A stake event and a hairy salad

Hej alla!

I don't have a ton of time today, so this will be short and sweet.

This week I:

- said goodbye to Syster Bagley.

- got a new companion, fresh from Canada, and her name is Syster Prendergast!

- got stuck on the phone for an hour with a old lady who had dementia and told me, in great detail, the ways in which three of her children died.

- Planned, baked for, panicked about, and completed an entire stake event called the musikafton. Which, thank goodness, ended up going pretty well!

- taught one of the best, most straightforward restoration lessons ever with a guy named Lars who I met in the mall a couple weeks ago.

- ate a salad that had a bunch of hair in it.

- met a homeless guy who became a member of the church in Iceland about 10 years ago. He was actually super nice and can speak 14 languages.

This week I went and read Joseph Smith History again, and I have such a testimony that the heavens are open and God speaks to us today!

Have an awesome week everyone !

Syster Naatjes

Iconic Stockholm buildings for the thousandth time. Yay!

sunset vibes

Syster Bagley and I on our way to the mission home to pick up our greenies!

Syster Prendergast being jet-legged and exhausted during the stake event. lol

Syster Prendergast and I in the city!

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