Aðalráðstefnu

Hi guys!

Man this has been such a long week.

First off, general conference! It was so amazing to be sitting in a room of nearly one thousand missionaries when the first two speakers who got up talked about missionary work. The spirit was so strong and the words throughout the whole conference were piercing me to the core in ways I had never felt before. I absolutely loved President Nelson's talk. I'm so excited to get my spiritual momentum rolling as I heed his words over the coming months and years.

We got some new Elders in our Branch since last wednesday and let me just say that our housing area is definitely a little more hectic. They're going to various places, all english speaking though, so they're gonna leave next week. It's weird to know that I've been here longer than they'll be this whole time and I still have over a month to go before I leave for the field.

I met another Elder Rasmussen at choir practice and we found out that we're connected to Jens Peters. (IDK if that's how it's spelled) He's the guy that migrated from Denmark to the USA so that's really cool. Elder Nielson of the seventy spoke to us the tuesday before conference at the MTC devotional so it was really cool to see him at General Conference.

I'm learning a whole bunch of Icelandic, which is really cool. I think I understand how to use the grammar rules, but there's not one set pattern to use them on, and there's so many different forms of words that come from the grammar rules that I feel like most of the remaining 5 weeks here will be devoted to just memorizing all the vocab words and how they fit with the grammar rules.

One of the sisters in my district is 4'11" and she's the first adult under 5' that I've ever met. I don't know why but it's so funny to me that she's that height. Because of that I teased her and joked about it, but I'm trying to be more christlike so I made a bet where if I make a joke then I'll have to drink a whole glass of milk which would devastate my stomach. Sooo wish me luck. Today we were playing a game of ping pong as part of our exercise time and I did a beautiful serve that she didn't reach in time, and Elder Dyson said that it was a short joke. I'm already on very thin ice.

It got cold a few days ago which is really nice but also kinda terrifying because I was freezing today to the point where my teeth were chattering and Iceland's gonna be a whole lot worse in the winter. I definitely need to buy my coat ASAP when I get there. I'm super excited to serve still and learning Icelandic is just so fun.

The cafeteria food has decided to increase its attacks on my poor stomach, but thankfully I have yet to die. Man, conference was just so amazing. I wrote more notes in this one semiannual conference than probably the entire summation of all previous conferences that I've been alive.

A different sister in my district plays the piano sometimes when we're all studying and it's inspired me to start trying to learn how to play. I found a beginner's piano guide on the gospel library that I downloaded to my missionary google drive.

Spring has started and I finally understand after 19.5 years why popcorn, infact, pops on apricot trees. The flowers and trees are so beautiful. The air is so fresh as we walk between classes and things. I also love when they hang the Icelandic flag and it unfurls in the wind.

We got a new sister in our district last Saturday from Finland. She speaks Finish, Swedish, English, and a little bit of Spanish. It made me begin to question the Texas public school language education capabilities. Last week I didn't put any photos on my email, so here's a whole bunch: