Letter dated 29Jun2015

Dear family and friends, This week has been packed like a can of surströmming. On Wednesday I went to the temple with Äldste Ward and my MTC group, then had dinner with them at the mission home, had a wonderful testimony meeting with them, and then said good-bye, as they went home the next morning. Äldste Allen came in from the north, and we moved into our new apartment in Gubbängen with Äldster Smith and Dahle (I was in Eskilstuna the same time as Äldste Smith and I served with Äldste Dahle in Lund. They are both lots of fun!). Our apartment has many cool features: a mega bed composed of our four beds taking up the entire bedroom (we call this Gubbsängen, as we live in Gubbängen, and "sängen" means "the bed." "Gubb," by the way, means "old guy"), many skylights, a washing machine that may work, a mega desk (four desks put together), a shakeweight (this is my shakeweight), and, the best part, a safe roof easily accessable from our apartment. It has a nice veiw of Gamla Enskede (the area in which we live) and is an ideal location to plan and study. Anyway, we moved in, and then we got to work. We started and have been going at a good pace that will leave me nice and tired by August 5th. Äldste Allen is from a long beech in California, and he is really fun and super funny. He is also Äldste Sargent's son, which mades us half brothers on the mission. Notably this week, we met Xiadong, a former investigator. He is easily one of the funniest guys out there. His nicknames for the first missionaries he met were "Hunky," "Petite," and "Slime" (probably meaning "Slim"). I am interested to know what my nickname is. My favorite part of this week was when Akil (who was baptized three months ago) came to me and said that it's a shame that so many members do not come to church. He will be working with us to invite our brothers and sisters back! These pictures are of Akil making us pizza; Kashif, Anam, Elder Ward, me, Akil, and Arifa (from left to right if I remember it right); Elder Allen's and my weekly plannin' time on our new roof; and of me and some potent peppers at the Schiazzanos. I love you! I hope and pray you have a good week. Love, -- Äldste Daniel Schindler