What a rainy day! We decided to meet Angie at the Hötorget train stop to explore the area and see what we could find. After about ½ hour we were all pretty much done with wandering around in the rain. We headed back to the apartment, had some lunch and watched Beauty and the Beast while Ellie napped.
That evening, Ellie and I met David at Odenplan for a bus ride to Guy Austrius’ home. Guy and Vivi are friends of ours from Greenville, NC. We met them at church. They are originally from Sweden but have been living in Greenville for the last 11 years. Guy comes back 2-3 times a year on business and they both spend most of the summer in Stockholm. They have an apartment in the same building as one of their sons. He and his family including 5 year old Clara joined us for dinner. We had a great time meeting them. Ellie and Clara didn’t play much together. They both are a little shy and were not quite sure how to handle the language challenge. We had a pretty traditional Swedish dinner of smörgås (an open faced sandwich), meatballs and potato salad. Vivi had sent kit-kat bars for Ellie and Clara. Several weeks ago, during his sermon Pastor passed out one dollar bills and told the congregation to do something nice for someone to spread God’s love. Vivi and Guy chose to buy Kit-Kat bars for Ellie and Clara to remind them that God, ORLC and they loved them. (ORLC gives out Kit-Kats during the children’s sermon and Ellie immediately said, “That is what I get at church!”) We had a wonderful evening getting to know Guy’s family and talking with Guy.
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