International Preaching Pros

Thursday was another Swedish pancake day (YES!), and then we walked to a nature preserve to see the surroundings. We came back for a light lunch and then drove to the Kingdom Hall for service. We were not sure what our part would be, but Christer made some calls and got permission to start the District Convention invitations early. This allowed us to memorize a short presentation and just hand them the invited and smile afterwards, which we of course did. We(10 of us) started our time with a neighborhood across the street, and then drove to a little town 30 minutes away. We worked a little over an hour, and went down to the water for a quick rest and picnic. We drove back to the territory and finished the last few streets, then it was back home to change. We met everyone from service and a few more down by the water. We prepared as a group for Sunday’s Watchtower Study, we did it family style with each person reading the paragraph and asking the question. (For our sakes I think, they did the Watchtower study in English. So they were all using copies of the Watchtower from a printer but we had our English ones. A few times some things had to be explained a little further so everyone got it, but it went well and the group was very fun. There was another young sister there named Denise (I think that’s how it spelled) who was 18, and her older sister Erika (also a guess) who were there so it was nice to hang out with young people for awhile. –Eric) It was really breezy off the lake, but between the fire and blankets it was ok. After that we grilled burgers and sausages, tossed the Frisbee, and sang some songs. It started to rain later in the evening, so we doused the fire and ran the cars. When we were back at home Eveline was playing the piano(she’s really good), and started playing a song from Phantom of the Opera. We started talking about it, and it came up that I had never seen it(I know I know insert shocked look here); right then it was decided we were watching it, even thought it was already midnight. About 1:30 the movie froze (Right after the word “but….” –Eric) and everyone went to bed, because there was more fun to be had the next day.