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Nästan Jul

Hej everyone!


Another good week. A little slower than usual, maybe...but a good week nonetheless! We've officially reached the time of year where everyone we reach out to asks if we can wait until after Christmas to meet. Tråkigt, but fair.

My new companion's name is Syster Kearns, and this is the VERY last transfer of her mission! Kinda crazy. She's from Utah, she's super easygoing, and she actually has some living relatives here in Lund that we're going to contact! Pretty sweet. 

An unfortunate series of events:
- A guy who we've been meeting with pretty consistently told us the day we were supposed to meet him that he was too sad to meet. Sheesh. To be fair, he's having it pretty rough right now.😅
- We got stuck on the train for over an hour on Friday because of the ice on the railroads.
- Another guy who we've been teaching for a while wouldn't respond to our messages the day we were supposed to meet and then texted us later that he "decided to take a rest instead." Oj. 
- We went door knocking in an apartment building, and one of the doors we knocked on yelled "kom in!" We were a little confused, and opened the door to find an old lady laying in the dark with no pants on. 
- We accidentally got stuck talking to a homeless guy in the library for about 40 minutes one day.
- Our only excuse to visit an inactive member was that we had cookies for them...but the cookies we had were a little suspicious. I hope they tasted alright.😂

Sometimes the work speeds up, sometimes the work slows down, and sometimes people aren't wearing pants. But what's important is that the work, without fail, always goes forth! 
And we've already seen miracles going into this next week! 

I recently said goodbye to Syster Taylor, as well as a couple missionaries in my zone who went home. The mission is bittersweet, and I'm incredibly grateful to have met so many wonderful people. 

Merry Christmas, everyone! And don't forget to celebrate Christ in the midst of all the Christmas ruckus! 
Syster Naatjes 

Too many missionaries gathered together to get ice cream in the middle of winter.

The gals by the julgran!

The 4 hour train up to Stockholm for transfers on Wednesday. #hejdå

 Syster Kearns and I in front of the University Library.


Mission zoom conference on the last advent day of December!


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