October 19, 2015 "Fall is in the air!"

                                                   Area: Anoka Minnesota 

Companion: Sister Macey Jolley

Hometown: Alpine, Utah

"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!

October 12, 2015 " Keystone of our Religion"

Area: Anoka Minnesota                  

"Zone P-Day"

Companion: Sister Macey Jolley

Hometown: Alpine, Utah

Snail Mail:                                         

Minnesota Minneapolis Mission

5931 West 96th Street

Bloomington, MN  55438-1715

Hello all!

Not tons happened this week……oh wait; with the exception that Yammah and Gladys had their baptismal interviews and are good to go for the 17th!!!! We are so excited!

We went to ACBC with the Andover Elders. (Oldroyd and Dygert) We were given free chocolate milk and grapes.  That made us all pretty happy!

 Sister Jolley and I taught the missionary Preach my Gospel class Sunday. Our lesson was on the Book of Mormon and the importance of the Book of Mormon in the gospel. We taught how it is the "keystone of our religion."

We went and saw a lot of people this week. Sister B. invited us over for dinner. It was so much fun to spend time with her and Pat.

Ha-ha!  Sister Jolley and I took ourselves to Texas Roadhouse for dinner because we have been working hard and wanted to treat ourselves. ha-ha. They sat us in the bar section. Our waitress came and her name was Ashley. Then she brought another server to help her, and her name was Ashlie! We had 2 waitresses whose names were both "Ashley and Ashlie" and they were serving Sister "Ashlee".  I thought it was kind of funny!

Just after we finished, the Andover Elders called us in a panic. They asked if we could drive up to Columbus. They were set up to go to a home for dinner with a lady. However, they were in a pickle because in order for them to be with a lady in her home, they needed us to meet the” rule of 3.” It was such a long drive but it was well worth it because it was fun and it was a really pretty drive.

Well I got to go I love you all to the Moonisota and Back! 

Love,

Sister Ashlee Young

"Mississippi River"

October 5, 2015 “We are Kind of a wreck...#fluandtailbone‏”

"12 Months!! 1 year!"

Area: Anoka Minnesota

Companion: Sister Macey Jolley

Hometown: Alpine, Utah

Snail Mail:                                         

Minnesota Minneapolis Mission

5931 West 96th Street

Bloomington, MN  55438-1715

Email: ashlee.young@myldsmail.net

Friday, October 2, 2015: So, today we stayed home again. Sister Jolley is running a temperature and I'm being mean by making her stay in bed. The Elders called and asked why we weren't “weekly planning” at the church... I told them that Sister Jolley was not feeling well. They offered to come give her a blessing. We were so happy that they could come. I made calls, planned, cleaned, organized, and watched all the movies we have on DVD...... Let’s just say I can quote Mr. Krueger's Christmas perfectly! 

Later, “Sleeping Beauty” got up and got ready. We left and went to get lunch. Sister Jolley wanted $5 Pizza's (that's the name of the place) Mac n' Cheese pizza, so we drove and picked it up. Then we went and picked up drinks from good ole Mickey D's. After that the Elders: (Johnston & Coon and Oldroyd & Dygert) came to give her a blessing. It was really weird/ funny having them in our apartment #basement. Our low ceilings made them all look super tall haha! They were like "Sisters apartments are so different... #decorated" then Elder Dygert gave her a beautiful blessing from Heavenly Father. We walked them out and when we were walking back down the "once there was a mouse and a billion bugs #nastystairs”; Sister Jolley was in the door while I was about 1/2 way down the gross staircase,  when thanks to my gracefulness, I slipped and fell down the entire thing! It HURT SO BAD!!! There was no holding back those tears! I thought for sure that I had broken my back and behind! I was crying; partially because of the pain, partly from scaring myself and the rest was because I fell on the nasty stairs!!!!! Sister Jolley helped me up while trying not to laugh at the irony of the situation! We took it easy for the rest of the night, since now both of us weren't feeling so hot. All thanks to my klutziness! We were pretty bored, but, that's the life of a missionary...you can't rest because you aren't busy. It's a problem. Oh well, ce'st la vie!!! So, I am pretty sure my tail bone is broken which means I will probably be making a trip into the doctor to get an x-ray...JOY!!!

Anyways, General Conference was so good! I loved all of the talks! I bawled my eyes out during conference, especially when the MoTab sang "If the Savior Stood Beside me!"  I looked at my iPad and saw that Mom had emailed me about that song :) I also cried during Elder Holland's talks about Mothers and President Monson's talk. What an amazing Prophet! I felt so badly as he struggled so much standing towards the end of his talk. I was praying so hard that he would be able to finish it out! I really hope and pray he makes it to next conference! President Russell M. Nelson's talk also hit me hard. I thought about our Smiley Riley. I felt so much joy and comfort from listening to our sweet servants of the Lord. We are so blessed to be able to hear the Lord's counsel all the way around the world.

I am so grateful to be able to live in these days where we can watch and listen to the prophets anytime and anywhere even in the mountains hunting...cough, cough, Dad and Bryan! You better get an elk and send me some jerky!

So, not a ton happened this week because Sister Jolley was sick with the flu but, everyone is still going good! We met with Gladys and Yammah, of course! They have their baptism interview this Wednesday, and are still on track for baptism on the 17th! We are so excited for them! Both of them are really excited, and Gladys said she KNOWS that she needs to be baptized! She loves the church, and what it teaches! She is doing great. Yammah is cute as always. She loves reading the Book of Mormon. It is a great blessing to see how far they have come since the first day we started teaching them.  Please pray for them to stay strong and be baptized on the 17^th!

Well, I love you all! Don't forget to Ponderize!!!!

Love,

Sister Ashlee Young