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  Hej hej!  Wow. What a week. New people, new places, new language, new foods.  Some new people: - New trainer! Her name is Syster Taylor, and she's awesome. She's from Idaho, she's been in Sweden for about 6 months, and this past week, we both lived off of her groceries...which pretty much consisted of yogurt, apples, tortillas, and stale chips. Nice!  - New Friend! He came with us to institute last Thursday, and really liked it. We also gave him a tour of the church building! -*Mason! He's super great, he's from Africa, and he came to church with us on Sunday! He's been working on quitting smoking, and is already down to 5 a day--which is WAY less than what he was doing a couple weeks ago. It's amazing what people have the strength to do when they rely on the Lord.  - New ward! All of the ward members that I met yesterday at church were SO nice. They also talked REALLY fast. I did my best to understand.  -New ward mission leader! His name is Nicho, and he...

  Hallå alla!  I'm currently sitting in the Salt Lake City Airport, waiting to board my plane to New York. And then Sweden!  I suppose I'll take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on the FIRE last week I had in Salt Lake City South. Item of business number one: Sister Tolman joined me and Sister Hendrix's companionship last week. And she is AWESOME. We were only companions for one (1) week, but I am SO grateful to have met her.  Item of business number two: We found FOUR new people to teach!  - Ben*, who is from Beverly Hills. He grew up Jewish, but his wife is a member of our church, and we taught him a lesson about why we're here on earth.  - Pete*, who currently believes that we were dinosaurs before we began this life. (We're working on that).  - Connor*, who is super curious and open to learning. He's an awesome kid. We were teaching him a lesson in the park last week when a toothless, crippled old lady wheeled over to us and started yelling...

  Hejsan!  Okay, let's play two truths and a lie.  1) My travel plans arrived, and I'm leaving for Sweden next Monday. 2) Yesterday I fell off of my bike right next to the canal. 3) An old man stroked my hand on Saturday. - Okay. You caught me. They're all true. Unfortunately.  But on the BRIGHT side, I'm leaving for Sweden next Monday!!!! Holy guacamole. I'm of course nervous, and scared...but also terribly excited!!! Yay!  I'm so glad for the opportunity I've had to serve here in Salt Lake City though. I've met awesome people, made great memories, and I am simply SO grateful for my time here. I can't believe I only have one more week! A cool experience from this past week: Last Monday, I started talking to a guy named *Clark near the apartments, and we had an awesome conversation about personal revelation. I testified to him about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, and told him about how it has aided me in receiving revelation from God for mys...

  Hej there everyone! This past week, as you might have guessed based on the subject line, was SO HOT. Holy goodness, me.  I learned two things from that trial: 1. I don't like the heat. 2. Black bike seats get SCORCHING when they sit out in the sun. Hot enough that you have to bike standing up to spare yourself the pain. Otherwise your caboose will be SUFFERING. I know it's a shocker, but I have yet to hear from Salt Lake about my travel plans to Sweden. (It's actually not a shocker. This is an official petition for them to get it together.)  Anywho, last week was honestly a struggle. It was hot, I was tired, and I kid you not when I say that every nonmember lesson we had ended up cancelling on us. Or not answering the door. Or not responding. Additionally, one of the people we had on date for baptism backed out, and doesn't want to meet with us anymore.  BUT, the existence of trials does not mean that there are no miracles.  To name a few: - I didn't pass out ...