PHOTO TAKEN by NATE WUNDERLI in BUSAN, KOREA March 2015

Perhe!! 

Monday rolls around and then I  remember that the next day is pday and realize that i have no idea what to write... So we will see how ADD this email is haha! 

First thing is first, Meegs you are a BABE. My branch mission leader (Jonathans old comp) showed me those pictures yesterday just to show me how he is following mom on instagram... What a small world... But I hope prom was fun! Wow and I am sure Mexico will be fun too!! Anyway, this week. 

We live close to a university and it was party week this week so everyone had their party pants on (like, literally, all the college students wore these scrub-type pants all week it was weird!), but it was not the best week for missionary work. Regardless though, Miracles happen everyday, it is crazy! It is the small things that you have to watch out for because God provides right when we need it.

Our 3 athiest friends came to church again (crazy!) and we had a lesson with them afterwords stating our purpose here and it was quite the discussion! They did not seem to get how science and religion dont cancel each other out. They kept on talking about cells and the 5th element and all these things and we were just like "ya, that is super cool, I want to know all about that stuff! but, what is the point....?" haha, they wanted to open OUR eyes and told us if we learned all the things they know then we wouldn't worry about religion anymore. Not sure that is how it works... Later one of the guys texted us and told us he wasn't trying to be disrespectful and it would be great to go out to coffee sometime and not talk about our religious and scientific differences! Haha we had told them so many times but it is so hard for people to understand missionary life! Needless to say we will not be seeing them again.

Yesterday we had a really busy day yesterday with 4 lessons, and I love being busy! It makes things so much better in missionary work! And all the lessons went really well, one girl we taught had 3 of her friends over and they were so interested in learning about our church. The spirit was so strong and at the end one of the girls even asked how this has helped us in our lives. Talk about a perfect question, it was hard to just sum it up to a few sentences! My testimony has grown so much as I am easily able to see my strengths and my weaknesses. Sometimes God has to knock you down before he lifts you up but it doesn't mean He ever leaves you alone.

We are also teaching this lady who we think just got out of prison and someone once tried to murder her... She has such a sweet spirit and soaks up everything we are saying but we are being pretty cautious with her. She just has a really hard life and background but we are hoping to help her in some way! We have finally found some service opportunities in the ward which is a blessing because Finns normally do not like to be served! So we are excited for that.  

Happy Easter this week and happy conference weekend! Easter is a HUGE holiday in Finland, it is so interesting! Anyway, I love you all!! Have an amazing week!! Church is true, dont you forget it!

Love,

Terra