The Move

HEllo Perhe,

This week have been crazy! we moved down to the West MTC on tuesday. We are now on our first pday down here. IT is crazy fun. We have actuall appartments that we are staying in at Wyview. Where KB used to live and then we have class at Raintree. So it is a walk across the street for stuff, but it is fun. We only have a week left before concecration week. Concecration week is where we only speak Finnish. All week long. We also have our SYL days, but our district struggles with that. We always have so much to say and it is just easier to say it in english. I almost have the first vision down in Finnish. I stumble on my words and have to take a minute to form sentences but the language really is coming. I have been blessed with the many friends that i see here at the MTC.  HERE and There. I have a picture in my LDSMAIL account from the move. if you want to get it out and put it on your blog. I also only Have three weeks left!!!!!!!!!!! We are just a little excited here. We are sad to leave this place, but at the same time we are so ready to leave. We know we are ment to be in Finland and the preparation time has been going to great use. I try and take advantage of every opportunity.

I wrote more letters today so you should get them later this week. Thank you for all the love and support. I am sorry this email is so short getting settled here and figuring everything out has shortend our time on things. so if i havent answered your questions i am sorry.

Thank you for the miricle duck story. and the story of Jordan. Made my day. along with kindsey's email about the batman thingy.

We also have a new mailing address.
I know i only have three weeks left, but we have been asked to get it out to our families. Here it is

Elder Jeremy Gordon Sandberg

0618 FIN-HEL

2023 N. 900, E. Unit # 817

Provo, UT 84602

I LOVE YOU ALL. Thank you again for all your prayers. I feel them and i know that i am being blessed because of what you are asking for on my behalf. also our behalf. I am not the only Missionary here. I love you and i pray for you everyday. Keep up the good work. Make our Father in Heaven proud!

Vanhin Sandberg

Down Week

Dad,

 I dont know what is wrong with me right now, I feel depressed. I feel down. I dont know what it is. I am asking for a blessing later tonight. everything is so up and down. I need to teach later to night. i need to be happy. I need to have the spirit with me when i teach because if we dont teach with the spirit then it will be awful. And if we have a lesson that will not go as well then i will fall further into this low. Daddy, what should i do? What can i do in addition to prayer? I need to be better then this. I am better then this. Why am i this way?

I love you Dad,

Love Jeremy

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Jeremy Sandberg <jeremy.sandberg@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Dear Mom,

My week is great, Still having the ups and downs, but I am great. There is always something in my day that is life changing. Finding what it is can be the challenge.  

I cant remember what i said on the Package. something about mothers day, but a different way to say it. 

The language is coming. Slowly, it will click. I know that I am already being blessed to learn this language. At times it feels like that world is resting on my back. And then i remember, Ha, its not. And keeping a good attitude is key. If i dont have patience then i am not effective. 

I got and email for Elder Beck. You can get on and read it. 

Interesting that you mentioned Bryan. When we teach we are able to teach each other, and we were asked to find someone that we knew someone close to us. Who came to mind...Uncle Bryan. So i believe that it is by no accident that this has happened. I still have pictures to send home. I will do that soon. 

Thank you so much for my package, It was well needed. cookies were loved along with the pictures. We had a get to know elder sandberg day. i think everyone in my zone saw my pictures. loved them. 

And your scripture reading is close to what i am reading too. i am looking a Josephs life. Very close.

Next week we will be moving into the new West MTC. only 6 zones are going. so much trust. I am sorry this is so short. 

Today has been hard. I dont know what is wrong, but I just feel off. Going to the temple helped. 

Mom and Dad, I love you. I am working Hard even when it is Hard. that is when we grow the most right? This is one of those times that i just need to work a little harder.

I love you so much. Remember the Lord in everything.

love Elder Sandberg

ps. Kindsey needs to write me still. I am waiting for her letter.

I love you all, thank you again for all your letters 5-16-2013

Dear Mama and Popa, 

I am doing well. The weeks are just flying by, in two days we will have exactly a month until we leave. Can you believe that? A MONTH!!!!! I love it here, but I am so excited to leave. I am needed in Finland, I have already fallen in love with my people. And i do not even know them. I am glad you got your package. I am sorry it came late. I knew it would be that way, but I did have it ready before then. I have not been able to print off my emails so if you could print them off that would be great. I thought I left my extra pictures home. I forgot envelopes too. so my pictures should be with the envelopes. i left them on the table next to the door. And I do have envelopes now. Did I forget the card reader? One of my friends asked for it today and I couldn't find it. And in your letter could you send me addresses for KB, ETHAN, and other of my friends? That would be great.

