Hey Family!!
So good news! My health is finally back to normal! Goodness it has been a
long few weeks, but we persevered. After 2 weeks of being ill, we finally were
told to go to the doctor. Turns out Sister Jones has had an awful case of
bronchitis (which she is still recovering from) and I had some unidentifiable
virus which I am convinced was created out of my own body to protect me from
getting bronchitis haha. It has been so tiring as our bodies would just start
shutting down around 3pm until we could barely move after dinner. We have
rested a lot and seriously are so grateful for being able to get back into the
swing of things! Namely because this is our last week as companions and
probably my last week in Marjaniemi.
Oh ya, due to transfers next p-day will
be on MONDAY. Ok, despite the sickness there were plenty of miracles that have
happened! One in particular was too good not to share. We had a lesson
scheduled with an investigator right after lunch but, after eating lunch, the
member who was supposed to come with us to the lesson told us she could no
longer make it. This meant that we could not go to the lesson because the
investigator is a man. We were pretty disappointed because this wasn’t the
first time we have had to cancel a lesson due to the same problem, and we were
still recovering from sickness so we were very tired. So we called our
investigator to cancel but told him we would still drop of the Finding Faith in
Christ DVD we were going to watch. As we were walking to his house an older
widowed member calls us and asked us if we were on our way (as a
background-this lady is 85 years old and lives in the same area as our
investigator so we were planning on dropping by her house after our lesson but
we hadn’t called her to tell her we would be coming over). I was confused on
the phone and asked her where we were supposed to be going. She said that she
had signed up to have us over for lunch that day and the meal was ready! We
realized we hadn’t seen the meal list at the church because we had been sick
but it was a miracle that we were already so close to her house! So after
dropping off the DVD we were able to eat the meal she had so kindly made for
us. It was a miracle that our lesson fell through and the experience taught me
that God always knows better than we do so as we do our best, whatever the
outcome, it will be for our good and we will be blessed for our preparation and
planning. The other miracle was that we didn’t puke after eating with her
because we had already eaten lunch and were pretty full (though we didn’t tell
her that because no one wants to tell that to an 85 year old Finnish widow who
just spent time making you a wonderful meal). Haha so, that was a great
experience of the week. So great to hear that everyone is doing well and
working hard! I love the pictures! That is all for now, love you all! :)
FROM DAD-
Hey Bear!
I just had a great couple days
in Phoenix with my old law school friends. We saw a couple spring
training baseball games, did our fantasy draft, ate a lot, and sat by the
pool. I actually gained 5 pounds in two days. I didn’t think that
was possible. But I guess if you put your mind to eating enough barbecue,
bratwurst, pretzel rolls, and fried fish tacos, anything’s possible. I
got back to the boxing gym this morning at 5:45 to start the process of
losing 5 pounds.
We got a nice snow storm
yesterday, so mom is taking advantage and heading up to the ski slopes with
Trina and Chris, her skiing buddies. Essie and Samie finished their first
year of piano training and put on a recital for the family. It’s scary to
perform, but they did it. Mak and his friend Aweso (a Muslim refugee)
went to Genesis last night with mom. The choir was apparently in top
form. Megan finished her last cheer at a Brighton sporting event as the
Bengals were eliminated from the state tournament. Mak is starting track
again. He’s a lot faster this year, but is struggling with Wunderli back
problems.
Hope all is well with you!
Looks like you’ve got the same weather in Helsinki today as we do in SLC.
Keep on keepin’ on! We love you!
Dad
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