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These pictures are of me and Syster Gotberg on our trip to visit Ade in Storå. Every friday we travel to Storå- like an hour away and visit Ade- a recent convert and he usually has his friends come over to his house and we teach a couple of people every week. But, this week no one came to teach, so we got to know Ade better and walked around by a pretty lake. He is a great guy.

Life is grand!

Love, Talisa!




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Tracting and good food.

Hej!

These pictures are from my Stockholm shopping adventure last week with Sister Detinne-Cassel! It was so much fun! Our companions went and played american football with all the Elders and we went out on the town! Stockholm is so cool. H & M is on almost every block and we went into many of them. Haha. We got yummy food and just walked around and enjoyed being there. On our way back to the train station we came across a stage and a band was playing-they looked rockabilly. I was sad that we could not stop and listen because we were running late. But, it sounds like we may travel into Stockholm every other p-day!! So, next time I will go into some museums and find that music. Haha. Stockholm is so pretty.

Missionary Story:
So, last Tuesday we decided to go tracting in an area that looks like it has never been tracted. My companion was preparing me for the rejection. Then by some miracle the second door we knocked on opened up and we talked for a while at the door. We talked about The Book of Mormon and Jesus Christ and God. It was amazing!! We were there for about 30 mins. Then we left, and I am a firm believer in tracting now! "Greenie Magic" is what I am told.

A lady we met came to the Bishop's for dinner. We talked more with her and met with her throughout the week. She is so nice and I love her! She reminds me a lot of my Aunt Tamra. She is way into herbs and makes a lot of natural food. She made us dinner twice last week!! One of the times she made us swedish pancakes and they are yummy. On Saturday night we watched the long Joseph Smith movie and had treats throughout the night. She has such a sweet heart and she is always looking for ways to serve others. I LOVE missionary work! I feel like a real missionary now.

This week we also went to a local High School and taught The Plan of Salvation. That was the coolest experience I have ever had! The teacher was a super nice lady and teaches a religion class. And we came and spoke to her class and then this week we will go again to another one of her classes and teach. Syster Gotberg (the english spelling) talked most of the time and I drew what she was talking about. Mostly because this was all in Swedish! But, I did start talking a little and then bore my testimony. Bam! After we were done teaching we sat down with five teenage girls and we had a question and answer session. They let me speak in english. They had watched a 60 mins interview thing with President Hinckley before we got there. I LOVED talking with them. It made me want to teach high school even more.

Yesterday for dinner we went out to the country-side of Sweden. Oh, man it was such a beautiful place. We went with some members- The Lohmans. We do a lot with them, they have 4 kids and the mom is super nice. It was a hour drive and I loved every minute of it. Once we got there we ate and played outside. We also had a new convert come with us. It was a grand night. It made me feel at home... like when we have dinners with the Perkins or Kershisniks. I miss you all so much!

Last thing- This Sunday I am speaking in church!! IN SWEDISH! Oh my goodness... I am really nervous. Luckily it's only 5 mins and it will be my 4th sunday here. I LOVE this ward. I am finally feeling more like myself. Since I can't speak swedish very much I was very quiet the first couple of weeks... but now I am getting better and talking more. Pray for me and I will be praying for you all!

Love, Love, Love, Talisa!
Aka: Syster Vistaunet

Parents: Thanks for the raincoat I got it! Have fun in California!! I think of you all every day and love you so much! I love mondays so much because that is when I get to hear from you. Be good and love Amboea for me. Haha. And I will love Sweden for you! Haha.

Me and my companion Sister Goteberg having lunch!

Orebro, Sweden!

Downtown in Orebro

View from the Castle

At Orebro Castle

Orebro is rockin!

Hello again!

I can't believe another week has passed us by. Today for P-day we are traveling into Stockholm for fun! A bunch of the Elders are getting together to play American football... yuck. But luckliy Sister Detinne-Cassel and her companion will be there too. So we will go on splits and me and Sister Detinne-Cassel will go shopping!! I am very excited. It is a 2 hour train ride into Stockholm... so I will be writing letters and such. So, my time is short on email today. We have a train to catch!

Last week was good and hard. Surprise! I think every week I will end up saying the same thing. We had our first district meeting with 2 other elders in Västerås. That was fun and Elder Nelson talked about setting goals and how important it is to set them. He has no idea how much I needed to hear that. It was a really good meeting. We also ate lunch at a sweet buffet place there. Man, do I love Sweden!!

