"Til We Meet Again"

Well, here we are in the president’s office one last time, holding a white Dalahast, presented to us from our Office staff.  It has the autographs of many of our missionaries on it.  We will forever love our time here in Sweden and the wonderful associations we have been able to build over the last three years.  We thank our Heavenly Father for this great blessing in our lives.  We will be forever grateful to Him.  May the Lord continue to bless the country of Sweden, the missionaries who serve here, and the wonderful people who call Sweden home.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!!!

Arrival of President and Sister Youngberg!!!!!

 Friday, June 30, 2017, we traveled to Arlanda Airport with our Assistants, Office Elders, and two Senior couples to pick up the new mission president and his wife.  Lots of excitement as we waited for them to come through customs with all of their luggage.  After a wait, they came through the arrival doors, looking somewhat tired, but with smiles on their faces.

President Youngberg pushing his luggage.

Sister Youngberg, with her flowers from Sister Beckstrand.

President and Sister Youngberg greeting the office staff.

The mantle of presiding over the Stockholm Sweden Mission is officially transferred from President and Sister Beckstrand to President and Sister Youngberg.

Welcome to Sweden, President and Sister Youngberg!  Pictured left to right: President and Sister Beckstrand, Elder Benson, Elder Stapley, Sister and President Youngberg, Elder Jamsa, Elder Craun, Sister and Elder Anderson, and Elder and Sister Hales.

 After the airport, we traveled to the mission home in order to give our handoff to the Youngbergs.  We spent a couple of hours with them, providing some orientation, tour of the mission home, and answering any questions that came up.  After this, our Assistants loaded up our luggage and we traveled back to Arlanda Airport, where we had a hotel room for the night and then, our flight back to Salt Lake City, Utah, to be reunited with our children and grandchildren.

Farewell Dinner with folks from the Stockholm Temple!!!

Sunday evening, June 25, 2017, we spent the evening with friends who work at the Stockholm Temple.  They came to say good-bye to us and we had a wonderful dinner with them.

Birgitta Jalmbrandt, who I tracked into 40 years ago as a young missionary in Umea, Sweden.  She currently serves in the temple with her husband, Torbjorn Jalmbrandt, who serves as counselor in the Temple presidency.

“3rd Annual Viking Volleyball Tournament”

Monday, June 19, 2017, the missionaries throughout Sweden met together with their respective Zones to battle it out in the “3^rd Annual Viking Volleyball Tournament!”  This is a great opportunity for our missionaries to get together, have fun, and celebrate the hard work which has been done over the past 12 months.  Here are some pictures of some of the action in Stockholm.