No More Tears

Dear Family and Friends,

We found out yesterday that Sister Mecham is getting transferred on Wednesday :(   Since then there have been many tears shed. Like a lot of them. We are going to miss each other a ton but we both know that the Lord knows what he is doing and he needs Sister Mehcam somewhere else right now. We have no idea where she is going or who my new companion is going to be but we will find out Wednesday so stay tuned.

Besides the drama of transfers this week has been very good. We have three people scheduled to get baptized on the 27th of this month so we have been working with them a lot. They are all progressing slowly but surely now we just need them to come to church. My mission has definitely taught me how important coming to church is and made me really grateful for a mom who woke me up every Sunday and made sure that we all got to church on time.

We had an awesome zone meeting on Friday. The whole mission is excited and a little nervous about the goal President Wakolo has set to baptize 100 people in November. But we know that he is inspired and we are all doing what we can now so that we can reach that goal. So we increased our baptismal goal for our zone to an all time high of 19 this month. It's a little daunting but I have faith that if we will all work hard and make changes we can make it. Sister Mecham and talked about what changes we could make personally and as a companionship in order to reach our goal and have started to see differences as we have made those changes.

I am excited that I am staying in Conway I love it here but I am going to really miss Sister Mecham. We had our very last companionship inventory Thursday and we cried. Sister Mecham told me how President Petersen had told her a month before I got to the mission that she would be training me. And she began praying for me that night. This shows me how mindful the Lord is of us. He knows all of his children and he knows what they need and what is best for them. He knows me and he knows Sister Mecham and he knew that she would be exactly what I needed. I am so grateful that the Lord didn't just put me with a good trainer but he gave me a friend. We have already decided that we are going to be apartment mates when we are both at BYU and that we are going to stay in touch even after she goes home. But it is still really sad and hard to say goodbye to a great missionary and friend. Wish us luck at transfers it may be a cry-fest :)

Hope y'all have a great week
Love
Sister Aase