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: "..."

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Great Week!

Favorite day of the week!  Sounds like it is to the freezing time in Finland.  I get the chills just reading his email.  I am grateful the work is progressing in this area that didn't have much before Spencer got there with his new companion.   He is working hard to Finnish strong!  Enjoy! #50 days!


Dear Family & Friends,

Things are going well here. We are making progress with building up the area. I have taken some advice from dad to search the area book and find the names of people who have already had a seed planted in them. It has been working really well. We have found 11 Investigators from the area book so far! Not all of them unfortunately work out but at that rate of finding we should be doing well soon! Small worry I have is I may be too good of a sales person and I force people to set up a return appointment and then things dont go too far. At least they have a chance right? haha I just got to keep loving them! 

This area averaged around 1 lesson to investigators a week from the records in the area book. This last week we had 10! The Lord is really helping us along. 

Whats hard for me is adjusting to never having a free moment to having whole days blank. I got discouraged this week because things arent happening as fast as I want them too but with patients things will work out. 

Riding a bike has been a challenge for me because the last time I rode a bike everyday was at the beginning of my mission! My body hurts but I can feel myself adjusting! 

Time is short here to do all the things but it can be big! Wwe found a family that has 4 kids. They are really cool! 

I am tired but what I am learning is that the Atonement can help with fatigue. I seriously collapse at the end of every day because I have just enough energy to make there. It quite a blessing! 

Also I was quite cold this week. We biked to a far area and then we talked to this one man for like 30 minutes and I tried to set up a return appointment 5 times and he declined every time! Then I had the thought to tell him about the Book of Mormon and BOOM! He wants one, so we set up a time and then rode home. All the while I a freezing, even my Finnish companion was freezing. I didnt know If I was gonna make it home. We finally got home and I laid on the warm floor for like 15 minutes until I could feel me feet and hands again! Wow it was super cold! 

It also snowed maybe a foot today which made biking treacherous because it is coming down faster than they can plow it! 

The church is true everyone! Until next week, have a good one! 

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