May 3, 2016 ~ Week 33

Hello my fellow citizens! This week was pretty crazy! We came back from Stake conference in Tampere after having been out of our area for a few days due to that, and then a full day of work in our area on Monday to P-day the next day, followed by zone training in Tampere again on Wednesday and then Thursday a day in Helsinki for a doctors appointment for my companion and then weekly planning on Friday, and then Saturday and Sunday being red days (meaning you cant tract or street contact) due to the crazy Finnish holiday of Vappu, a day for everyone to get drunk, yay! Haha so as you can see a lot happened this week!
During Zone Tarining we were inspired by the success of other missionaries and my companion and I decided that we needed to widen our horizon an think just what is actually possible i this work, so we set our goals, like placing 100 Book of Mormons in a week high when my highest has been 30 in a week during my mission! But with a lot of conversations and hard work we are already seeing the blessings of the Lord this being our second day of the challenge. Just from our efforts yesterday we have set 4 lessons and 4 other potentials! Its amazing what the Lord can do!
Also while in Helsinki we had sometime before his appointment so I got a grand tour of Helsinki and basically to see all the major sights there you just need 10 minutes! Haha Helsinki is very small, but a very beautiful city! And since my companion served there he got back in contact with former investigators and we got to visit with them briefly today, the biggest one being Andy McCoy (I think that's how you spell it), hes just the most famous person in Finland. Hes a big famous rock star and by talking with him you can tell. He is definitely a one in a kind, but a pretty cool, humble guy!
For Vappu we were actually allowed to street contact but we were advised to be very wise in our approach because the whole nation is intoxicated. But we just walked around and enjoyed the beautiful weather! We did talk to one guy but it turned into him bashing America so that didn't last long. Lets say I'm proud to be American and thankful for all of those who fought to defend it! Especially my grandfather!
Other than that, not much has happened, not crazy stories to declare, but we did see this awesome line of classic cars that have been refurbished drive through our home of Lahti! I have seen more classic cars here than I thought I would! There's tons!
But I will close with this, our Savior lives, he loves us! Right now we are in training to become like God himself and he is the trainer. He is giving us trials to be molded into his character, let us trust in him!
Love,
Vanhin Robison