Week 62 - Tjeeeeena!

Tjeeeeena!
Hoppas ni har haft en bra vecka! :)
(Hope you have a good week!)
This week has been a good one! Lots of good stuff starting to get going. Well, kind of. Haha but we are keeping are spirits high as working as hard as we can! Highlights from this week, it has been bloody cold all week. Like -5 as the high. :) So that has just been great. Haha We contacted people at the university which was super fun! Met some cool people our age! We had interviews with president which went well as always. I got a package. Thanks mom. :)) we had a leadership training over Skype which I though was pretty cool! We had district meeting and institute. And also passed out Book of Mormons at the musical! We went on splits with the Gubbängen elders and we played badminton with an investigator! Pretty eventful week I would say! :)

So, this week has been a little tough finding/ investigator wise. Being here in Stockholm is difficult because most all of the people you find don't live in your area. So a lot of finding and referring... I was kind of getting frustrated with the whole thing, but then I thought to myself ya know, does it really matter what missionary teaches these people? I know it would be cool to be a part of that and to see them grow, but that isn't always the plan. So this week I have been appreciative of the part I get to play in the life of the people I meet. Whether it be as small as getting their number and sending it to another missionary or as big as being able to teach and baptize someone. I don't know, just a little thought I had. Be thankful for what you get to do not be sad about the things you don't get to do. :) 

Yesterday, in gospel principals we talked about repentance and the parable of the prodigal son. One of my absolute favorite stories. :) but we talked a lot about how we, as the prodigal son, have in some way or another taken what our heavenly father has given us and put it to waste. And I myself know that it is not easy to say, wow I really screwed up and I need help. As we do so and we come back to our father he will quite literally, through grace run as far as he can to receive us and bring us home. :) so, don't hesitate to turn around and return to to path that the Lord has established for us. He is waiting, calling for you! 

Well my friends my time is short, but I hope you all have a wonderful week full of laughs and cool adventures. :) don't forget to keep the faith! Much love! 

Love, 
Elder Baggett

Playing Badmitton

The weather this week has been extremely cold!

Stockholm

Ward friends from Brazil

Me, Will and Elder Steele

Week 61 - Hejsan mina vänner! :)

Hejsan mina vänner! :) 
How is going back home! This week has been an awesome/ crazy/ super long/ super short week. Ya know, one of those. :) haha first and foremost, as I said last week we had transfers! Elder Steele is my new comp. He is from Dallas Texas and has been out about 7 months! He is a stud, works really hard and I'm excited to continue to get to know him and work with him! Other highlights from this week! This past week was fettisdag!! It's a holiday when everyone goes and gets these things called semlor. They're these pastries that are a roll with almond  and whipped cream inside, I'll send a pic. Sooooo good. So we got those with the sisters! A member from LA called us up and wanted to go out with us so we were able to do that as well so that was cool. :) I lead my first district meeting which was a little sketchy but it went really well! It snowed yesterday!! We found some super cool potential investigators, we gave a blessing and took the sacrament to a member and all of the other regular stuff we do every week. :) hahah

Cool story from this week, so we were out talking to people Saturday morning, and little background there usually aren't very many people out at all on Saturday mornings. But we were out and I felt prompted to talk to this guy and he was super cool! Studying here and from China! I was able to tell him nice to meet you and introduce myself in Chinese and he got really excited! Then not 5 minutes later it happened again! It is so cool to see how the lord put me in that situation to take Chinese class 4 years ago so that I could talk to those people now. :)

Sooooo spiritual thought from this week, this may be little weird, but stick with me. So I have been learning chess for the past couple of weeks and I have gotten to become pretty decent. I really enjoy it! But I have a weakness, I get so focused on one piece and when you do that it is very easy for your opponent to get you off your course. Elder Rasband talked a little about this in our last general conference. But our life is like a giant chess board. God is the player and we are the pieces. He is setting us up to get us in the best position possible to accomplish the work that needs to be done. And we need to trust him that what he is doing is right. Even though we may be focused on another piece at the time he can see all the pieces and knows what we need right at the moment we need it. :) "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy path"

Thanks again for all of your love and support. You guys are seriously the best. :) I hope you have a wonderful week! And you will hear from me again soon! Aaand don't forget to Keep the Faith. :) 

Love, 
Elder Baggett

A church by our house.

