Wives in Arabia

Terve Kaikille! 

I hope everyone's week has been going well! 

This week was pretty ordinary, BUT it's the last week of the transfer. Pretty crazy to think that two months have already passed in this area, I'm not sure if I'll stay or go, but I look forward to the adventure of change calls! 

That being said, we bumped into a former investigator in the street the other day and guess what? He came to church!!! He's very interesting... has a lot of theories about love and equality and science, but it's a fun experience every time we teach him. We hope he'll continue to progress and learn more about the gospel! 

Sadly, our beloved investigator E is having issues with her parents giving her permission to be baptized. We are continuing to pray for her, but as of this moment it seems like she will have to wait until she is 18 until she can finally be baptized. Pray for her please! 

Funny story of the week: We'd been teaching a man from Syria for a couple weeks, and every single lesson would always end up with him talking about how he wanted to find a wife in Finland. It didn't help that he spoke neither English or Finnish very well, and that we communicated mainly through online translation...

Anyway, Sisar Dowd and I are walking down the main road where all the buses get off and we see our Syrian friend on the street, talking on the phone. After he hangs up, we go over and say hi and he simply tells us "Now I have wife, she is in Arabia." Before we get the chance to say anything else he waves us off and walks away.  And then Sisar Dowd whispers to me, "Well. can we teach you the gospel now??" haha I love people. 

That's about it for this week, take good care of yourselves! 

At the Helsinki Temple last week

Rakkaudellani! 

Sisar Kwok 

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Funny quotes and spiritual things (of course)

Terve minun rakas! 

The following email is an excerpt from several pages of Sister Kwok's quote page in her daily planner.

While tracting:

(In a building that smells like really good food.)

"Come on people, invite the missionaries in, we're just 2 poor young women who don't have any muscle on this meat."

(When we get door-checked) 

"Well. He obviously wasn't ready for eternal life!"

While walking toward an appointment:

(After a man on a bicycle passes us)

"You know he's a professional biker when there are two of those reflective shiny things on his butt." 

(This is a true thing people, this man had actually reflective thingies SEWN onto his rear end.) 

Interesting things seen this week:

-A man on the bus who looks EXACTLY like Ron Swanson off of Parks and Rec.

-2 Russian women, one with Cruella De Vil hair and the other with the hair of Cinderella's step-sister.

- The Saipa cross dresser. This man wears Saipa hockey gear every single time we see him, along with high heels and blue eye-shadow. He's a very nice man, we've actually had some really great conversations.

-A St. Bernard the size of a large child or small adult. Either way, it was massive.

-A man selling balloons in the city market asking me to marry him.

Kuitenkin...on a more spiritual note, we've had some great miracles this week, especially with investigators popping up through mysterious places. It amazes me how the Lord knows who is ready and how he works through us to find them. 

I also want to thank you all for your prayers and kind words! 

I know Christ is the Son of God, and that he atoned for our sins.

He loves us!

Rakkaudella,

Sisar Kwok 

Spring weather!

​we love getting lost in the middle of nowhere! 

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