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Week 106 in Mikkeli (A Wanderer in a Strange Land)
If I may start with a bit of poetry: Victor Hugo, a great author and poet, once stated, regarding death: "When I go down to the grave, I...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 12, 20193 min read


Week 105 in Mikkeli (He's a Charmer)
Well well well... August is here, and it already feels like fall! To be fair, fall's my favorite time of year, so I'm just impatiently...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 6, 20192 min read


Week 104 in Mikkeli (What Goes Around Comes Around)
Gooooood morning! At least it feels like morning. I don't know what the weather's been like in other places, but this week it was...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 30, 20193 min read


Week 103 in Mikkeli (Arrogance is a Spice of Life)
It's been a bright, sunshiney week, folks. I'm so glad to be doing this missionary work, and we've had some funny happenstances since...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 23, 20192 min read


Week 102 in Mikkeli (The Proof of your Love)
What a week, folks! I'm so happy to be a missionary in good ol' Finland. This place is still gorgeous, by the way, and I'll prove my...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 16, 20192 min read


Week 101 in Mikkeli (From Sea to Shining Sea)
I hope that I won't be a bore to the people who read missionary emails, seeing as I, similarly to the others, intend to focus the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 9, 20192 min read


Week 100 in Mikkeli (Oh lovely sunlight)
Goooooooooooood day. Wow, do I love being here in Mikkeli. The work has gone fantastically this week, and we're basically sprinting....
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 2, 20192 min read


Week 99 in Mikkeli (Duck!)
Goooood afternoon, fellowmen. We've had a pretty amazing week here in the city of Mikkeli(fun fact: Mikkeli is named after the swedish...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 25, 20193 min read


Week 98 in Mikkeli (New Faces)
Goooood morning Mikkeli! This is gonna be an interesting email - I'm writing while fishing, from my phone this time around. Let's see if...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 18, 20192 min read


Week 97 in Mikkeli (Missionary Mojo)
Dear friends, the mojo is strong this week. Up here in the lands of the north, we've gotten to the point where the sun rises before we...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 12, 20193 min read
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