Sisar Valerie Cardon: May 9, 2016 Hyvää Äitienpäivää!!‏ (Happy Mother's Day)

You know when you get to the end of the week and looking back you just cannot believe how much you did? Well, that just about the life of a missionary for ya.

This week had a couple of eventful things:

We were asked to come to the funeral for our Ward Mission Leaders wifes mother. It was such a traditional Lutheran funeral and it was amazing. In an 800 year old church ("older than America"our WML kept telling us) and it was cool because I actually sang at it with a couple of the womans granddaughters. It was really neat. A LOT of people were coming up to US after that, which doesnt really happen to us missionaries here in Finland. It was a really neat experience. About as movie like as you could get when it comes to funerals.

Us at the funeral

Our investigators are doing well, one is moving to Canada pretty soon and we are sad she will be gone, but its going to give her a chance to progress in new ways. She is very excited to turn 18 because then she can be baptized. (she gave me specific permission to tell you a bit about her)

Mothers day with the bishops daughters
(they gave us roses too...#comingmothers...hahaha)

Mothers day: how cool that we have woman to be Christlike figures in our lives. Mom, you looked wayy too beautiful yesterday and I enjoyed seeing everyone. Weird the bubble that you are in as a missioary and then for just a small bit it cracks for a second and you see "the real world". I am SO that weirdo missionary who missed the comfort zone of the mission during that skype hahaha love you all though!