I'm loving it.‏

Så denna veckan har inte varit allt för händelserik, fast på samma gång så har den det.

Måndag- District meeting, jag höll i lektionen vilket var första gången för mig att göra det. Det var väldigt lärorikt och jag tror definitivt att jag fick ut mer utav det än de andra. Jag fokuserade på hur vår kärlek till Herren får oss att vilja arbeta hårdare och vilja göra allt vi kan. 

"Our love for Christ will make us want to take responsibility for our accountability" Det var ungefär det som det fokuserade på. Fick dessutom ett samtal från President Pilkington då han kallade mig som Sister Training Leader. 

Tisdag- P-day. Spelade fotboll i Leeds. Det var huuuuuur gött som helst! Svettas och spela med en massa missionärer. Sen hjälper det ju dessutom att många av amerikanerna inte är så duktiga så att jag ser bättre ut. 

Onsdag- Transfer meeting. I och med att jag har en ny "leadership position" så behövde vi åka till transfer meeting. Jag satt i mötet med alla zonledarna och var den enda Systern där bland 10 äldster i och med att jag är den enda nya Sister training leadern som kallades denna transfer. Kändes lite konstigt men men. Fick också möjlighet att säga hejdå till Sister Doying som nu har åkt hem! Jag var så glad att jag kunde säga hejdå till henne!

Resten av veckan har vi arbetat på. Glynis, är helt underbar och hon vill döpas, så inom två veckor kommer vi förhoppningsvis ha ännu ett dop. Hon har en sådan stor vilja till att lära sig och att komma närmre Kristus.

Jag berättar mer om exchanges och allt nästa vecka. Jag och Sister Kinikini kommer att åka till Skipton denna veckan (vilket är nära Bradford) och vara där i två dagar och sen på torsdag ska vi till zonledarmote. Så jag får inte alls lika mycket tid i Bradford numera men det betyder bara att den tid jag har här med Sister Pacis behöver vi arbeta hårdare så att det kompenserar!

Jag älskar det här. Det ar så läskigt och svårt och det pushar mig ut ur min comfort zone hela tiden men hjälpe mig vad jag älskar det!

Ta hand om er! Jag älskar och saknar er!

With love,

Sister Maggis Strömberg

In English: (Sorry for bad grammar and spelling)___________________________________________________

So this week has not been too eventful, yet at the same time it has.

Monday-District meeting, I was leeding the lesson, which was the first time for me. It was very educational and I definitely, I think, got more out of it than the others. I focused on how our love for the Lord would make us want to work harder and do everything we can.

"Our love for Christ will make us want to take responsibility for our accountability" That was basically what it was focusing on. Also I got a call from President Pilkington, where he called me to become a Sister Training Leader.

Tuesday-P-day. Played football in Leeds. It was soooo much fun! Sweat and playing with alot of missionaries. Well it's also helps that many of the Americans are not that good at it so I look better.

Wednesday-Transfer meeting. The fact that I have a new "leadership position", we needed to go to transfer meeting. I was in the meeting with all the zone leaders and I was the only sister there among 10 elders,  I was the only new Sister training leader called this transfer. It felt a little strange well well. I was also able to say good bye to Sister Doying who now has gone home! I was so happy that I was abel to say good bye to her!

The rest of the week we have been working hard. Glynis, is absolutely wonderful and she wants to be baptized, so within two weeks we will hopefully have another baptism. She has such a great desire to learn and to come closer to Christ.

I'll tell you more about exchanges and all next week. Me and Sister Kinikini will go to Skipton this week (which is near Bradford) and be there for two days and then on Thursday we will go to zoneleader meeting. So I do not get nearly as much time in Bradford as before but now it just means that the time I have here with Sister Pacis, we need to work harder to compensate!

I love it here. It is so scary and hard and it pushes me out of my comfort zone all the time but it helps me, how I love it!

Take care of yourselves! I love and miss you!

With love,

Sister Maggi Strömberg

Crazy week. And nervous to bits. (Swe/Eng)

Kära älskade ni den här veckan har varit så otroligt händelserik! Så mycket har hänt. 

