Y'all Look like Angels!!

Dear Family and Friends,

My companion and I were visiting a lady in our ward in a nursing home when a big black lady exclaimed this at us. We talked to her for a little bit and she just kept saying "y'all must be angels" and so when we asked if we could stop by sometime her response was "YES m'am I could definitely use some angels in my home." We see her tomorrow I'll let you know how it goes. 

So this week was BIKE WEEK!! And it was awesome! It was a very rainy week which is unusual I'm told for this time of year but it was great for us because lots of ward members felt bad and offered to drive us. Also it made it a lot cooler so we weren't biking in the heat as much. Also for most of the week we didn't get rained on, the Lord was looking out for his servants. We would bike somewhere and it would be fine and as soon as we walked inside it would down pour. Then it would rain during our entire lesson and stop right when we needed to leave again. This didn't just happened one time but throughout the entire week. Until Saturday when we got poured on and had to take refuge in a member's home. But none the less we were very blessed this week. Also biking in a skirt was a new adventure for me. Binder clips saved my life…well my skirt's life. 

The best part of the week was meeting Tami. In the words of Mr Monk "Here's what happened." Sister Mecham and I were out biking on Tuesday and the appointment we had fell through so we biked around the corner to call this lady to see if she was avoiding us or just not home. While we were calling, Tami pulls up in her driveway and starts to unload her groceries. So Sister Mecham and I call out to her and ask if we can help and she says sure. Sister Mecham informed me later that that never happens. So we help Tami in with her groceries and talk with her for about an hour just about her life and such and we set up an appointment for the next day. The next day we come in and teach her the first lesson and she is so into it. She got so exited when we talked about Joseph Smith and the Apostasy. She said it just made so much sense. We invited her to be baptized and she said yes! And then announced to everyone on Sunday she was getting baptized. The coolest thing about Tami is that she is so in tune with the Spirit. She has told us many times that she just felt a peace enter her home the first time she met with us. When we teach her she looks right into our eyes and she does that because she can tell is someone is genuine by looking into their eyes and that she knows that we are telling her truth because she sees it in our eyes. 

It is amazing to me that people are able to feel and see something different about us as missionaries and as members of the Church. Whether they feel a peace when we walk into their home or we look like angels. I don't think we often recognize our own bright countenance. But others definitely can! We have the light of Christ in us and it shines through. And I think that is so cool and such a blessing. It is because of this light we have that the people we meet on the street are willing to open up to us about their lives and invite us into their homes. Tami told us later that she never lets people help her or come into her house but she just felt that there was something different about us and that we were good people. THAT IS SO COOL!  As we are keeping the commandments and doing those things that keep us in line with the Savior we truly have light that shines from us and other can see it. I have seen this many times on my mission and I know I will see it more. 

Thank you as always for the prayers and the support and the love, it is definitely being felt! 

Love Sister Aase