Family,

This week went well! I understand how people say that missions are back and forth as far as emotions go ha-ha. But Finland is such a great place to be right now! We talk to so many different people from all different cultures and with all different views, it is awesome.  I am still pretty nervous to talk to people because I know I wont understand how they respond to what I say but slowly I am warming up to it. 

A cool experience that taught me a lot is about this guy whose name cannot be disclosed because of Finnish privacy laws.... He came up to us last week as we were walking and asked us why the heck we were speaking Finnish. I didn’t have to understand what he said to know he was drunk but after telling him why we are here and stuff my companion asked him if he wanted to learn more. I kept on thinking she was crazy! Of course we don’t want to set up an appointment with this guy, I honestly was a little scared ha-ha. Regardless, my companion set up a time and place to teach him. We were all skeptical but the day came and out of our 3 lessons we had planned, he was the only one who didn’t cancel on us. So we met at a gas station and taught him! Turns out he is a single dad who never really had a home growing up and was just interested about what makes our church different. I have developed such a deep care for this man I don’t even know! It's crazy! He had a lot of good questions and you could feel the spirit throughout the lesson. We set up another appointment with him and I could see that something changed within him when we were talking. It was a neat experience but it is hard to fully explain.

My favorite part about talking to people is discovering all these views that people have. A lot of people here believe in "science" and one guy kept on telling us how one of his missions in life is to convince people like us that we are wrong. I love sharing my testimony with those people!

Finland is great. It is still so beautiful here, we go on morning runs and we run by a frozen lake and see the sunrise- it is breathtaking! There were so many colors in the sky that reflected on the lake. Wow.

Mission life is definitely something to get used to! God works miracles; I could not do this without Him and Christ as my Savior. What is awesome is that He is EVERYONE´s Savior, regardless of what you believe!

I love Him! And of course I love you all too!! Have a great week and keep smiling!! :)

Love,

Terra