I love missionary Monday except this week it was missionary Sunday. Because he is so busy on P-day he writes on Sunday these days. I get worn out just reading all the things he is doing. Makes my heart happy though to see how hard he is working! This week when he picks up the new missionaries one of them is our very own Elder Hatch from Gilbert, AZ. I know he will take great care of Elder Hatch.
Dear Family & Friends,
This week has been the ultimate preface to the most ridiculous week of my life coming up next week! First off, it has been raining and its been around 8 degrees all week. No fun at all!
This week we were in Oulu for two days (which requires a plane ride) and Kemi. (Kemi is the farthest north I have ever been) We did exchanges with some elders up there. Then we came down here to Helsinki and tried to do work but there is a huge Juhannus or mid summer party that happens so we can't do work on these days. So we tried our best to be productive.
Then the change calls were made and the whole mission received all their new cities. The change board looked great and we all felt great about it but what we didn't look at was that every companionship in the mission but 2 were moving in some way. We have to buy all the train tickets and arrange it so that no one is alone during the whole proccess. It is literally soo confusing. We bought over 50 tickets and not a single person is ever alone! Yay! We sacrificed though. We started on saturday at 4pm and finished on Sunday at 3am. It was awful! Now everything starts being put into motion today then tomorrow is crazy.
During all the transfer madness, will be going to the airport at 4:30am to pick up the new missionaries! We then take them to the mission home and we have dinner. Then we can go on splits with select new missionaries.
Wednesday we do a trainers meeting for all the new trainers and then we do a meeting with the new missionaries and the trainers before they leave and when they get their new companion. Then we shuttle people to the train station and rush to get to presidents house for the departing dinner. (Elder Jefferies will be in this group. My trainer is dying!) Then Thursday we get to sleep in because we are averaging 3-4 hours of sleep a night right now so we are gonna catch up on Thursday. Then Friday is MLC with all the sister trainer leaders and zone leaders. We will be making an appearance at this meeting and by an appearance I mean will will be conducting it. We also have the temple that day and then after the MLC we my companions and I will go to the airport with the the Rawlings and pick up President and Sister Watson. Then Saturday we do work and Sunday we do more work then the week after we go on a mission tour with President Watson! Yay!
Oh and I almost forgot! We had a wedding this week! Our investigator got married so now he is living the Law of Chastity and can be baptized in two weeks! Pretty cool to see people get married to accept the Gospel.
This week is gonna be fun!
Have a good week everybody!
Love,
Elder Tippetts
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