Mother told me to write this.

Gleðilegan lýðveldisdag!

Saturday was Iceland independence day! We got to go to a viking festival, it was pretty cool, but talking to pagans wasn't exactly the most effective way to find people who're ready to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ... We did get to meet one of the friends from my old area though! He's awesome. My love for Iceland and Icelanders definitely increased too!

Elders Pearson and Whittle went to Akureyri for ZL splits, so I was with Elder Richards for a couple days, and we met a high amount of interesting people. One such person happened to be this super sweet old lady who just happened to be a Jehovah's witness missionary. We were at a bus station to try to street contact, and right when we walked around the corner, she grabbed us and was like "Hey, will you talk to this guy? He's been talking to me for an hour" So we start talking to this man. He had a very unique appearance and out fit style. He was catholic and supposedly really studied theology. He looked at us, saw who we were, and immediately said "Joseph Smith is a criminal". He had some not too polite things to say. Elder Richards was speaking with him, and I was speaking to the Jehovah's witness lady. She was really nice.

That evening on the bus we met a man named 'DJ Poet' and he was tripping on a different level. When he saw us, he said "Mormónar! I love Mormons!" So we were sitting on the bus and he sat by us and we started talking. He was definitely under the influence of something...

Margrét is amazing! Her baptism is this Saturday, and she's just insanely elect! We'll have a great time!

Funke is also extremely elect, pray for her husband to be supportive! This week I've started reading the book of Acts. It's really interesting and insightful. I've also found that it's insanely clear how the gospel is interpreted and the ordinances associated with it.

I've been getting over my Icelandic plateau! I've been trying to read as fast as possible, and I've found a way to check words and grammar that I don't understand really efficiently, so that I can keep reading and learn more!

I'm not sure what else to write, have a fantastic week!

Öldungur Rasmussen

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