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| FINLAND SUMMER- So beautiful!! |
Family!!
Crazy stuff happening at home, I cant
believe you are even able to do
it all. It is still weird thinking of
things going on while i am here because i feel like my life has been put on
hold haha.
Well, this week
was a great week! We are still teaching
the super cute Finnish girl and she came to church again! I need to work on
this language more but i am amazed at how much I am able to understand and
communicate when we talk with her! It is getting to a point where I don’t even
know what to say if we stop someone on the street and they speak English.
Speaking of that, we ran into an
American the other day! So weird, she actually talked to us and was really
rather loud haha, I think I am getting used to the reserved nature of the
Finns... I am as American as they get but I love the Finns and feel awkward
sometimes when it comes to making the American "small talk". Finns
just like to get straight to the point.
That reminds me! I have been depriving
ya´ll of some of the Finnish culture so here is a list of random Finnish
things:
-Having to go to the backyard to get to
the front door. I can’t count the number of "back doors" I have
knocked on!
-Yogurt, fruit, chocolate and pretty
much all the food is so fresh and soooo good!
-Doors that open outward (and they only
ever open it enough to see one of us)
-Dogs, EVERYONE in Finland has a deep
love for their dogs!
-Daily/nightly walks and walking sticks.
Every Finn goes for a walk (leinki) and apparently it is 30% more efficient to
walk with ski poles...
-Socialist government, so there are no
homeless people probably due to the fact that people would literally die in the
winter if they were homeless!
-Crocs, every Finn owns a pair of crocs
that they keep right outside their front door.
-Möki (summer home) where Finns spend
the month of July.
-Having dinner appointments at 3 in the
afternoon... is that lunch or dinner???
-People mistaking us for Jehovah’s Witnesses
(that probably happens everywhere)
-Curb parking/using the sidewalk as a
parking spot.
-Searching to find people with problems
because most everyone we talk to is content with life.
-Foreigners asking what we think about
that Finns because they are such a distinct people
-Cute young Finnish families! They are
very family centered
-Wooden houses
-Saunas and a lot of half naked people
opening doors
...and a lot more, i will make sure to
keep the list updated as time goes on :) I don’t want anyone to miss out on
anything.
I really am enjoying this transfer and I
love the feeling of working hard! I am so amazed by how God has truly lifted me
and as I am willing, He is able to make me into something so much more than I
could of ever imagined. I was touched this week by how grateful I am for the
Holy Ghost. I might have mentioned the 2 blind boys that are in our branch here
and their mom gave a beautiful testimony this last week. She talked about how
loving God is for allowing us to know the truth through our feelings (and not
by sight) because no matter who you are
or where you are, EVERYONE is able to feel the influence of the Holy Ghost.
I have felt the Spirit so strongly here
and it helps me to get through the times that are a little harder.
I love you all so much!! have a great
week!! :)
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