This week I met another one of our investigators... named Ronny. He is a total Rockabilly! The Lord knew that I needed some one to talk music with. Haha. He is super nice and has a major pompador. When we were walking up to him, I was thinking, no way is this our investigator!! I love it. He seems pretty interested and we will be meeting with him this week. He loves Elvis and so do I! I think I will learn Swedish so I can talk to him and more of the people my age.

The pictures I sent this week were of us in downtown Örebro. The castle is sweet. Life is getting better each day and church yesterday was very good. I could understand more and I talked to almost everyone! I love mission life. Oh, yeah we have dinner at a member's house at least 3 times a week. Which I love. We always leave a spiritual thought. I have not yet given it, but I think this week I will! Oh, and I got both of the letters from you! Thank you! It takes about 5 days for mail to get here. Not bad.

Well, I love you all! Listen to some real music for me! Maybe some ABBA. Haha.

Love, Talisa!!

Lots of pictures of happy Syster Vistaunet!!!

Official welcome letter telling me I will be serving in Orebro, Sweden.

My new apartment.

Our new companions!

The church building in Orebro! It's beautiful here.

Outside of my new apartment.

We are in a bike riding area. That makes me very happy.

It snowed when we got off the plane, but it is warming up. Spring is here. I took an hour long train ride to my new city. It is west of Stockholm. Beautiful.

More photos from Sweden!

My trainer...Syster Goteborg. She is from West Jordan, Utah.
My MTC district with our Mission President and his wife in front of the Stockholm temple.

Street singing and contacting on my first day. Scary.
My companions in the MTC. Notice that we are all wearing the same skirts in different colors!

I am in Sweden!!

This is my MTC district in Stockholm, Sweden with the Mission Pres. and his wife.


At the Stockholm airport!! We have arrived!
I am finally done with the MTC - we are on our way!

Hello one and all!

Syster Vistaunet here reporting live from Örebro, Sweden! Here are a couple of last MTC pictures and then some from Sweden! I feel very blessed to have been able to talk to you on Mothers Day. The Lord knew that I needed that to help calm me down. I will have to admit the language freaks me out. But, being able to talk to my family just a couple of days after being here really helped me. My Dad reminded me that every missionary who has gone to a foreign country has felt the same way I was and am feeling.

So, my companion is Syster Göteborg from West Jordan, Utah. She is super rad and way down to earth. She can speak swedish like nobody's business! And after this transfer she will be going home. I am "killing" her in missionary language. Strange. We are also in a BIKE area! I have heard that it is one of the only bike areas for sisters, which made me very happy. Another way the Lord has blessed me. I have come to realize how well the Lord really does know me. I can feel his love.

Today is my first P-day in Sweden and I can tell I am going to LOVE them. P-days in the MTC weren't that fun. But today we are going downtown and going shopping, sight seeing, and eating yummy food. There is a castle in Örebro and I am excited to see it. It looks like every week I will be able to send pictures...that makes me happy. We email every Monday from the church.

Family- The mission president should be sending a packet home to you guys with pictures and information. So, look forward to that. It should be good. And it will have a letter from me talking about my first couple of days.

Örebro is about an hour away from Stockholm and the train ride here was amazing! It is super pretty here. My first night in Örebro we went and played basketball with the Young Single Adults and I met my first investigator! Her name is Djanita who is 20 and from Kosuvoo. I have no idea where that is. Haha. But, she has a bapstimal date of June 18th! And the next day we taught three guys from Africa in english. Which I was very happy about. It is amazing to me how strong the spirit can be felt in our lessons. The church is TRUE!

The people here are super nice and I love the ward. Sunday was a big blur. I couldn´t understand anyone. But, I did know that one of the speakers talked about missionaries. This ward is strong and I can tell that I am going to make some good friends. Especially with the people my age. Because, we have FHE, institiute, basketball, and soccer every week together. We bring investigators to all of those. I love missionary work!

Life is grand. Pray for me!

Love, Talisa! AKA: Syster Vistaunet

Orebro, Sweden

Talisa is serving in Orebro, Sweden. It is a city with two sisters, no elders. They bike everywhere and it has a ward with about 100 members! We just talked to her on the phone for Mother's day! She is happy, overwhelmed and eager to get started! Email her at talisa.vistaunet@myldsmail.net

Talisa has arrived in Sweden!!!

All is well in Sweden. They arrived happy, healthy and on time

Syster Lundquist

Correspondence Secretary

SWEDEN...here we come!

We got our travel plans...we're on our way to Sweden!


Talisa called this morning from the SLC airport and again this afternoon from the NYC airport. She is happy, and thrilled to be headed to Sweden!