Area: Anoka Minnesota
Companion:
Sister Macey Jolley
Hometown: Alpine,
Utah
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| "Fall is in the air...get out the warm gear!" |
Snail
Mail:
Minnesota
Minneapolis Mission
5931 West
96th Street
Bloomington,
MN 55438-1715
Email:
ashlee.young@myldsmail.net
Hey Everyone!
First of all, some bittersweet
news is that Gladys and Yammah didn't get baptized on Saturday. They chose to
wait because they have family who are LDS in Africa that are moving to
Minnesota on October 30, and so they want to wait for them to be there to support
them. We feel it is okay though, because Estella is turning 8 this week, and she
wants to be baptized with her Mom and Sister! It was really sad to have to tell
Yammah the news that she would have to wait until November 7 (Ammon's 8th
Birthday) to be baptized with her family. She cried, which broke our hearts! Luckily
we held it together until we got to the car. Then, not so much! We are so happy that they are taking it
seriously and want their family to be there to support them on their special
day. We are just praying that we both stay here for transfers which are October
28.... So keep us in your prayers. But, the Lord knows what
is best,
so even if we both were transferred it will be okay.
This week we had lunch with Muriel and she
cooked some amazing wraps for us, then followed up with some fresh picked apples
made into apple crisp :) After we went
with the Andover and Anoka Elders to do some service. We chose to rake leaves
on a random street. It was really fun, but very windy so that made our job
harder.
We then went to Bette Rinke's house for her
92nd Birthday with Bishop Petersen! It was so fun, he was able to administer
the sacrament to her, and the spirit was SO STRONG. I was a puddle of tears! To
see someone show so much gratitude and respect for something so many take for
granted was truly a heartwarming experience. It made me grateful for the sacrament and the
true meaning behind it. As we each go through our weeks we should always
remember the sacrament; the promises we made with God and renewed with Him each
and every week.
We did the
normal stuff this week as well. We had zone service on Friday which was fun. We
went and helped clean up a farm. I fed the goats, the sheep and the cow. I wasn't supposed to but they were looking at me, so I caved. We had a fireside with Elder Christensen
(Presidency of the Seventy) and Elder Stacey (my personal favorite) where they
both spoke! It was awesome! It was a YSA fireside, so they talked a lot about
marriage and all that stuff. It really was
not applicable right now for us, but hey, it was still good! After, I was able
to visit with Elder Stacey for a moment. I asked Elder Stacey how Lake Nokomis was
doing. He said good, but that they all miss me and talk about me still, so that
made me feel really good! It was so fun to see him again! I will be excited
when I can talk to all of them again :) We saw a lot of our peeps this week
which is always fun! I am so grateful I have the opportunity to be serving
"up north"! I will forever
cherish the time I have on my mission.
Love you all!
Sister Young
Ether 12:6 &
12:27
P.S. It finally got
cold this week, but then it was nice today... I don't understand the weather ha-ha!
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