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Last Week of MTC!!!

Tjena everybody!

This is my last week at the Missionary Training Center!!

And today, I got an email with my travel information to get to Sweden! Still no visa though. We'll see if I get a reassignment tomorrow. AHH. 

This past week has been SO much fun. Our district has grown very close, and our Swedish is slowly, but surely improving. 

Some noteworthy events:
  • yesterday, I completely DEMOLISHED my previous record of catching four Swedish fish in my mouth in a row...I caught a whopping 25 m&m's!!! And I didn't even miss on the 26th--we just had to stop so that we could resume class. 
  • I decided on a whim to try and break the MTC mile record, AND SUCCEEDED! You have to run it on a tiny indoor track that's in the shape of a square, so that definitely poses an extra challenge--but I ended up running a 5:49, and broke the previous record by 12 seconds! There were people standing in every corner of the track cheering me on, and it was a BLAST. 
  • last week was Shark Week (Haj Vecka), and so on friday our teacher made us shark cookies, and we all got to make shark hats. Not to mention, we all wore blue and grey, and played pin the fin on the shark. It was awesome. 
  • today is our last day with Sister Ng Wun in our companionship, because her online training is over. Her district, who are all going to the Adriatic South mission along with her, arrives today and she'll get to start doing classes in person with them. I'm excited for her, but it's also bittersweet for us. We'll miss her. 
  • One of our MTC teachers, Sister Dorrough, left for Japan today--and so we said goodbye to her yesterday. It's crazy to think that we're almost done with our training here. 

Yesterday, I went to a devotional given by S. Mark Palmer about the power of the Book of Mormon and the Holy Ghost. The power of the Book of Mormon is often emphasized to us as missionaries, but I never truly appreciated the impact it has on my life until more recently. As I've been in the MTC, and studied it diligently, I've found that my testimony of the Savior and His Atonement has increased exponentially. I've also found increased strength, peace, and hope--and felt the influence of the Holy Ghost more abundantly. 
I have a strong testimony that the Book of Mormon, when read and studied with real intent, can change lives. I've seen it in my own, and I'm incredibly excited to help others partake of the light and truth it has to offer. 

PICTURES:

My sweet, gracious, and kind mother sent me Crumbl today. 

The whole district had to do a wall squat until we each said a sentence in Swedish pertaining to the Fall of Adam and Eve. 

Swedish flag was put up at the MTC late last week, so we had to get a photo.

Shark week: SHARK COOKIES

SAGA OF SHARK HATS:



Saying goodbye to Sister Dorrough, who undoubtedly will get engaged when she goes to Japan. 

Taken after breaking the mile record!!!!

Have a good week everyone! Hopefully I'll be in Sweden the next time you hear from me!

Syster Naatjes

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