When I was in Helsinki, one of the Elders I was staying with is from Great Britain . . . .Elder Gorringe (the one I went down with) forgettfully asked this Elder if they celebrate Thanksgiving in England . . . . after a blank stare and a couple laughs . . . Elder Gorringe threw in, What about the 4th of July? as a joke this time. hahaha Well, unfortunately they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, BUT, Zone Conference is this week up in Oulu, and the whole Zone will be there Thursday Night, where hopefully a nice feast will be waiting for us. :)
It was quite the week again. We had a lot of teaches cancel on us, or just not show up, but we have some new stories and experiences to share kuitenkin.
-We got let inside at least 3 times this past week. One turned out to be crazy. Another one shut up like a clam when he found out we were Mormons, and denied us being Christian, and the last one, the finale, was AWESOME. Just last night a young couple let us in. They said they don't want to change or anything, but they are pretty interested in learning more. It was cool because they actually treated us like human beings and were honest with us and everything. The Spirit was there and we left with thankful hearts. Katsotaan . .
-we've received 2 referrals recently . . .first ones in months. One of them we set up a teach with today, and the other one we biked 7 kilometers in 5 inches of snow to contact . . . but the address was a fake . . .just 2 numbers off . . .yay. On the trek home we stopped and talked with a guy by the same name of our referral, haha . . . .he gave us his number. God works in mysterious ways. :)
-It gets dark here at around 3 nowadays, a bit worse than Alaska from my rememberence. It's dark and cold and toe freezing fun . . . . .anyone have suggestions on how to keep toes warm . . . .I try everything . . .NO, toe warmers do NOT work, haha. (I knew you'd say that) :P
-We had a District meeting in Kuopio which went well. My district has been the same, without any changes, for 3 changes now . . . .with Change Calls coming this Saturday . . . katsotaan
-Last night was a huge Christmas Lighting Ceremony here in Joensuu. it was HUGE: Santa, Frosty, Bunny and Wolf (don't ask me where they came from cause I have no idea), fireworks, makara, a childrens choir singing christmas carols, and thousands of people!! I've never seen so many people here. I got a picture of Frosty watching the fireworks, pretty priceless . . . and random. haha
-We visited a potential yesterday who was in the middle of making dinner and changing diapers and stuff. I've never seen a happier baby. :)
-NIINA gets baptized this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vanhin Ranzenberger will baptize her and I will confirm her. WHOOOOO!!!!!!
- Well, that's all I have time for today. I'm especially grateful for my family in this season of thanks. I thankful for my Savior. I'm thankful for weekly e-mails. I'm thankful for you. best wishes and love from Finland . .
Raukkaudella,
Vanhin Watson
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