This transfer is going by so fast! Last Wednesday we headed
over to Helsinki for our ''Meet the Mission President'' Zone Conference. It was
great. The Auras are incredible people. They are Finnish and have both served
missions in Finland when they were our age. We greeted them one by one at the
very beginning and then the meeting began. Sisar Aura addressed us first and
spoke in Finnish the entire time. It was great and I could feel her love for us
as well as her strong testimony of the gospel. President Aura, we actually refer
to him as ''Lähetysjohtaja Aura'' or ''Mission leader Aura''. He spoke to us in
English and we got to know more about him and his family. They both spoke of
how excited they were to be here and that they couldn't wait to get to know us
better. I love them already and I am excited for all they will
accomplish.
We also had exchanges this week with the Sister Training
Leaders! It was fun doing work with them and showing them around our area.
We met some interesting people this week. One sticks out in
my mind. We met a man that was actually born in New York and he stopped us on
the street and started talking to us. He asked us who we represented and I told
him about our church and that we were representatives of Jesus Christ. Then, he
told us a story about how he ran away from the police and how he outsmarted
them by running into the forest. He told us that we were brainwashed and that
the Kenyans in Finland knew ''the truth''. And because he had spent time with
the Kenyans he now knew the truth. (He didn't tell us what that meant.) At this
point he jumped on his bike and said that the whole world would know about him
in a month and then he biked away dramatically.
So it has been another good week. I have met a lot of
interesting people and I love serving here in Espoo.
Sounds a little scary! Like maybe terrorist scary! Wow! Glad you love your new mission Pres !! We can't wait to see you but make the most of what you have left! Love you!!!!
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