Letter dated 9Mar2015

Dear Family and Friends: Last week was so exciting! All the missionaries in this half of Sweden gathered to see Elder and Sister Donaldson. That meeting was focused on following the Spirit and assisting others to learn how the Spirit feels and works. I went on exchanges following that meeting with Äldste Demke, who was in my MTC group, in Linköping. While with him, he made me "poverty patties," which is fried flour and water. They were surprisingly good! Camsin is so cool. We taught him the Plan of Salvation with a paper display of a couple of people moving through the stages of life. When he retaught it to us, he started beat boxing as he moved the people through eternity. Very entertaining :) Prayers were answered as five of our friends came to church on Sunday! I noticed in our Sunday school class that I was in perhaps the most diverse group of people I've ever been in. There was a Hungarian, a Turk, a Pakistani, five Nigerians, a Cuban, a Swede, a Peruvian, three missionaries from Utah, one from Hawaii, one from Canada, and me :) Three of them were investigators, five were recent converts to the church, and the other nine of us have been members quite a while. Despite the diverse class and a complex language barrier which one might think would lower the amount of learning in each individual, I learned lots about how to better serve people and God that hour. I am sure that the other sixteen people got much out of it to, because they continue to come. That goes to show the power of God's Holy Spirit, which teaches all people. I am so grateful God has given us the Holy Spirit, a way to learn the truth. I know, from that Spirit, that God listens to and answers our prayers. :) The pictures are of all the Södertälje missionaries at Nina's and Richard's lake, and of our apartment, which is so nice and quite large! Tomorrow, I'll go on splits in Eskilstuna. I can't wait to see all my friends there! I love you all, and I pray for you :) Love, -- Äldste Daniel Schindler