Week of March 29th

There is a tradition here in Sweden that at Easter or spring time people tie colored feathers on tree branches and put them in water to watch them leaf out.
It is in celebration of new life. Our feathers were yellow.
This is our last week as Shift Leaders. The Kämäräinen’s, from Finland, will be the Shift Leaders when we come back after the temple break. We have been told our next turn will probably be the month of July. It has been a good experience and we have certainly become better acquainted with the people.
At our Swedish lesson this week the beginning group had three quizzes. The first quiz was on when to use den, det or de. I only missed one, but the next two quizzes were very hard. None of us knew the words that were used so we just did them as a group. I did find out that I have a lot more to learn. Chuck is in the advanced group and making great progress.
We finished reading Jesus the Christ. Wow what a powerful book. Our testimonies of Jesus Christ are a lot stronger because we read the book.
There was a young man that came to the temple this week for the first time. He was from Lithuania so the session was in Russian. There were 15-20 other people on the session using headphones and listening to Swedish or English. The next day he and his wife were sealed. We were invited to the sealing and it was very emotional because of the strong spirit felt by all. We hope to see them again before we leave in a year.
Syster Synnöve Nilsson finally got her visa and is now in Salt Lake serving at the Family History Center, in the International Department.
She has been serving with us in the temple for about five months waiting for her visa. She is an awesome lady and we will really miss her.
We have had some very nice days, and we have taken advantage of them by walking. We usually walk through the woods and the Viking burial grounds. One day we met Syster Oscarson (temple matron)
and her daughter and family out walking too. Her daughter Amy served in Denmark the same time that Brent did.
The next two weeks the temple will be closed for clearing and such. We had to empty our lockers and bring everything home. We got permission to go to Denmark to visit.
We did get to watch all of General Conference. It was awesome and left an impression that we are to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Saturday AM
session we watched at 18.00 – 20.00 and Sat PM session from 22.00 – 24.00. Priesthood meeting Chuck went to the church to watch and it was Sunday morning at 11:00. Sun AM session was Sunday at 18.00-20.00 and Sunday PM session was 22.00-24.00.
Sunday between sessions we went to our neighbors, the Evensen’s for goodies. They had a son and his wife visiting from Denmark.
We hope all is well with you and that the Lord is blessing you for your goodness. Thanks for your faith and prayers. We love you.