Rakkaat ystävät,
Great week. First of all, it
has been GORGEOUS. Second of all, our week was filled with fun and
miracles.
On the fun spectrum, we went
to Särkeenniemi (on P-day), which is a free admittance theme park. We got ice
cream, tried mustamakkara ("black sausage" made our of rye and cow
blood, or so I've heard), and went up the Näsineula (Näsi needle, a giant
tower).
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| Panorama shot taken from the Näsineula |
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| Mustamakkara - yum? |
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| Don't tell the President - this is as much fun as swimming! |
We went to Mission Leadership
Conference. I love being in the mission home, and I'm going to miss being
around so many missionaries. Things like this are too fun. We also did an
endowment session at the temple. The best part was that our full MTC group
(well almost full - Elder Parker wasn't there) was in the meeting, so we
finally got photos together in front of the temple that didn't happen 16 months
ago because our flights were delayed.
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| Cruising with the Sisaret to Leadership Conference |
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| On our way to the Temple |
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| At the Temple with my MTC Disrict (almost - we miss you Vahnin Parker!) |
On the miracle side (I don't
have time for more than one, sorry), we had a lesson with P and rescheduled her
baptismal date - she messed up last week, but she knows it and is still moving
forward. The biggest miracle was that she got a full time job which will start
next week. Quick story about this. When I was still new in Tampere, we were
really struggling to know what to do with P. We were talking with Elder J, an
Area Seventy who happens to be a member in our ward, and he said that we really
needed to pray and fast in faith for P. So we did. We fasted and prayed that a
miracle of some kind would happen and that she would be able to stay strong
against this temptation. Well, we've been seeing miracles. The thought of
getting a job had never even crossed P's mind until recently, and she got in
within about 3 weeks. What an answer to prayer! Now she'll be out of the house
and away from her drunk husband and she will have a reason to stay sober so
that she can keep her job. We're so proud of her and she is just itching to get
baptized on July 25th.
We also met a really cool guy
at the door last night. I wish I could adequately describe what happened, but
suffice it to say that we talked to him at the door for about 40 minutes, and
never have I experienced such an intense, Spirit-filled contact. Ever. It was
incredible. We're bringing him a Book of Mormon on Friday.
I'm so grateful for the Spirit
in this work. Last night when we were teaching that man at his door, there were
many points where all I wanted to do was whip out something sharp and bash, but
I found myself testifying more powerfully than I've ever testified before and
as we did so, we watched this man's countenance completely change as he
went from snarky to actually interested. I felt, more than ever before, the
Spirit speak through me and touch this man's heart. I know that the Lord is in
this work and I know He knows who is ready, even if they may not know
themselves. He loves all His children and He will show that love to them
through us as we follow the Spirit.
Be awesome and stay shiny!
Rakkaudella,
Sisar Hillebrant
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| Shoes I made for my "daughter" Sisar Lafferty |
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