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 in here. The transfer train is LEEAAVING the station, and we're heading straight to Rauma!

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Thaaaat's rright, folks! I'm going to Rauma! It's a place just north of Turku! We got our transfer calls on Friday, and I'll be heading out there tomorrow! I'm gonna be serving with a certain Elder Ames, and I'll also be District Leader! Our district covers Rauma and Turku(eli, yksi Suomen parasta kaupunkia!), and I'm beyond excited to get there! I'm broken-hearted to leave Helsinki, especially when I've met so many good people here, but I'm excited to use this new opportunity to serve the Lord in a new way!

In the meantime, let's get going on those pictures from this week! There's like, eighty of them!

Firstly: Temple trip!​

​Wow, the Helsinki Temple is incredible. We were able to attend a session there with Veli Stålhane, one of our awesomest members! I've got a strong testimony of the Temple. It truly is The Lord's house. Especially important because Russia doesn't have a temple(yet), the Russian Saints come to Helsinki. It's such a wonderful place.

Also, we had Kebab afterward. Love that stuff.​

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Next: We made cookies! Or... we tried...​

Aand, we had our last district meeting in Haaga District(the Best District).. So sad to leave!​

This is Markus' impression of the 'Elder Jordan face'(You know, the one Elder Jordan makes in every single picture he's ever in)​

Aaand, we sang some primary songs in Esplanadi, one of the parks in Helsinki!​

BUUUUT, the highlight of the week was probably just a few hours ago! We stormed my SECOND castle in Finland! There are four big ones - Olavinlinna(Savonlinna), Suomenlinna(Helsinki), Hämeenlinna(Hämeenlinna), and Turunlinna(Turku).[Linna means castle, if you didn't catch that one already] Gotta say, this one was quite a treat! ​

​Well, you start with some pretty nice water pictures(It is an island fortress, after all)

​He makes me take these pictures... Dunno why...

​Ahh, yes, the canyons and caverns and bells! All necessary parts of a castle! But as we walk along, lo and behold, we find the shire!​

​Such a pretty little area! I feel like I could live there(I am a hobbit, after all. It's my habitat.)

Wow, though. What a beautiful castle. Beautiful day, beautiful transfer. It's been a wonderful time here. Can't wait to get to Rauma, and my new assignment there, but I've had such an awesome time - such a testimony-building time - here in Helsinki.

Onward with the future!​

​Rakastan teitä kaikkia. Toivon, että ymmärrätte miten paljon rakastan Jumalaamme, ja miten paljon haluan palvelaa häntä. Jos teillä olisi mitään kysyttävää minulta, kysykää vaan!

Love,

Vanhin Bolingbroke