Terra's First P-DAY

Moi Perhe!!! 

This is MY P-day. Like, I am the person on the other end of this. Pretty cool!!! And crazy! 

Well, it has been a busy week. I understand when people have said that a lot happens and yet nothing at all. The first few days were hectic with barely any time to unpack! Just moving from one place to another to your bed at night. Good news, so far even though I wake up at 6:30 or earlier every day, I have not been too tired! The Lord definitely works miracles!! I have seen and learned so much just this last week. 

You are thrown into the language right away which for me was not hard at all! I am beyond grateful that I took that Finnish class before coming here because everyone else understandably gets super frustrated with the language while I just work hard already knowing how awful it is haha. So taking that class has been a HUGE blessing. We teach in Finnish everyday which is complicated but a good challenge! 

Here is a fun fact for you that I didn't know was gonna happen: On Tuesday me and the sisters that I room with (I room with 4 other sisters, we make up the Finnish sisters in the MTC-I will send Pictures if possible) woke up at 3am to catch a flight to Los Angeles! Yes, that is right, we spent a day in California. Apparently Finnish visa stuff is super strict so we needed to hand sign something and get finger printed. It was a long day but it was filled with warm weather and we were able to go walk around the L.A temple! Super pretty! It is interesting being a missionary in the real world, everyone looks at you... And I kid you not, I totally saw Claire from the Bachleor in the LA airport, and I was too afraid to talk to her! Haha 

I have learned something very important this week! The Spirit is EVERYTHING. It teaches the lessons and it brings people to Christ. And because of that, I need to work hard and be a perfect vessel for the Spirit to work through. That is why I absolutely love when we get time to study the scriptures on our own. I always feel the spirit and I am able to strengthen my own testimony so I can get through the day. My companions and my district (all the Finns) are super awesome and I am so grateful for that! 

I love you all so much! Thank you thank you for the letters and emails! Keep them coming!  Being a missionary is awesome, the church is so true! I love every minute I am able to feel God's love.

Till next week!

Love,

Terra