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 home to our families! That skype call went by waaay too fast, but hey - good to know that my family still hasn't changed. (Except for the fact that they got a dog without me. Yes, mom, I'm still salty about that.)

Let's go over our week!

-Zone conference! There are more pictures from the mission on FB, for sure, but the only one I took on my own camera was with the one and only Bond, Elder Bond!​

​(Shoutout to Justin Roylance, coming to Finland in October! We decided that once a year, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles picks one Weber High theatre student to serve in good ol' Finland. Bryce Naylor, Casey Bond, Blake Bolingbroke, Justin Roylance - who's it gonna be next year?)

-Stake conference! Since Finland doesn't have a stake center, we rent out a concert hall for big meetings such as this one. Awesome meeting, tons of great thoughts shared! Aaand, since Elder Jordan and I are the Helsinki Elders, we had a bunch of people staying at our apartment for the meetings!​

​Always good to see some familiar faces!

-It's finally warm! Because it's warm, we've finally taken our suit coats off!​

​Ah, nothing like being able to roll your shoulders without a suit coat and a eightypercentwooltwentypercentcaaaashmere coat on your back. The warmth is amazing.

As always, tons of great lessons have happened this week! Also, my mom and dad requested more cityscape pictures of Helsinki - we're going down there today, so expect some good ones in the coming week!

That's all for now, folks! Love you all, stay strong and happy! And enjoy the sun - I know I am!

Love,

Vanhin Bolingbroke