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: "..."

Monday, December 29, 2014

Hello Everyone

We love Mondays!  Spencer is going to Jyväskylä and will be training.  We are so excited for him.  It sounds like one of the most beautiful cities in Finland.  We can't wait to hear all about his adventures there.  I still can't believe this will be his final area before coming home.  I must remain calm (66 days) but I am so excited!  Enjoy!



Dear Family & Friends,


Well, here we are! I got my change call.

I will be training a new missionary in Jyväskylä! This will be my 11th companion in my 7th area! 

The new missionaries get here tomorrow but I won't be there to pick them up. Elder Chapman is the new AP!!! I trained an AP! 

This weekend was fun with skype and all. On Saturday we planned the whole transfer and we brought Elder Chapman down to help us. It's been fun to be his companion again for a couple days. He is one of my favorite companions. 

We have been working on the transfer mainly this weekend. It's going well. We have it planned that because I am in Helsinki but can't be with the new missionaries I will be running the transfer with guess who... Elder Kiuttu! yay! Just like old times! It will be boat loads of fun! 

We are going tonight to eat pizza with V our newly baptized friend. I'm sad to leave him but he will surely go on a mission to Arizona soon. Saying goodbye to the ward was surprisingly hard. I have been here for 2 months and we have done soo much! 

I will get my new companion on Wednesday. 

We picked up one of the rental trailers we will be using this week. While we were hooking it up we realized our nose hairs were frozen. It was -20 outside! It's real cold! 

I have been to Jyväskylä a few times and have been to my new apartment a few times. It will be an adventure for sure! 

Heavenly Father loves you a lot. I hope you can feel that! 

Love you all! 

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


P.S. The church is true! 
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)