Another
week has come and gone here in Finland! The temperatures are still
hovering around freezing and we are half way through January! I am
hoping that we are going to squeeze by without a real cold winter her in
the south of Finland.
The week went really
well though! I went on exchanges with the AP's in my district and wow
they are two solid human beings, I love them! While contacting with one
we basically taught two lesson in a row. WE got off the train and
started to walk down the road and we met a man form Ghana waiting at a
bus stop and we talked to him for a good 15 to 20 minutes and taught
about baptism and then the restoration and gave him a "watered down
version of the Book of Mormon" and set up a return appointment while
closing it with a prayer to seal the deal. It was really cool!
We
then crossed the street and walked a little further down the road and
met a lady from Ethiopia and taught her as well about agency and how to
find answers to prayers and also gave her a "watered down version of
the Book of Mormon". It was super cool to have two of those experiences
all with in 3 minutes of each other! It also makes the tracting block
really short as well which is nice sometimes.
But
this week we gave really been working on teaching in a contact so that
the Spirit can have something to testify about. I have seen a lot of
success in this as we approach someone, try to get to know them and
teach from their needs so that it will be both powerful and meaningful.
The Spirit has been able to guide our words as we have "treasured up in
our minds" the doctrines of this gospel and then expounded them to
others on the street.
We also have done a lot
of traveling this week visiting members that live a ways out there and
have little contact with the church. One of the richest blessings of my
mission thus far is the relationships that we have made with the members
in the areas where we serve! Not long ago at the temple I was reunited
with a married couple that lived in my first area and it was so cool to
talk to them again (this time I could understand them and they could
understand me for the most part) and see how everything was going back
in the city of Lahti!
I hope all is well at home! I love you!
-Vanhin Robison
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