Elder Watson sang as he walked, and walked, and walked, and waaaalllked

Well, It was a week of hard work and lots and lots and lots of walking. Yup. We tried hard this week: visiting a less-active, potential investigators, former investigators, other investigators, etc etc etc. In the end, hardly anyone was home or no one could meet this week, so, we went with Plan B and went Finding. Since we don't really have a car anymore, and no bikes, we had to walk a lot. One day, we had a teach set up a 2 and a half hour walk away and we were 15 minutes in to our walk when we finally found a ride with a member, whew, haha. There were many fruits for our labor though. We did collect some more potentials and hopefully when we go back we'll be able to harvest. Tis the season, right?! Speaking of which, get this . . . . . the Finns celebrate the END of Summer . . . . . .and not even the END of Winter . . . . . MITÄ?!! haha  It was crazy to see. On Saturday night fireworks were going off into the early morning. We had no idea why until somebody explained it to us in church. Welcome to the North, haha.

We've got a busy week ahead. Elder Texiera (sp?) of the Area Presidency, and also of the 70 I believe, is coming to Finland to tour the mission. All the DL's and ZL's are being called down to Helsinki for a leadership meeting with him. Then, the following day, he will come and visit our Zone at a Zone Conference . . . .which means after my meeting in Helsinki, I will catch a night train to Oulu to be at the conference the following day . . . .whew. Should be awesome.  Then, after Zone Conference, we'll be spending the following day in Kokkola so I can hold a Splitz with the missionaries there. 

 

School is starting up here in Vaasa too. Which means a bunch of the converts that were taught here are coming back to Vaasa after going home for the summer. Most of them are Chinese. There have been TONS of Chinese baptisms here lately. They keep inviting their friends! :)

That's all I have time for for today. Gotta go. Thanks for your updates and love. Keep it coming! :)  I'll leave you with a quote I found this morning from Pres Harold B. Lee, ''Happiness comes not from what happens on the outside, but from what happens on the inside.''   Remember that the Lord looketh upon the heart, so we should start there and then work our way out. I love you all and wish you another happy week. I sent some pics. Eden is still the ONLY one that returns the favor. tisk tisk

Rakkaudella,

Vanhin Watson