Week of March 1st

Happy Birthday Drew (7)
This week we started our month as being shift leaders. We had a nice sized group this week from three different wards. They live about 4-6 hrs from here. There were not as many at the beginning of the week but more as the weekend got closer. Our sessions were almost full and it was wonderful. Someone described the temple as a SPIRITUAL SPA or SANCTUARY. I would have to agree because it gives me the peace and love to renew and inspire me to do my best.
We have now been in Sweden for four months. Today we went for a walk and in spots you could even see the sidewalk. It has been above freezing for the first time since December.
In Swedish class this week we talked about clothing and what it is called:
Shirt = skol dress = klänning shoes = sko tie = slips
Socks = strumpor pants = lång byxor coat = rock (man’s) kappa (ladies)
Earrings = örhängen belt (women’s) – skärp shirt = skjorta
To say ”to get dressed = att klä på sig (to dress on me) See why it is a challenge to learn this language!
This week we went to eat at the first hamburger place in this part of Sweden. You get in line and order then find a table or do take out. They have a lot of other things to order but the hamburgers are 90g, 150g and 200g. The hamburger bun stays the same it is just the size of meat that changes. The 200g meat patty is about 1” bigger than the bun all the way around. It was busy but very good.
We got a black blind installed in the bedroom to help us sleep longer. We now have about 12hours of daylight and gain 10 minutes more a day. By 23 June we will only have about 3-4 hours of darkness! So the blind will help us not wake up at 2:30 when it begins to get light and help us go to sleep when it does not get dark until 2300.
My first week in Primary was really quite fun. I know most of the songs (can’t play them without a mistake) but not the words. The kids are so cute but some of them are very wiggly! There are about 25-30 kids in the primary but only 10 in Jr Primary. The Jr Primary kids have not started to learn English yet so they try to talk to us in Swedish. We use a lot of hand motions but usually end up knowing what they say. The teachers all speak English so that helps. I am looking forward to learning from the kids and Primary Presidency.
We love our morning routine of having prayer, reading the scriptures individually, reading Jesus the Christ together then having breakfast and getting ready for the temple. If we can we get some study time in also. It is wonderful to do it as a couple and we have become closer because of it.