Dear Friends and Family,
We had an awesome week this week!
On Tuesday Sister Pochop and I got to go to Little Rock to welcome the 22 new missionaries into the ALRM mission. It was a little weird to be back in Pinnacle Mountain but it was so much fun to be with all the new missionaries. Sister Pochop and I spent the night answering questions about what the real mission field was like, helping Sister Wakolo with dinner and whatever else she needed and getting everyone really excited to be missionaries. It was so fun and exhausting! I don't know how the Wakolos and the assistants do it every six weeks.
One of the coolest parts about getting to welcome the new missionaries was getting to participate in the testimony meeting at the end of the night. Hearing the testimonies of all the new missionaries uplifted and energized me. It also made me reflect on how much my testimony has grown since I was sitting in the mission home bearing my first testimony 17 months ago. (I can't even believe it has been 17 months!) I am so grateful that I am not the same person and that I have grown an even stronger and more sure testimony of this gospel than I had when I first entered the field.
Another cool experience from this week. On Saturday we got a call from the Elders asking if either of us knew sign language. Luckily my companion knows sign, because my four week ASL crash course being with the ASL sisters has left my mind almost completely. The elders were asking because they had stumbled upon an older deaf lady named Margaret who recognized their tags and showed them her two copies of the Book of Mormon. We were able to visit Margaret and teach her more about the books she had and about the restored gospel. It was a very cool experience and the spirit was so strong. I love these teaching situations because I have to rely so much on the spirit and on my companion to know what to teach and say. And we have to teach so simply in order to understand one another. It was so amazing to testify in my very limited sign language ability that God loves us and Jesus loves us and to feel the spirit confirm my words.
This week we are preparing for a specialized zone meeting that we are instructing at and exchanges and a baptism. It will be a busy week :) But as President Wakolo says "sweet is the work". I love this work so much! I love getting to serve with all my heart, might, mind and strength everyday everyday everyday :)
We had an awesome week this week!
On Tuesday Sister Pochop and I got to go to Little Rock to welcome the 22 new missionaries into the ALRM mission. It was a little weird to be back in Pinnacle Mountain but it was so much fun to be with all the new missionaries. Sister Pochop and I spent the night answering questions about what the real mission field was like, helping Sister Wakolo with dinner and whatever else she needed and getting everyone really excited to be missionaries. It was so fun and exhausting! I don't know how the Wakolos and the assistants do it every six weeks.
One of the coolest parts about getting to welcome the new missionaries was getting to participate in the testimony meeting at the end of the night. Hearing the testimonies of all the new missionaries uplifted and energized me. It also made me reflect on how much my testimony has grown since I was sitting in the mission home bearing my first testimony 17 months ago. (I can't even believe it has been 17 months!) I am so grateful that I am not the same person and that I have grown an even stronger and more sure testimony of this gospel than I had when I first entered the field.
Another cool experience from this week. On Saturday we got a call from the Elders asking if either of us knew sign language. Luckily my companion knows sign, because my four week ASL crash course being with the ASL sisters has left my mind almost completely. The elders were asking because they had stumbled upon an older deaf lady named Margaret who recognized their tags and showed them her two copies of the Book of Mormon. We were able to visit Margaret and teach her more about the books she had and about the restored gospel. It was a very cool experience and the spirit was so strong. I love these teaching situations because I have to rely so much on the spirit and on my companion to know what to teach and say. And we have to teach so simply in order to understand one another. It was so amazing to testify in my very limited sign language ability that God loves us and Jesus loves us and to feel the spirit confirm my words.
This week we are preparing for a specialized zone meeting that we are instructing at and exchanges and a baptism. It will be a busy week :) But as President Wakolo says "sweet is the work". I love this work so much! I love getting to serve with all my heart, might, mind and strength everyday everyday everyday :)
Thank y'all for everything!
Have a wonderful week
Love
Sister Aase
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