Week 60 in Rauma (It's always sunny in Rauma!)

Jeff Bolingbroke
Sep 26, 2018
2 min read

Hyvää huomentaa iltaa iltapäivää, everyone! Iiit's been a wonderful little week here in Rauma(it really doesn't feel like it's been a whole week), and I've got some stories for you!

For P-day last week, we went to Marela - it's a museum in Vanha Rauma, it's a home that used to belong to Rauman rikkain merimies. It's got a ton of awesome little relics of old Finland in it, and we had a ball!

Like this sssssslithery little sssnakety ssssnake... hissssss...

And this *slightly* creepy mannequin that had headphones where you could listen to this Finnish lady talking about the sisäsota(civil war) in Rauma.

And this *almost* realistic-looking Jack Sparrow (from the kids' area... it's literally just a shopping mall mannequin with bad mustache, a pirate hat and a sword)

Come to think of it, there were a ton of cooler things in that museum than what I've just shown you... but I didn't take pictures of those. Take my word for it, the old frigate ship models, ancient typewriters and travel items, and war-era muskets were worth the trip.

Then, we had District Council in Turku! President and Sister Aura were there...

but we didn't take pictures of that either... jeez. I'm slacking this week. We had our interviews with President, and that same day, we traveled to Pori, because I had...

EMLC! (Extended Mission Leadership Council, for the uneducated) Traveled down to Helsinki, my old stomping grounds, and to the Haaga chapel for meetings about the management of the mission! Super fun stuff. I got to reunite with some old friends, too!

We went to the temple that evening! Now, we haven't gotten President Aura's weekly email yet, so I don't have those pictures. You can probably find them on the interwebs, though.

Last night, we went over to the Vesterinens for dinner again! They fed us a delectable chicken red curry, and I ate way too much because I love that stuff.

Also their dog, Pixie Lou, loves me.

Aw, she's a cutie.

She also peed on me the first time we were at the Vesterinen's place, so I'm pretty sure she actually thinks I'm her territory. Which I'm actually fine with. I love dogs.

In other news! I told you a while back about some Italian friends we had, who we helped out during an international market. We just got the photo!