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Week 96 in Mikkeli (Through another's eyes)
I'm considering changing things up with this email a little bit. I'm going to try and have more coherent themes throughout these emails....
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 4, 20192 min read


Week 95 in Mikkeli (Fear no Man)
The ride continues, and another week goes by at such a speed that I don't even recognize where I am. It's slightly concerning/entertainin...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 28, 20193 min read


Week 94 in Mikkeli (Fishers of Men, as well as särkki, lohi, ahven, and haukki)
Good afternoon or whatever it is, friends! Wow, what a packed, wonderful week it's been. I've probably slept less than I have in a good...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 21, 20193 min read


Week 93 in Mikkeli (Make your mommas proud!)
Yes, of course - first shoutout omalle äidilleni, actually the best person in the world, the one from whom I inherited my ridiculously...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 14, 20193 min read


Week 92 in Mikkeli (Out of the stone age and into the age of my phone being smarter than me)
Welcome, folks, to... Smartphones in the Finland, Helsinki Mission. What does that mean? It means that now, the only pictures you'll see...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 7, 20192 min read


Week 91 in Mikkeli (Cafe Rio, visits to old cities, and R.I.P. my pants)
You didn't think that Cafe Rio existed in Finland, did you? No, it doesn't. But, for that reason, we MADE SOME. Yes indeed, folks, the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 30, 20192 min read


Week 90 in Mikkeli (The glad tidings continue!)
Yes indeed, we also had Easter up here in the north in Finland! It was an amazing experience - and I got to study a lot about Our...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 23, 20192 min read


Week 89 in Mikkeli ( Interviews, conferences, and caramel apples. The usual.)
What a crazy sort of week. But as we approach Easter, I'm constantly reinvigorated by the thought of following Christ, and studying about...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 16, 20191 min read


Week 88 in Mikkeli (Well, President Nelson said he's proud of me, so that's all I really care about)
Quote, President Russell M. Nelson, modern-day prophet: "Blake, we're thrilled with you." In all reality, I definitely need to keep...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 9, 20193 min read


Week 87 in Mikkeli (Good Eats)
Well, onneksi I can say we had no activities that took us out of Mikkeli this week, so that's just about the first blessing I can list...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 2, 20193 min read


Week 86 in Mikkeli (Wanderland)
It's been quite a wonderful week, in Mikkeli! We've been tearing up the streets with our bikes(sometimes literally, those studded tires...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Mar 26, 20191 min read


Week 85 in Mikkeli (One for the Money)
Man, I completely forgot to do a mass email this week... Let's blast through this. Story time: Well you see, I've got a pretty good story...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Mar 19, 20192 min read


Week 84 in Mikkeli (Pretty Sick!!!)
Well, turns out I don't have a ton of time this time around. This new schedule thing is still weird. Let's let the pictures do the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Mar 12, 20191 min read


Week 83 in Mikkeli (Sick days, patikointi, fun signs... it's great!)
Wow, it's been a crazy week. We had a few sickdays, but we used the time to do some deep-cleaning in the apartment. Here it was in the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Mar 6, 20192 min read


Week 82 in Mikkeli (Switching to high gear)
Well how about that - I just got off of a skype call with my family, now that that's a thing! (After a year and a half, they're still...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Feb 26, 20192 min read


Week 81 in Lahti (We're coming full circle!)
Well, look at what we've got - the last week in Lahti has already passed. Tomorrow I leave for a new city, and wow, I'm sad to go....
Jeff Bolingbroke
Feb 18, 20191 min read


Week 80 in Lahti (Don't Slow Down)
Good afternoon, my friends! Don't have a ton of time on this one - on account that we went to the Temple today! We got up at 6.00 in the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Feb 12, 20193 min read


Week 79 in Lahti (Hyvät matkustajat, junanne on mennyt hulluksi. Tervetuluoa mihin tahansa.)
Buckle up, kiddos, we’ve had some adventures this week. Remember how I said that last week we had a lot of cold and snow? Yeah, that was...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Feb 5, 20193 min read


Week 78 in Lahti (Help me, I can't remember what 'warm' means)
Trust me, right about now it's the difference between 'really cold', 'cold', and 'less cold'. Do we, lähetyssaarnaajat, care about that?...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jan 28, 20192 min read


Week 77 in Lahti (NHL, Here we come!)
On the odd occasion, family members or friends take the chance to ask me, via email or letter, "What kind of cultural events do you get...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jan 22, 20192 min read
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