2Feb2015 letter

Favorite people! This was a terrific week! These first two pictures are of incredible sushi and Japanese fried things (perhaps spelled tempura) to which we were treated by our new friend Leopold! There is a picture of me at our new friend, Yang's, laboratory, experimenting the peace sign in an only-Argon environment. And the final picture is of me in an extremely dangerous situation. That's right, it is me stepping on a banana peel on ice. Do not worry, though, I survived. While on exchanges this week with Äldste Smith, we met Yang at the university. He is a PhD student working on organisational chemistry. He also came to church! The next day, when back with Äldste Sweat, we met Leopold, who's from the Philippines, and a devout Catholic. We have had a couple very deep conversations on faith with him. He is researcher of analytic chemistry. A few days later, I went on exchanges with Äldste Held. He is Danish, and a super fun guy. He lives quite close to the church, so we went there for our morning exercise. It was a cool realization as we went there that I was driving through the middle of Stockholm in the middle of a snow storm at 6:00 am with a Dane. I didn't see that one coming when I was 17 :P A new friend, Kennedy, met up with us on Sunday morning, having been referred by other missionaries. He came with us to church. He did not really understand it, because he is from Bangladesh, but really loved it (or at least he loved the sandwiches afterward), becasue he wants to be baptized! We are also working with Karim toward baptism. Our ward boundaries have changed to include President and Sister Beckstrand, so now we will be under strict supervision :) Have a terrific week! Love, -- Äldste Daniel Schindler