De största sakerna som hänt:

~ Jag blev igår kallad som Sister Training Leader. Jag vet inte helt och hållet vad det innebär än, det är ett ganska nytt kall eftersom vi nyligen har fått så många systermissionärer här. Det här är the second transfer som det "kallet" har funnits. Vi är fyra systrar i missionen som har den "titeln" och som åker runt till de olika systrarna och går på exchanges ett par gånger i veckan för att stötta, hjälpa och se hur de kan arbeta bättre i området och hjälpa dem utvecklas. Eller något sånt. Jag vet ärligt talat inte varför jag kallades till det då jag inte har varit ute lika länge som de andra systrarna som har kallats som det meeeeen det kommer bli väldigt spännande!

~Vi träffade ännu en golden investigator denna veckan. Glynis. 61 är gammal. Har förlorat sin enda son och sin man under de senaste 6 åren men hon är så otroligt fantastisk! Så stark tro. 

~ Jag och Sister Pacis stannar kvar i området!! Mer info next week.

Älskar er och jag älskar att vara här!! 

(Brev till missionspresidenten, skrolla ner...)

In English: (Sorry for bad grammar and spelling)___________________________________________________

Dear loved ones,  this week has been so incredibly busy! So much has happened.

The biggest things that happened:

~ Yesterday I was called as Sister Training Leader. I do not know entirely what it means yet, it is a fairly new calling, because we have recently received so many sister missionaries here. This is the second transfer as the "calling" has been existing. We are four sisters in the mission that has the "title"  that will be going around to the different sisters and go on exchanges a couple of times a week to support, assist and see how they can work better in the area and help them to develop. Or something like that. I honestly do not know why I was called to it when I have not been out in the field as long as the other sisters who have been called, buuuut it will be very exciting.

~ We've met another golden investigator this week. Glynis. 61 is old. Has lost her only son and her husband for the last 6 years, but she is so incredibly awesome! Strong faith.

~ I and Sister Pacis remain in the area! More info next week.

Love you and I love being here!

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My letter to Pres. Pilkington:

Mitt brev till Pres. Pilkington:

Dear President Pilkington,

this has been an amazing week full of emotions, hard work and miracles. Just like it should be. 

Glynis was a huge miracle and she just seems to be so prepared. We had a lesson with her last night and she said that she feels light this is true that it is right and that after church she felt like she was "one with herself". She has a few concerns about getting to church every Sunday but nothing to keep her from progressing. She is willing to be baptized on the 10th of August! She is amazing. So much faith, so nice and so humble.

We also me with a man named Guy and he accepted a baptismal date. We have passed him over to the elders but he definitely has a lot of potential! We brought Christabel with us to teach him and she was perfect. They have very similar background and she was able to bear her own testimony and afterwards she was talking about how she would love to be a missionary!

Sister Pacis is doing so well. I've realized she is a very emotional person and it has taken me quite some time to learn how to handle it, to help her with it and to encourage her. She has so much love and Spirit within her and she is a hard worker. This past week I can see how instead of me just pushing and lifting her, she has started to push and lift me as well. I am so happy that I can stay with her because I know that I have a lot to learn from her still. Her english is improving daily and she has such a big desire to grow and to become better! 

I am excited about the assignment that is ahead. Sister training leader or whatever the name of it is. I am excited and nervous. Not feeling like I really have any experience to share with anyone or anything to teach anyone else but I know that if this is what I am called to do then I can and I will do it. I will do my best to magnify my calling. And I know that I will learn more from it than anyone else!

Lite bättre än förra veckan./ A little better than last week.

Skriven: 2013-07-15

Så det är ju definitivt på tiden att jag gav er alla en ordentlig uppdatering. Jag ber om ursäkt för mina värdelösa mail på senaste. 

