Well this is a LONG email!

Hello Family and Friends,

So, this email is a little long and a lot different. You'll have to tell me how you like it.... so, I guess here we go.

Monday: So, some highlights of today was we had a game day with the Gibbens family. Boy oh boy do I love them. We played golf which I haven't played in a really long time and we also played a game called 3 to 13. Both card games - both a blast. Also, today we got “Alpha Smart;” it's basically like a digital keyboard that I can keep at home. So, now when I'm writing in my journal at night I can type it up instead, so my mass email won't take me so long to write. Pretty cool huh? Hopefully, that will make it so my letters can be a bit longer and better :)

Tuesday: I loved President Nelson's address! As we were watching it today, I just had an overwhelming sense of peace. I know that he is going to be a great Prophet of the Lord and lead the Church where our Father in Heaven wants it to go. After the address, we listened to his past 3 conference talks while we were in the car going to appointments. Man oh man I have forgotten how much I love his talks. October 2016 one on Joy is just phenomenal.

Wednesday: We taught seminary today! It was so strange being in a release time seminary classroom. The whole feel of the class is just different. We taught all about Alma 5 and having a change of heart (great chapter btw, would highly recommend it).

Thursday: That was an interesting day. I got to experience my first real basher #fun. We fasted all day on Thursday because we are really trying hard to find some new investigators. I would love to tell you we had this miracle moment where the last door we knocked on opened and they had been waiting just for us, but that didn't happen. We planted a lot of seeds, we hopefully cleared up some misconceptions, and we just learned a lot about patience. This is God's work and it all happens on His timing. He appreciates us working hard, but sometimes we really just need to, as it says in D&C 123:17, "stand still". We are doing all we can and now we just need to wait for the Lord's hand to be revealed.

Friday: District Meeting! I'm going to miss our district. We all got along well and had some great memories together.

Saturday; Well transfer calls came and I regret to inform you that my dear tiny quirky companion Sister Soelberg will be leaving me. She got called to Letha... don't worry if you don't know where that is... because literally, no one knows where that is.

Sunday: Sundays are always just the best days. You get to see everyone you know and love, be uplifted by your meetings and stay super busy. I love it. Sunday was a sad day though because Sister Soelberg had to say goodbye to everyone. The members in the 1st and 36th ward love Sister Soelberg and are going to miss her so much... not as much as me... but still a lot. To celebrate Sister Soelberg's last Sunday though we wore our matching gingerbread socks with Sister Gibbens! We also ate with the Arters that night and told riddles and cheesy jokes for an hour. (The joke book that I got for Christmas really came in handy) :). Here is a riddle for you that stumped all of us last night "What can go up a chimney when it's down but can't go down a chimney when it's up?" Email me with your guesses:)   

Well, Transfers happened this morning and now I'm with Sister Bueburt. She came out from Bountiful but is originally from Guatemala. She is super nice and I love her already. So, what do y'all think? Did you like the longer email this week haha? It was way easy to write. Hopefully, it wasn't extremely boring. I try to make them fun and spiritual because guess what SPIRITUAL THINGS CAN BE FUN! I was talking to a 6-year-old named McKenna on Sunday and she was trying to convince me that missions were boring and I should quit and go to the movies with her. haha. I talked to her for a while telling her why I love my mission because I get to bring people true joy every day. I get to feel my Heavenly Father's presence hourly. I get to watch cheesy Mormon videos. I get to be an instrument in the hands of my loving Heavenly Father. How fun is that?!?! Answer: So much fun.

I love this gospel and I love being a missionary. I hope you all have great weeks and know how much I love you all at home.

Sister Aase