The sorrows of a missionary bonus mom

Hello there!

I can not sleep so I might as well update my blog.

Thank you for following me on this journey of remembering the past and telling about my current situation. It is fun to write this blog. More fun than I would have thought, actually. Missionary work is one work I am always willing to engage in and help with. If someone wants to ask me to do something else, I can do it but not maybe always enjoy it. I always enjoy missionary work, even in the tough moments.

Talking about difficult times...

I obviously had a tougher than usual mission. But thanks to the hospital and health care in Finland and Sweden I have coped pretty well. If I would have not went on my mission I think I still would have been ill at some point in my life. I was bullied for ten years at school before my mini mission... That is enough to mess you up for life :(

The missionaries visited me last March (2022) at the hospital in Nokia (Pitkäniemi). They even brought me a pepsi max bottle, they know I like it. My lovely children. I am so grateful I started adopting them, it has made my life so bright and happy. Sometimes I get overwhelmed and start crying when some of them tell their testimony or at night when I think about all that they have done for me. I am a very emotional person lol. I am easily moved by things like music, something nice the missionaries say or something I need to tell them. Life is too short to just not say important things, like thank you and I appreciate you. If I can care this much about my adopted missionary children, REAL parents surely feel stronger still and of course our perfect Heavenly Father.

I hope to be of help to the missionaries. At my home they can be themselves and relax, we often organize my home and they help me clean and of course usually we drink one big bottle of pepsi max (those of us who do drink it). Once I gave them a "welcome to Tampere" -Swedish "princess cake" with marzipan :P It was a celebration with the new missionaries. Really nice.

The absolutely worst moment of being a missionary momma is the day they go home. Back to whatever place they came from, it is never close enough, always far away... Denmark, Germany -those are a little closer but most of the missionaries come from the United States and we even had an elder from Australia in my parents' town. So far I have been keeping best in contact with the elder from Australia and Denmark. Today (Sunday) I will call two elders in Utah though. They have made a coimeback lol.

Some missionaries are so busy that they never call me :( it is pretty awful... But the ones that call are very much appreciated by me and it eases my sorrow to see them a little while through facebook messenger. <3 The most lengthy conversations so far has been with the Australian and Danish elder.

More later! :)

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Transfers: Update

Dear all,¨ I hope you are all doing well. I am really happy but I am so sorry I haven't updated this blog in a long time... There has been some changes. I mean transfers :D lol. I have spent a lot of time in my hometown Jakobstad. I have been so blessed and happy that my bonus son elder Stratford has served there for the past month. It is his final transfer :( I know. It is sad... I have been so blessed and grateful to get to know elder Stratford. He has been a good example and a very nice friend and bonus son. He is a good example to everyone. He is very social and friendly. It is very hard to feel alone or unnoticed in his company. He makes people feel seen and appreciated. At least he has taken good care of me and been a great support and friend. I hope we can meet in Utah next year, I am still planning on going there next summer. We have got new missionaries to Tampere! :) Three new elders and one new sister! :) I am just getting to know them but at least they seem friendly

My trip to Finland's old capitol: TURKU and fun times with the missionaries...

Good morning! :) How goes it? I am happy and I am going to the Temple today with my best friend from my ward... Anywhooo... I visited Turku/Åbo at the end of November. It was a blast. I spent four days in the old capitol of my country, which in my humble opinion should have been kept as the capitol... As a person from Tampere/Tammerfors I should maybe expected to NOT like Turku, but like my father - I do like Turku and have liked it for a long time. I stayed at my friends' place and they were so kind to me and I could "do my stuff" there in peace, like reading, writing and listening to music. I also loved attending the zoom -meetings that I had during my stay. My lovely friends are originally from Jyväskylä. We have known each other for years... Sorry, long intro... :D I spent four fabulous days in Turku. On Thursday I arrived and didn't meet with the missionaries that day, I rested from my trip to Turku. I arrived in the morning. OK. Sorry for the long backstory.

Boss/Mom and her excellent children :)

Good afternoon! This post is about two things: 1. How awesome missionaries are 2. How I am always on their side come what may SO. There has been a little break from last week's Tuesday until this week's Tuesday when I couldn't go to church or the activities at church. I had the flu... :( A little remnants still but almost okay now. I went to Game night this week on Tuesday. It was good. I spent a lot of time talking with one of the sisters and we played the piano for each other.. Then I also got a blessing because my anxiety has been acting up again. I must say, our elder Heaton is like a big brother, even to me! :) So wise and je ne sais quoi. Just a really good person. I am so grateful for all my bonus children. I do not really remember if I told you in this blog that I am saving up money to go to Utah next year with my mom :) I have never been there. We have two relatives and their families living in Salt Lake City... I have like a billion children in Utah lol. Not a b

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