Hey everyone!
I know that the question that is on everyone's mind is "are the visas in?" Right now that is a big "no!" but that honestly is okay really. We actually have no idea when they might come, we are relying solely on the Swedish government. The travel office/MTC are trying to keep all of us here as long as possibly at the hopes that they come in soon, but if we don't get a definitive answer within the next week, those of us remaining will probably be temporarily reassigned. My best guess is that some of us (I'm hoping for over half of the now remaining 19 missionaries going to Sweden) will get our visas within the next week, so I'm optimistic!
It's been a bit difficult though, since my district was dissolved when the original group of 12 left (since 5 of those 12 were from my 10 person district). I'm still companions with the fantastic Syster Faux gratefully! They put us and one of the elders into one of the districts and they put the other two elders who stayed into the other district. I'll admit, I miss my Elders! After spending 6 weeks with each other constantly is is super strange to be without them. It was what we lamented the most really, that we were unable to go out to Sweden together. Anyway, since now I'm in a new district, I have two new teachers who are both really awesome (and now I actually have a teacher that's older than me haha). It's been strange though since we don't have as strict of a schedule since they weren't planning for us to be here, everything is a bit more fluid.
Other than that I finally have the first vision memorized in Swedish! It took me a bit of time (since memorizing is not necessarily my strong suit) but I've got it down. The three things I have completely memorized in Swedish are the first vision, our purpose and the baptismal commitment question, so I'm ready to go right? Well, obviously I've learned a bit more Swedish than that while I've been out here, so I'm not going to die when I finally head out to Sweden.
Last Saturday was really awesome though. Both of my main teachers told us stories and showed us pictures of their missions! It certainly helped get me even more excited about the chance to be able to serve there, even if it won't be as early as I thought before. Then on Sunday, during our district meeting, we had a share a scripture that was significant to you (either your favorite/something that helped you) and your testimony day, which was a good note to ending my time with my district. That night we had district blessings and I was able to get one from our District Leader, which I'll readily admit helped me immensely in many regards to the things that I've been going through. It's such a great thing to see such young elders be worthy of such an amazing power as the priesthood.
On Tuesday we were able to hear from Elder Marcos A. Aidukaitus for our devotional. He's actually from Brazil! He emphasized the importance of trusting in the Lord and the willingness to be bold in our testimonies and sharing the gospel. He also talked extensively about D&C 76 and the three kingdoms of glory. He challenged us to make the decision of which kingdom we would like to enter in big bold letters in our journals so that we can notice it everytime we flip through the pages. He focused on how if we have already made that decision so readily, it makes every other decision so much easier; we would just need to keep in mind, "Would this help me reach the kingdom I've chose?" It's a simple concept, but very poignant.Love you all!
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