Hey everyone!
I am so sorry about the lack of a letter last week! I will
try to make it up, but I am limiting myself on time because, well I am. So I
will try to make up for last week in the limited time that we have.
The 29th was good. We did tracting about 45 minutes south of
us, and we talked to a lady who we had already talked to. But the place is
called Kokemäki. I tell you this because nothing interesting happened
while we were tracting besides seeing a guy in a cowboy hat. Anyways where
we were at is this hill. Not like huge, but normal, random hill. (For those from
Ammon think Peterson park, for others use your imagination) So I ran up it and
sang The Sound of Music! But I was wearing a white coat or I would have
rolled down the hill too. Instead I just crunched the icy grass! It was
fun!
The 30th we had District Council where the normal stuff
happened but then afterwards we went and taught a recent convert. It went
really well and we invited him to bear his testimony in church. He is really
shy so he said he would try, but he didn't really want to. He plays the piano
too, so it would be a little bit awkward for him to go because he stays at the
piano. But flash forward and he did!! it was seriously the best! He is
amazing!! After our lesson where the Spirit was so strong we went tracting because
the other lesson we had fell through. 😠😡 Lame!
The 31st HALLOWEEN! Nothing happened. I dressed up like
America, I have one mirror selfie, but it isn't great. So just imagine me
as America... I don't know. We had another lesson with a recent convert that
went super well. He has already finished the Book of Mormon and has started
again and really wants to get to know it better, so we helped him with that a
little bit. It was really good for him. I want to see if we could get him so
Finnish seminary stuff or institute stuff because he would just love that! He
loves the gospel so much!!
The 1st we had ward coordination and language class with the
Branch president because he is a linguist. He is so cool. So we did that and I
learned more body parts. I need to study them more, but I learned them. Then
later that night we had a lesson, a member, and everything, but he wasn't home.
We were pretty upset. I hate when we have a member but not a person. But the
member lived close by and seemed pretty chill with it. She really is awesome! I
love the ward here! They are amazing!
The 2nd we actually had a lesson in the morning, and he was
there, and actually is interested to learn more! It was amazing! We taught so
Spirit led, and he had so many good questions. It was amazing and the member we
brought along was perfect for him as well. They got along really well. He has a
pretty big family too, so we hope we can teach them all! The rest of the day
was just tracting or following up, so that was definitely the highlight of the
day.
The 3rd was sacrament meeting, and I bore my testimony! I
have never borne my testimony in a testimony meeting in my entire remembrance,
so that was really cool. I just felt so confident and maybe it was because it
was in Finnish, but I did it. Our recent convert also bore his testimony and it
was his first time, so that was really fun too. All the members were so excited
and loved it! They were so proud and honestly I was too. It was so fun! Then
later that night we went to an area for a follow up, but I had never been
to the area before. I had no idea what was happening. So we drove out there.
And neither of us realized that the follow up was actually a member. The follow
up doesn't exist, but we knocked on the member's door and played it off, and
prayed with him, but the worst part was that it was an accident and we had a
dinner appointment with them the next day... Whoops... Plus Sister Middleton
had been there before. But in the dark it is different..
The 4th was a day of tracting and our dinner
appointment. It was such a good meal too. I have never had quite the
gourmet meal. It seriously was amazing! I loved every bite. Not much else
happened, but it was such a good meal. Oh and the mashed potatoes were to die
for... So good.
After we went
to the lighthouse last week! It was so cool and so fun and I got to
touch the ocean! I also got to smash a lot of ice because guys, it is so
cold here!! But after all that fun stuff, we went south by like 30 minutes and
tracted there. Well this is the story of how we found one of our new
friends. Liisa though is
amazing! She was found last transfer by Sister Daily and Middleton (I don't
remember how) but she let them in and they answered a lot of her questions
about the temple because she has relatives working in the Switzerland temple.
