Wow, I can't believe that the Alaska Crew got my letter already . .
. i sent it less than a week ago!! Fun stuff. yay for Finnish Posti. :)
Well, here we go again . . . . . What a week. We had some
interesting experiences this past week. Just to show you how interesting
they were, I'll list a few, in no particular order:
- After a long day of finding, we were walking around the streets
of Vaasa looking for people to talk to when a car pulled over to talk to
us. You will never guess who it was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the
Red Bull Girls, hahaha. Yup, the car was decked out in Red Bull
advertisements with two girls driving around handing out free Red Bulls.
For us Die Hard Mormon people let me explain, Red Bull is an energy
drink. . . . . . .'it gives you wings.' . . . .ohhhhh. Yup. Pretty funny
experience.
-We got my companion his first ever let-in of his mission. The man
ended up not being interested, but we had a good little lesson with
him. He even had a Book of Mormon from years ago, and was quite a fan of
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
-we had a DA . . . . a typical Finnish meal before going to bed,
sandwiches and hot chocolate. us Americans would call that a bed-time
snack, but these Finns called it dinner. At the end, the teenager popped
out some of his A&W Root Beer (Root Beer is pretty rare here and
really expensive) and he shared his last can of it with us, haha. Soem
Finns think Root Beer tastes like toothpaste . . . can you believe
that!? What toothpaste are they using?!
-No Change Calls came. I now know where I will be for the last 6
weeks of my mission, Vaasa. Weird thought that there is going to be no
more transfers.
-we spent our Sunday in our visiting city, Seinäjoki. We went to
church there, so with us a a couple guests, our total number of people
present was around 12. After church, our Pres. and Sis Rawlings came and
held a fireside with the members, so we were able to be there for that
too. They did it all in Finnish, can you believe that? They have only
been here for a couple months!! I love them, they are so great.
-There is a sister coming into Finland from Alaska! She is from the
Denali Branch . . . apparently her Dad is the Branch President there.
fun stuff. Finns love Alaska.
-We were able to got in some teaches this past week too, and even
picked up a couple new investigators! Sibi is a young man from India. he
has been coming to FHE and the YSA activities, so we were finally able
to teach him. Pentti has been taught before, but not for a few months.
He is old and has cancer . . . that man loves to talk. Then Deo is an
investigator who is progressing quite well . . . just needs to get
married before he can get baptized. Then Lin Yu is a recent convert from
China. He has awesome questions and insights. Since he was in China for
6 months, we are teaching him again to refresh his memory.
Sorry for just sticking to the list format every time, but I find
it easier. :) My fingers are cold, so it's slowing my typing. Yep, it's
getting cold here. I should get going, but ensiks . . . . . Paljon
kiitoksia teille kaikille kaikesta. Arvostan ja rakastan teitä koko
sydämestäni. Toivon kaikkea hyvää teille tälle tulevalle viikolle.
Thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am humbled to spend it in
the service of my fellow beings. Love ya more than MoTab on Sunday car
trips and missions.
Rakkaudella,
Vanhin Watson
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