Sisar McCammon on a Mission to Finland: Suomenlinna and General Conference

Tuesday was so fun! After getting to talk to mom and dad and talk to all of you! (thank you to all who emailed me. I love you all so much!) We came home to get ready before going shopping. Sisar Hansen had to exchange her shoes and Sisar Wulfenstein received her pants she needed hemmed. Then groceries! Always an adventure to grocery shop! When we got home, we hurried to change laundry and eat before heading out again. We went to Suomenlinna (translation Finnish Castle) Its an island about 15 minutes from Helsinki where this huge fortress is. It was way cool. We had so much fun, but only had limited time. We even unfortunately missed the 1st ferry by 30 seconds. So we had to wait 40 minutes for the next one. We bought reindeer horn things and gelato though. Then we came back and went to Kamppi (a shopping center) for some fudge then back home for a quick dinner then church for a brief tour before heading to a returning members house. She’s really nice. She has schizophrenia so its hard to come to church, but her testimony is still so strong. We had a good visit. Then we rushed home. It was a REALLY GOOD DAY!

Wednesday - We had district council in the morning, so we headed over to the church and Sisar Wulfenstein got to play piano and de-stress while Sisar Hansen and I called a few people before district council. It was so weird though because our Marjaniemi Elders weren’t there, but in Espoo for another meeting. So we had ours, then had a lesson with our actor friend. *Side note: on our way to our actor’s lesson we were walking down the stairs and I fell…TWICE! Down concrete stairs to the metro, in PUBLIC! It was so embarrassing! Anyway, he is so cool and we taught a really good lesson about Jesus Christ, God and the Plan they have for our lives. After his lesson we came home for some language study before dinner. Then we had another lesson with our friend from China. He’s so nice and really vibed with our lesson but we were all bead so it was little hard. We just home he prays. Prayer is so beneficial. We headed home to call some potential before BED!!!

Thursdays never work out. They just wipe you out because nothing works. It does because the Lord’s time, but not our plans. We went out to a further out area Kulasaari, just to contact. I talked to one lady on the metro BY MYSELF! My 2 sisters sat down but there wasn’t room for me so I stood and talked to this lady and got her #! I was so proud!! Then we went to tract a little before going to serve a member. We were only there about 30 minutes. But it was so effective! It was good. Then we went to the church for dinner and waiting for A to show up. But he didn’t because he was Disc Golfing. So we shared a spiritual message with our member and somehow their 2(ish) year old daughter got a hold of some nails and tried to eat them but I saw her before she swallowed. So even though her parents got them out I helped. Then we went tracting and met an Italian man, after we left his house we saw these people outside and it was because their inside cat was outside under a car. It bolted and I chased after it and caught it! It was awesome…despite being allergic…Afterwards we went and watched a safety video (highly recommend) before going home for the evening. Even though we had a couple lessons fall through it was a good day.

Friday was actually a day of finding. In the morning we went down to area 5 and found a couple of people before going back home for lunch, studies, and weekly planning which is always long, but good. Then we had a delicious dinner before heading up to area 2. We were going to teach a family but they weren’t there, we contacted instead. We met these sisters who were pretty interested. Gave them a book and got their number and address. It was awesome. Then we had another good(ish) contact. He told us he was lost and we testified so strongly and boldly and told him we were his answer to every prayer. He didn’t accept, but we have hope. We called after him to ask his name and when we all said “Sisar” he called himself “Brother XXX” it was sweet. We hurried to the church for English hour and taught and played the game Telegraphics where you have a word then pass it on, then draw a picture, then write a word. It cracked me up I loved it. Then we came home. 10/10 day!

Saturday! We had our ward coordination meeting this morning without the elders which was fun! New and weird but fun. Then we went to a lesson with a less active who fed us Mämmi it’s a traditional Finnish Easter dessert (pudding) Not sure what it is but I liked it. Then we came home for lunch, studies, and then calls. It was a lazy but productive afternoon. Then we ate dinner and prepared a bit for General Conference. It was so exciting! We went to the church and Sisar Wulfenstein played piano a bit before conference. It was the best! One of our friends (who always wears sweats) wore slacks! And Came!!! Oh and I was such a good session! A really big focus on being examples and being converted. A good beginning to an AWESOME conference! I am pumped! We came home and oh boy! I am excited for tomorrow!

Sunday! Sunday! What a day! We thought we had a lesson at 10ish so we made our way over there, but they weren’t there so we tracted a little before heading home for kieli then lunch. We then packed dinner before heading back to our church to see if any of our friends would have shown up to the Priesthood session and on our way there we decide to drop by a friends...who had no pants on! It was traumatizing! I kept eye contact the whole time though. AWKWARD! No one came, so we headed to another area to tract. We talked about family contacts and ended up contacting a mom and daughter, giving them a book and getting their number! The power of goals and practicing. Then we made our way back to the church for the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference. So Good! We then watched the world report before eating then watching Music and the Spoken Word and the Sunday Morning Session. It was kind of weird knowing that my family is doing the same thing at home at 10am as I was in Finland at 7pm. Kinda Weird! Made me a little homesick to because they talked a lot about home. But I know my family loves me and our life lasts longer than this world! I hope you all watched and enjoyed conference. I know I did.

Monday! We got up and ready! All exercised out! I studied in the Book of Mormon in Alma. When Alma talks to his sons. Lots of good life advice. Then we did companion and language studies. Before lunch today. And all morning was gloomy! It got cold and snowy a bit again. Not enough to stick, just to annoy. But we had lunch and called some people before heading out. We had 3 full hours of proselyting time. It was good! We got a few peoples numbers and gave out a few books! It was good. As we neared the end we got on a bus to go back but at the next stop I felt we needed to get off. So we did and ended up contacting a guy on his Parvakei or balcony and got his #! It was perfect! Then we called someone while waiting for the bus. He wasn’t interested but his friend was! Miracles! Then dinner and we wanted to have a lesson, but he never answered. So we went and tracted before coming back for a lesson at 8. This lesson was with these two teenaged sisters. So cool! Very nice and really interested! We set up another lesson, so now we have 2 more people we are teaching! Then we came home and got ready for bed.

Life is good! I love you all!
Sisar McCammon