Missionary Week 74

Missionary Week 74     February 10, 2020 ~ February 16, 2020

We have had another great week here in Sweden. “Work” is great, we had a wonderful Zone Conference and we are trying not to get “Trunky” = Looking forward to going home too much! (We have 30 days left!)

Monday – Not raining this morning!  It was 4*C or 39.2*F.  We are finishing 1-2 boxes a day.  We heard from Blaire today, that our box we sent home made it!  Yay!  We are sending a few things by mail, so we don’t have to get another suitcase!  This was good news, since we mailed the box on January 23 and it made it by February 10^th.  Not all of our mail has made it to the States, and not everything that has been sent has made it here.

Tuesday – Off to work, no rain, good day at work. I finished a box before lunch and another one before we left at 4pm.  We got a call from Jaylen as we were getting off one of our trains – and lost him.  Got another call as we were walking home, he showed us the inside of his house – things are coming along very nicely.

 

We packed up another box and sent it home today – the wait begins.

Top left: Gunner, Bridger, Daddy Matt
Bottom Left: Lily, Porter, Mamma Jenn and Bo

Wednesday – It was 1*C = 34*F when we left.  I finished another box before lunch.  We transfer our files to the shuttles at lunch time, so we aren’t wasting time.   We ate with the Salls and the Quists.  As we went home it was misting and we could tell that it had rained.  We went to the store.  We got a cute Family Picture from Jenn and family – the kids wanted to send us one!  So glad they did! 

Elder & Sister Sabin - meeting and
greeting every single Missionary

Thursday – We didn’t have to get up at 5:30 today – we are going to Gubbängen for Zone Conference.  The new office couple was waiting in the parking lot in their car, when we got there.  No one else was there, building locked – it’s our Stake Center.  We helped carry things from their car to the front door and waited for the Missionaries to get there to open it up.  We were cold!  It was a fantastic meeting. 

The area authority from Germany was on a Mission Tour – so they are a little different than the usual Conference.  Elder Sabin and his wife met with each missionary – he had some very good messages.  We were called up to be in a “role-play” and Elder Richardson was fantastic! 

Elder Clarke

Elder Thompson

The best news was that we got to see 2 of our favorite Elders.  Elder Clarke who was in our Jakobsberg Ward when we first got there and Elder Thompson, that is from our Niece Dawnette’s ward.  He said he is going to be coming into Phoenix the same day that Jacob (Dawnette’s son) is coming home!  That is just about a week before we get home.  So, we took pictures with both of these fantastic Missionaries – because we will not see them again here in Sweden.  

This will be our last Zone Conference – the next one is scheduled later in March.  

We had so much fun with all of the Senior Couples – we all helped in the set up and serving of the lunch and the cleaning up.  (Before, one couple was assigned to help the office couple) It worked fantastically.  Elder Richardson went with Elder Torrie to get the lunch from the Coop (the grocery store that caters the food) and it was BBQ Chicken, again – (because that is the Mission Presidents favorite!) and there was BBQ Sauce spillage again!  

Elder Richardson did not get the brunt of it this time – but he will be taking his suit in to the dry cleaners again!  Elder Torrie got most of the sauce.  They talked with the guy from the store and the Sauce is going to be given to us in a separate container next time, so  that we can add when we are in the kitchen!  But FUN MEMORIES and lessons learned!

We got to talk to Jennifer and Jody today.

Friday – Happy Valentines Day!  It was -5*C this morning or 23*F.  It was cold!  John walked to the Dry Cleaners today and on his way back he saw a police car and was able to talk to them and ask if they wanted to trade a patch from St. Johns, Arizona and the officer said “Sure” and ripped it off of his shirt!  We left at 2pm to get home to do laundry.

We were able to talk to Jon today on Marco Polo – so it was a back and forth kind of chat but a great one.  They are trying to get ready for us to come home! 

Saturday – We had breakfast, while John was working on the Sunday School lesson – I made banana bread and did a little genealogy.  Then we took the train and then a tram to Skansen to go to the Gift Shop!  Well, the Gift shop was closed for the slow period (WINTER)– and will open up in May!  There was a Museum Gift Shop and we were able to get some of things we were looking for but now the hunt is on for the things that we didn’t find. 

We came back to Alvik and walked to our favorite Italian restaurant – it was 4 o’clock and it was packed!!!  It was still good food and we were glad we had a good walk home. 

Sunday – We went to church and a great Sunday School Class discussion.  We are looking forward to another great week! 

We hope you will have a wonderful week and that you are happy, healthy and energized for another week too! 

We think of you often and miss you!  Love hearing from you!  Love, John & Linda, Mom & Dad, Gramma & Grampa