Who we are...

I expected only my family members to pay attention to my posts so thought since some have commented whom I don't know that I would write a little about why we are in Finland. My husband and I are here in Finland for 2 years as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My husband was here for 2 1/2 years 1963-1966 and has always wanted to return. He has great affection for the country and for its people. So 1 1/2 years ago I started studying the language. The language is the great Finnish mystery. I have studied Spanish, French, and Russian previously and Finnish is the hardest of all. Our primary purpose in being here is to help the local congregations as there are few church members and they are quite spread out geographically. We are also encouraged to perform service in the community. We have written to the university to see if we could help students who need assistance with their English studies, but have not received a response. We take a disabled woman out every Friday also. She is a lot of fun. She has lived in Joensuu all her life and knows a lot about the city and area. If anyone has ideas of other service we could perform, would be interested in your suggestions. Would also be interested in anyone's insights about the Finnish people or the country itself.