Week 71 in Lahti (Caroling, Caroling, through the snow...)

Christmas bells are ringing! I'm feeling super cheery again with the season coming up, and our week has awesomely reflected that. What happened this week?

Well, you may remember that last week, I received my family's Christmas package, wherein was a cute little reindeer onesie, that matches with my family's onsies.

Love it, right?

But GUESS WHO HAD THE SAME FREAKIN' ONSIES.

THE LAHTI SISTERS

ALSO SENT FROM AMERICA VIA CHRISTMAS PACKAGE

Knowing my mom, she's definitely plotting something with this.

But hey, we took the opportunity and took district photos that day!

Turned out superbly.

Well, we also took another trip to Hämeenlinna this week! We were able to arrange a bunch of lessons and meetings with members, and we took a busy day teaching and meeting! We also got stranded at the wrong end of the city about half an hour before our train was scheduled to leave, so we turned a 40-minute walk into a 15-minute jog-sprint-jog. I'll tell you, the cold won't even bother you when you're running in a suit and wool coat. My legs(and my shoes) are absolutely trashed. Our train had an hour layover in Riihimäki, so we contacted and saw the sights and got some dinner and took some nice pictures.

In other news, I've been using those weights I got from Tampere. Gettin' swooooole.

Next, we had our ward Christmas party! I got a few good pictures on my camera...

One of our members, an awesome photographer, got a bunch of other pictures, but we're waiting on that email. Super fun ward party, we love these people! Got to see Joulupukki, too!

A few others:

An old, wrecked water silo that we saw whilst contacting.

Super cold day.

Yesterday night, we went caroling with the Jäkkös! Visited a bunch of friends and elderly ward members, and we got to sing some purty nice songs! They're the best!

Ooh this is also a really cool cityscape view of Lahti we saw while contacting the other day.

All in all, it was a wonderful week! We did a ton of fun stuff, and a ton of good work! I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas season, and that you can participate in Light the World! It's really helping us out here, to bring Christ back into Christmas a little bit!

Hyvää Joulun Odotusta!

Love,

Vanhin Bolingbroke