Called To Serve
Monday, February 10, 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Monday, February 3, 2020
Second Week in Medan.
Halo family and friends! How are all of you doing?
This week was amazing. We are seeing the people that we have been teaching come closer to Christ. We went on splits, had a fireside with the youth in the branch, and ate some delicious food throughout this week.
On Monday, we bought some ducks and fed them to the crocodiles. We also got to see some huge pythons and monkeys. It was pretty sweet.
On Wednesday, I had splits with Elder Williams. He started the mission at the same time as I did. He is an awesome, hard working missionary, and he is from Solo. We had the opportunity to visit a member. We taught her about the importance of doing family history work. She also has a pet monkey, dog, and a chick! We then biked to this kampung where we met a lot of great people, and on the way there I saw a man popping a squat on the sidewalk hahaha.
On Friday, I had splits with Elder Cahya Putra. He is also from Solo. This is his 2 transfer in the mission. He is a very kind and great missionary. We were eating dinner at this food place we call Nias. We order our food and sit down. About 5 minutes later we had someone ask if they could join us for dinner! We had a good gospel discussion with them and later taught malam keluarga.
On Saturday, I got destroyed on my bike by an angkot for the first time in Indonesia which was a lot of fun :) We had a fireside with the youth in the branch about the covenant path. Some investigators also came!
On Sunday, we were able to give a blessing to a former elder that served in Indonesia. During sacrament meeting, we had 13 investigators to church!
We have been teaching some people recently and one of the people named Sister Halawa committed to baptism on the 16th of February! So excited for her!
Love you all and have a great week!
Kasih,
Elder Östhed
Monday, January 27, 2020
Medan :)
Halo semuanya! Bagaimana kabarnya?
These past couple of weeks have been great. I am now serving in a place called Medan with Elder Ritchie. There are a lot of Christians here which is sweet. The food is amazing, we spend a lot of time on bikes, In malls, and in the kampung.
My last couple of days in Jakarta Elder Lyon and I were able to visit a lot of people and members. We also had a mission conference and unfortunately, Elder Neil L. Anderson was not able to preside during the mission conference. It was still amazing and great seeing everyone in the mission again. After the mission conference, we headed to Medan. It was hard saying goodbye to all the great people in Jakarta, but I'm excited for the opportunity that I have to serve in Medan.
We have been teaching some people these last couple of weeks that have been progressing which has been awesome!
They have a strong desire to change and find answers to their questions. They have been coming to church, reading the book of mormon, praying, and applying the things that they are learning in their lives.
We also have a lot of opportunities in Medan to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with those around us and some of the people that we have recently met seem to be interested!
Every Wednesday and Friday we have an English discussion group. We also have a gospel discussion directly after the English group. We have a Frisbee night every week which is also a lot of fun.
Yesterday during sacrament meeting I gave my first talk in Indonesian :) It was about eternal family importance!
Love you all and have a great week!
Kasih,
Elder Östhed
1 biggest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia
2 sour sally's
3 crocodile
4 president Mandrofa
5 frisbee night
Monday, January 20, 2020
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
Last week in Jakarta!
Halo semuanya!
This week was the last week of the transfer and Elder Lyon and I had a lot of great experiences throughout this week. We also had transfer calls! Elder Lyon will be staying in Jakarta and I will be moving to Medan! I will be companions with Elder Ritchie again, my mtc companion, he is an awesome missionary! I am excited to serve with him in Medan. Jakarta has been so sweet and I have loved serving here. I am grateful for the ward, the people, and all the awesome experiences and things that I have learned while I have been here.
Things are going well in Jakarta and we have seen God's hand guiding us in our lives and in the lives of others. We got to teach a lot of new people for the first time this week. On Sunday, we also had 7 of our friends come to church! It was awesome seeing them there.
About 2 months ago, I met this person named Yuvita on the bus. We had a good conversation and I explained our purpose of being here. She had never heard about our church before and I was able to introduce many of the things that make our church different from a lot of other churches. I also saw her again, when we were heading to the Christmas party last month! This week, Elder Lyon entered a Christian group chat on Facebook and had contacted some people in there. Some people responded and one of them was Yuvita! On Wednesday, she messaged us on Facebook saying that she wants to read the book of mormon and that she would like to meet. At first, I didn't realize that it was the same person that I had met about 2 months ago on the bus and when I realized it was her I was shocked! It was so cool seeing that she was interested to learn more and through efforts in Facebook we were able make contact with her again. We plan on meeting with her tonight!
On Friday, we facilitated the English group and met with one of our friends and had a good discussion about the restoration, the role of the book of mormon, and other topics. She is reading in Mosiah in the book of mormon and has a strong desire to learn about new things. She has studied several religions throughout her life. She has studied catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, and is now studying more about our beliefs. She has a lot of good questions and is acting on the things that we are inviting her to do. She also told us that when she decided to learn more about our church, she saw us 2 days later walking to the busway and she felt like she should talk to us and she did. Since her decision to learn more about our church, she said that she has also seen many other missionaries in different places around Indonesia!
This upcoming Friday, we also have another mission conference in Jakarta and Elder Neil L. Anderson will be presiding!
Love you all and have a great week :)
Kasih,
Elder Östhed
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