It's A New Year!

Dear Family and Friends,

HAPPY 2015!! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year. Sister Kalahiki and I welcomed in the new year by sleeping. It was great! Because we spent most of this week walking and trying to find new people to teach I had a lot of time to reflect on the past year and ponder on this upcoming year. Whilst pondering I was reminded of a favorite country song of mine about writing a letter to yourself and I thought about what I would write if I could write a letter to me a year ago. I think it would go something like this...

 

Dear Future Sister Aase

Congrats! You just finished your mission papers! You will not regret your decision to serve a mission. Now that waiting begins. Don't worry February comes fast. And when your call doesn't come in time don't panic. It will all be ok and your call will come when it needs to.

I don't want to give away where you are going but I will tell you that you are going to love it! The people are wonderful and so friendly (most of the time) and your mission president is amazing! You are going to love serving a mission. You are going to have really great companions who will become close friends. They are going to teach you so much and help you to grow. When they get transferred don't be too sad. I promise they will stay in touch and you will get to see them again.

Remember to stay in touch with people back at home. There are so many people who are supporting you. Remember to thank them often for all that they do for you.

You are going to have some hard times this year but remember that you can always turn to the Savior no matter what the situation is. When you are getting eaten alive by bugs, when you crash your bike, when it is 110 degrees outside, when appointments fall through, when you're not feeling well, He is always there.

This year you are going to have some of the most awkward moments of your life. Some of the most heartbreaking moments of your life. And some of the most amazing, spiritual, sacred moments of your life. Even when it is hard you will never ever regret the decision to serve the Lord.

Happy 2014!

Sister Aase

 

I can't wait to see what this year brings. I am excited that I get to spend all but 16 days as a full time missionary. I know that I am going to grow in ways that I can't even imagine right now. And I am so excited!

Here's to 2015!

 

Sister Aase

PS. a quick funny story. We were talking with this one lady this week and she was telling us about how crazy the weather was in Arkansas. She said "Sometimes it even snows in FEBRUARY!!!" Apparently it is unusual for places to have snow in February. I had no idea :)  I miss you Minnesota haha.