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This week went fairly well!

We had general conference of course. On Sunday I was at the church from 9:00am to 10:00pm. So many talks were bangers sheesh. President Nelson was very direct and bold in his message. It was very good.

I also really liked Elder Soares' talk. It was very distinct. I remember when he was ordained to be an apostle, and I think it's cool to see how he's grown as an apostle. You know, he's a general authority, pretty high up there, but it was really encouraging to know that even though he's one of these stalwart people, he's still growing. Because of that, we can all be graceful with ourselves as we can continue to grow.

It's also absolutely amazing that they announced 20 temples at once! That's insane. Elder Barrett said that when he was a young missionary, there were 16 temples in the whole world! Now they just announced more than that in one go. It's absolutely incredible. One of them is in Elder Whittle's home town too! That'll be awesome! He was through the rough when they announced it.

Speaking of Elder Barrett, He's going home on wednesday with his wife. Iceland's losing 2 of its greatest missionaries. They're an inspiration to me and exactly what Elder Rasband was talking about yesterday. They were in the MTC with me, man I'm gonna miss them so much! They're absolutely legends.

Congrats to my brother! He got called to the Fukuoka Japan mission! That's insane! I'm jealous that he gets to start his mission while mine is ticking away...

Oh baby! Missionary work is the best!

Love you all!

Öldungur Rasmussen

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