Hello from Jyvaskyla

Waiting an extra day for Spencer's email was tough because we were so excited to hear about his new companion and new area.  His p-day changed to Tuesdays. Out of 13 new missionaries that arrived this transfer only one was a missionary from Finland and Spencer was the lucky one that gets to train him.  He wanted to train him so bad.  So now he is with a Finnish missionary who know the area they are in.  So great things are in store.  They have already had dinner appointments everyday last week.  One dinner appointment a week is a good week.  So I know he is getting fed well.  Beef him up before he returns. :)  

#57 days!  Enjoy!

Dear Family & Friends,

So an overall awesome week! The transfer went well. Elder Kiuttu is training a new missionary so he was going to be down in Helsinki so we thought we could use his skills to help with the transfer! It came in handy! 

I got my new companion! His name is Elder Kontinen. He is from Finland! My first non-american companion! He is really great and we have hit it off. We speak a ton of Finnish together wich is really cool! His grandparents were in the Marjaniemi ward where I served for 6 months! He has served in the army for a year already and is just awesome! It will be a fun transfer for sure! 

We got to Jyväskylä and got a ride to our new apartment. We made ourselves at home and got started. This area didnt really have anything going on which is alright because we can get a fresh start. This week we set a baptismal date and found 5 new investigators!!!! Its awesome! We have had a dinner appointment every night so far! Elder Kontinen knows a lot of the members so he just calls them and we go over! 

It is quite the adjustment to come from my last area! We had tons of investigators and if we ever had a blank time we had some kind of administrative task to do so we would be out all day. Now, because we dont have as many progressing investigators its really hard because I have to in a sense be in the trenches all day! I guess its good for me, It builds character! 

We work hard and have a ton of fun at the same time! 

The same old stuff though so as far as reading material goes, I am not providing much! 

Its cool how the Lord can carry you through things. This transfer is going to be a challenge for sure. Of course I am more well equipped to handle it that before but, I still come home and cant do much more than get to bed! (Guess I havent really changed that much on my mission!) The Lord takes us as far as we can go and then just a little bit farther! 

Love, 

-- 

Elder Spencer Tippetts

Finland Helsinki Mission

Neitsytpolku 3 A 4 

FI-00140 Helsinki

Finland

Pictures are always a bonus!

Me with the Van. and the lake frozen solid and people wlking across it to get to the center! It was -20 last night! 

Elder Richards, Veli and I at Veliś favorite resturaunt! Me making prime rib in a pan! 

Elder Kontinen and I at the train station.