Come What May and Love It!!!

Dear Friends and Family,

This week was a little crazy. I have been with eight different sisters this week. Two are now in Australia, Four are in Taiwan or on the way to Taiwan, one is home and one goes home next week. Which if you do your math right will leave me companion-less by next week. I have no idea what is going to happen but as a wise apostle once said "come what may and love it."

On Wednesday at transfer meeting I was a little blindsided when I was not only given a new missionary, Sister Child, but also another sister, Sister Benson who was not told she was getting transferred until her name was said over the pulpit at transfers. Sister Child was a Taiwan visa waiter who got her visa the next day. We dropped her off at the airport this morning and she is making her way to Taiwan. I am so excited for her. She is already a missionary pro :) She got the chance to practice her Chinese teaching our recent converts and two new Chinese investigators.

We have had a really great week. Even though we have been very busy the Lord has blessed us for doing the best with the time that we have had and we have been able to find many new people to teach.

Thanks as always for all that y'all do!

Have a great week!

Love

Sister Aase

 

Maddie included the following note to us, but we really wanted to share it. It's the small, simple miracles that happen every day in the life of a missionary that provide perspective, humility and hope.

Sorry the emails have been short recently. We have been just running like crazy. I really am having some amazing experiences I just don't always know how to put them in words. I remember someone telling me before I left that I was going to have lots of experience that I would want to share with other people but that only me and my companion and the Lord would truly understand. It is so true. This week has been full of moments where I had the thought to go see someone and it was exactly the right moment to not only catch them but they needed to talk with someone or we meet someone on the way to their home. There are part member families that are progressing in the smallest and simplest ways but it means the world to me and makes me so happy and excited. There have been sisters who say the thing that I need to hear so that I don't snap because I'm so stressed. I have had so many prayers answered this week and gotten to be the answer to so many prayers. I have really felt this week that I am an instrument in the hands of the Lord. And so even though I have no idea what is going to happen in the next few days I'm not worries because the work that I am a part of isn't mine. And it is going to go forward no matter what. And though many things are changing or could be changing I know that I will continuing to work with all my might, mind and strength to build up the kingdom of God. That won't change.

Love you so much!

Maddie