IF you and the girls have time to write a letter to the two missionaries I spoke about that would be great too. The letter you sent to Elder Rottler really meant a lot to him. He went through our entire zone making sure everyone knew HE got a letter from MY MAMA. I was tempted to keep his letter for myself, but I didn't see that it was from you before hand. Or else I would have. 

Your scripture study is probably about the same time as my own. The scriptures are what I needed to hear. We are up getting ready for the day at six. Breakfast is at 6:45 am and class as 7. Have I told you how great my teachers are? I have some of the beast teachers.Veli Hamner, Boyer, and Christiansen. They are amazing! I wont to stay in contact with them after my mission. Each of them have touched my life in such a way that i will be the "Missionary my Mother knows I will be." That is a quote by one of our devotional speakers. I cant remember his name at the moment but i have it written down. And speaking of Devotionals. We Had Russell Nelson speak to us Tuesday. First Apostle to speak while i have been here. He encouraged us to Pray for help, specifically help for the other side. Help for our investigators as well as for ourselves. Did you know that you can ask for specific people to help from the Spirit world? For example, I could ask for help from Jared, Grandpa and Grandma Sandberg, they were the first to come to mind. But They will know who my investigators relatives are and know how to help me. This is how i understood it anyway. Cool Thought.

I think that Heavenly Father knows what he is doing, even with a sense of humour. I am glad to hear that you had a wonderful mothers day, and that the school will be able to have you as PTO president again. It will be so much fun! 

Will you tell Jonny that his quote is from the Haunted Mansion? We try we Fail we try we fail, That one. The green headed crystal ball says it. 

Another quick thought. We were chosen to be missionaries at the time that we are, right?  In the world there are about 2000 nonmembers to every one missionary. Think of this fictionally, In heaven Heavenly Father brought us all together in groups of 2000 and from that one is chosen to be a missionary. ONLY ONE. I am one of those. Jeff was one of those. Jon, KIM, Dad, we were chosen, and we are simply here to help remind them of what life used to be like. With our Father in Heaven. How cool is that. I cant take credit for that, it was our choir director. I love you all! Let me know what I can do to help.{ KINDSEY, I better get a dear Elder from you or a Hand written letter by my next P-day. }

I love you all, thank you again for all your letters. I will let you know more about the move to West MTC when we move. LOVE YOU!!!

Vanhin Sandberg

Sister Johnson's Dad sent these to us.

"This is like...the epitome of Elder Sandberg, my District Leader. He's constantly lost in intense thought. He's very quiet in general, but he'll surprise you by being hilarious when you least expect it. XD"
Quoted from Sister Mariah Johnson's letter home

Jeremy Saw Daniel Tindall at Dinner

Dear Moma and Popa,

I am so glad to hear about Jordans and Grandpas birthdays. I had to share with my District that It was both my brothers birthday on the seventh and my Grandpas birthday was on the Eighth. So Everyone Got to know. One thing I have noticed this week and in past weeks are the many blessing I have received. Everyday I know I am blessed and I know I am blind to these blessings until I pray to Heavenly Father to help me recognize my blessings. One that has hit me hard this week is My Fellow Missionaries. I have heard these stories about missionaries and how they are not here for the right reason. Just like Elder Ropers experience. I have a great companion. He and I get along just like brothers. On top of that we are missionaries together, so it is even better. We have our differences, but we are more then willing to help each other develop Christ-Like attributes.  I am blessed with wonderful roommates too. Elder Ryan is from Alabama and he is one for five members of the church from his school. I can not imagine what that must be like. Elder Briggs is another companion that I look up to. He looks like Hurcules. He has family at home in Sandy that are being blessed by his service. Elder Rottler is just Great. I know you will hear more about him. We all get along great and I know that we are ablessed for that. 

I know I am blessed with my family too. I never realized this, but other missionaries have unsupportive Family. Writing letters expressing disappointment and desire for them to return home. I know I can not express enough how blessed I am to have the family and friends I have.  And then Mail. We all know how much I love mail. I receive uplifting mail for my friends and family. The Lord knows my needs and desires and blesses me even before I ask. Another blessing is being able to see my Friends, Daily! I was able to see Elder Tindall yesterday. The day he came into the MTC I was able to see him at Dinner. Tell Sisar ja Veli Tindall I saw their little Vanhin! 

