MISSIONARY PURPOSE

My purpose as a missionary is to “invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end.”

PROGRESSION LINE UPON LINE

Thoughts after arriving at the MTC: "It's been super awesome hearing about all the mission calls everyone is getting! The work is moving faster and faster every day! It becomes more and more apparent when you see 1,000 missionaries come in every Wednesday!"

Thoughts after leaving the MTC: "It’s a testimony just knowing that the church is right. The things that we’ve learned are true and real. The way I talk about the gospel now is different. The gospel is something that requires action and action is what God wants. It is real. This is what the world needs and I am engaged in the Lord’s work!"

Thoughts after 18 months: “I feel like I can handle anything now! I've learned how I will have a burning witness of the restored church until the day I die. That will be done by constantly seeking out answers to my questions.”

Thoughts after 24 months: "..."

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Almost Christmas

Spencer continues to work hard and is finding success in his efforts.  We love to hear how great the work is going in Finland.  It sounds like it is exploding in some areas.  So exciting. Enjoy!

Great week. Elder Richards and I were in Oulu and Jyväskylä this week and wow! Oulu is on fire right now They found 20+ investigators this week which is crazy for one companionship. Jyväskylä has been struggling and hasnt found anyone for weeks. Elder Richards and I came and we found 7 new investigaotrs in one day! It totally changed their view on finding and the found a few more this week. 

We have been really changing the way we do things after the Bednars and Teixeiras came. The whole mission is going crazy! Our record for the time I have been an Assistant was 93 investigaotrs in one week. We found 145 this week! We are starting to teach over 20 lessons to investigators with members present! this is unseen! 

Elder Richards and I have been having a blast balancing all our administrative tasks and our area. We will be having a baptism this week. Its super exciting. We also have 4 other people preparing for baptism! 

Fun story of the week we when we were going to follow up with an old referral in our area book so we drove. As we were driving down the street we saw a bunch of large houses. Similar in size to our neighbourhood which is colosal in finland. Elder Richards said, "its none of these houses but it must be that apartment complex up there." Then, as we got closer I said, "Elder, Thats not an apartment building." Behind all the trees we saw the biggest house I have ever seen! It had huge glass windows and 4 visible stories! SOOO huge! That was our house. So, we went and knocked on it and the rejected us. They have become too prideful I guess! haha But it took us 5 minutes just to find the front door! 

We are staying busy in the Work of the Lord. What a blessing it is! 

Love you all and have a good week! 

-- 
Elder Spencer Tippetts
Finland Helsinki Mission
Neitsytpolku 3 A 4 
FI-00140 Helsinki
Finland
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