Week 89 - I'M GOING TO NORRLAND!!

Except for the coastal areas, Norrland is sparsely populated. Approximately 12 percent of Sweden's population lives in Norrland. Except for some coastal areas most of Norrland is made up by the Norrland terrain– hilly and mountainous land covered by boreal forests.

Hey Everyone! 

A lot of amazing things going on here this week! The first of which is we received transfer calls yesterday!! I will be leaving to wonderful city of Jönköping and taking a plane up north to Sundsvall! and get this, my companion is Elder NELSON! We were comps not too long ago in Stockholm. :) Super excited to be with him again and see what kind of miracles we can see up in Sundsvall. :) Other than that, this week we have been pretty busy with lessons, member meals, exchanges, service, etc.. It feels good to be busy. Feel like I have using the Lords time how I should. We have also found the honeypot to knock doors. Im telling ya. Young, Swedish families and college students! We have found a few potentials and had so many great conversations! So much fun.  Lets see, other than that, not too much else to report on.

Cool story, yesterday, we were on our way to a dinner appointment with a member family and we were a little in a hurry, so we were walking fast. As we passed this group of four people, one of them looked at us, so I said hello and usually here in Sweden people try to avoid eye contact and act like they weren't looking at you, but he said "hey! You know, I have to ask, why are you guys dressed like that?" Well my friend let me tell you! So we stopped and talked to them. We taught them a very short version of the restoration right there on the street. :) The guy that stopped us and his wife were really interested so we gave them a Book of Mormon! It was such a testimony to me that no matter what we are doing no matter how much of a hurry we are in, we ALWAYS need to be looking for those that may need us. It would have been really easy for me just not to say hi and just keep walking, but I am so glad I didn't! The lord is truly blessing us here in Jönköping. :) and in case you're wondering, we made it to the member meal and even beat the sisters, so we were in the clear. :)

About a week or so ago, we started an initiative here in the Europe area and it is called the 21 day Book of Mormon challenge! They made a calendar with questions  that everyone has at some point in there life. like, "Is there a God?" "What happened to Christ after he was resurrected?" and gives a quote and a scripture reference to every question. I am now on day 10 and it is seriously so cool! I have read the Book of Mormon quite a few times in the past 2 years and I keep receiving new insights and knowledge about what is in it! Especially when I read specific chapters like this. I would like to invite you all to join in! It honestly takes like 10 minutes max everyday I have have come to know Christ in a more personal way in these last 10 days. I know you can do the same. :)  here's the link! www.lds.org.uk/the-book-of-mormon

Well my friends, thanks for all you do. The love and the support. :) I hope you know how much the Lord loves you and how proud of you he is for the good decisions you have made today. :) Have a great week and Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Baggett