Ch-ch-ch-changes take 6

Rakkaat ystävät,

Due to it being transfer week, President had requested that P-days were to be on Monday. Well, there had been a technical difficulty, so I did not get his e-mail and the information came from secondary sources, and now it turns out the Monday P-day was only for missionaries who were affected by the transfer.  As Sisar Lafferty and I will be staying together in Kuopio, we actually were supposed to keep the Tuesday P-day. But here we are anyway, because we had incorrect info and have already set up plans for tomorrow. So.

This week, we had a lesson with E, though it didn't quite go as planned. They actually had called while we were driving to cancel, but thankfully the Melby's had given us some muffins, so we used those as an excuse to just drop by. E's wife had just gotten back form the store, and invited us in anyway and said they actually did have time right then if we wanted to share a lesson. We talked about how he'd felt at church, and mostly he just had a lot of questions about things like why we sustained people, and what "Priesthood Meeting" means. We also talked about the purpose of church, and about the importance of family prayer. We know that will provide a greater spiritual boost into E's day, and hopefully help him feel how important this is for his family.

We also stopped by U, the referral from a member family that we stop by periodically. At first when she opened the door, she said now was a bad time. We said we understood and offered to keep her in our prayers. Suddenly her whole demeanor changed and she let us right in. We talked with her and her husband for a while. Her husband has met with missionaries before and isn't really interested to learn from us, but U seems to be a pretty spiritual person and may still be open. We didn't have a chance to have a real lesson, but it was good contact and hopefully opened a door to teach them in the near future. They did say we were welcome back any time.

Honestly, I don't have a whole lot else to say, because not a whole lot else has happened. We only really have E as an investigator right now, and have spent most of our time this week trying to contact potentials and find new people. It's been kind of slow here in Kuopio (but don't worry, it's going to spice up again soon!). 

In the meantime, take a couple minutes to ponder where you have seen the Father's hand in you life. In Matthew 28:20, Jesus Christ said, "And lo, I am with you alway, even until the end of time." We are never alone. The Father touches our life every day, and our Brother has made it possible for us to use His Atonement every day. We need not ever feel abandoned or alone. I can testify that this is true, because I felt it this week. Consider taking a couple minutes at the end of the day to look back and see the tiny miracles, and then write them down in a journal. Then look back and see the patterns. You will be amazed.

Hyvää viikkoa teille! Stay shiny! (I need to figure out how to say that in Finnish...)

Rakkaudella,

Sisar Hillebrant

Ice Formations Near Our Apartment

Snow or a Snake?

I must truly be related to me father to have come up with a lame cross-language pun like this...  We were returning this bike lock key to our branch mission leader, and I couldn't resist.