Week of January 4th

January 6th is the day called “undo’ Christmas” and people take down their tree, pull it out in the center of the room and sing and dance around it. Then they all pick it up and throw it outside. Tradition is that is the day the Wise Men came and brought gifts. So we do have our decorations down and they all fit in one small box!
We got some sad new this week that Peder Henrickson ( the Christmas Tomten that we sent an earlier picture of) had a heart attack on the way to the temple and died. He was such a cute little man and on Saturday he was telling Chuck just how great it was to be alive.
When we were at our Swedish lesson I was eating a piece of candy and felt something hard in my mouth and discovered a crown had come off. SO I got my first taste of dentistry here in Sweden. Our teacher (Sister Klarin) called the next morning to the clinic and got me an appointment and Brother Klarin took us in the car.
I had a lady dentist about 35 yrs old and she was great. She put cold water and blew air on the space where the crown was to see if it was sensitive, NO. Took an x-ray to make sure of no infection, none! So she just put cement on the tooth and put it back in because the fit was good. Sure glad! Dental costs are not on your personal number account so we had to pay for it.
We had a cute family come to the temple to be sealed. They have been married for eight years and have a little girl (6) and a little boy (3). She is from Brazil and a return missionary and her husband is from Sweden. They were so cute and humble and grateful to become a forever family.
Chuck has been asked to be a speaker in Sacrament Meeting the end of February on the subject of prayer. He is nervous and it will be a little stretch for him to do it in Swedish but I know he will do a great job. Brother Klarin is going to help him translate it when he gets it written.
Thanks for the Christmas cards, letters, care packages, money, love and prayers in our behalf. We are blessed and love the Lord. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord in the Temple in Stockholm. May you all have peace in your lives in 2010. God bless you!