Week of February 28th

We have been asked to talk in church, again on the 13th of March. We wrote our talks as soon as we could so that Bror and Syster Klarin could translate them for us. We are both going to give our talks in Swedish. The Klarins are our Home teachers and they brought us homemade dinner rolls this week.
The treadmill in the exercise room has been worked on and now it does not squeak when you use it. We try to work out 2-3 times a week. Chuck does 20 minutes on the treadmill and then 10 minutes on the bike. I do 10 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the bike and then 10 minutes on the treadmill.
We have started to make plans for when Kris and Ginet come to visit. There are so many things we would like to show them and it is hard to choose. We hope they enjoy their visit.
At our Swedish class on Wednesday night we had to identify different cities on a Scandinavian map. I also realized that I really have to do a lot of thinking before I can communicate in Swedish. I made cinnamon rolls, after we got home from the temple that day and we took them warm to the class.
We are still working at our goal of doing one indexing batch a day (at least I am) plus I also try to work on knitting baby booties for humanitarian aid. I have now completed 32 pairs. They are relaxing to do.

Sunday President and Syster Evensen were going to the Hägersten ward and asked if we wanted to go with them. That is the ward that Syster Ofasuah lives in and we said sure we would go. It was a very warm and caring ward and we saw many people that come to the temple regularly. Syster Ofasuah gave the Relief Society lesson. It was an excellent lesson on how our hearts and attitudes should change when we become members of the church and live the gospel the way the Savior wants us to. We were back to our own ward in time for Relief Society and Priesthood. After our block of meetings the ward had a “break the fast” meal together. It was a great success with several kinds of homemade soups, breads, and cheese. Members just signed up if they could bring something. I hope they give out the recipes.
The visiting group at the temple this week has been from Drammen, Norway. It has been great to see and visit with so many people that we know or met when we were there. But the hard part was to say goodbye as the next time they come to the temple we will be home. This is the hardest part of seeing our mission come to a close; saying goodbye to the people we so love.
There were 15 new missionaries who came to the temple on Wednesday. I was able to help issue them their temple clothes. One missionary said “Syster Rose, do you remember me?” When I looked up at him I knew exactly what family he was from and remember him
from Kindergarten at Canyon View. Aaron Gygi will be an awesome missionary and it was great to see him. I gave him a hug and I think I embarrassed him!

We worked Saturday at the temple and we had very few workers in preparation meeting but as the day progressed the patrons did come. We had two different sessions at 10:00am, one was Norwegian and the other was Swedish. We also did initiatory, sealings, and baptisms. Our dear friends, the Cordova’s, were the shift leaders. They will be one couple that will be very hard to say goodbye to.
Well another week has flown by and thanks once again for your love, prayers and support. We pray that all is well with you and your families and we thank you for your letters, emails and skype time. We love you