The week I was in a Horror Movie..

Yes everyone I was in Horror Movie this week.


I really wish that I had other stories to tell you, but here's the deal. I've forgotten the entire rest of the week after yesterday. I wish I had some super uplifting spiritual story to tell you, but honestly, I can't remember any right now.. So you get the Horror Movie story..


So we met with the Bishop on Sunday and he suggested some people for us to go visit. He suggested this lady that nobody has really seen in like 10 years.. He also mentioned that she's slightly a hoarder.. Okay not to alarming right? 


WRONG.


We go to her house yesterday and she says "Kuka se on?" "Its the Sisters!" She then spends about a minute unlocking like 7 different locks on her door.. She opens the door and let me tell you, this is probably the most intense hoarding I've ever seen.. There is just a 18 in hallway that we can walk through. We sit down and our chairs are just piled with stuff and its like a little space to just sit amidst all the stuff. Also there are about 40 dolls on the walls just staring at us.. It was insane.. 


We then pray which really calmed us a lot.. And we share Mosiah 16:9 with her.. My all time favorite verse to share. And the spirit was feeling good, which was just so helpful. Then all of the sudden, she starts rocking back and forth, her face is turning red, and she's flailing her arms.. I can't really understand her because she's speaking really old Finnish so I don't know too much what she's saying. All of the sudden she looks at me square in the eye and yells, in english "CLOSE YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW!!!" I hadn't said more than like 2 works in about 10 minutes.. The moment she said that I felt the spirit instantly leave. I've never felt anything like that before. She yelled at me for about 15 minutes because my mouth was slightly open--For those who don't know, I've had a lot of nasal problems in the past and I can't really breathe out of my nose, therefore I'm a mouth breather. 


It was the worst thing ever. I just wanted to cry, not from her being mean, but just because there was SUCH an awful spirit there. It was the hardest lesson of my mission. We hurried and left and she told us to come back soon.. After that it was just about dinner time and I looked at Sister Kehr and I just told her I couldn't go home yet.. So we ended up going to the Fazer Cafe for dinner and eating ice cream for dinner. We then came home and just read our scriptures for a while. It was seriously the most insane thing of my life. It was just like a Chucky Movie. I'm pretty sure that Chucky's entire extended family was in that house..


I've thought a lot about it, and it just makes me incredibly grateful for the gospel. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father has given us the Holy Ghost to guide and protect us. Sister Kehr and I both felt the we were very protected while we were there. I'm so grateful for the Hole Ghost.


Well, no worries. I'm safe and sound and doing honestly fantastic! I love you all!! Have a great week!


Love,
Sister Jones

Me and Sister Kehr :)

Finland is the bestest

Me and Sister Kehr :)

I've been out so long that these aren't creative anymore..

Hey everyone! I hope that you all have had a great week! 

This week started out kinda weird.. I had the MyPlan Meeting.. Its this meeting where you go through and talk all about what your life is going to be like at home and how you will apply what you learned on your mission and such. 

Well, it was weird because it was all of us going home missionaries. So I got to be companions with Sister Adams again for the day! It was sooo good to see her again. We all just sat there with President and Sister Watson and President starts by saying "Today I need you completely focused on going home. Not on your missions. This is the only day to do this, so please really be focused on home." It was weird. We talked about different habits we want to continue and such and we even hit the subject of dating and temple marriage.. Luckily it wasn't as awkward as any of us were expecting.. Including President.. ha But we all just talked during lunch and dinner about our missions and our plans for when we got home. It was surprisingly really relaxing and insanely helpful :)

All the Elders (there's 3 that I go home with and 1 other assistant) drove and me Sister Adams to the train station to pick up our companions. On the ride home Elder Andreason was asking me hair color questions because all the Elders were so confused as to why people put foil in their hair.. So don't worry, they all know the chemical name for the hair color and they understand the purpose of foil in hair. Ha 

But we were late to the train station and so we were rushing to get Sister Adams on a train, and she steps out of the van and slips on the ice. Luckily she wasn't hurt, but there was a tonnnnn of adrenaline panic going on that I left my bag in the car.. So after Sister Adams and her companion are gone and I'm running with Sister Kehr (don't ask me why, we didn't need to catch a train, it was just kinda panicy there.. ha) and then I starting running back to the car to grab my bag, and I fall flat on my back.  see 2 Elders hurry and run up beside me, and 2 jump out of the car to make sure I'm okay and I called for Sister Kehr. hahahahhaa what I sight.. I'm a true missionary. Then as they are telling me to run or I'll miss my train, I look at them and say "I'm just going to Neitsytpolku!" All of the sudden it felt like a weight was lifted from all of us and they said "Oh! Right! Have a nice trip!" And then we slowly walked off instead of running.. Yep. ha

Well, after that novel, life has been good! The work is moving forward and we've got some REALLY solid investigators right now. I love this work with all my heart!

