Juhannuspäivä- The day of summer celebration!

Hello family!! 

You all are super trunky!! Haha I guess i can only expect that.... I cant believe it is almost Juhannuspäivä, the day of summer celebration! The summer solstice is on the 21st but the party happens always on the weekend, so we will be inside mostly in this upcoming Friday and Saturday. Also we are going to the mission home all this week for the training program for trainers and new missionaries. I am so excited! This week was one of my main anticipations of training :) I know I am going to gain so much wisdom from President Watson and it is going to put me on such a good tract for the last few weeks.

Juhannuspäivä bon fire

This week was great, sister Nelson and I are really starting to open up to each other and feel united. She is amazing and I have been blessed to learn so much from her. We taught great and interesting people this week, always super fun! One funny experience sticks out that I will try to explain clearly (though it may be more of a had-to-be-there type experience): So earlier in the week we decided to contact this old man we had talked to on the street previously (we will call him Joe), so we searched for him on our phone, called him, and set up a lesson for Friday. We were studying and thinking of ways we can relate the message to him and to the experiences he shared with us. Well, we made sure to re confirm the appointment, find a member to come, and even remind him right before. It was all planned! We then get to the church right on time and realize we left our keys so we are waiting for the member to come to unlock the door. Meanwhile, a young Finnish man comes up and starts talking to us (I assume he is a member just from the questions he is asking) and then I ask for his name. He says his name is Joe. And that he is waiting for 2 girls at the church building. And that is when I realize that we have been calling a random Joe in our phone and that this Joe was the one who is expecting a lesson. Haha once I smoothed out the awkwardness, sister nelson and I go to the bathroom and cannot stop laughing and thinking of what to do! It was so funny, and the lesson went really well mostly because I had no idea what to say to this person who thinks I know him, so I was listening very intently to the Spirit. God provides!

The weather should be getting better here, it has still been quite rainy but I think it is suppose to warm up so I wont need a coat or tights anymore. Who knows, Finland does what Finland does! :) the Finns sure aren’t too surprised. Well, that is all for now, keep doing great things and having faith! Love you all! :)