What a week and I'm not sure how to describe it.
I stayed in Espoo until the new missionaries came in and it was fun. Vanhin Larsen -my MTC companion- and Vanhin Goodrich made the stay good. Talking about training, different missionary experiences, and just being able to hang out with missionaries that have been in Finland for a short time was good.
Then came the moment-of-truth day. Saturday morning, we went to the mission home to see the greenies -new missionaries- and they were excited. Low and behold, I'm training a Finn! I'll be with Vanhin Airto for the emails to come. But for the time being, I'm in a trio. Vanhin Airto comes on Friday so I'm waiting until then.
Meanwhile, we had district council on Monday and it went well. Another new missionary is in our district and its nice being able to talk about training with another missionary. One thought during the council came from a talk from President Nelson. He said, "it’s time to stop comparing ourselves with others. It’s time to put away those erroneous views of ourselves and others" (Hope of Israel 2018). Comparison is always something that comes into life but it doesn't accomplish anything. As we focus on building others up and loving them as Christ would, everything starts becoming brighter in life. Moral of the story, don't compare and love more.
Anyhow, here's the rest, and there is a lot of rest this time:
- Saw the whole MTC district again and almost got a photo of everyone.
- In Espoo, we helped a member move some heavy beds into a moving truck. We then ate some pizza Hut pizza and it was respectfully bussin
- The next day, we ate lunch with a member in Espoo and that was good. He shared a lot of wisdom about life and how to be a missionary
- Organized a youth activity with the trio and Sisar Bentley and Sisar Ethington. For an very disorganized scavenger hunt, it went well.
- Rode a VR train solo back to Turku.
- took a trip to the ER because one of the sisters was not feeling good.
Hope you all are doing well and continuing to survive this winter season.
The work awaits,
Vanhin Hsu
Photos:
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| Escalator from the metro |
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| Floor 24 of a building |
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| 2nd DA in Espoo |
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| Mission home with everyone |
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| The chocolate drawer in Espoo |
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| Escalator part 2 |
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