"If you were a bear, you'd be a pookie" 🐻

- June 10, 2025

YAPPING 👑

Alright first order of business, I wanna thank everyone for taking time to read my email and special thanks to people who respond and send me emails. I enjoy reading them so much, even if I don't respond-I really wanted y'all to know that :) Like seriously THANK YOU wow wow wow wow in other news, I don't know if I've mentioned this before but a lot of the time I forget I'm in Finland. Or like in Europe? But I think that's just because Rauma is so much like my hometown. There's not really too much to remind me that I'm in Europe...at least that's what I'd been thinking...until I went tracting (knocking doors) with Sisar Hansen (we had companion exchanges in Rauma) and get this-the average Finnish front door is in their backyard. I can't make this up. You literally walk all the way around their house and into their backyard just to knock-it feels WAY more intrusive but it makes me giggle because I guess even the Finnish builders know that Finns don't usually want visitors haha. ALSO I'm sad to say I'm starting to wish I hadn't cut all my hair off BUT I'm trying to tell myself it was good for it and it's gonna grow back (of course)

UPDATES

🤍 We said goodbye to our friend who was baptized my first week here and it was so hard. She's headed back to her country BUT guys she's quite literally the cutest and sweetest woman ever and I'm going to miss seeing her so much.

🤍 (As mentioned in the yapping portion) SPLITS WITH THE TAMP SISTERS! I love them, they're so cute and such good missionary examples to me.

🤍 Dropped a friend this week which is never fun, but we determined he really wasn't wanting the gospel and that's okay!

🤍 NEW STREET CONTACTING METHOD JUST DROPPED we asked people if we could take a picture with them and our little baby Jesus figure and a surprising amount of people agreed PLUS we had some great conversations !

🤍 Guys the end of the transfer is coming up (which means new companion most likely and maybe even a new area) which means I won't be a greenie anymore?!? AND SISAR WYNN IS PROBABLY GONNA LEAVE ME-I'm going to be so sad when that happens but I'm so very grateful for the time we had together. She is literally the best and I'm so happy she's my mission mom 🫶

🤍 Sunday lunch at a members house as usual with our Sunday lunch peoples, I always love spending time with them. And wow there was so much yummy food to choose from, I even got to try lohikeitto or salmon soup YUMMY !!

🤍 Lots of finding time aka running the streets and knocking them doors

SPIRITUAL HETKI 🙏

🇫🇮 2 Nefi 4:

28 Herää, sieluni! Älä enää näänny synnin tähden. Riemuitse, oi sydämeni, äläkä enää anna sijaa sieluni viholliselle.
29 Älä enää vihastu vihollisteni tähden. Älä herpaannuta voimaani ahdinkojeni tähden.
30 Riemuitse, oi sydämeni, ja huuda Herran puoleen ja sano: Oi Herra, minä ylistän sinua ikuisesti; niin, minun sieluni riemuitsee sinussa, minun Jumalani ja pelastukseni kallio.

🇺🇸 2 Nephi 4:

28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.
29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken my strength because of mine afflictions.
30 Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

This is one of my very favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon because Nephi shows us what it looks like to "pray with all energy of heart". He pours his soul out to God, knowing that God is listening. He shows God how he wants to change and he receives the encouragement he needs when he remembers God is his "rock". Also it feels important to mention that while Nephi is displaying what some might call "weakness" I think he shows what true strength is. (I know this sounds lowkey corny BUT hear me out) It takes so much more strength to admit you're wrong, admit you need help, admit you CAN'T do it on your own than it does just to "suffer in silence" or try to do it on your own. The sooner we recognize we need God's help is when He can make us strong. Which feels super backwards BUT it's our natural tendency to want to do it on our own "look what I did" "I don't need anyone to help me" which is crazy because why would we choose to be that limited when God's power knows no bounds. We literally can do anything if we rely on Him, He WILL bless us in our righteous desires.

SIDEQUESTS

💙 I FINISHED MY CROCHET PROJECT (I'll put a picture at the bottom of this email)

💙 I've now cut my lovely comp's hair and Sisar Mac AND yay they loved it !

💙 Elders (attempted) to ding dong ditch us chocolate (I say attempted because we caught them in the act haha) but that was super nice of them and really funny

💙 Visited a member in Uusikaupunki and had their celebrated munkki (hot take but I still like the omar munkki the best)

💙 Got hissed at by a mama swan-

💙 Me and Sisar Wynn "two-manned" a bike, so like she steered while I peddled and it was really fun (but lowkey scary)

Well that's all I got, I love y'all and I love any and all updates!

Kaikki hyvin,

Sisar Dickson

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