HI Friends and
Family!
I
survived my first week here! YAY. I have loved it here. It is so hard and so
worth it. My companion has watched me cry multiple times but she has also
watched me laugh until I cant breathe. So weird how there can be such
drastically different emotions in the same place huh?
Anyway
let me tell you a little bit about what's been going on. First off surprise, I
get to have an iPad in the MTC! It's been a big blessing in reaching out to
investigators and searching for videos during lessons. Also, I have no clue why
they did this but, I was called to be the district technology adviser.
Basically, I just get to make sure everyone is following the rules in terms of
technology. It's pretty simple but it also gave me a bit of a confidence boost
because if the Lord thinks I can handle another thing on my plate I must be
doing okay as a missionary.
So
my companion, Sister Bentley, is just the best. To tell you a little bit about
her personality let me share with you a story. Second day here I am already
falling asleep in class #darnnarcolepsy . So I tell Sister Bentley that I am
going to just stand up in the back of the room (literally like two feet behind
her) and she says "nope WE will stand in the back". So for the rest
of the meeting, Sister Bentley stood in the back of the classroom with me
balancing her notes on her knee just so I wouldn't be lonely. SOOOO
sweet.
Okay
I'll end with one funny story. So here we were 9:30 at night and we
get a pounding on the door. We open it and they say Sister Aase they are looking
for you at the front desk. Sister Bentley and I look at our SDLs and then at
each other and then at our outfits... pajamas. The SDLs insisted that we just
leave immediately because the people on the phone at the front desk sounded
concern. So here we go, both in pajamas, walking through campus to get to the
front desk (on the other side of campus). We get there and I'm like shaking
because I think I'm in trouble and I'm cold and embarrassed because we ran into
like 20 different Elders... I digress. We get to the front desk and before even
saying a word they hand me a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I look at them
really confused and then they look at me really confused (probably because of
the pajamas) and then they say "you're Sister Aase right?". So I take
the doughnuts and start walking back. Then I read the note on the top of the
box... from Clayn Smith... ??? It sounds familiar, but where do I know a
Clayn Smith from . . . but thanks for the doughnuts!. The sisters and I have
been joking about it all week saying all the different people he could be. So
funny. I wish I could send a picture but unfortunately, I can't figure out how
it works on this computer.
I
love all of you guys and I'm so grateful you will be on this journey with me
and be able to see how my testimony grows each week- because I know it will. If
I could tell all of you one thing I learned this week, it would be that God is
real, and loves each and every one of us so much. He sent His Son down for us
and through the Atonement we can be with Him and His Son, our Savior, Jesus
Christ again.
Thank
you for the support,
Sister
Aase
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| My MTC companion, Sister Bentley |
