Another week in the books here in Sundsvall! Great week as usual! Since last Monday, not too much has changed. We haven't seen the sun and it hasn't stopped raining all week! So that's cool I guess. Haha nah, it really has been a good week. Maybe we can hit some highlights! I got a much needed haircut last Monday. We had our regular lessons, as well as met with some new people! We had coordination meeting. Went out with our ward mission leader and visited some members, had district meeting, FHE, we were able to get out and work on the farm!! And had a party with the branch. :) and knocked a lot of doors! Awesome week really.
So, Saturday was an awesome day. We were able to spend a ton of time with the members! The district president (stake president) here in Norrland lives in our branch. And he owns a farm!! His wife has been in the hospital and he hasn't been able to do a lot of work at home. We were able to offer our four hands to head out there and help! We moved a lot of stuff, fed some horses, took out trash and helped him prep for winter! It felt great to get out and get our hands dirty! It was also super cool to talk with him and get to know him better. He is a STUD. :) that evening, we had a branch party! There are about 20 or so Persian members in the branch, so they wanted to put on a "culture night"! They made Iranian food, we danced, we played games. Man it was a riot I tell ya! Sometimes I honestly wonder what country I am serving in. Haha they made SO MUCH FOOD and gave the missionaries ALL of the extras. Haha I don't know how or if we will eat it all. Biggest legends. We had a few of our friends who were able to come. We also had like 10 less active members there! So I would say it was a success!!
This week I was also able to give a talk in sacrament meeting! I used to HATE giving talks man. Haha absolute worst. But, now that I have done it more I have grown to tolerate it. :) still not my favorite thing, but, it's coming. And I do love how much I learn every time. :) but I was asked to speak about the Book of Mormon and what it means to me. Sweet! Preparing for my talk, I was able to think back to when I remember taking Moroni's challenge (Moroni 10:3-5) to heart and receiving an answer about the Book of Mormon. It was so cool! As I thought about it, so many of the feelings I had then came back to me and it was another confirmation to me that the Book of Mormon truly is the word of God. I would invite you all this week to think back to your conversion or your turning point or your answer; whatever you call it. And write it down! As you do, you will be able to have those same feelings and it will give you the spiritual boost you need to keep going! :)
Short guy this week, but like always I hope y'all have a great week! And Keep the Faith!
Love,
Elder Baggett
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