Week of October 25th

This week started out at 3:30a.m. We got up and had skype time with our family having FHE at the Packer house. It was such a special thing to be able to have family prayer with them. Chuck gave the prayer and said half in English and then finished in Swedish. We are truly blessed with an awesome family.
The visiting group this week has been from Kungsbacka. They wanted to have their own sessions but did not bring enough people with them so they took some of our day shift people to help them. That made our sessions smaller but it also allowed them the opportunity to realize how many people they need to bring from their ward to have their own shift and do their own sessions. Kungsbacka is about a 5 hour drive from here and it was good to see those saints again.
When we got to the temple on Wednesday morning we were informed that Chuck and I would be the shift leaders for the rest of the week. Elder Sheen, the assigned leader, got sick and Sister Sheen was staying home to take care of him. They later took him to the hospital with chest pains and ran tests on his heart but everything tested out normal. It was a challenge with such a small group but we gladly did it and things went smooth in the Lord’s House.
The Kungsbacka group brought three people for the first time and that is always a special and spiritual time in the temple. On Friday their group joined our group and it was very interesting because we had to have an A and a B session at the same time.
On our P-day this week we slept in, finished a puzzle and went with Evensens to this new mini-mall that opened and then to the buffet at Pizza Hut. They are so fun to be with.
Our Swedish class this week was just a lecture, with a few comments, in comparing the old Sweden’s with the current Sweden’s politics, economy, standards, etc. It was interesting but hard to really understand with the same compassion as the teacher!
Thursday morning we were up and over to the church by 6:50am so we could put out the breakfast for the seminary students before they went to school. Cold cereal, toast, yogurt, bread, butter, sliced tomatoes, sliced cheese, sliced cucumbers and different kinds of juice. We spoiled them by doing their dishes! It was really quite fun and the kids were very polite. There is a lady in our ward that coordinates who is there each morning and then the reminder is printed in the Sunday program.
Our Primary Program is in two weeks so we practiced on Sunday. It was a normal practice with having no control and the kids not singing. BUT I have had enough experience to know that the angels will come and they will sing beautifully!!
Kris had both knees scoped this week and we’re glad to report that she is doing well. The doctor said her running days are over and she needs to find another way of exercising. She does love to ride the bike and she is strong there too. However, she is going to run one more race so she can run with Cortney. Go mother and daughter go!!
Our time changed this week so now it gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon but it is still light when we get up at 6:30; that won’t last much longer.
We went trick or treating to Evensen’s apartment and had some great treats!!
Enjoyed our skype time with the Toblers and once again say thanks for your letters and emails. Now that we have been on our mission for a year it seems we hear less and less from things going on in our neighborhood. Oh well, life is busy and we understand that because we are busy too.