Ar min svenska sa dalig? ( Is my Swedish that bad?)

God afton, ( Good Evening )

That is about the extent of my Swedish. I am trying to learn, however it is a hard language. Matt knows some hockey terms, but it seems like it will be a difficult language to learn. I love it though. The people here sound like they are singing when they talk. I love the language. Anyways, things here have beein very busy. We have been substitute teaching for a gym teacher here. So we have been busy at the school almost all day everyday. It has been great getting to know the kids. We have been teaching them how to play dodgeball. It has been so much fun. I am also coaching another volleyball team twice a week. The girls asked for me, which is very nice. They are all so great and kind and sweet. Tonight I coached by myself. It was SO very out of my comfort zone. I hated it at first, but by the end I was having the time of my life. I just feel so very blessed to be able to be wanted in that capacity.
Matt had a game tonight away. I just talked to him. This is how the conversation went:

Jess: Hey hun, how did you do? Did you win?
Matt: Yeah it went ok. I was really tired so... but it went ok. We won..... 9-1.
Jess: WOW that is awesome! That is great... how did you do though? Did you get any goals?
Matt: Well.. yeah I got.. 4 goals and 3 assists....

It is amazing how well he is doing. God really is using Matt's talents to their full extent. I am so proud of him. This Friday he has a home game. I like the home games. I love to watch him here! Matt has been growing so much here as well. He is stepping out of his comfort zone like crazy! This weekend we went to a birthday party, and I left early to go to another birthday party... and matt stayed at the party... and PLAYED GAMES!!!!! This is huge for anyone who knows matt. He avoids games at any cost! But he stayed this time, and he played. It is so amazing to see God mold and stretch Matt and I.

This week will be pretty crazy and busy. Tomorrow I will be a part of a girls youth night at the Church. I am really excited for it. We have something going on everyday this week. We are so thankful to have things to do here. I think sometimes it is hard to say no to things as well, so i am hoping that I wont hit a wall and be so worn out. So pray for us as we keep very busy this week. I have been loving Swedish culture and ways of life. I love that they eat MANY times in a day. They have Fikka a lot!( coffee and cake or some other kind of food) I love it. However, their coffee is more like Espresso, and they drink it black with no cream or sugar. This is quite different for me as I love my Vanilla Latte's from Starbucks. Also, cheese and bread is their staple food here. TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS! This is very dangerous for me.

I really wish that I could share this experience with all of you. It has been amazing! I am falling in love with Sweden. I am already in love with the people here. I have found some amazing friends. One friend who likes to shop and drink coffee... WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR IN A FRIEND? haha. God is just blessing us beyond all I could have imagined. Honestly though, thank you all so much for your love and support. I love reading all of the comments from friends and family. They touch my heart to know that you all care and are keeping up to date on this amazing journey that the Lord has us on. We read all of the comments together, and we are blessed by them. This is a time in our lives that we will never forget and we are so thankful to you all that helped us get here, and to those of you who are holding us up in prayer. Thank you so much!

I am going to go do some laundry now. HAVE I MENTIONED.. that they don't have dryers here.. so I hang all of our clothes and iron them all. I know I sound spoiled.. but it is very hard to wash all our clothes.. especially since matt wears like 10 outfits a day ahah. Anyways, it takes me a very long time to do. I hope to get better at it soon. Tomorrow or Thursday I am going to try to get Matt to write a blog. We miss you all and love you all.

Thanks again, Hej da ( bye)
Jess and Matt