Over on the west coast of Sweden lies the city of Helsingborg, a very old town with a rich history.  It is one of the oldest in Sweden and now the fourth largest city.  It is also on the closest point to Sweden’s neighbor, Denmark, with its sister city Helsingør across the narrow sound.  Helsingør…

Sometimes it’s hard to believe you’re in a foreign country!  Wherever you go, no matter where you are on earth, the sky is variable depending on the weather, and the seasons are in charge of the landscape.  However… there are certain indicators reflecting subtle yet remarkable assurance that, yes, in deed – it’s true…we must…

And for us, Thanksgiving lived up to what one should do ‘at’ Thanksgiving and every day…and that is to be grateful!  We thought we would share a few of our favorite things along with moments which we very much count as blessings we have enjoyed here in Sweden over the past six and a half…

Maybe you’ve asked yourself,  why would anyone become missionaries for Jesus Christ?  It’s interesting that there are so many hundreds if not thousands of different doctrines out in the world today…but only one Jesus Christ.  It doesn’t change the fact and reality that Christ came, taught his doctrine purely and simply from his own lips,…

My great grandfather, Anders Johan Magnusson died way too young…one month before his youngest child was born and when my grandfather was only two years old.  He and his wife, Anna had three children – two daughters and my grandfather who was the middle child.  Anders Johan died  of what was thought at the time…

Back home growing up we called the crisp round cracker bread with the hole in the middle “hard tack”.  Oh boy, I thought, we’ll have to see if they have the same thing in Sweden.  And, well… yes, we found out that they do…but it will be a while before we ‘get around’ to trying…