Week of September 20th

This week the saints have come from Drammen, Norway and they really had a big group. This is the city that President and Syster Evensen are from and they had 20 members of their family come during the week. They had enough people to do their own sessions and they bring such a special spirit to the temple. Some of them can only come once or twice a year because of the travel (12+ hours) and expense. It was sad to see them leave on Saturday morning as some of them will not be back before we finish our mission.
In our Swedish class this week we saw pictures of the Soderquist trip to Prague. It was very interesting and educational. I then showed our pictures of Gotland. Chuck had gone home teaching so he gave me a lesson on how to hook up the camera to the TV and I actually did get it to work!!
We are still reading The Work and The Glory. Chuck has more time to read than I do, with cooking, washing and such!!!! He is on Vol 9 and I am ¾ through Vol 7. We have really enjoyed reading them. This is the second time for Chuck but the first time for me to make it through all of them. I think last time I only got past Vol 4.
It is now getting dark around 7:15 and pretty dark around 7:30. The sun is not up but it is light when the alarm rings at 6:30. I do not know if I am ready for winter!! The days have been much cooler but we still have some pretty flowers!
Saturday night we went to Mats and Veronica Ekelund’s for dinner with the Evensen. They have had a traditional Saturday night dinner the whole time they were raising their family and we had the same meal, Burritos.

They were good with Pineapple salsa and a wonderful chocolate desert. Then we played a fun game. It is a board game called ‘Fly Away’ and it really teaches you the world map. We lost, but it was a fun game and I think the grandkids would enjoy it.
We enjoyed our double skype time on Sunday. Since we were out of town last weekend and unable to Skype anyone, we Skyped both the Packers and the Toblers in order to catch up. It was great to talk to them and to see them. After our Skype time we went next door to Evensens and had desert and she really knows how to make deserts! We stayed two hours just talking to them and the Soderquists. Soderquists only have three weeks until they go home to Logan.
Today we caught the train with the Soderquists and the Evensens and went into Stockholm. We then took the trolley and went to Skansen. It is a huge outdoor museum where they have houses, barns, churches, bell towers, farms, animals, reindeer and things from every part of Sweden.

We were there for 5 hours and really could have spent more time. It was a good day with no rain and a cool breeze. We really had fun. Most of the buildings are original and during the tourist season there are people inside each building demonstrating something or telling you about something. It really was amazing. We ate an early dinner at a cute little café and then came home. What a great day and fun place to visit.

Thanks for your love and support and prayers. Time is going too fast and we really are enjoying serving in the temple and seeing fun things in Sweden. God bless you for another week.