Companion:
Sister Coleman
Hometown: Washington
Snail
Mail:
Minnesota
Minneapolis Mission
5931 West
96th Street
Bloomington,
MN 55438-1715
Hey!
Sorry about
the lack of an email last week from me. But it's okay because I have repented
and finished my email:) This week has been super awesome. I guess you should
all know that the MMM got iPads!!!! So, I can see my emails everyday but I
can't reply until Monday. It is okay to send me Pics of those cute monkeys during the
day though……Who knows? I could get a
door slam, then have a cute picture pop up to brighten my day:)
Monday, June 8, 2015:
Today we decided to cook dinner
for the Elders. We spent all day cooking and preparing dinner for them since
Elder Fuller goes home on the 24th. We cooked steaks, chicken, Rosemary
potatoes, fruit salad, salad, brownies and ice cream! It turned out pretty
good! We actually fed 7 elders! They just started popping up! So we prepared
everything we could in advance and headed to the Elders apartment. Don't worry,
we didn't break any rules. They live in a really, really nice place with a
community
kitchen and BBQ. It was so nice! Elder Fuller grilled the meat and it
was really good. The Elders seemed pretty happy. Oh my, I felt like Sis. Coleman
and I worked on it all day! It was quite
the production. We had fun dancing around our kitchen listening to music and
cooking! After dinner we had an appointment to go see a less active woman with
the Elders. Sister Coleman was supposed to lead out and she had prepared an
awesome lesson on the quote by C.S. Lewis "
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
"
it was really an awesome message but the lady was super anti-social. She didn't
want to talk so we basically prayed with her and left. Sister Coleman was kinda
bummed afterwards because it was her first experience with a person that really
shut down on us so to say. After the lesson we had a good chat with each other.
I tried to help her with some early
missionary problems that were occurring. She is a great Sister! It never ceases
to amaze me how Heavenly Father puts certain people in our paths at a certain
time.
Tuesday June 9, 2015:
Sister Coleman and I both had a prompting to
call the Elders and explain how we felt after the lesson yesterday. They said;
“let's go to Chipotle for lunch and we can talk about it then.” It is so sunny today it felt fabulous! We
talked to a cute lady in line with a little girl and we talked about how they
just got back from a Disney cruise! I was so jealous! The Elders basically
taught us a lesson on the Spirit and about missions in general. They are both
really far into their missions so they get it. We knocked some doors today too,
without much luck, but that is okay.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015:
HaPpY
10th BiRtHdAy BrOoKlYn! I can't believe she is already
10! I sent a package home with birthday stuff in it so mom you'll have to open
the box. We messed up and missed our alarm this morning and slept in! We felt
so bad! Thank goodness for repentance! Sister Coleman asked the Elders
for a blessing this morning. It was
awesome. Then Elder Hughes gave her a blessing Elder Fuller was like; “ Sister
Young, do you need a blessing?” He was
in tune with the Spirit because I was so
stressed out. I said yes and asked if Elder Fuller would give me the blessing.
He blessed me with just what I needed! We then met up with the STL's and Sister
Jenkins came to our area for exchanges. We went and saw Sister Hughes and had a
nice lesson with her. Afterwards we went to
the Purcell's for dinner (aka the
people that go do service at the cemetery) She wants to see a pic of the
Brigham Young couch so can you email me a pic? After we went to Mykea's and had
a lesson on being happy. We then knocked some doors got a few "I love
Jesus...SLAM" doors then went home
to heart attack the lady across the hall. It was super fun!
Thursday, June 11, 2015:
We exchanged back, and went to
Bishop's Meeting. Then we had dinner with a member that just moved here from
Italy! The food was DELISH!!!!! So she is pregnant with a baby girl due in
August . We were so excited to find out that her husband isn't a member! We didn't know
that till we got talking! Man, the Spirit was so strong when we talked about
the gospel! It would be awesome to get him baptized! It might be awhile
though! We then went to see Christina at her work. She couldn't talk but it was nice to at least
let her know we miss her!
Friday, June 12, 2015:
Today we had Zone Conference
which was amazing! The “dying”* missionaries all bore their testimonies! I am
going to miss them all so much when they leave! Then, we got IPAD'S! Yup you
read it! Finally!!!!! I was so excited! It will be so great to further the
Lord's work! We spent some time at McDonald's mooching off their wifi to set
our iPads up! I felt so weird using technology! Ha,ha it's been a long time
since I did that!
*Missionaries who have finished
their time and are heading home.
Saturday, June 13, 2015:
We did a lot of service today.
Sunday, June 14, 2015:
Today we went to church. Elder
Fuller and Elder Hughes spoke in sacrament meeting! They did so good! Elder
Hughes spoke on the Enabling Power of the Atonement and Elder Fuller spoke on
Grace. I got copies of both of their talks so I could study them! I felt like
it was meant just for me to hear! Oh, so when we woke up this morning there was
a note under our door from the lady
we heart attacked. She said she
hadn't left her apartment last night and was speechless when she saw what we
did to her this morning! The note said how happy it made her feel and how on
earth did we know it was her birthday! Talk about listening to the Spirit! So
cool! After church, while eating lunch we got a knock on our door and we were
like what the heck who could that be? It was a girl who is a recent convert
named Jenna and she goes to the Twin Cities YSA ward! She said she wanted to
come and see us! It was so cool to have a lesson delivered right to us in our
laps! She said she would come over and work out with us in the mornings too!
How awesome!?! So we had another miracle tonight when we texted Eva to see if
we could come see her. She said yes! We
went to her apartment and her brother Isaiah and his friend Treaia were there!
We had an awesome discussion! They had a lot of questions about what we did as
missionaries! We answered all of them and Treaia and Eva were totally agreeing
with the standards of the church. Isaiah was a little more stubborn so we
compared the law of chastity and word of wisdom to his daughter. That got him thinking ha….ha! Anyways
that was such a cool miracle! They are all feeding us lunch Saturday and we are
having a lesson Wednesday!
That's it for this week but I
would like to say how grateful I am for this gospel. I am so grateful I decided
to come serve a mission. It has been the best decision I have made in my entire
life. I know that this is the Lord's work and he is at the head of it.
I love you all! Have a wonderful
week!
Love you to the Moonisota and back!
Sister Ashlee Young
