Missionaries Sang as They Walked & Walked & Walked

Dear Family and Friends,

It was another walk week here in Pinnacle Mountain. And we walked and walked and walked. Fortunately for us it has been beautiful the past few days and so walking was actually quite pleasant.

The week started with Sister Anderson's birthday Yay!

6 Birthday cakes

5 Birthday Dinners

4 times eating out

3 days worth of leftovers

2 sick sisters

and 1 week later we are all pretty Birthday-ed out. But it was fun to get to celebrate with Sister Anderson and Sister Hosea.

This week I have been thinking a lot about how important it is to listen to the Spirit even if the instruction or direction that we receive is a little strange. I was reading about the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in the New Testament this week. At the beginning of this story Philip, who was like me given the call to preach the gospel, was told by the Spirit to go into Gaza which was the desert. I'm sure that Philip was a little confused why God would want him in the desert when he was suppose to be teaching people. But he didn't question and followed the directions he was given. Once there he was again prompted by the Spirit and told to approach a chariot carrying an important Ethiopian eunuch. Once again Philip may have been a little confused as to why he needed to approach this person but he did as he was directed. And in the end this Ethiopian man had been very much prepared by the Lord to hear the gospel and Philip was able to teach and baptize him.

So many times this week I was prompted to things that didn't make a lot of sense but I did them anyway. One example we were asked to teach a man in a member's home and the topic the member had felt prompted to have us teach was about the temple. Usually we don't teach about the temple until an investigator has a little more understanding about the basics of the gospel. But we felt good about this and so without a lesson plan and totally relying on the Spirit to help us we began to teach this man about temples. The lesson went exactly as it should and in the end we were able to invite this man to be baptized.

I know that miracles happen when we listen to the Spirit. Even when it prompts us to do things that don't make sense or may seem a little scary. Like Elder Uchtdorf said "I think God knows something that we don't" and when we follow his guidance from the Spirit blessings are always sure to come.

As always thank you all for the support and prayers!

Hope y'all have a wonderful week!

Love

Sister Aase