Marissa's Mission Musings

William is starting to get it!!!! Broke down some huge walls this week, please pray for him! had the best restoration lesson literally everwith our friend Biniam the spirit was so strong. We have a lot of awesome friends and are busy and happy. I'll be speaking June 29th at noon.  There will be food after at my house I'd love to see you all! Iglesia: 1960 N 1500 E, Provo The barn barn (©Jonny 2024): 1507 N 1450 E, Provo I love this. I'm beyond grateful Heavenly Father helped me choose to do this. Love you all!

The scripture markers I bought in Tennessee are running out of ink My hair has grown long again since Syster Kocsis chopped it last year I'm running out of google storage again Elder Derek is in his fourth (3.5th??) area back in Charleston Caleb Paul is thirteen months old and walkin everywhere Jonny's been a member for almost a year I get so nostalgic about it all. I have loved my mission. I will do my best as always to try and convey that. I love the people met and things learned and testimony gained. I want to grab everyone by the shoulders and tell them how good it is! The mission yes-- but greater are the things I have learned up here about the gospel. To act on it and come to know it and do our best to live it is something man måste verkligen uppleva själv. It was a wonderful week. We have several amazing new friends who come from similar semi-religious backgrounds and are sincerely seeking to reconnect. Lessons with them this week were the sweetest highlight.  Fernando f...

Life is so good!! I really can't believe it's been another week We're doin good and working hard and trying to live and feel and treasure every second Some of our people! - Alex: the coolest friend. He helped some missionaries with lost baggage at the airport (including my Syster williams!) when they first came to Sweden a year and a half ago, then saw an ad on facebook months later and referred himself! Has the deepest questions and really really wants to understand. He is so real and awesome. In church someone's tummy was repeatedly rumblin and me and him and Syster Hope were literally losing it trying not to laugh.  He had to step out. It was so funny. He is making a lot of progress, Please pray for him ! - William: this man is amazing. Young swedish guy who has been taught for awhile and is the deepest thinker and has really gone through a lot. Going to have to make some big decisions soon and we are praying. - Biniam: so kind and sincere, our other cool young frien...

Things are so good. - We got to be present when a priesthood blessing was given to one of our new members who was in the hospital this week. The spirit was so strong and she was the first to testify of feeling it. I am grateful for priesthood power! It was a beautiful chance to really feel that this week. - had the sweetest relief society activity that 3 of our friends could come to! I'm grateful for the welcoming of this little ward! - A bunch of friends came to church! - Including our awesome new friend Christian! the young swedish guy. He is such an honest seeker. Really someone who knows nothing about God-- nothing at all but wants so sincerely to learn. So kind and hilarious and reminds me soo much of Pontus. He loved church and is coming back! Please pray for Christian!!! - Syster Hope and I laugh a lot - played piano in a hemköp I got to speak in sacrament meeting for Swedish mother's day and loved this from Elder Holland : "No love in mortality comes closer to appr...

You guys. I have way too much to say First off-- I am in love with this city. I am seriously so so so so excited to be here in Uppsala. There are people everywhere!! It's absolutely beautiful. There are flowers everywhere and it is beyond green and there is the biggest church in scandinavia or something you can see from most of the town. The ward is awesome. More than anything-- the work is incredible. There is so much to do here. We have seen some real miracles in the last few days. Met some really cool people who are searching for more. I am really beyond excited. I adore Syster Hope my new comp and bestie who I served with back in the days of the gothenburg gang!!! My last days in Umeå were sweet. Saying goodbye to everyone was rough. My last lesson was with Gunvor and Valter-- probably the hardest member and the hardest friend to say bye to. Why not just knock out both at once? This has been one of the most influential parts of my mission. The people and relationships I will be...

Things are too good. there is so so much to try to get across. Transfer calls were this week!! And so much more. Transfers are always bittersweet. I'm going to miss Umeå hard. I love this little branch dearly, and have learned so much from the members here. I feel like I could talk individually about so many. Gunvor's fire for the Book of Mormon at age 87-- whose memory is going but still remembers the story of how she got it and read it and prayed all night to know if it was true. Maj-Lis's hugs and joy and the most melodic Swedish I've ever heard. Torbjörn's dedication to his calling, and hilarious loving quips about "gumman". Lars who faithfully came to every single lesson we asked him for. Nils who reminds me of my dad, and talked about Lord of the Rings in his talk yesterday-- case in point. Erik who would talk about choir music with me. Victoria who made everyone feel like her best friend. Karin who was so dedicated to cooking for us. Ann-Charlotte w...