Hejsan Familj

Oh my goodness has it really been another week?? Sometimes it feels like the days go so fast but sometimes it just drags on. Know that I feel your guy's prays always though an they definitely help so much. Thank you so much for always keeping me in your prayers. Well what more do I say about my district? They are all very different. haha They are all great missionaries but oh man I struggle with a couple. As district leader my biggest difficulty is an elder who is very argumentative and thinks all the rules are stupid and just wants to hang out all the time. sorry I won't dwell on the negative. I really do love all of them. My comp, Elder Linge, is leaving Tuesday! I think I already told you but he is originally from Norway so he already is basically fluent in the language. So once he leaves I'll be in a tri-panion ship with Elders Maness and Ouimet. So I'll let you know how that goes. haha I don't want to lose Elder Linge so soon! He really is so great and I love him. dad- we have devotionals every Sunday and Tuesday night. Elder Oaks came and spoke to us last week! He spoke on the holy ghost (den helige anden) and it was so good! I am so privileged to hear apostles speak directly to me! Mom thank you so much for my package! It really brightened my day and I love my shoes! I'm actually wearing them right now. haha I believe I got it on Monday afternoon so it must have been same day delivery! or maybe I got it Tuesday? I honestly can't remember.. the days blur together so bad here! We get to go to the temple every p-day while we are in the MTC and I love it so much! I love the temple and it really is such a nice break from the busy busy busy of the MTC. This morning we did endowments and there is a brand new mural in the chapel that a member in Germany painted i guess, it is really pretty and is like 40 feet long! Did I forget to answer any questions? I'm so glad Cancun was amazing! Tyson says you guys came back looking like a couple of Mexicans! haha I would love to go to one of those resorts sometime (hint hint) haha. I'm not sure about Rea's email mom, sorry! Let me know when you find out because that's the only one I have. Well I need to be done for now so I will talk to you all next week. I love you so very much and I hope I got to all of your questions! Sorry I'm really not great at this whole email thing! A half of an hour is really not enough time! I love you all so much! Talk you you next week!
p.s. keep using dear elder! I love hearing from all of you and it's nice to have mail since as the DL I have to check it twice a day. Love you all!!!

**Just in case you were curious... his Dear Elder box is #169**

Hello from your very own Swede!!

Heysan familjen! Oh man this week.... where do we begin? haha. I guess I'll just start from the begining. So, after the drop off, I headed to get all my info and nametag and my picture taken and then my host took me to my room and dropped off my stuff and then I went straight to class where my teacher, Broder Winegar, spoke in nothing but Swedish for the next 2 hours. haha He is a really awesome teacher and knows Nathan Lords. Anyways the rest of the day was just a blur of welcome meetings and class time. It was insane to say the least. You could definitely say it was an initiation. Haha. So on thursday we spent all day in class and being oriented some more and then that night we met our branch presidency and guess what??! I got called to be the DL! (district leader). Haha that was kinda crazy but really cool. So, as DL I just lead my district, which consists of 6 of us, get the mail, and interview the senior companions weekly. I check the mail twice a day, so use dear elder and send things as much as you want! It's always nice when there's a little something in there for me. I love you all so much! Did I mention that? That's too bad about BYU dad, but hey we all expected it. And dad, I Definitely miss our drives to work too. A lot. Not necessarily work, but the drives for sure. So, a normal day for me is up at 6:30, get showered and shave. Breakfast at 7:20 then personal study time or teach our investigator ( Yes, we teach her all in Swedish. It's so hard but so cool!!) Then we have comp study and sometimes a workshop and then lunch at around 11:50. Then we have a 3 hour classroom instruction block, followed by an hour of personal language study. After that we have dinner around 5ish and then personal study, then gym for an hour then bed. I haven't seen Zach yet. I usually have gym either early in the morning or late at night. Oh, and I've seen so many people so far! Elder Hayden Andersen lives literally One door down from me, so that's awesome. He leaves for Korea Monday though. Then I've seen Zac Harris, Cade Wilkes, Austin Heder, and Winston Sorhitz multiple times. Oh my!...I only have two minutes left...what did I forget to say? I love it here. It's definitely not the funnest thing I've ever done, and it is so hard, but it's where I'm supposed to be. I love you all so much and miss you very badly! The language is...progressing...I say all my prayers in Swedish now and know the missionary purpose and how to bear a simple testimony. I love this gospel so dearly and I love you all. I will have to tell you more about my district next week because Im out of time, but they're great. Things are as good as they can be as of now. I love you! See you all soon.

Las Be Jegas

Back in October, Megan and I took a day trip into Vegas. I noticed the folder with all of our footage from that trip sitting on my desktop the other day and put this together.



I am going to miss that girl more than words can explain.