Midsommar!

So this week was a bit of a party week. Viking volleyball was super fun (even though my team didn't win), then we had splits with the ZLs on Wednesday then district meeting Thursdayay then it was Midsommar! That was super fun, almost all the missionaries in the zone came to Göteborg again and we went to the churches Midsommar party in Utby which was super cool then played games and ran through fountains the rest of the day. Then for Saturday we also had the "day off" so all the missionaries came in again and we played some more volleyball and soccer then more games, way fun. I got a lot of media, I'll send that your way.

Also though we had a cool experience this Sunday. We have a good friend named Ludvig Lagerfors and he is pretty cool and he invited us to teach his friend Audie from the Philippines. So we go and meet Ludvig outside the Library and then Audie shows up, but he also brought his own friend, his Church of Christ pasture. Now, for those of you who aren't familiar with the Church of Christ they believe that the primitive church apostated and was prophesied to reemerge in the Philippines in 1914 because of some scripture in Isaiah, and their pastors are "called" to use the bible to prove all other religions wrong (aka Bible Bash). So we're all like "OK buckle your seat-belt, this is going to be fun" and this pasture starts trying to his us with all the normal Church of Christ stuff (basically only proving that the church apostated and was prophesied to be restored and has to be called the Church of Christ, three points upon which we agree) then we start explaining the Book of Mormon at which point the Minister uses the standard "A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible. Revelations 22:19" so we were all like "Do you know how the Bible was made? When John wrote that scripture he put at the end of his own book so it applies to Revelations and thats it, the same scripture actually exits in Deuteronomy 4:2, does that make the entire bible invalid? Because I know that God cannot change, so if he were to stop revelation he would change, so we must believe in an open canon" so then the pasture was like "uhhhh, but the far east man! It has to be the Philippines because everyone knows the Philippines are the far east!" so I was "Ya, just like how Ceaser Agustus caused the whole world to be taxed" and then my man Ludvig was like "Look guys, the Bible is good and all, but you have to try the Book of Mormon. Like, it's pretty much amazing, and it 100% does not take away from the Bible at all. They teach the same message and I love the Bible especially the four gospels but the Book of Mormon is the best" at which point the pasture said "Your opinion means nothing unless you can prove it from the Bible" so Elder Harrell and I looked at each other, mentally agreed that if they were beyond feeling and would not accept the Spirit of Truth and Testimony then we would prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Bible teaches exactly what our church teaches, so we both started asking stuff like "Where are your living prophets? Do you have a Quorum of the Twelve, like Christs church did? How did you get the priesthood, did you take the honor upon yourself or were you called of God, as was Aaron? Are you sure there's only one heaven and one hell? Why would God give us commandments if he didn't expect us to follow them" and showing how the Bible teaches exactly everything we believe and his response was "but the far east man" so we were like "OK, we're going to go now. The person we came to teach isn't listening to us, you're trying to fight us, Ludvig is trying to testify but you won't listen to him, hejdå." So we left. Moral of the story, try your best to teach with the Spirit because without the spirit you cannot teach (D&C 50:17-22. We were trying to preach with the Spirit, but they weren't listening with the spirit). But if the people you're teaching won't listen to the Spirit so you have to Bible bash, Bible bash to win. If they won't be taught it then becomes our duty to defend the truth. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12, D&C 12:2, 14:2, 6:2, 11:2, 33:1)

Anyways, now for lots of pictures and videos!

​​Actually, I have a lot more but the computer is being strange, so that's all for now!

Älskar er :)

Enjoy Hebgan without me :(
Äldste Wilson