Marissa's Mission Musings

Hej på er! I am just grateful for all of you. Grateful for my grandparents emails and my family's calls and friends updates and all of your prayers. I have a lot to be thankful for. Time is going and it's wild. Transfer news this week and I am STAYING IN UMEÅ WITH SYSTER WILLIAMS!! Två gamla gummor häruppe. I am sooooo so happy about this!!! We are working hard and both on now the second to last transfer of our missions and it's just so fun. I love Syster Williams and I love Umeå. The sun has been out and it's basically directly proportional to how happy the Swedes are. They just sit outside with their eyes closed. makes me smile every time. So things are good. It's good to be on the Lord's side. I love this from D&C, revelation to Oliver and David Whitmer, encouraging them to remember all that they've learned through the scriptures and their experiences... "Wherefore, you can testify that you have heard my voice, and know my words." I can test...

Sorry grandmas it's been a few weeks:( I love being a missionary-- time feels so weird. These weeks were just crazy. Splits and flying down for three days to Stockholm for mission tour and meetings. so spiritually fed it was wonderful. We are getting the coolest referrals. Our msision does tons of media work and it feels like the Lord is hastening the work through so many new tools which is incredible. Have been down memory lane this week-- it was a year ago that I attempted to talk to a swede in the airport in Paris and pondered on the plane here what we were getting ourselves into. Arrived in sweden with big dreams and knowing so little. what an awesome year it's been. Update on our people-- Anna came to church and loved it. Talks about getting married in the temple. Lasse and Valter our old old man friends are wonderful. Lasse bakes for us every lesson. We knocked on the door of the most darling family from India that came to church yesterday! Same knocking stund found a you...

I love it here So much good. So many good lessons So many miracles So much good finding and hearing beautiful stories So many deep talks with my companion So much salt lakrits marabou(don't knock it till you try it) So much laughing So much dreaming So much gratitude.  Love you all!