Week 26: 2/18/2025
Transfers yesterday! Today is my first full day in my new home. I'm serving in Tampere! It's a big city that is crazy. There is so much going on everywhere.
Spiritual Thought:
For me when things change in our lives it always helps me to think of things I'm grateful for.
This week just take a minute to think about some things you are grateful for. - Like running a 10K with a new companion and sister missionaries.
Short Version of Email: Last week in Lappeenranta. Last language night, Sähly, last lessons with our friends. Transfers.
Finnish Word of the Week: Koiranluu = dog bone but literally translates to “suspension drop link”
Daylight Counter!
Where we started–4 Hours 40 minutes
This week–9 Hours 18 min
5 Amazing Things This Week:
1: A week of many lasts but two were especially bittersweet.
1:Our last lesson with two of our friends was amazing. They have genuinely become my friends. I got to share my testimony with them. I hope the best for them.
2: Our last District Council. Each transfer in my District is like a family. I hope I get to serve around some of these amazing people again.
2: On our way to a lesson this week Elder Goodrich was driving, got to a roundabout, went around the whole thing and right as he exited it he told me to get out of the car. Because the tone of his voice was so serious I promptly did as I was told - only to find an old lady sprawled out on the snow and ice. Elder Goodrich parked the car and ran over. We then proceeded to help a very old, very drunk lady on the snow and ice get back to her apartment a block away.
3: My lovely companion Elder Goodrich makes ties for a hobby. It is awesome. Because he is the goat he showed me how to make one! I made this tie all on my own. It even has two different colors to show that I did it!
4: Church on Sunday was really something. I guess the Ward really wanted to get their use of me because I accompanied the hymns, played a musical number, gave a 20 minute talk, taught a second hour lesson, and said the prayer. It was a wild day. We did it though.
5: We had our last language and Sähly night as well this week. They were so much fun and there was a good turn out for both of them.
Tender Mercy of the Week:
Transfer day was crazy. My comp had 8 bags and I had 3 so together we probably were a very strange sight. I had a 7 minute layover but my first train was delayed so the layover was actually only 5 minutes. With some help from other missionaries I managed to switch tracks and get on my new train just in time. It was a miracle that nothing went wrong
Where I am/Who I'm With: I am serving in Tampere. My companion is Elder Gillespie.
Scripture of the Week:
Alma 34:22 Yea, cry unto him against the power of your enemies.
My thoughts: I like how Amulek didn’t say to pray against our enemies but instead said to pray "against the power of [our] enemies." Just another example of how loving God is.
Talk of the Week: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/david-a-bednar/consider-the-wondrous-works-of-god/
“Consider the Wondrous Works of God” David A. Bednar
My Thoughts: I really love how much this talk focuses on work. We are God's greatest work and we can perform God's greatest work too. It really gives you a sense of perspective.
Absolutely crazy this week. My world has been turned upside down.
-Elder Balls
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