
Member bring a energy of home. They are loud and they laugh so much and it is
like Utah, while the African members understand the gospel in a different way
that is amazing to me. They see this very pure version of God and life, they
come from not that much so they see the blessings in everything. I am so
grateful. For a quick example, We were asked yesterday in class: "Why is
important to know God?" I thought in my head, "So we can know how to
talk so he can help me, and I can hear him.." Seemed like a good answer to
much until this lady opened my eyes in a whole new way, her answer:
"So we can know how to serve him will our whole being." It was so,
amazing. A simple answer but she said it without even thinking, that was her
first thought, to serve God. Such an example to me. Ah! I am learning so
much!
Well if you have any question if I am loving it, let me
assure you, I LOVE SWEDEN. My life is great, the ward is hard, this church is
worth it.
I love you all.
Äldste Farnworth
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