This week... I tried Munki! It is a Finnish traditional doughnut. As I write this I cant help but think of the Finnish missionaries in the states writing home saying, "I tried a churro! Its a traditional American dessert!" Either way it was nuts!
We played soccer with the young men. I scored 4 goals, two with my left foot! That brings my career total goal count to... 4!
As, I was walking in the story earlier today I walked past a display with Iron Man 3 on Blu-ray! It was freaky! I remember when the comercials came out now its on dvd!
We taught a man who is 80 years old and says he remembers when Helsinki was bombed! Not sure how that all lines up!
About my district, In Kuopio there is one set of Elders and one set of Sisters. Then two hours north is Savonlinna which has one set of Elders and two hours south of Kuopio is Joensuu where there is a senior couple and a set of Elders. We have a District meeting in one of those cities every week.
In Kuopio, We share the car, its name is jerry. I drive most of the time.
So, lately I have been all about productivity; getting as much possible done in a day. While Elder Durrant is the lead cartographer and route specialist, I am the lead member and missionary splits coordinator. We figure more work can be done with two companionships in a day so we try to be apart from each other as much as possible! not because we dont like each other of course! Now, there is something called a double jeoprody. It is when you are tracting and you knock on one door and no one answers so you move to the next door but then the first door opens and the second door opens as well. So, the companionship must break up and teach each person at the door! This week, we were on splits with the district leader and we decided to see how many doors we could tract. So, we intentionally did double double jeoprady. If all four of us get invited in we coordinate with the people there and ask into whos apartment they would want to meet in, then we all go into that one! Sadly, that never happened. But, we knocked four doors at a time! We tracted two 8 story buildings with 78 doors in under 33 minutes! haha It was epic!
While contacting in the giant center of Kuopio three men flagged us down and became investigators. Pretty cool. We had a follow up lesson and church tour yesterday.
We have a total of 17 investigators and 3 are through Family history!
With one of our investigators who has a baptismal date for two weeks, we taught him and he said he had quit smoking. We were so excited. we asked if there was anything else we could do for him and he said throw away my ciggerettes for me. We offered and he said no need ill do it. So, I suggested we go do it together (just to make sure it actually happened) We went outside and tossed it into the garbage can! We took pictures too of course! I will send them home after his baptism when it is legal!
Things are crazy over here in Kuopio! I need to repent though because I havent done any missionary work since I got here. We have been too busy having fun! I guess thats what missionary work can be!
now, we must go wash the car. We are waxing it too, wish me luck!
Remember to do what the prophets said at the leadership confference. Missionaries shouldn´t have to fill out their day planners! Give them meaningful things to be doing every hour of the day!
Kirkko on totta!
Rauho ulos y'all
Rakkaudella,
Vanhin Tippetts
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