Life is good. The food is better. The members in Lahti are the best. Finns are fantastic.
Seriously though, the ward here is lit up with missionary work! They are on fire! On Saturday Sister Dayton and I spent a good chunk of time at a member's house, learning to make karjalan pirakka, with TWO of her non-member friends. It was pretty much amazing. Unfortunately I don't know much about the politics here in Europe... or the Finnish vocabulary for politics... or even for baking (working on that) and neither did my companion. So, following along and contributing to the conversation mostly did not happen. We were able to leave a good spiritual message though and everyone had a great time.
This week I also got to visit my tenth Finnish city. Maybe it's eleventh. I'm not 100% sure. At any rate, I got to go to Jyväskylä for splits! It was weird being there, being the only one who did not know the city or the members (Sister Dayton was trained in Jyväskylä) but, it was a really good time. I was on splits with Sister Dixon (who is actually cousins with a ton of people from Edmonton). She's been in the country for roughly a month and is doing great. It was a great reminder to me, being with a younger missionary, that regardless of language ability or experience in the field we still have the same calling, and we can all fulfill that calling just the same. We fulfill our calling as we are filled with love and want to help those around us draw closer to Heavenly Father. It's something that I forget a lot, and I get lost in all the technicalities of teaching and everything.
Good things are happening here. I'm glad to be in Finland, and I'm thankful to be surrounded by so many great missionaries, members, and people in general. As I said earlier: Life is good.
Love you all immensely. Hope you have a great week. My companion also would like to wish you a Happy Martin Luther King Day!
Rakkaudella,
Sister Kastendieck
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