I love you all!

Love,

Sister Jones 

 

 

Me and Sister Adams

Me and Sister Kehrs relationship

She's a cutie :)

 

My week in Helsinki

Hey Everyone!


Okay I just love being back here in Helsinki. The city life is just so familiar and so comforting. I love it so much! Its been so much fun because everyday I keep running into people that know and it really is just such a sweet blessing to be able to continue these relationships after I haven't seen these people in 6 months :) So sweet!


We've been able to meet with a couple of new people so far this week and its been really cool. We were meeting with this man for the first time and he asked us how often we read the Book of Mormon. We told him daily, and then he was so excited because he too reads the Book of Mormon daily.. Ha he has a 30 minutes train ride to work everyday, so he decided he would read the Book of Mormon during that time :) YEP! Soooo cool! And he came to church yesterday so that was pretty much awesome. Ha.


Sister Kehr is such a great companion. She's a convert of 18 months and she really has such a strong testimony. Its really cool being companions with a convert because they give you a new perspective of investigators since they were one, very recently in her case. Its been really cool.


We had a Zone Conference this week where they talked about the new schedule for missionaries... Eli, we now can go to bed at 9:30 and have 3 extra hours of P-day. It was pretty nice. I am enjoying the extra sleep since I'm practically worn out.. Ha BUT I still love the work, so that helps :)


This week I've really been thinking about the change of a missionary, or really just the change that the gospel brings into peoples lives. I've studied stories such as Paul (New Testament), Amulek, King Lamoni, Lamoni's father, Alma and Alma the Younger.. I've loved seeing their examples and the attributes they acquired and how they truly changed because of this gospel. Its given me some qualities to hope that I've developed over the past 17 months and some to continue to develope over the next 50 days. I'm so grateful for all that I've learned and just how far I've come.


I love you all so much. 


Love,
Sister Jones

Some of us Sisters at Zone Conference 



When your District Leader is 50 minutes late for callings and you're just wanting to go to bed..

The Beginning of the End

I'm back in Helsinki everyone! YAYY! Seriously it feels just so good to be back here! I love it! Seriously Helsinki is my home and I'm sooo glad to be back here! 

It was heartbreaking to say goodbye to Sister Adams and my beloved Tampere, but I'm excited for this new adventure! 

Before I left Tampere though, some members had us over for a traditional Filipino Dinner.. Now I'm talking legit traditional. Coolest meal I've ever eaten. They got Banana leaves and laid them all over the table, to be a serving platter, a table cloth, and our plates. YEP! Then they arranged the food super pretty all over the table and then we ate, with our hands and NO plates! It was probably the coolest thing I've ever done. I recommend it to everyone! ha Sooo cool!

After Dinner we had a lesson with one of our recent converts. That was one of the most spiritual lessons I've ever been in. We all bore VERY powerful testimony of our Savior and it was a really really amazing lesson. 

Tuesday morning I was off to Helsinki! I got to see a lot of my Elders from my MTC group for the last time on my way down here, and that was SUCH a blessing. Those Elders changed my life and I'll be eternally grateful for them. It was probably the best thing that could have happened.

I then got to Helsinki and I was right back in it. I was on the Metro again, walking the streets, and just feeling at home. It was really cool to see how quickly Helsinki life came back. We've been able to teach a couple of lessons and so far we've found 2 new investigators! YAY! 

I loved going to church on Sunday. I got to see soo many of my friends that I've made throughout my mission and I feel like I already know like half the ward! Its great! I love it!

I'm so excited to be back in Helsinki. Sister Kehr is a great missionary! Its fun to work with her because she's in almost the exact same area I was in last year and she's at the exact spot I was at a year ago, so that's been really fun to experience so far! 

I love you all! Thank you so much for all the support! I've got 2 months left and I'm determined to make them the best 2 months of my mission!

Love,

Sister Jones

 

Me and Sister Adams at our DA

Us and our recent convert

Sisar Waltzer, eli the greatest member ever!

Me and Sister Kehr