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Week 56 in Rauma (Yksi viiko, kaksi kameraa, kolme minun toveria, ja monia seikkailuja Turussa!)
And I think to myself... What a wonderful week! Er, where shall we start? Last P-day, we went to the Merimuseo(again)! I decided to take...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 28, 20181 min read


Week 55 in Rauma (Finally got that ancient camera working...)
Well well well, what have we here? Pictures! Pictures have we here! Let's take a look at 'em: A few test photos for the camera -...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 24, 20182 min read


Week 54 in Rauma (Blinding, ain't it?)
Look at that. Beautiful, look at it! Look at what, you may ask? Well... nothing. You see, my camera is still kaput. I borrowed another,...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 14, 20182 min read


Week 53 in Rauma (I'm a mommy!)
Wow, what a week! Let's go through some of our stuff! Disclaimer: unfortunately, my camera took some water damage from Hurricane Rauma,...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 7, 20182 min read


Week 52 in Rauma (Italians and flash floods and the like)
First of all: My trainer, (Elder) Daniel Scott, has officially gotten hitched. CONGRATULATIONS, MAN! Secondly: These weeks just keep...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 31, 20182 min read


Week 51 in Rauma (Running around in Turku and talking to a dude in a diving suit)
Gooood... morning evening afternoon, everybody! Life is crazy, Finland is crazy, this weather is crazy hot, and we've had some crazy...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 25, 20181 min read


Week 50 in Rauma (Don't worry, be happy, everything's gonna be alright, okay? Okay!)
Let me explain that one: One of our members, Veli Laine, took us to a beach spot and restaurant! Remember last week, when I sent pictures...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 20, 20182 min read


Week 49 in Rauma (July the 4th, Trench coats, and driving in the Baltic...again!)
Get ready for some stories, this week is full of 'em! Well, let's see - Last Tuesday, we visited... a modern art museum? Yup we did!...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 12, 20182 min read


Week 48 in Rauma (Choppin' and teachin')
Welcome to another lovely week in Rauma, ladies and gentlemen! Firstly, here's our official Tampere Zone Conference picture: Look at...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 3, 20182 min read


Week 47 in Rauma (They went where this week?)
Rauma, Tampere, Pori, Helsinki, Espoo, Pori and Tampere again. Yep, all in one week. It's been such a crazy one! Let's take a look at our...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 26, 20181 min read


Week 46 in Rauma (You hear that? You hear the winds of change?)
Back to the small-city life! Welcome welcome, everybody, to Rrrrauma! It's been a crazy fun week. I got to Rauma on Tuesday evening, with...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 20, 20182 min read


Week 45 in Helsinki (Two down, two to go)
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I need to ask you all to please buckle your seatbelts... 'cuz it's 'bout to get LIT...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 12, 20182 min read


Week 44 in Helsinki (Yes, I still get lost. A lot.)
Case in point: Last P-day, we tried to find Suomenlinna, but my magnificent internal compass led us west instead of east. Ah well, we...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 5, 20181 min read


Week 43 in Helsinki (I literally haven't seen darkness for like, a week now)
Theme of this week: Finland is crazy awesome in the summer, because you go to bed, and it's light. You get up in the morning, and it's...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 29, 20182 min read


Week 42 in Helsinki (Do the splits!)
Okay, first of all: I've concluded that there's some sort of time warp thing going on here, because I swear, It has not been a full week...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 22, 20181 min read


Week 41 in Helsink (Äidienpäivä and a bunch of meetings)
Firstly, in case you haven't heard it from everybody else, Happy Mother's Day(Finnish: Äidienpäivä)! I was so happy when we got to call...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 15, 20182 min read


Week 40 in Helsinki (God is like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but better)
So... we shaved a man. Here's the pics: His name's Henrich, he's an investigator, and he asked us to come help him shave his hair/beard,...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 9, 20182 min read


Week 39 in Helsinki (Vappu, the day that Finland gets drunk)
Good morning evening afternoon everyone! As all the other missionaries have been commenting on how warm it's been getting, I think it's...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 1, 20182 min read


Week 38 in Helsinki (Marriage advice from Arab men, Oven Bananas, you know - the usual)
Well well well, we've had quite a few funny happenings this week: - Henrick had us over for a lesson. During a call earlier that day,...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 24, 20181 min read


Week 37 in Helsinki (Experimenting in the kitchen)
This week's gone by ridiculously fast - we had a ton of work, a ton of walking, and a ton of rain! Yes! Rain, instead of snow! Let's go...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Apr 17, 20182 min read
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