Dutch Bros - YAY!!

HI! 

It's been a great and busy week so let's get into it. 

Monday: ALWAYS STRESSFUL DAYS haha. I love them. They are necessary. But honestly, you think that your preparation day would be easy and relaxing...far far far from the truth. I'm thinking today is going to go a little better though. Sister Bubert and I planned everything out hour-by-hour so we have time for everything. Let's just hope no one calls us to do anything else haha. 

Tuesday: Sister Bubert works hard! For everyone who has been a missionary before you will understand the craziness of what we did on Tuesday. WE FILLED OUT TWO PROGRESS RECORDS... IN ONE DAY. Craziness. We visited so many families and so many doors opened up to us (literally and figuratively). 

Wednesday: Have I told y'all about Peyton Couch? She is my favorite little girl in Nampa. She is 7 and part of a PMF (part member family). Her dad who is not a member...yet.... wanted to make sure she took the lessons before getting baptized to make sure she knew what she was getting into. I love teaching her lessons. On Wednesday we taught her Law of Chasity, Tithing, and Obeying and Honoring the Laws. We did it all outside with outdoor activities like chalk and picking up leaves and playing red light green light. So fun. 

Thursday: I experienced my very first Dutch Bros Hot Chocolate today. I don't know if Dutch Bros is just an Idaho thing or if it’s in other places, but let me just tell you it is like the hip hoppin’ place to go. It was the first of the month and so we had to wake up super early so we could get ...wait for it...their monthly sticker! Apparently, all the missionaries collect them and they run out of them within hours of opening. So I now have my first DUTCH BROS sticker. YAY. 

Friday: District Meeting was really goofy today. Let me tell you sometimes the Elders here act like missionaries and other time they do things and then you just have to remember "oh yeah that's right they are only 18 year old boys" so you just have to laugh it off. Today was one of those days. Apparently, some Elders in my district are trying to convert a pig...? Don't ask me how or why... I still don't really get it.

Saturday: All the missionaries in the Stake had breakfast with our Stake President. It was super fun. We analyzed movie plots, learned how to play "master tic tac toe", and talked about things we could do as a Stake. Later that day since it was so nice outside we did our studies in a park. Fun fact about Castle Peak Neighborhood... they have street cats... like 4 of them. These cats looooove us... and we tolerate them. Ha. They make us laugh and so one of them joined us in our studies on Saturday. We are pretty sure they will convert and be baptized soon. Hopefully, they will get baptized before the pig. 

Sunday: I LOVE SUNDAY DINNERS. All dinners we have during the week are fun and enjoyable but Sunday dinners are just special. They always remind me of dinners at home and that just makes me happy. After dinner, we went to the Spence's home to pick up some Nerf gun ammo for today's P-day (we are totally going to annihilate everyone). The Spence's are so funny and just make me laugh. The littlest Spence just kept on coming down the stairs with more and more Halloween costumes...eventually, we had to try some of them on.   

It's been a great week. Sister Bubert and I are always laughing...like always. Sometimes we knock on doors and then one of us will say something funny and we will just be laughing when the person answers the door #awkward #wearetryingtobelikejesus #butitmightnotbeworking. I love being a missionary. I love seeing the small changes it makes in people's life. I love being bold. I love this gospel. 

Thanks for all the support and I hope you have a SUPER week. 

Sister Aase