 

Bradford is treating us well. Denna senaste veckan var inte lika fantastisk som den föregående men ibland har vi sådana veckor också. Vädret har varit helt otroligt och alla älskar det. Jag har lidit i hettan lika mycket som en hårig hund skulle göra. Inte för att jag är vidare hårig men snarare för att jag bara inte klarar av det i långa perioder. Tack och loooov för att jag inte skickades till Sydamerika eller Asien som jag ville egentligen. Även om det kanske hade varit "coolare" än England så hade jag på riktigt inte klarat av det. Jag blir bara sa otroligt trött men vi har kämpat på. Sister Pacis älskar det såklart då hon är van vid den filipinska hettan.

Den här veckan har vi undervisat en man som heter Gary. Vi träffade honom när vi var ute och pratade med människor för några veckor sedan. Han var inte intresserad av religion men möjligtvis till att komma till någon aktivitet. Så vi fick hans information och bjöd honom till församlingens grillfest. Han kunde inte komma. Men sen förra veckan hörde han av sig och sa att han hade tänkt en del på vad vi hade pratat om med honom och att han blivit nyfiken! Så vi träffade honom och hade en lektion med honom. Han har ingen som helst tro på någon Gud men är intresserad av att lära sig mer om vår religion och han sa att han skulle läsa i mormons bok. Väldigt ovanligt att någon faktiskt hör av sig till oss efter att vi har pratat med dem lite snabbt på gatan. Vi får se hur det går. 

Christabel mår underbart. Hon är så fantastisk och vi hade två bra lektioner med henne denna senaste veckan. Församlingen har tagit sig an henne väl men det är inte så svårt för hon är väldigt enkel att prata med och är så glad och härlig.  Och anden var så stark under dopet och programmet. Christabel var ganska nervös och lite stressad precis innan. Ganska många från församlingen kom och hon var bara nervös. Hon sa "It is pressure because I'm making a promis with God, it's not like making a promise with man. I don't want to let God down". 

Några i församlingen sjöng innan dopet, väldigt simpel men vacker sång och Christabel grät och det märktes att hon kände sig lugnare efter sången. Sen efter dopet kunde hon bara inte sluta le!

Sister Pacis och jag kämpar på. Hon lär sig så mycket hela tiden och hon är en stor inspiration för mig och jag lär mig så mycket! Det är svårt att vara trainer måste jag säga, så mycket tålamod hela tiden och man måste undervisa och vara ett exempel i ALLT man gör för hon gör precis som jag gör. Det finns en anledning till att vi säger att vi blir deras föräldrar för det känns verkligen som det ibland. Första veckan var jag tvungen att lära henne räkna i pund och lära henne busstidtabellen och jaaa allt. Jag hoppas verkligen inte att jag tränar snart igen haha, det har varit så fysiskt och mentalt svårt men också så givande. Vi får se vad som händer.

Nästa vecka har vi P-day på tisdag då det är transfer week! Så om ni ska skicka brev vänta tills ni vet om jag är kvar i området eller ej. men jag hoppas att jag inte flyttar igen!!

Mahal kita!

Med kärlek,
Sister Maggis Strömberg

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In English: 

(Sorry for bad grammar and spelling/Carolina)

Written: 2013-07-15

So it's definetly about time I gave you all a proper update.  I apologize for my useless mails lately. 

Bradford is treating us well. This past week wasn't as amazing as the last one, but sometimes we have those weeks too. The weather has been absolutely incredible and everyone loves it. I've been suffering in the heat as much as a hairy dog would do. Not that I'm that hairy, mostely because I can't take the heat for a long period of time.  Thank godness that I wasn't sent to South America or Asia, were I wanted to go at first. Even though it's "cooler" than england, I wouldn't have made it. I get so incredible tired, but we are still working hard. Of course Sister Pacis loves it, because she is accustomed to the Filipino heat.

This week we taught a man named Gary. We met him when we were out and talked to people a few weeks ago. He was not interested in religion but possibly to come and visit our church activities. So he gave us his information, and we invited him to church barbecue. He couldn't come. But last week he called us and said he had thought about what we had talked with him about and that he had been curious! So we met him and had a lesson with him. He has absolutely no faith in any God but want to learn more about our religion and he said he would read the Book of Mormon. Very rare that someone actually contacts us after we've talked to them, for a short time on the street. We'll see how it goes.

