I am a Child of God

Dear Family and Friends,
We survived transfers! Somehow Sister Mathison and I were able to get all of her stuff packed and in our car and make it to transfers on time :) She is now serving in Conway exactly the same place I started my mission all those months ago. My new companion is Sister Pochop!  She is from Washington state and has been out for about 8 months now. She is amazing! She likes Disney movies, Harry Potter and minions, she is an inch shorter than me so I feel really tall when I'm around her,  She is one of the sweetest and nicest people I have ever met, and she is a bomb.com missionary. What more could you want in a companion. :)

We are continuing to serve as the sister training leaders in our zone. We realized this week that all the others sisters in the zone have been out for two transfers or less which is good because they are super excited to go to work and to learn. We are going to see miracles in the Searcy zone this transfer for sure!  This past Saturday was the General Women's session of general conference. It was amazing as always! If you didn't get the chance to watch it that's ok because it is already on the internet waiting for you to view. One of my favorite quotes from this session was from Sister Wixom's talk. She said "I am a child of God....therefore what?"  The question "therefore what" is something my mission president has taught me to ask myself and I do quite frequently. I have been pondering this specific "therefore what" question since Saturday evening and these are just a few of the answers I have found.

• I am a child of God therefore I can become like Him someday.
• I am a child of God therefore I have a divine nature and destiny.
• I am a child of God therefore I know that He loves me and wants what is best for me. Therefore I will follow His commandments and the words of His prophets.
• I am a child of God therefore I will labor in His vineyard and help Him do his work to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man"
• I am a child of God therefore I can have hope that things will get better.
• I am a child of God therefore I can have joy no matter what I'm facing.

I am so grateful for the knowledge that I know who I am.  I am also so grateful that because God loves us so much he has given us a prophet in these latter days.  I am so so so so excited for General Conference this weekend! I can't wait to hear the words of our prophet and apostles. Think about it a prophet of God, a man who speaks with our father in heaven, is going to be speaking to us in less than a week. Our prophet and the apostles are going to be delivering messages that have been revealed to them by divine revelation for us in this day.

I CAN HARDLY STAND THE WAIT!!!

I invite everyone to take the time this weekend to watch conference.  If you can only pick one session to watch, Sunday morning is when the prophet will be speaking so that's what I recommend.  Anyway I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Thanks as always for all that you do. And don't forget that you are a child of God too!
Love
Sister Aase