Chapter 49: Hyvinkää hetki, Johnston's My Plan

 Tuesday October 8, 2024 (But really weeks ago!)

Hey everyone, very very eventful week, and great too. We went down to Helsinki since it's my Comp ElderJohnstons last transfer and he had My Plan. While he got to go to the temple, I got to go with the other missionaries to institute which was awesome, what was even cooler was getting to see everyone from Hyvinkää since all the youth come to Helsinki's institute. So it was an awesome reunion. After institute we walked around the area waiting for our comps to get back which eventually we did and split up for the night and headed to our assigned apartments. In the morning we got ready and met up with the rest of the dying missionaries and sent them on their way. I was in a trio for the day with Elders Gardener and Smith. After an eternity of street contacting the entire day and getting to see the APs with Elders Browne and Török, I met back up with Johnston and we made our way back to Kouvola. While finding this week we met this awesome person named Kirsi, she's an older single lady and she had some questions, she had 2 cats which were sick. We ended up talking to her about service and asking her if she ever needed anything to which she said she probably will in the future but not now, so fingers crossed that turns into something. We left her with a Book of Mormon and a Church invitation. We went down to Helsinki later in the week to view the baptism of two friends that Johnston taught there last transfer, it was super awesome and weird to have it conducted in English as it was the English ward. We had to leave fairly quickly afterwards to catch out train back. We met up with one of our friends Joyce, he had a lot of questions about prayer and the differences between our religions (he's catholic), so that was fun. We had District P day this week! It was fun getting with the district and seeing them, we had a fun time, we played Sähly and basketball which was fun, we ate at a nepoleise place for lunch and then headed back home, and now the APs just came for splits, so that's happening. Overall a great week with some fun highlights, love yall, take care.







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