Missionary Week 44 July
15 – July 21, 2019
Hello everyone! We hope you have had another great week like
we have!
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| Headed home one afternoon - Beautiful Clouds and sun behind |
Monday – It was cloudy in the morning going to work. We went to lunch, John had to walk over to a
shop at T-Central Station and of course it was pouring rain by lunch! He said he almost lost the umbrella a couple
of times as he crossed over the bridge above the highway and river it was very
windy! We heard from two of our girls
who were on the road this last week, and one was home and the other close to
home. We were glad to see some of their
pictures of their vacations and travel. It
was still raining when we came home this afternoon.
Tuesday – This
morning when we got to the train station we noticed that the trains coming in
were only going to Hötorget (pronounced Hair -tore-E-Yet) one stop BEFORE our stop at T-Central. So we had to wait 9 minutes for the train
going further! We had a good day once we
got there – we were only late by about 5-7 minutes of our regular time.
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| Poster on outside - sorry it's light |
We left early at 3pm
to meet our other Senior Couples that meet for a monthly “Family Home Evening”. We met at the Natural History Museum which
was holding a special exhibit of Wildlife Photography. It was amazing. I thought the exhibit was from one
photographer – but it was from many. Of
course, we weren’t allowed to take pictures – but I did take a picture of a
poster hanging outside. They each had
their story of how long the photographer had to wait to take the precise moment
for the pic, and some had no time at all to prepare and still got amazing
shots. After we got through with that
exhibit, we meandered around the museum and looked at several floors of
exhibits. It was all free and it was
very crowded, the lady at the front desk said – “We are always busy when it
rains!”
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| Natural History Museum near University of Stockholm |
The exhibits were
fantastic Then we all climbed into the Clouse’s Van and
headed to Taby Centrum for a nice hamburger place that they had enjoyed. The menu was in English! We had a good time with The Ashby’s and
Clouse’s and then they took us to Morby Centrum to catch our train home. It was a fun evening. I think I’ve told you
before they are both from Arizona too!
Wednesday – Happy
Birthday to our 14yr old Granddaughter Avery!
Every time we see pictures
of the grandkids they look like they have grown so tall. In May and July we have at least one birthday every
week in the month and at least one anniversary.
Love our calls to and from the family.
Work was a normal
day and they seem to pass so quickly.
Thursday - John
looked up the schedule for the train we needed and now we go in just a little
later, catch the 6:38 train to T- Central!
At home they are
celebrating Pioneer Days. In St. Johns,
it is a week full of activities and we sure missed it. The kids all sent Marco Polos’ of the things
going on. Our daughter-in-law Rachel and
her sister sang and played their guitars and a harmonica during the Ice Cream
Social. Thursday night it’s free ice
cream and socializing!
Pioneer Days
Celebrates when the Mormon Pioneers made it into the Salt Lake Valley on July
24, 1847. So, the celebration is always
around the 24th. Early in the
week they have Volleyball tournaments – so families or friends get a group
together and go play. They have a BBQ
dinner and free swimming one night, the Friday Campfire Circle is well attended
– There is a big open area up by the airport and everyone “Circles the Wagons” –
nowadays it’s “Circle The Trucks/Cars” but it’s a huge circle and everybody brings
tables, chairs and canopy’s and pot luck and have your dinner together with
family and friends and then walk around the circle to see who came to
town!
Saturday morning is the big
Parade. There is several rodeos’ during
the week – Jr. and Sr. Rodeo’s etc. It
looks like they had good weather – I’m sure it was hot out in the sun.
Friday – We went to work and got the shuttles off this
morning and worked until 3:30, we had 40.2 hours for this week. We are hoping the man that brings us boxes
from the Military Archive will be back from vacation next week – we have 5
boxes left!
Saturday – After John got the laundry done, we had
breakfast and got ready to go downtown to a movie for the evening. We wanted to see the Apollo 11 movie and it
was to start at 6pm. It was easy to find
– one block from the train station.
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| Pond at Rådmansgaten |
We
walked around to see that area of town first, found a nice little park to sit
at for a few minutes – too bad there wasn’t any water in the pool for the poor
birds. But it was a nice shady spot.
We found an Asian restaurant that had a nice
buffet and ate an early dinner. Then got
to the theater about an hour early. It
was a fantastic movie. Of course, I
remember watching it when it was LIVE! There
was a lot more than what we were shown on TV, they really did a good job
documenting the whole event.
Sunday – Went to church with the Borg’s and had a good Sabbath Day. Elder Borg is our English
Sunday School Teacher – and we were the only ones in class! Everyone else is on vacation!
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| The Lion King Poster - they have several different pictures -I'll try to catch one with a LION! = Translataion - World Premier at the Cinema Wednesday 17 July |
We think of you often and miss you! Love hearing from you! Love, John & Linda, Mom & Dad, Gramma & Grampa
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