Christabel is feeling great. She is amazing and we had two really good lessions with her ​​this past week. The Ward has been taking good care of her, but it's not that hard as she is a very easy person to talk to and is always happy and loving. And the spirit was so strong during the baptism. Christabel was pretty nervous and a little stressed right before. There were quite alot from the ward that came and she was just so nervous. She said, "It is pressure because I'm making a promis with God, it's not like making a promise with you. I do not want to let God down."

Some in the congregation sang before the baptism, very simple but a beautiful song and Christabel was crying and you could see that she felt calmer after the song. Then after the baptism, she couldn't stop smiling!

Sister Pacis and I keeping on with the hard work. She learns so much all the time and she is a great inspiration to me and I learn so much! It's hard to be a trainer, I must say, you have to have alot of patience all the time and you have to teach and be an example in EVERYTHING to do because she does exactly what I do. There is a reason why we say we are like their parents for it really feels like it sometimes. The first week I had to teach her how to count the pounds and teach her bus schedule and well  everything really. I really hope I don't have to train again haha, it's been so physically and mentally difficult but also so rewarding. We'll see what happens.

Next week we have P-day on Tuesday, when it is transfer week! So if you are going to send letters, wait until you know if I'm still in the area or not. But I hope I'm not moving again!

Mahal kita!

With Love,
Sister Maggis Strömberg

This weeks...‏ (Letter is both in Eng/Swe)

Hej kära älskade ni!
Jag hoppas att ni alla mår väl! 

Här borta har veckan varit helt fantastisk Sister Pacis växer så mycket hela tiden och vi arbetar bättre och bättre ihop. Vi var på exchanges vilket var riktigt kul och vi båda lärde oss så mycket. Sen hade vi Christabel's dop nu i helgen och hon var så otroligt lycklig!

LOVAR att skriva bättre nästa vecka.

Med kärlek,
Syster Maggis Strömberg

Läs mitt brev till den nya Missionspresidenten! (Skrolla ner... Finns bara i Engelska)

In English:

Hello Loved ones!

I hope that you all are well!

Over here the week has been amazing. Sister Pacis is growing so much and we are working better together. We have been on exchanges wish was great fun and we both learnt alot. This weekend  we had Christabel's baptism and she is so happy!

I promise  to write better next week.

To the new mission President this week:

This has been an amazing week. Both Sister Pacis and I have grown so much. She is getting better and better at learning the doctrine of the lessons and is becoming more confident. The highlight of the week was definitely Christabel's baptism but to be honest neither Sister Pacis or I feel like we did too much teaching or accomplished very much with her. She was just so prepared from the beginning and we just happened to stop and talk with her and it went on from there. We honestly didn't do much. So for us as a companionship I think the highlight of the week might have been the exchanges we went on. Sister Melander and Sister Kinikini came and it was so much better than either of us could have expected. We both learned a ton and we have spoken about afterwards and been open about how we can grow closer and work harder. We are more excited about the work because of the exchanges, as we saw to amazing missionaries example and love for the work. I LOVE this work and already was excited but I realized that I need to show it outwards a bit more than I have. It doesn't come naturally for me ( I blame it on my Swedish and English heritage) so I need to show it outwards more because that will help Sister Pacis. It has been a really good week as we as companions have spoken about what we can do better. 

We also found five new investigators this week which was amazing but then they all kind of have fallen of radar, one by one so there is obviously something in our finding that we can do better and we are going to continue to work on it this coming week so we can get them to church and help them progress to come to know the truth.

Bilder/ Pictures

 last day in Huddersfield, Sister Cruz and I

 last day in Huddersfield, Sister Doying and I

First picture of me and Sister Pacis. Yes she is as small as she looks! I'm not as big as I look tho. Well. I'd like to think so anyway. heh. 

 last day in Huddersfield, Sister Huang and I

 Our gorgeous apartment building! Welcome to Behrens Warehouse in Little Germany.

 Christabel!!

Christabel's baptism. Megan Whitehead to the left, one of the amazing members here in Bradford. The baptism went so well! it was just perfect and Christabel could not stop smilin afterwards. Best. Day. Ever.