A super big snail

Kära familj och vänner,

This week I saw a super big snail. I took a picture but you cannot really tell how big it is, so you'll have to trust me that the snail was massive.

I also went on splits again with Vendeslö and that was a party! I was with Elder Ashford and we had a blast. Afterwards we found out that the church was getting deep cleaned so we couldn't walk in it. That meant we had to have our companionship study and ringstund outside so that was a party. 

This week is also transfers, but both Elder Jackson and I will stay in Handen. We are also getting two sets of missionaries from Hägersten, one of which is Elder Warnick who is also from Lone Peak! That also means my district is made up of what once was a zone until recent changes, so that's fun. 

We have this one member who is friends with one of our investigators and this week was the investigators birthday so the member invited her and us to pizza hut buffet. If you want the missionaries to like you, be like this member. Nothing is better than teaching members friends while eating american pizza. 

Gotta bounce, we're going to Stockholm to look at some museums today, hejdå!

Äldste Wilson

ps, looks like Sweden if considering the separation of state and church.

Hum...

I don't really know what to put down here now. I mean, this week was amazing and full of funny and awesome moments, I just forgot them all. But I do have pictures!

I was finally blessed to find the one licence plate I've been looking for my almost year in Sweden

We walked 30 min to the right address of the wrong member for dinner so I took a "sorry Sister Olsson we'll be more than a little late to dinner" seflie

I passed my year-mark so Elder Jackson made me some pancakes for breakfast (don't worry, we didn't light the candle)

I alphabetized our books of mormon, we have 53 different languages (most used in this area are Swedish, Spanish, English, Arabic, Persian, and Polish, not in that order)

But ya, life is going great! My companion is amazing, I'm loving Handen a ton, the members here love having the missionaries over for dinner, I made it a year without ironing my non-iron Kirkland signature shirts, life is a party!

Side note, everyone should give President Monson a birthday present by doing a good deed to some one else.

Elder Wilson

The highlight of this week was definitaly zone conference, which is when the mission president and the assistants to the president come and give a training to the whole zone. They talked about 1 Timothy 4:12, it was super good. I've had a lot of people tell me I'm only a missionary because I'm still young and I'm just doing what my parents told me to do, but they don't understand what it's like to pray about the Book of Mormon. 

Other then that this week was just a good week of hard work and Bulgar! Fun fact of the day, ever since Christmas I've been making the same food every day for lunch and dinner, Bulgar and meatballs or chicken with creme frech and sweet and sour sauce. It literally never gets old. Never.

Also this week I saw a Chevy! It's been a long time since I've seen one of those so I had to take a picture. We also found a CTR licence plate. Elder Jackson is super good with licence plates, in his short 4 weeks here we've already found his and his dads initials, CTR, LDS, NRA, A**, SOB, and many others. I, on the other hand, am still looking for MEW.

One last thing, I also met some members from Västra Frölunda this week, that was way cool! Shout out to Leo! Lycka till och kom ihåg jag vill besöka dig efter min mission!

Love y'alls

Äldste Wilson

Family and friends,

This week we did missionary work! It was hard! It was also fun! We had to give our most positive investigator to other missionaries because he lived in their area! That was unfortunate for us but great for the other missionaries. I also got a hair cut from an Arab! He did not speak Swedish and I had taken off my glasses so I had no idea what was going on until it became to late. Oh well! I bought a watermelon for the first time in a while and look forward to eating it! I also swore off Marabou again! This time, I'll keep it off. Maybe. 

What else, ya, that's about it. I don't know, the mission life is just the best life. Elder Jackson is a beast, Handen's a great ward, and I love it!

Selfie time! If only I had known he had a 3 on his buzzer...

Elder Wilson

Hejsan!

This pday has been very strange and we have somehow lost a lot of time, so I will have to keep this a short email! Also the phone cord isn't working, so unfortunately no pictures! However, I do come with a testimony to a prophetic promise in the Doctrine and Covenants. D&C 9:14; Stand fast in the ^aworkwherewith I have ^bcalled you, and a hair of your head shall not be lost, and you shall be ^clifted up at the last day. Amen.

I am no longer balding! I've actually grown back some hair, so thats fun!

That's also about all the time I got this week though, hejdå och ha det bra!

Äldste Wilson