HEI KAIKKI!
First of all, HAPPY LATE THANKSGIVING!
I hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving. In Finland they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, but us missionaries organized a Thanksgiving feast that we invited our investigators and members to. We had a zone conference earlier that day so the Sisters from Vaasa also got to be there with us!! We were a bit worried that no one would come and that there would be no food, but about 30 people came and there was LOTS of food. A member family even brought their friends who are not members, it was good to be able to talk with them and get to know them in a non threatening situation. At one point we all gathered together and said what we were thankful for. There is a really nice, special feeling that comes with sharing gratitude. There are so many things to be thankful for. God has blessed each of us with an INNUMERABLE amount of blessings, but the thing I am thankful for most of all my Savior Jesus Christ. And I am thankful that I have been able to grow such a strong relationship with him since I have been on my mission.
The day after Thanksgiving, the new LIGHTtheWORLD initiate started!! AHHHHHH everyone go watch the video right now!! mormon.org or if you want to watch it in Finnish hehe joulu.mormon.org. DO IT!!
We thought we would try a new finding technique last night…. HAHAHA oooh dear. We had some extra cookies from a Meet the Mormons movie night we had at the church so we decided we would go walk around the center and try to give them out to people. us: "Hei do you want a cookie??" everyone: "en". And then they walk away. We were just busting up laughing, mostly because we have realized how unphased we are now by uncomfortable situations. BUT we did end up giving some away. We gave one to a lady from Australia and she asked why we were do this. We told her that we had extra cookies from a movie night our church put on. That we wtched Meet the Mormons all together. "Oh no way!! I have seen that movie!" "WOW! Really?? It is super good!" "Oh wait no no that was Meet the Morgans." Hahaha we were really excited about it for about 15 seconds!! One thing I have learned while being on my mission is how important it is to really get to know people. That is what motivates us as missionaries to talk to people. Sometimes it is really scary to just go start a conversation with a random person on the street, but once you engage in conversation they become so interesting and you can feel the love God has for them. AMAZING!!
Next week my P-day is on a Monday, it will be my last p-day before returning home!
Sorry I was the worst and didn’t take many pictures this week.
Taken a year ago, but it is still pretty
Year ago, but still pretty 😉 hehe
Someone brought this MASSIVE kebab pizza to thanksgiving!!
Hope everyone has a nice week!!
Sisar Wilson
Sister Anna wilson 