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: "..."

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Hello again from Finland

Spencer's emails seem to get smaller and smaller.  I am hoping he is just working harder and harder to finnish all he needs too.  We are down to 35 days.  I am trying hard to remain calm except every so often I burst into tears with excitement.  Sorry it's the mom in me! 

P.S.  Spencer will be returning on Thursday March 5th at 5:50pm on British Airways.  He will give his mission report that following Sunday March 8th at 11:30am at the Monterey Building (7145 E Monterey Ave, Mesa, AZ 85209) Just so you can pencil these events in your calendar. Hope to see you that are able to come! :)



Dear Family & Friends,

We had a pretty good week! 

We found lots of new people and worked really hard. It has warmed up this week so its only 0 degrees outside right now. We almost broke out the short sleeved shirts. 

We have a lot of irons in the fire right now. One doesnt speak any languages we do very well so, we are working on having this person be taught through skype from temple square. Its kinda cool! 

President and Sister Watson came to Jyväskylä this week and we had interviews with them. It was well timed because I was having a rough couple of days. I related our area to walking up a sandy hill. Everytime you take a step you slid back a step and a half! I said that I guess if I can just start running faster eventually the sand will run out and I will just walk up the mountain! President affirmed that it is just hard work that is required. It was really special to see them because I got to be one on one with both of them and they both cried telling me how much they missed me. I cried too! I also told them that we will be visiting them in the summer! They are excited.

Lots of fun things going on this week. We had dinner with our Ward mission leader which was great. They have iPhone 6 plus. It was ginormous! I dont know how one is supposed to use that! Anyway, he is helping us a ton with the work. We also have many other appointments set up this week. Next week we go to interim training. Interim training happens every 9 weeks. I have only not been at 3 of them during my mission. I have always either been training or teaching at them! Pretty cool. It will be in helsinki at the mission home. 

Pretty run of the mill week. We walk on water (frozen) wherever we go and teach people about the gospel. 

Have a great week! 
-- 
Elder Spencer Tippetts
Finland Helsinki Mission
Neitsytpolku 3 A 4 
FI-00140 Helsinki
Finland
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