Welcome to Searcy!

Dear friends and family,

Hello from Searcy Arkansas! Transfer was this past week and I am in a new area, in a new stake, in a new zone, with a fabulous new companion. Sister Mathison is awesome! I just adore her and am so excited to get to serve with her here in Searcy Arkansas.

This is only my third area on my mission and this week I was reflecting back on what I was like when I transferred to Pinnacle Mountain or when I arrived in Conway. And it dawned on me that I have changed a lot!

There were many things that happened in the process of this week that made me think that, but one stands out. Here in the Searcy Ward they don't have anyone who plays piano. So one of the very first things they asked me when I was being introduced to people in the Ward was "do you play the piano?" Flashback to 13 months ago and I'm being asked this same question in a district meeting, my response "I can but I really don't play very well" flash forward to this week and my response was a very confident "yes I can play"  Now though I have had many opportunities to play the piano on my mission at baptisms and district meetings and such, my piano skills really haven't improved that much. So what did change? Well my confidence for one thing and my willingness to share my talents. So guess who played piano in sacrament meeting this Sunday? And in Primary? And in Relief Society? This girl who just a few months ago would have never ever EVER had the confidence to do something like that. As I was pondering about this change during the sacrament a scripture came to mind it's in 3rd Nephi 15:3 and it is the Savior speaking:

And he said unto them: Marvel not that I said unto you that old things had passed away, and that all things had become new.

In other words marvel not that you have become a changed person Sister Aase that is one of the reason why you were sent on a mission to become new, to become better. 

I am so grateful for the opportunity my mission has given me to change and become better. And I am so excited for the changes and growth that are sure to come in this new area! Miracles have already started to happen. We had a random investigator show up at church and we have people getting baptized soon. I am so excited!

 

As always thank you for everything y'all do! Have a wonderful week!

Love,

Sister Aase