2Mar2015 letter

Dear Family and Friends: We saw the Lord's hand at work so much this week. Beauty, a member from Nigeria who found the elders on the train the day before I came to Södertälje, finally knew where the church was (having met the missionaries). She came to our family home evening on Monday with her son Camsin. Camisn is the coolest 10 year old in Sweden! He wants so much to be baptized and loves the Lord, Jesus Christ. When we taught him on Monday about baptism, he asked such good questions (e.g. Why did the Lord need to be baptized?). And when we showed him the baptismal font, he started jumping up and down in excitement! On Saturday, we asked him what he remembered reading in the Book of Mormon, and he said "Hmm. Oh yeah! And it came to pass!" He also remembered about the Liahona, but t's funny how many times the scriptures use that phrase :) He and his mom are so humble too. When they met with us Saturday, they had just heard some worrisome news. And even though we couldn't help them with that news specifically, they wanted to meet so their spirits could be uplifted, and they knew the word of God would help them :) They are great examples. On Wednesday, we went to a friend's apartment, but she canceled. We were a little saddened, so we just left back to the car. But we remembered that we had felt good when praying the night before to knock that building. Then we realized that the building door had been locked, and would have locked as we closed it. But we reckoned that because we felt good about it the night before, we'd be able to get in the building somehow. So we went back, and somehow the door was still open! We found two families who were interested. One from Iraq, whom we visited and gave a BofM to yesterday, and one from Egypt whom we haven't visited again yet. We thanked the Lord then for that success, and went on to the next item we had planned, to swing by Manuel. On the way to his home, we found a Slovenian family that we taught on the street! And we taught them again on Friday. Then they moved to Slovenia on Saturday, so it was a miracle of timing that we found them, and now they will meet the missionaries in Slovenia. After meeting them on Wednesday, though, Manuel was home. We re-began to teach him, and he came to church and everything yesterday! He wants to be baptized with his wife when she emigrates here from Cuba :) It is such a miracle we found these wonderful families! I am convinced that the Lord led us to them and them to us because of our prayers that we would find a family to baptize. I am convinced the Lord hears and answers our prayers. Tomorrow we will go to Stockholm to hear a missionary conference from Elder Donaldsen. That will be great. I love you all so much! Congrats to Andrew on being accepted to BYU! You're in my thoughts and my prayers. Love, -- Äldste Daniel Schindler P.S. Theses pictures are of a nice place by old-town Stockholm. We took a trip there last Monday :)