Hi, Momma!
First of all, your prayers for my success here are really being heard and answered. Things are going so well!
We're preparing for Pontus's baptism this Saturday, and we'll have 3 other investigators (who will probably be baptized very soon) attending.
Things are super-well with our Iranian friend Bahman. He asked us to teach him about the Word of Wisdom and Law of Chastity last night. As awkward as that might sound (a 60-year-old Middle-Eastern man more or less asking two 20-odd year-old American girls to give him 'The Talk'), it was actually really great. He just wants so badly to be good, and wants to know all the commandments at once so he can keep them all. His faith is growing so fast. I'm positive he's going to be baptized soon (he's trying to be sneaky and talk about baptism hypothetically, but he's definitely thinking about it a lot).
I don't know whether or not I've mentioned Matthew and Asa yet. They're a young married couple we met about 2-3 weeks ago. Matthew's from Missouri, and Asa's Swedish. They just decided to start believing in Christianity about a year ago, and now they're looking for the right church for them. Matthew heard a little about our church, and liked what he'd heard. So he prayed and asked about it one night, we approached him on the street the very next day! Of course, we haven't known them very long, but they're becoming fast friends with the other young adults in the ward, they're reading the Book of Mormon, and praying about it and the church. They really want to know if this is right for them, and they're doing everything they're supposed to, which gives me every confidence that they are going to get their answer.
These two weeks are turning out to be filled with some really interesting, fun things. Last week, Sister Dabb and I got to usher in the new Greenies and do a little training with them. We took them out contacting on the street, and it was so funny. They were all so jet-lagged and so scared (just like I'm sure we were 5 months ago). It was kind of strange being on the other end of it. It gave me a nice confidence boost, since it highlighted just how far I've come with the language and speaking skills since I arrived. And tomorrow we're going back down to Stockholm to be interviewed (along with a handful of others the mission president's picked out) for a TV special on the LDS church. That means we're going to be on Swedish national TV. AAAH!
Pass on my congrats to Rich for his awards and the raises at work. That's really awesome! Let him know I think he's great. He really does so much good, hard work for this family. I have a lot of love and respect for him. And I'm very proud of Keira's coloring award too. Maybe she'll turn out to be an artist like me. :-) Show them both a little extra love on my behalf.
I do pray for all of you. I hope you're well, and that you're finding happiness in little things each day. I love you so much, and I know Heavenly Father does too.

Love,
Syster Hillary Kiser