New Companion Äldste Steele!

Week 60 - Transfers

Hey everyone! 
Really good week this week! Pretty crazy one honestly. But good nonetheless. :) but big news from this week! Transfers are this week!! We got transfer calls last night, and Elder Nelson will be moving out to Borlänge this week. Pretty sad to see him go, but he will do great there. :) and me on the other hand will be staying here in Stockholm and will be getting Elder Steele as a companion! Don't know much about him, so it will be fun to get to know him. And on top of that, I will be the district leader! Pretty weird, but should be fun. Looking forward to it. :) anyways! Other highlights from this week! We cleaned the church, we ate out like 5 times. Oops. Haha Elder Nelson had a doctors appointment, we got cancelled on quite a few times.. so we had some good finding time. :) we went on splits with the district leader which went super well! Good week overall. :) 

Funny story, so we were at the doctor for elder Nelson and the cardiologist was super nice! She spoke English with us so he would understand better and long story short she was filling out a prescription for him, and in Swedish, the words for prescription and recipe are the same word so she told us, "Okay! You can go and pick up your recipe at the pharmacy and this recipe will last you one year" hahah it was super funny. :) 

So this week as a spiritual thought, I came across this is my personal study, probably the most known scripture in the New Testament. John 3.16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." And it is just so simple! As we do our best to follow Christ and to live his gospel, he promises us eternal life! How cool is that? :) 

Sorry for the short email, but that's really all I have from this week! Hope you all have a good one and you will hear from me soon! As always, Keep the Faith! :)

Love,
Elder Baggett

Week 59 - Tjena grabbar!

Tjena grabbar! :)
Hope you have all had a good week! As usual, this week has gone really well! :) this week we have had some cool stuff going on. As for highlights, first, we had mission tour this week! It was so awesome President Johnson the Europe area president and his wife came and presented a training and it was awesome! I went on splits with the stake president, I bought a new suit (on sale don't worry), had institute, we had an absurd amount of people cancel on us this week, so we have found some good finding time! also had a few successful swing by's which was super cool! 

MISSION TOUR!! My favorite time of the year. :) President Johnson and his wife are two of the nicest people I have ever met. Honestly. It was really cool! We talked about being happy a lot. Because sometimes it's not so easy when it's dark and cold and people won't listen to you. Haha :) we also talked about setting goals and why that is important. The assistants and President and Sister Youngberg as well as Sister Johnson all had some time of training. But when President Johnson got up he just said, okay elders and sisters, what questions do you have? And he opened it up to us to ask him things that have been our minds. :) it was so awesome! He truly is an inspired man! 

I don't know what it is about the white shirt, tie and name tag. But is seems to always attract the crazy people. Just this week we have been approached on the street, in a restaurant, in the subway station like 10 times. Haha it's fun though is puts a little spice in our day. And on that same thought, it is really easy to look at those kind of people and judge them. They did this or that, or it's their fault that they are in that situation. Whether they did or not, they are still a child of God! Our spirit brothers and sisters. :) we really should do our best to love them just as we would anyone else! 

As a spiritual thought this week, I found a cool scripture that I thought to share with y'all! It is in D&C 88:63 it says, Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. I love the promise that when we strive to come closer to him, he will come closer to us. :) 

I hope you all have a good week! Stay warm and stay out of trouble! Love you all so much! Don't forget to keep the Faith! Catch you next week. :)¨

Love,

Elder Baggett

5/6 MTC squad! Elders Petersen, McCarl, Lilenquist, Buchanan.

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