What a place. Göteborg is awesome. The ward is super cool. Unfortunately I am the YSA missionary so I have to go to stuff like FHE instead of contacting, and after sitting with a bunch of Swedes my age playing games it's hard to feel like a missionary. It's fun (kind of, not really my type of setting) but I often wonder why I'm here. Like, if I were to share a message or something then leave with some Fika-to-go I'd love the new assignment, but as is it's a little strange in my mind. I sure do hope my next area is Skellefteå or something like that, where the branch consists of four active members and it takes two hours to get to District Meetings. Oh well, it's fun, I guess.
But Göteborg is super cool! It's a little colder than Skåna but still no snow, but Spårvagnarna are super awesome. Our locations is a little out of town, but the apartment is super nice. There exists 10 rooms, our own full sized washer and drier, the shower room is roughly 20 ft. by 20 ft., the bed is super comfortable, life is nice in Västra Frölunda.
Aside from the apartment, this area is way nice. The ward is super strong, and with all the YSA church is a party (but a good one that I feel good about because I can do stuff like make comments of the religions type in Sunday School). Also, for those of you who really payed attention in general conference you would know that Elder Renlund talked about a growing up in Göteborg with member of the 70 named Elder Per G. Malm, right? The Malm family is in this ward, on Sunday I had dinner with Elder Malm's wife and daughter, the daughters husband (who is the brother to Sister Åsa Ahlström, co-head of one of the coolest families in all of Skåna) and their 5 kids. They are way cool, I can't wait to meet the rest of the Malms. Also, the Malms love me. So, Elder Malm died of brain cancer this summer then this Sunday I go up and bear my testimony om hur när jag läste skrifter och bett efter min mamma dog kännde jag närmare Kristus.
So that scored me some bonus points with the ward.
Also, my new companion is a beast. His name is Elder Cluff, from Broken Arrow Oklahoma (Carly, his dad is the Stake president, you possibly know his family) and he was trained on Gotland by a Swedish missionary, so he knows how to speak Swedish and work hard. He's only one transfer older than myself, but he's already DL and stuff, he'll be a great missionary. We get along pretty well, I'm exited for these next six weeks. The missionary work is quite different here though, we have investigators and stuff and six dop dates and a lot of TU's, it'll be fun. Except for FHE.
Who wants some pictures!
2098: My new companion and I!
2004: Our happy light, for when you feel like 1999
2024: Nothing like a blurry picture of night time Göteborg!
1941: The best part of being a YSA missionary
Vi ses!
Äldste Wilson
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