Week 45 - Keep the Faith

Good morning my beloved friends and family! :)
How is it going? Things are going along just fine here in Alingsås! My comp and I have found some cool people and also met with a few cool people. So that's pretty exciting! Tender mercies from this week, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS was yesterday. So that was lit. Let me tell you how nice it was to get an extra hour of sleep. :) Elder Hansen got to teach his first lesson! And give his first talk! Which he did super well on by the way. We have lots of time to knock doors and contact. We did some service. And we had member dinners. Good stuff! 

Cool story from this week, so on Friday we had a member dinner planned at 6 and it was about  5:40.  We were out contacting in the town and we saw the member that we were having dinner with. He said just come over right now if you want! We felt prompted to say no thanks, we will come at 6. So we did! And he said okay cool see you then. We then kept talking to people. 20 minutes went by and we said we would talk to one more person then head to dinner. So we did and the guy we stopped is so awesome! He knows people in the church and already knows a ton of stuff and agrees with it! So we are going to meet him this week! Pretty exciting. :) 

So as a spiritual thought this week, I have been thinking about what I can share with y'all and I came across a talk of President Monson that he gave a few years ago in April 2009. It was called "be of good cheer" and there was a quote that I loved! It said, "Be of good cheer, the future is as bright as your faith" and that is so so true! We need to have to faith that Heavenly Father has a bigger plan for us than we can see and if we rely on him our future will be bright. :) this week I want to invite y'all to read that talk and see how you can apply it to yourself. How you can be of good cheer through the hard times. I know it will help! 

Well that's all I have for today! So I hope you all have a great week! Thanks for tuning-in to this episode of The adventures of Elder Baggett. Don't forget to keep the faith my lovelies. 

Love, 
Elder Baggett

Can't really see it, but there was a cool rainbow :)

I'm a maaaaniac!

As you can see there were a lot of people out last night..

I caved, and decorated my PMG.

Week 44 - Tjenare!

Tjenare!
How is it going?!? This week was a super good one. :) where to begin? First, props to my super sick comp Elder Hansen. I remember what it was like the first little bit. Wasn't very easy, but he it taking like a champ. Working super hard, keeping me in check. :) we are starting to get things going here for us! We have found a few super awesome potential investigators and we are really excited to start working with them. Other highlights from the week, we went on splits. Super fun. Elder Olson and I were here in Alingsås. We have been getting in contact with the YSA's in the ward which is honestly the best! It's so fun to work with people our age. :) 

Cool story, so we tracted into a man by the name of Hashmat last week. We told him we were from the Church of Jesus Christ and he said "I want to come to church! When and where?" So we told him. And yesterday, he came! He loved it. The members were super awesome and talked to him and such. He said to a member, "this was the first time in my life I have been to church. But definitely not the last!" He is so awesome. :) we look forward to meeting with him more. 

Spiritual thought from this week, so I was reading a talk from conference that was given by sister Oscarson. She talked about serving those who are nearest to us! I am really bad about that sometimes. I think that it's only service is you do something big, but it all starts with the little acts of service. :) The most important people in our lives are the ones closet to us! Our families! So this week, I would invite you all to read her talk and see how you can better serve those nearest to you. :)

Sorry It's a little short this week, today is a crazy day! Hope you all have a good week and you will hear from me soon!  :) Don't forget to Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Baggett

Our district

Elder Olson and I!

My son's first Kebab Pizza. :)

I thought you would enjoy this Dad. haha

I can ride my bike with no handlebars. ;) look at this weather too!

Week 43 - Hej på er! :) (Hello to you)

Hey everyone! 

This week has been wonderful! So we had transfers this past week, so Elder Scott hopped on a plane to the other side of the world! We were able to travel up to Stockholm together, so that was pretty fun! So, that means, new comp! His name is Elder Hansen and he is from American Fork! Super cool kid. I'm really excited to get to know him and to help him get into the swing of things here in Sweden. :)

Two cool stories from this week! So the first one is a "fourth floor last door" kind of a story. But I always knock building from the top down, so it is a "first floor, first door" story. haha anyways, we went to swing-by an old investigator but he wasn't home so we said, we came here for something, so lets knock some doors! We knocked 5 or 6 buildings and it was almost time for us to catch our bus but we decided to finish the building. The last door, we didn't even have to knock. He opened the door to leave, so we just talked to him in the hallway! He was super down and even said, "I'm free most Sundays, can I come to church? and we set up a return appointment! Pretty cool if you ask me. :)

This one isn't really a story, but we will go with it. This past week I have seen the Lord help me sooo much as I am training a new missionary. I have seen my Swedish go up tremendously and I just love the work that much more! The Lord sustains who he calls is a true statement! 

I was reading in Mosiah this week about the story of Abinidi. Man isn't that guy just the coolest?! I LOVE his courage because he knows that the Lord is on his side. and as long as he is doing the right thing and doing his part, The Lord will protect him. That also applies to us today! Maybe not to the same extent as Abinidi, but if we follow what the Lord asks of us, he will protect us and bless us. :)

Well, that is all I have for this week. I hope you all have a fantastic week! Love you all. :) you know what comes next...

