HYVÄÄ HYVÄÄ HYVÄÄ JOULUA  

(Finland – Week 50)

   

                22 Dec 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! Wow Christmas has come so fast! I love the Christmas spirit, how everyone is more inclined to generosity and joy. The other day we saw our bus, and started booking it. We still had a street to cross and then probably 20 meters when the bus hit the stop, we knew we weren't going to make it. Then the bus stopped! We were so happy, we thought someone must need to get off at that stop, but then no one did. We ran on, and the bus driver just smiled and said, "I saw you running." We were so grateful for this helpful man, stopping his bus for us.

We've been showing everyone the new Christmas video, A Savior is Born. I hope you all have watched it! I've been reading one of my favorite chapters every day of Christ from the Book of Mormon, leading up to Christmas. It's been great to really focus my Christmas on Christ. Christmas time as a missionary is really different, and to make it special we've really been focusing on what Christ has done and does for us, and why He's our King. I came across this verse which talks about what happened in the Book of Mormon when Christ came, 3Nephi 1:13, "Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets." I love this verse! The first thing we are told to do, be happy and rejoice! The Savior is here! What a wonderful message. I also love how Christ came to the world, knowing all that He was to do. He knew the prophecies about Himself, He gave them to the prophets. Knowing all that He was to do, Christ still came for us. The love He has for each of us amazes me everyday.

HYVÄÄ JOULUA Love me and my companion in downtown Helsinki, check out our coordinating hats and scarves:)

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Love Sisar Mendenhall