Moika!

Missions are weird. They change you so much. But, I feel like I expect some components of life back home to stay the same, but they change. Other components I think should change but, they stay the same. Time does weird things to everything.

Things have been going pretty great. We had planned fairly well to teach with lots of members. We were able to be with a member for a  good amount of time, teaching, nearly every day. It's not only a great time to  get to know my ward but, also a good time to show people what missionary work is really all about... not that I'm an expert at this or anything. 

Last weekend was Stake Conference. It was really good. Someone in their talk was talking about the attitude we can have towards things. We can, for example, go to a church meeting excited to learn, or we can go just because it's expected of us, or we can also go because some one made us. Those who will receive the most out of conference however, are those who are happy to be there. It's true about all situations in life. Those of us who may not have the best attitude don't get as much as we could. It's a principle I need to personally work on. We had a zone conference this last week and I didn't want to go. When I was there I didn't want to be there. And as a result did not get much from it. The zone conference before I was excited and I got tons out of it. A lot in life depends on our attitude. Life is what we make it.

This week I also met a boy on the train wearing a Winnipeg Jets hat. Now, it often happens that Finns will buy merchandise with American/Canadian League teams on it, just because they like the looks of it not because they know anything about/ support that team. But I saw his hat and I was thought to myself I should ask him about it. And then I told my companion about his hat and she convinced me to talk to him about it. So I dragged myself across the aisle and awkwardly starting talking to him. It actually went quite well, and he did know about the Winnipeg Jets, and we had a good chat. We don't have a return appointment or anything but, it's just another fun happenstance, that made me feel good.... and a little patriotic also. Look at me all Canadian, knowing about hockey teams and everything. (I also found out Team Canada lost to France in the world cup... not so cool. But Finland lost to Latvia so, our countries have about the equal amount of shame currently. Fun things you find out from random people)

Anyhow, I should go. I love you all. 

Rakkaudella,