Hands of the Lord   

(Finland – Week 62)   

14 Mar 2016

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." (Matthew 25:34-40)

This is how I felt this past week, so completely taken care of by the hands of such good people. We received transfer calls this week and after many months, I will be leaving the wonderful city of Espoo. I have truly loved my time here, because of the most amazing people. Sunday was a little hard to say goodbye to lots of people I love, lots of people that took me in. On Christmas, on New Year's, on every kind of day from summer to fall to winter and finally to spring (yes! We have seen some green in Espoo! It was quickly covered by snow, but it's there.) These wonderful people have treated me as one of their own. Their service has helped me come to know my Savior better, because they have taught me more of what He would do, were He here with us right now. Let us all do our part to be the Lord's hands, to help all of His children return safely home. And then when we all do arrive, we can hear Him say these wonderful words above that we read from Matthew.

I will be going to... DOWNTOWN HELSINKI WITH A TRAINEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW I AM SO EXCITED!!! (I might have cried a little bit when I got the news...) This is my last transfer, and exactly what I wanted to do. Train in the area with the most people in all of Finland! I will get to meet so many people, and learn so many things from my new companion. It's going to be a wonderful transfer. I literally jumped out of my seat when I got the news. I hope I don't cry when I get my trainee, that might freak her out. Katsotaan...

Best of luck to you all!! Love Sisar Mendenhall

Check out our Moses parting the Red Sea cupcake, and the traditional chocolate-nougat-eggs-in-a-real-egg-shell eggs!