Missionary Week #23
February 18 – February 24, 2019
Monday – We were at work by 7:00am this morning, had a
normal day at work – Talked with our kids in St. Johns, AZ – because we got an Apache
County Emergency notice that a Winter Weather Advisory was put in place! They are getting ready for a big snow storm
starting Thursday! We came to Sweden to
see snow!
Tuesday – It was raining on us as we headed to work. Normal day other than John started noticing a
small spot on every one of his images.
Looked like a ghost spot. He hadn’t
noticed it before but when he looked back at some previous files it was
there! John, cleaned the lens, inside
and out, spot was still there. So he called our Supervisor, who is in Germany
and he had their technician on the line and tried different things and they
suggested trying another lens. So John went and took a lens off of the
Whiteheads station, since they are gone, and the spot was gone! So it’s inside the camera – he’ll have to
mail the camera back to Germany to be sent to the repair shop….it was brand new
in October.
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| Sunrise |
Wednesday – We are seeing more daylight! It is light when we go to work and by the
time we get to work we see some pretty amazing sunrises! We did get a little rain too. Since we are coming home around 4 – 4:30 we
still light – it’s amazing!
Thursday – Nothing out of the ordinary today – however, I
found I could listen to webinars (on genealogy) while I’m working – I can’t see
it but I know I can watch it again at home.
So that has been fun – today I found a lady explaining Excel! She has 3 one-hour webinars and she’s coming
out with a 4th one soon. I
had to watch that one at home. Spread
Sheets are a big help in doing research.
Friday – I was asked to speak in Church on Sunday, so I was
working on my talk. This week has gone
by fast!
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| Small carriage |
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| Carriage - with beautiful carvings and painted sides |
Saturday – We went in to Gamla Stan – Old Town to look
around some more. It’s really pretty –
Old buildings, cobble stone streets. We
wandered around and ended up back at the Royal Palace and went to the Armory –
which we thought would be firearms but all we could find was Carriages. We were there at 1pm and waited until 1:30
for the English tour – but the guide was still speaking Swedish, so we
left. There were some descriptions in English,
so we were able to understand those.
These carriages were all made from wood – beautiful carvings and
paintings on them. There were sleighs
too. 
Sunday – Went to church and this was the last day for one of
our Sister missionaries she will leave on Thursday. My talk was ok. It’s hard to tell a story a sentence or two
at a time – and then have the translator say those two sentences. A 10-minute talk turns into 20 real
fast! My translator was Niki today – she’s
been on a mission and went to Temple Square just like our Jennifer.
That’s the end of our week – looking forward to the next
one. Hope your week was a great one
too. Stay warm and safe. Be prepared for all the crazy weather that
seems to be going on! We miss and love you! John & Linda
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