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 I can put together a quality summary of the week and its miracles!

We had the Assistants over in Mikkeli for exchanges, and had tons of miracles happen! Along with a good bout of frisbee golf in the morning, we had many people who were taught, many of them found right there on the street. 

We also had a grill-out in the evening, in the deep forest of Mikkeli. A great turnout, and some great makkara, and lots of fun had!

The Assistants left straight from their exchanges with us to Joensuu, a city in our zone, to exchanges with them. according to the report, they had even more miracles than us(Not to compare, we've been fasting and praying for them to find for a while)!

And some surprising news came, as President Aura told us that Elder Jordan will be leaving to Helsinki, and that Elder Skinner will be coming up to serve with me in Mikkeli! We said our goodbyes...

And met the new faces! My meeting with Elder Skinner was pretty funny - it was raining at the train station where they were waiting, and as we hugged, he said "Aw, this is so romantic, our first hug in the rain!" This is gonna be a good transfer.

(I'm not sure why I look all angry and intense in that picture...)

Aaand, we spent the whole evening yesterday on a train homeward bound for Mikkeli, and went fishing today for P-day!

Well, all's said and done, we've met a lot of new faces this week. Among new missionaries, we've also gotten to teach a lot of people in the past week about the Restoration of the Gospel. It's led me to study more deeply about the truths of the restoration, and about the truths that Joseph Smith restored, by God's grace and power. I'd encourage you as well to study and ponder those truths!

I love you, and I love this missionary work! We've gotta bounce, we have two lessons to prepare for this afternoon!

Regards,

Vanhin Bolingbroke, with a fish