Keep The Faith!! :)

Love,

Elder Baggett

 3 Gen pic!!! Elder Nielsen me and Elder Hansen  Grandpa, Dad and Son haha

Elder Beckman!  We went to H.S together!  He made it to Sweden!

His first street! Such a proud dad :')

Week 42 - IT'S A BOY!

Stockholm!  The promised land!

Hallå allihopa! 
This week has been one of FULL of tender mercies. We can just start off with those. :) first, last P-day, I received a training call! And after moving around so much these past couple months, I get to stay in Alingsås for a little while longer. :) This week is Elder Scotts last week! I have had such a good time serving with him and learning from him. He is a stud. :) 

This past Tuesday, we had a pretty cool experience while we were out contacting! We have been having a hard time find new people to teach, and we have not had very much success contacting. But we have been praying and trying to work as hard as we can, so that the Lord can bless us! But anyways, we were our contacting and this guy starting walking towards us. He had tattoos and gages. Not going to lie, in my head, I said "Oh boy, here we go again" (I feel really bad about that. I have been trying to be better about NOT doing that.) and we stopped him and he was a devout catholic that was a little closed minded at first. But as we started talking to him, he became a little more relaxed and we gave him a Book of Mormon! We will see if anything comes out of it! Then, next guy we talked to we stopped him and he was a little bitter with God. He told us about how his is kind of questioning his existence. He had a really hard life and wondered why God wasn't there for him. We talked on the street for about a half hour. We testified our hearts out and it was so cool too see his heart soften as the Spirit talked to him. He ending up taking a Book as well and we promised him that if he read with a desire to know the truth that he could receive an answer! He was really excited to take a book and start reading. :) Little long, sorry, but cool experience! 

The rest of this week was really good. We had train the trainers this past Friday in Stockholm. And it was an awesome training! I'm really excited to get my new missionary and help him the best I can! Cool story when we were leaving the training. We finished late, so we had to rush to the station. We hit traffic and it was not looking good to catch my train. I ran to my track, and I was nearly 5 minutes late and low and behold that sucker was still there! There was a signal failure so it had to leave late, and I caught my train! #blessed. 

Little quote from conference for a spiritual thought this week. From President Uchdorfs talk entitled, "A Yearning for Home" and he said ,"God knows your every thought, your sorrows, and your greatest hopes. God knows the many times you have sought Him. The many times you have felt limitless joy. The many times you have wept in loneliness. The many times you have felt helpless, confused, or angry.
Yet, no matter your history--if you have faltered, failed, feel broken, bitter, betrayed, or beaten--know that you are not alone. God still calls to you.
The Savior extends His hand to you. And, as He did to those fishermen who stood long ago on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, with infinite love He speaks to you: “Come, follow me.”" And I KNOW that is true. :) I love this gospel and sharing it with others.

I hope you all have a great week! Thanks for bearing with me through this long email. Haha love you all so much and home you have a great week! As always, Keep the Faith. :) 

Love, 
Elder Baggett

Some World of Warcraft prop a member had. lolol

Week 41 - MOOOOSE

Hey everyone!

So this week was an awesome one! When by craaaazy fast! We had the wonderful opportunity to listen to the Lord's living apostles on the earth today which, as always, was super up-lifting. I hope you all had the chance to listen to part, if not all of General Conference. If not, DO IT.

Other highlights from this week, we went on splits again which was a good time. I went with Elder Olson and he is so awesome! He is a convert of about 2 years. He left on his mission 1 year, almost to the day after he got baptized! It was super cool to get to know him a little better. We got a new investigator who is so so nice. We had Zone Conference, prime. We had General Conference, also prime. Will Thomas if you are reading this, I saw you lots like usual. and you looked very tan. :) haha We had 7 member meals this week. #blessed. We had 3 lessons in a row not show up this past Wednesday. #NotSoBlessed  and get this, WE SAW A MOOSE.  No joke. We were out pounding doors in an area that we have never been before. We just knocked a door and we hear a rustling in the tree behind us, we turn around to see like a 6 foot moose. haha it was awesome. The people here don't like them very much because they eat all the trees and stuff . So, all the neighbors were trying to talk to it and tell it to leave. Didn't work. So one of them found a fire cracker and tossed it in his general direction and he boosted into the woods. So I would say it was a pretty good week this week. :))

During General Conference, there was a talk a really liked, it was by Elder Maynes of the 70 during Priesthood session. Such a good talk. I would invite you all to read it, not just Priesthood holders. There was a quote that I really liked, "Brethren, perhaps there is no greater compliment we could receive from the Lord than to know He trusts us to be worthy priesthood holders and great husbands and fathers." We are all regular people who make mistakes, but the Lord still loves us and puts his trust in us. As we trust is him, he trusts us to do his work here on the earth. :)

I hope you all have a wonderful week this week, I sure do love you all! Never forget to Keep the Faith my friends. :)

Love,

Elder Baggett

Zone Conference September 2017

Potential Investigator??

MOOOOSE!!

The picture doesn't do it justice !  haha