Area: Stillwater Companion: Sister Kitterman 
Happy Thanksgiving
Everyone!
It was another grand ol’ week in the
MMM! I love seeing all of the many
mighty miracles each day as I serve here in the MMM!! Yesterday, Sister
Kitterman and I had a plan to find some “potentials” in our area. While Stillwater
is the name of our area, we get to cover more than just Stillwater. We also
have Cottage Grove, Bayport, Hudson, New Richmond, Houlton and Marine on St.
Croix. It’s a lot. (By the way, the
coolest site I have seen so far, is the St. Croix River frozen. It is pretty
cool!) It is the weirdest thing seeing not
only frozen lakes but frozen rivers! Since
Sister Kitterman is from Arizona, and this is her first winter in MMM, she has
never really driven in snow or on slippery wintery roads before. She hasn't killed us yet, so keep on praying
for our safety! The wind is bitter here,
bitter I tell you!!
As we were both looking through the area book
we came across an older couple’s name. They
are an older couple that the Elders were teaching in 2012. The Elders notes said that they loved the
restoration and that they were very nice. Anyways, Sister Kitterman and I
didn't realize we were both reading about the Family when we both said at the
same time; “let's go see the N. family!" That was so funny to know that
Heavenly Father had given both of us a prompting to go and see them. |
| First Snow Day!! 11/10/14 |
When we pulled up to their house we both felt
the spirit very strongly. We said a prayer and went up to the door. In the
driveway we noticed a bunch of telescopes, so we figured we could strike it up
by talking about those!!! When we knocked, L. came to the door with their
adorable puppy. When he saw our tags he knew exactly who we were! He was so
happy to see us!!!! As we are talking with him we asked where K. was. He said
that she passed away unexpectedly from cancer August 16. He then continued to
tell us about his wife and how wonderful she was and how he has to understand
that she isn't coming back. We felt so much love and concern for L. We knew
that Heavenly Father and K, his wife had sent us to go comfort him in this
difficult time. Since he had taken the discussions with the Elders he was familiar
with the plan of happiness, he said that it brought him a lot of comfort. We
then explained to him how he can be with K. for eternity. He lit up!! As we
continued to talk about eternity he mentioned he was a scientist and eternity
is just something he cannot wrap his head around; but then he shared his
testimony without even knowing it!!!! We then shared our testimonies about our
Heavenly Father's wonderful plan. I talked about my brother that passed away.
We could truly see that the Lord sent us to him in his time of need. He is so
ready to learn more!!!! 
After we prayed and left we prayed to
our Father in Heaven and just thanked him so much for the miracle he had just
given us. As we had a rough day on Saturday, (we weren’t getting along and we
both were bugging each other; none of our appointments went through, so we were
just grumpy idk…..just a bad day!) He truly let us know that he is always there
for us. Later that evening, we got a text message from L. saying “I just want
to say it was nice meeting you, and I enjoyed our visit tonight. Thanks for
being here for me in this difficult time. Your message and prayers help me
indeed. Keep following the Lord's lead. –L. " We were so happy to receive
such an encouraging text!! We replied "We know that Heavenly Father &
K. had a part in us meeting you today, and we look forward to seeing you!
Heavenly Father's plan for you is perfect; He knows you and what you need. As does
K.! We hope you have a great week and want you to know you are in our thoughts
and prayers!!!" We are so grateful that we met Lon. We truly experienced a
miracle. 
We followed up on a referral for a
lady named Judy. She lives in the same building as Grandma S. and Sister V. She has a tough life and we were able to
teach her about the restoration. She was so accepting! She loved it.
She also loves pink the color!!! We got along great! She accepted our invitation to be baptized,
which was cool……but we don't think she completely understood what we asked her.
We have another appointment with her later this week. She is great, bless her
heart. 
We also visited Sister
V. Her son is training to be a Marine. She loves talking about him, her cat
Pepper and going out with the Sisters. Sister
V. has long hair and wanted a haircut, so…… I did it for her hahahaha! Oh my.
I got just a little scissor happy…… lol, lol! I cut 6 inches off and
gave her a “bob”. It looks so cute! I’ll
send pics later. I also did her makeup and we got her to church on Sunday
because I laid her outfit out for her. She looked adorbs. Sister V is da best! During
church your klutzy daughter broke the hymn book holder; haha! Oh gosh, idk….. how
do you even do that?
DON'T YA LOVE THAT K. GOT A BAPT. DATE!!!
FINALLY OH MY HECK!
Sister M. showed me the pic and video you sent her. I started crying
when I saw my baby! She looks so much like the other little turkey lurkeys. Speaking
of turkey, I don’t get to email you on Thanksgiving, so here are the things I
am grateful for: prayer, the Atonement, Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father, family,
family, family, friends, Mission friends, mission people, Sis. and Pres. Forbes, my area,
having a car, family, fireplaces, Diet Coke, family, deer ( which I had
a dream about last night, and Maggie Moo) I miss my Muppy!
Here are the rest of this week’s
happenings. “Grandma Amis was transferred: (So was Elder Thacker and Elder
Roose. Elder Young is our new District Leader. It is sad to have changes, but
we will live. Leo’s is the cutest 50's restaurant in Stillwater. It is really
yummy. It reminded me of Uncle Greg's chocolate shakes! It was almost that good.
I have got to go now. I love you both. Thanks for all the packages! I’m going to pick them up right now from the Elders!!! Happy turkey day! I love you all and am
grateful for you all do for me!!!! Here
is a quote Aunt Sue shared with me in her letter. “The things you take for
granted; someone else is praying for.” I
loved that quote!!
Take pics! I love
you!!! Happy turkey lurkey day!
Ashlee
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