Preparation Day - P-day :)

Hello!

I am back. Oopsie! :D

So. A little thing I experienced only twice on my mission, P-day. I do not really remember a lot except we went to the city center in Jyväskylä: to the library to write emails and to a café to eat a little. It is sooo weird what our brains choose to remember lol.

My companion from Idaho celebrated her birthday while I was there and we ate cake at church with the elders. I do not remember a lot else... I remember I did not get along with one of the elders, he was a little different in a way I did not understand. It was difficult.

There I am. :) My father Pekka said it would be good to take a "mission picture" :D He was the first Finnish missionary sent abroad by the way. I am so proud of my Dad. My mom served a summer mission near her home town of Jakobstad/Pietarsaari I think when she was the same age as me when I went on my mini mission (17).

So, my missionary work is in my family a very important part. We have always invited them to visit a lot since I was little and my dad served in London and Florida so he likes speaking English. He is also a journalist and a radio program person :) He writes and talks a lot, just like me lol. I love my parents. I was adopted to my family at the age of 3 months.

Maybe that is one of the reasons I love adopting missionaries. I know that everyone needs a family, also during their mission when they are really far away from home. I hope I can help the missionaries feel like they can come to visit and feel like my home is theirs :)

More later! :)

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