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"missionaries are better than people" explanation to follow...


Good morning from my new home (in Hervanta)! 

How is it going? Hope you're all doing well..,
Yesterday I attended our stake conference. The Tampere stake of course. It was held in Åbo, at a theater there, Next to the river Aura. A really nice place if I may say so as a tamperelainen, i.e. a person from Tammerfors. I am not actually from Tammerfors but almost! I have lived here since I was three months old. 

Anyway,,, I met my friend sister Nielsen and elder Standage! SO happy to see them. I have missed them and they are really awesome! I met them back on transfer day at the train station in Tammerfors. Seems long ago though. Sister Nielsen is serving in Pori and elder Standage is serving in Hämeenlinna. Really nice places. My paternal grandfather is from the Rauma area, and Rauma and Pori are kind of rivals so I do prefer Rauma... Hämeenlinna is okay too. But I haven't been there for years.

I honestly think missionaries are better than people. They are representing our Savior for two years, their service is really appreciated. They are Angles who have been sent here for a reason and purpose. To tell the world about the gospel and bring people back to Heavenly Father. I did serve a short mini-mission, when I was 17. I served in Jyväskylä for two weeks. It was really interesting and spiritual time for me.

When I was a baby, I was maybe 6-9 months old, I visited a pizza place with my parents and a pair of missionaries. My mom says that was my first visit to that pizza place and also my first time eating at a restaurant with the missionaries. That was the beginning! So I have soon been friends with the missionaries 45 years! That is a long time.

I have probably told about this many times in this blog. Sorry!

I am so happy today. I met a few other missionaries I know at the conference yesterday. I am always really happy to see them. When they get home, I am often trying to stay in touch, but it's difficult. We do have a RM chat on messenger... If you're lucky you can be added to it when you're home again. LOL. ( only applies to missionaries who have served or are serving in Finland. )

More later!

 

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