Swedish Food Continued...

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Things are GOOD!

Some good things:

- *Mason is on date for baptism, and is INCREDIBLY faithful. His determination and willingness to learn is inspiring.

- We went to a taco party, and were able to teach about the nature of God in the midst of a bunch of people drinking beer. Interesting setting, but the spirit was able to shine through nonetheless.

- We did a LOT of service. Much service. It was great.

- A member in our ward asked us to make cupcakes for her son's birthday party because her oven broke. Of course, we agreed to help, only to find out the night before the party that our oven was also broken. Not ideal, but the Lord provides a way!!! We met our neighbors, who allowed us to use their oven, and were able to finish baking all of the cupcakes at the church. #swag

- Me and Sister Taylor discovered that we are secretly amazing at decorating cupcakes. Starting a business soon. Stay tuned.

- We had a mission-wide zoom call, where President Davis announced that ELDER HOLLAND will be coming to speak to our mission in November. SO PSYCHED.

- We taught a LOT of lessons about the Plan of Salvation, which was cool.

- We are incredibly busy. Which is the BEST problem to have.

Some...other things?

- A sweet old woman named Edita made spaghetti for us, and insisted that we add ketchup to it. It wasn't bad...but it (not-so-surprisingly) just tasted like noodles and ketchup. Wouldn't recommend.

- I tried falafel, which was pretty good. Might recommend.

- Today we had district lunch, where I got "kebap-tized." It's where you eat one of Sweden's infamous kebab pizzas. Which, by the way, has French fries on top!!!! I must say, I'm very surprised Sweden beat America to the punch on this one. It's quite possible that French fries on pizza is the most American thing I've ever eaten.

- I tried to invite a random old lady on the bus to watch general conference yesterday (an online meeting where our modern-day prophet speaks to all of us), and she quite literally couldn't understand what I was saying. I hope this gives everyone a little indicator of how poor my Swedish currently is😂.

This past weekend, being able to watch general conference, and hear our prophet and apostles speak was SO powerful. I want everyone to know that I whole-heartedly believe that Jesus Christ overcame the world, and that we can too.

Have an amazing week!

Syster Naatjes

Photos:

Me and Syster Taylor in Simrishamn

Simrishamn part 2

district lunch

our iconic cupcakes

Edita, Luka, and us!!! They are the ones who enjoy ketchup on pasta. Everything about them is great, except for their taste in pasta sauce.

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