I'm just doing dandy, still trying to
get over this pesky cold though. But it's slowly getting better. We had
a pretty eventful week this past week though. Lots has been going on
and I can definitely feel that it's starting to add up.
But
to start off, an update on Ashley. It's been a roller coaster, just up
and down. He has a plan to move to Utah in the beginning of next year,
but he needs to get his act together before then, and right now he is
drinking again. So we have been trying to help him, and by help we many
just listen to him and be his friend, about all we can do. We are
praying though, because it's sad to see him in that state, not only that
it's just delaying all of his plans every day he keeps it up. So we
hope that things will start looking up with him soon.
We
have been meeting with Frank a lot, and that means we have been playing
lots of ping pong. That has been a blast. Last time I represented the
family well and didn't lose a single game against them. I summoned my
inner asian skills, just like I did with Starcraft. haha. But he has
been slowly progressing, he still tries to teach us all about his
buddhist stuff, but he is opening up more and more to the idea of
actually trying our message and seeing if it is true for himself. He is a
fun guy though, and amazing at piano. We talked a lot about the holy
ghost and guidance that we recieve from it this past week, it was all
really good stuff, and he was able to put it into his own life.
The
members here are awesome. Recently they have been super supportive of
the work that we have been doing. But not only that, I feel like they
try to be our friends at the same time. I love wards like this where
they treat us missionaries as actual humans and not just missionary
robots. It makes it much more meaningful, and makes some lasting
friendships and impacts on people lives. Just like Maria, who is in the
states now, they just always look out for us. Then you have Flemming who
is just a prankster, makes things fun for us, or Daniella who watches
over the young single adults and does a ton for them. All 3 of them help
out a ton when it comes to teaching. So moral of the story, be nice to
missionaries, and treat them as humans!
Oh
yes... Roy is doing great as well. We had a good lesson with him at the
beginning of this week where we finally got to say what we wanted to. He
actually really like the message after that. We finally got the point
across that we agree with what he is saying, and that we are just adding
upon the ideas he had.He also made it to church, and really enjoyed it!
And this time he didn't get in a huge argument with one of the members
here! It was awesome. haha.
We have also been
working with Isaac, our super bible smart black friend. Just trying to
answer all of his hard questions and address those concerns. That has
been fun. This past time was about marriage Luke 20:34-35. Interesting
stuff to try to explain.
We got to sing in
gospel choir again! So much fun, It had been so long since I had been
there. But we finally made it again and I sung my heart out.
Another
thing that we have been doing recently is that I have been the trainer
or coach for 2 of the elders in the apartment. Every night I just make
this super hardcore 20 minute workout that they have to do. That's been
fun, but it kills my voice to yell at them so much.
But... yeah, Everything is good here. Hope you are all doing great!
Love you!
Ældste Swan
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