Young Women (and Missionaries) in Excellence!!

Dear Friends and Family,

I cannot believe that it is already the end of November! Where has the month gone?! We had a great week this week! We had a fabulous specialized training meeting where we did not get our iPads, but we were taught some very important things. We also spoke at our ward's Young Women in Excellence night which was lots of fun. And most importantly we were able to set a baptismal date with someone!

The person who accepted our invitation to be baptized is named Trina. She is awesome! We taught her a little bit and gave her a Book of Mormon on Tuesday and when we came back Thursday she had already read into 1 Nephi without us asking her to read that far! That never happens! We taught her the restoration and invited her to be baptized on the 20th of December and she said yes! Sister Kalahiki and I are so excited to keep teaching her and helping her to increase the amazing faith she already has. We are also still working with Carmelita who is in the hospital again and Felicia who is really cool and is also reading the Book of Mormon on her own.

I have really gained a testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon on my mission. I have been able to see first hand the power this book has to change lives and to convert people to the gospel. I have always enjoyed the Book of Mormon and had a testimony of it. But I love it now and am coming to understand what it means to feast upon the words in it. I love getting to bear my testimony of the Book of Mormon to people because I know that it will bring us closer to our Heavenly Father and that it contains the answers to ALL of life's questions no matter how "modern" we think they are. The prophets in the Book of Mormon truly saw our day and were inspired in their writings. Everything in that book is for us. If you haven't read the Book of Mormon or it's been a while I encourage you to pick it up. It truly will change your life!

So Sister Kalahiki joined the Church when she was 14 with her two older brothers and never had the opportunity to receive her Young Women's medallion.  So she was given permission to get it on her mission and guess who her mentor is?  That's right, ME :-)  It has been lots of fun to help her work on Personal Progress every morning and she actually is pretty far and hopefully she will be able to get it while I'm still her companion :-)  Maybe then I'll get my Bee :)

Anyway I hope that everyone has a great thanksgiving. Thank you to everyone who is sending me emails and letters I love them! Thanks also for all the prayers and support!

Love

Sister Aase