Hej Hej

  Hej Hej!  Where to begin. I have no idea. But this past week was amazing.  For one thing, we had a week long English fast--which was certainly a challenge. But me and Syster Taylor only almost killed each other like three times, so I'd call that a win💪 And now, for a flurry of miracles: - We received a referral for a guy who recently moved here from Germany, and we were supposed to meet him on Monday night. BUT- on Monday night, he wasn't responding to us, and we didn't really know where he lived. We knew what building, but not which room. So we traveled to the apartment building, and decided to call a random room to let us into the building. They did! But then what? We were in his building, but we had no idea where to go. Syster Taylor suggested that we pray, so we did--boldly asking God to direct us to the apartment we needed to find. Immediately after, I had a strong impression that we needed to go up the stairs to another level. But once we did, I had no idea where...

  Hej alla!  This past week was good--per usual.  We met a girl to give her some Mormons böcker for both her and her boyfriend, and ended up talking with her for almost two hours! She had tons of questions...we talked about the Plan of Salvation, the Restoration, temples, and even went over the baptismal questions! Probably one of the beefiest lessons I've ever taught.  We got TWO MEMBER MEALS this past week, which was super clutch. The members here are AMAZING.  Then, we had exchanges from Friday to Saturday--and traveled to Landskrona! It was super fun to meet other sisters and see another part of Sweden.  (But Lund is still the best.) (Area solidarity.) Some unexpected events: - I accidentally got hugged by a drunk Swede on the street  - Syster Taylor accidentally flooded the STL's apartment because their shower is broken  - I tried fish and chips for the first time and accidentally liked it - We were asked to make cupcakes again, for yet anoth...

  Hej hej!  Wow. These past two weeks have been crazy. And awesome.  I know I've committed a very serious crime by going a week without writing--but I promise it was for a good cause.  Last week, our ward went on a trip to the Copenhagen Temple, and me and Syster Taylor got permission to change our p-day to Saturday so that we could join them!  It was super awesome. The session we went to was in Danish, so we had headphones in to listen in Swedish. I certainly didn't understand everything, but it's always really cool to recognize that you can feel the spirit in any language.  Some other things that happened:  - We had interviews with the mission president in Kristianstad. - We had ZonsKonferens, where we talked about the hope that the gospel brings. - We celebrated Syster Taylor's birthday by getting some ice cream and going to the DomKyrkan in Lund on our lunch break. - We met with a lot of our friends, including *Mason, who now hasn't smoked in three...

  Hej allihopa! 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 Dav...

  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...