I have pictures that I need to send home so I will do that. I also have pictures that will be coming for other Sisarets in my District. And form Vanhin Rottlers Family. That is another blessing. My District. We are such a family. We tease and uplift just like brothers and sisters. We were told by one of our favorite teachers that we have been hand picked by to serve In Finland. Our calling to be together is divine. We are together for a reason. We all have something to teach/share our fellow Elders and Sisters. I am sorry that my englanti is so bad. I describe it as being in between two languages. Some things come naturally others come through translating. 

Three week mark was yesterday! Seven more weeks!!! we are a little excited to leave. Our Papa Eestis Leave in two weeks. Everything is going at such a rapid pace. I know i have mentioned this before, but Tuesdays and Sundays are some of my favorite days, next to Thursdays when i can email and write my letters. I look forward to these days because I am able to Feast upon the Spirit. Just like everyday, but those days we have Devotionals. Wow. our Devotionals.

Fun Fact. I am being moved to the West MTC. I will have more information next week. We are moving at the end of this month. 28th or 29th. Only six Districts were chosen. The LORD has faith and trust in us. 

(ps. could you send me more ties too? Jeff and Jon know what i am talking about.)

I love you all so much. Keep sending your letters. I love them. I hope you are able to see all the blessing our Father in Heaven gives unto us. I am humbled every day.
I am sorry this is so short. I love you!!! Let me know if you need anything. wow. I LOVE YOU ALL. The Kirkko on totte!!

Vanhin Sandberg

Facebook Pictures

Maria Magallanes, Jacob Bailey

May 2, 2013

Dearest Mommy,

My week was great, Is the Other house coming along nicely? I am glad you got my letter. We now have a new rule for our branch. we are not allowed to write letters except for on P day, our branch president does not want us to be too distracted when we reply to letters. and i know that was becoming a problem for some missionaries. I was blessed to be able to send a lot before hand, but not have it get in the way of the rest of my day. I would usually write before bed. i loved it.To day is offically our P day. it has been switched now probably three times. it is has beena rollar coaster ride.

about our trip to Cali, we traveled all day for a one hour appointment. they just wanted our finger prints. not a big deal. Elder Kitchens is half finnish. he has familly that lives there because his mom is finnish. we didnt get home until ten. It was forever long, but grand to have a mini break from the MTC. I LOVE the spirit that is here. everything you do is a learning experience. i am so richly blessed. every hour of the day i can see a tender mercy for heavenly Father. I have some of the best teachers in the world. we had a teacher that just barely left, his name is Paul Peterson so if you here from him it is because i gave him your email. he is one of my new best friends. another teacher i really look up to is veli Hamner. he is such a spiritual fountain. i get along with him so well. i want to be like him as a missionary. Veli Boyer is another favorite. he is getting married this weekend! So we will not see him for a 10 days. veli Christiansen is our newist teacher. he was here the first day we entered the MTC, but we have not seen him until last week. so we are still gettting used to him. 

I know i cant say this enough, but  I LOVE YOU all so much! i share this with my district and zone daily. i have the best family in the world. it became more and more apparent as i got to know other missionaries how lucky i really am. Some of the missionaries here do not have supporting family members back home. i know of two sisters in my zone that have parents that have sent dicouraging mail to their daughters and my heart goes out to them because i have a tribe back home that are all supporting me.

Hey mom, if you want to fix all of my mistakes in my email before you send it off that would be great. i have so little time to tell your as much as i can. we are timed on our computer.

How are Justin and Kezia doing? Kim and Beej? Jon and Kai? Jeffrey?KIndsey?Kaylee?Kelsie? Jordan?Elisabeth?Emily?Peter?

I miss them all so much. I pray for all of them individually. Is there anythign i can do? Anyone in the ward that need me to pray for them. I am sorry to hear about sister tinkham. that came as such a suprise to me. 

I LOVE all of the letters. They help me every day. i read and reread my letters. Each and every letter is and answer from my heavenly Father. Each person that has writtin me has said something that has changed my entire day. So please, if time allows continue to write. I will write you back!!!!!! because I LOVE YOU!!!!

Time is up. I love you alll so much, remeber the Lord is blessing you even when it is hard to see! I love you Perhe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Vanhin Sandberg