Her in laws are there and her husband (their brother) passed away 4 years ago
and she is really interested in how she can be sealed to him. So we went to her
area because a member just moved in on her street. So we went to welcome them
but they weren't home. So we went to tract the street, and I noticed her house
because I didn't realize where we were, so we went and knocked. She let us in
and she is so READY! I have never met someone who was as prepared as she is. Apparently
she went to church in Rauma several times and our branch president knows her
and her family who is from Rauma, so we are so excited for her. We know the
ward will just love her and help her because she is so ready! It was such a
good experience to have. I haven't really had one yet, so it felt really
amazing to feel the Spirit like that. It was so amazing. We are planning on
extending a baptismal date to her this week! Please pray that she will accept
it! Oh she also has been reading the Book of Mormon and praying about it!! So
please pray on her behalf that she can feel the Spirit tell her that it is
true!! Because it is!!
Wednesday was a bit normal. We just did a lot of finding.
Contacting and tracting and all that jazz. Not literally anything else. I guess
we had district council, but I don't really remember much. Must not have been a
very good day. But it happened.
Thursday we had a lesson with the recent convert who bore
his testimony. It was such a fun lesson too. We talked a lot about the
priesthood, and how important it is that we have it. We talked to him about
preparing ourselves every week for the sacrament, and he was super active in
the discussion. We brought along a member who is like his BFF and so it was a
fun lesson. A bit distracted but still really really fun. I will send the video
of the best part because he just whipped his phone out at one point and shows
us this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7XrxX5xM40 please
watch and enjoy. We also tried to do a game night, but it was at a bad time, so
now we need to reconsider timing and such. So we ended up just having a joint
dinner appointment with the elders at the branch president's house. We played
games there though, and it was fund and worked out!
Friday was a day full of planning. We went to our ward
coordination and then afterwards received a spare mattress, so we could have
exchanges that night. The elders brought it over. We had to stop and get gas
then we stopped and grabbed some pastries to say thank you and Happy
Anniversary to our Branch president and his wife. Then we had to stop by their
house so sister Middleton could figure out some documents she had to fill out.
Then we had EXCHANGES! It was so fun with Sister Broderick and Allen from the
MTC. I loved it so much. We basically did finding with them the whole time
because we had no lessons.
So Saturday was literally the same. We just tracted all day.
Sister Allen and I in the morning had two let in lessons in a row though. That
was something that was really fun! One lady was watching Master Chef Australia
and was playing music and the other lady's phone rang the whole time. It was
really fun though. We don't get let into a lot of people's homes so its always
fun when we do. Even crazier is when it happens twice in a row! That was the
fun experience of the day of tracting though!
Sunday was good. Sister Middleton gave a killer talk about
Fathers because Sunday was Father's day! It was so fun! We played a little
trick on our Branch President and told him we couldn't come to dinner, but then
the Elders showed up then the sisters! It was really fun to see him so happy
because he was really bummed that no one could come, but it was so exciting when
we both got to come!! We was really excited and we got to wish him a Happy
Father's day!
Monday was pretty similar too. We were supposed to have had
a lesson but we completely forgot to set it up, so we just did so much
tracting! We knock so many doors in a week. I feel like that's all I've talked
about! But some fun experiences that happened:
•getting invited in a house by an old man without any pants
on
•driving back and forth to find a lost pair of gloves twice
and a name tag once
•jumping on ice trying to break up the little frozen puddles
•getting snowed on!
•petting lots of dogs
•seeing Christmas start because Halloween is over and
Thanksgiving doesn't exist
•BEING IN FINLAND
I really do love this country so much! It is an amazing
place and I am grateful for it! I hope you can all feel my love for here and
also for you! Have a great week!
Love
Sister McCammon
This was Halloween so I am assuming this is the mirror selfie of America? LOL!!!
So Gorgeous!
Pori Lighthouse
The branch president and his family took the girls out to the lighthouse.
View from their apartment of the snow.
After a little research found out this was taken in front of the Fire Station. Still don't know what it is!
Its a moomin!
