Week 84 - The Worth of Souls is Great

Hey everyone!
Hope you have all had a great week! We sure have here in Jönköping! Finally starting to cool down a little bit, but hopefully I don't jinx it. Haha honestly, not a ton of things happened that were out of the ordinary. We did some finding, some service, some member meals, some swing bys, some lessons. Ya know all the good stuff. We actually did also go on exchanges with the elders in Borås! :) but we had a great time all week. Soaking up the time we have to serve the lord with all of our efforts!

Actually really cool experience this past week. So we had a "white day" this past Wednesday which means we had nothing planned. So finding!! What should we do? We picked an area, found some swing bys of members, less active members, people that were taught at one point, people with interest and planned finding around them. Sweet! Then we came to companion study, we were talking and got off track and elder Oldham said "I wonder if there's any Oldhams in Sweden?" Fancy that, there is this website called "hitta.se" that is like an online phone book with addresses and everything (pretty convenient missionary tool) so we looked it up there like 2 others. Cool! I said my turn. Not one other Baggett. Haha BUT there was lots of Bagge and even a Baghet! I was like what the heck. Look at her address, lived in Jönköping, look harder same building as one of our swing bys!! Like WHAT?! we have to go by! So we did! She was super excited when I showed her my name tag. :) and gets even crazier, she used to be taught by the sisters! Said she wants to meet with them again. :) the Lord works in mysterious ways!

We had this awesome guy we're teaching, he loves to look up "Mormons" on Google and read everything there is to read. Sketch. Haha but he has a super strong testimony and it doesn't even phase him. But he found this YouTube channel called "three Mormons" these 3 college students who make videos and talk about the church! Super cool. He showed us one of the videos called "Dusty the ex ex Mormon" it was a crazy story about this guy who was a convert, came across some anti, left the church, and was VERY against the church, then eventually found his way back. But it was so amazing to see how the gospel can change people's lives! I have seen that during my time as a missionary. Probably the most rewarding part of missionary work is to see others allow the gospel to change their lives. :)

I have been reading in the Doctrine and Covenants and came across one of my favorite verses. It's in section 18 verse 10. It says "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God" its a great reminder that we are All gods children. No matter what we have done or how lonely we feel, you are worth while to God. On the other hand we need to see the person next to us with that same value. No one is better than another. Respect, love and serve those around you and you will be blessed. :)

Well folks, I hope you have another wonderful week! You all are amazing! Love you tons! Don't forget to keep the Faith!

Love,
Elder Baggett