Ég er Pylsumaður

Hi Guys!

Today is my first p day at the provo mtc! I moved into my residence hall wednesday and met Elder Olsen (persian speaking, LA mission) and Elder Dyson (polish speaking, somewhere in poland mission (he's also british)). They're super nice! We get along well and are all enjoying learning our respective languages.

I've come to learn why Icelandic is considered one of the hardest languages, but I know the gift of tongues is real. So far I've memorized the mission purpose in Icelandic and learned how to pray, share scripture, and bear my testimony in icelandic. As well as meet someone so they don't think I'm some psycho showing them a book before I say hi. I've continued the previous elder's legacy of being obsessed with hot dogs, hence why I title the email "I am the hot dog man" or "I am a sausage maker" if you plug it straight into google translate.

My district is super awesome, we play basketball together sometimes for our exercises. It's my companions and 5 sisters who are all learning polish with elder dyson. I've made several shots that are purely testaments to the amazing power of the atonement because there's no way i should've made them, especially since one was on its first try from behind half court. My teachers are pretty awesome. I really enjoy language classes, in fact they're my favorite part of the day.

The food hasn't killed me yet! So that's good. I got assigned to be a zone leader, so that's awesome. The branch presidency is super nice too. I can't talk too much right now, so I guess Bless Bless until next week!

Öldungur Rasmussen!

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