Monday, August 6, 2012

Nynashamn and Caj-Aage 8/6/12

It is Monday, a catch up and shopping day. We have been shopping so now it is catch up.

For some time we have wanted to take the train to the end of the line that goes south past our town, Vasterhaninge. So, Saturday was a beautiful sunny day, we jumped on the train and went about 40 minutes through beautiful country (all of Sweden is beautiful country) to Nynashamn. Other than being at the end of a train line, Nynashamn is one of hundreds of towns and cities along Sweden's coast. We didn't see any beaches but it is a boating town. Some excursion boats dock there, it has a major ferry to a major island called Gottland, and there are hundreds of sailboats.

So we bought a loaf of bread, smoked salmon, marinated octupus, and marinated oysters. We then sat on the dock, ate, and watched the waves and boats. A huge ferry from Gottland came in right at us then smoothly turned, docked, and let passengers, cars, trucks, and excursion buses off. There was a huge line of the same to get on but we didn't wait to watch those. Mom has put going and staying over night in Gottland on her to-do list.

Now back to Kari's Sunday School teacher mentioned in the last post. His name is Caj-Aage Johansson. Two weeks ago a temple worker from his ward gave us detailed instructions on exactly what trains and metros to take to get to his ward. The ward is north east of Stockholm. It took us about an hour and a half to get there. He was there and was sure glade to see mom. They talked and talked even in the hallway while I was in the Sunday School class listening to Swedish. We took several pictures of him and mom together. He will always be a great influence and memory in mom's life.


He was the only Sunday School teacher that she ever had. Each year they moved up together. She says that not only was he a very good teacher, but he was so humble even though he was one of the top people in Sweden's aviation and was a consultant to Canada and other countries when he retired from Sweden. One summer, he took the Sunday School class on a ten-day bike ride on Gottland (the island mentioned above). He is now 93 (very active physically). His wife is 97 and is mentally great but not too well physically. He invited mom to his 100th anniversay. He has had (and still does have) a very great influence on mom's life. (I guess I said that twice, but the emphasis is appropriate.)

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