Hyvää Äidin Päivää!!

Wow, less than 24 hours ago I was speaking with all of you on the phone!! It was so good to hear all of your voices again and to feel of your love and support, and especially to feel your optimism and good spirits. Honestly though, it lasted WAY too long and I apologize for that, haha. Anywho, it was my last call home, can you believe that? Next time I hear your voices I'll finally be able to look you in the eye! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. I apologize that the call in and of itself wasn't as spiritual and personal as the last ones have been. Let's just say I noticed some 'trunkyness' in my family, haha. For those of you who don't know what that word means . . . . . good. :P Seriously though, we didn't get to 'go around the bend' and talk to all of you personally, I missed that, but I think we all got caught up in the rush and fun of things. As always, when I finally hung up, I had those feelings like I forgot something, haha. Kuitenkin, I am so grateful that I was able to get that opportunity to talk to my beloved family and wish my awesome mother a Happy Mother's Day.

Well, I can quickly fill you in on my week. It was a good one. We have some awesome investigators right now and many blessings from the Lord.

I think I told you, but we had splitz last week. I was with my good ol pal Vanhin Ranzenberger and a man we were talking too randomly cut us off and asked us if he could take a picture of us, haha. We obliged. Hope it turned out alright. :P

It was Kouvola Päivä (Kouvola Day) on Saturday. Crazy stuff. There were people everywhere. A man got up there with a mic and started dancing to the music and getting everyone to copy him, just like in those exercise videos. It was hilarious to watch from our window and we took some videos of it. The man was pretty good. There was a point where he had almost everyone dancing with him, mummos and children alike. After that, some Finnish teenagers got up and started to rap. . . . yeah, umm . . . . nope. We were just laughing at how stupid it sounded and looked: just picture Dad's face if he were to listen to rap and then picture him copying and making fun of it, and that's what we looked like. haha, I want to see Dad's face doing that now, haha.

On a more serious note now, I mentioned the work is moving forward here. It's true. We're being blessed. I know it has nothing to do with us and everything to do with them, and the Lord guided His servants to them. It's heaven's music to my ears hearing these people speak sometimes: the questions they ask, the statements they make . . . . golden. God truly prepares His children: each in their own personalized way. Whether I'm transferred out of this area or not, I feel like God placed me here, in Kouvola, with my companion, with these people. 'Thy will be done' as it is said. I do not know how long my stay here will last, or what words I will say, or what plans or people are in my future . . . But He does.

I love you all so dearly and, taas, I thank you for being YOU. YOU have lifted my up. YOU have pointed me the right way. YOU are awesome. Remember the Lord Our God at ALL times, and He shall direct thy paths. I know He lives and He remembers us always, even when we do not.

Rakkaudella,

Vanhin Watson