The Mission is Dying!

Hey everyone.

Sorry for the really late email. I am getting pretty bad at this emailing stuff! This week has been pretty amazing though, so I wanted to tell you about it. 

Let’s start with PANTS. So, for those of you who have not heard, sister missionaries are allowed to wear pants now. Some sisters bought pants the next day while other sisters, like me, were a bit more hesitant. 

Here are my reasons

1.) I have been out here for quite some time and am very comfortable doing missionary work in a dress

2.) I have never worn "business clothes" ever, but have grown up wearing dresses.

3.) I hate shopping!

But today Sister Ellett and I decided to go shopping to just see what we could find. And let me tell ya, we found some really cool pants haha. So, I now own 3 pairs of pants - black, brown and grey. AND I DIDNT EVEN CRY ONCE! You want to know what the trick was? We prayed right before going into each store and BOOM pants just appeared right before us! God loves his Sister Missionaries... and possibly pants. 

So another thing some of you might not have heard is our mission is dissolving! The funniest part of all of this is ALL the missionaries found out because of Facebook! It felt like finding out your boyfriend cheated on you ...but only because you see his wedding pictures on FB haha. Crazy! We were supposed to find out tomorrow at this huge mission-wide meeting (which by the way never happens - like you have to get approval from the Seventy to do this) but LDS Newsroom leaked the info before it was supposed to be released. LDS Newsroom! Ha! So, we found this out and President a few hours later sends us all a frantic email explaining the situation. The good part of this is we still get to have a meeting tomorrow and see all our friends! Yay. 

Last story. So, this week we went to teach our first lesson to this guy named Caleb. Caleb was found by the Relief Society. They were out doing visits and Caleb basically came out and started talking to them and then said, "so how can I be part of this thing?" Haha wow. So, we went over and started teaching him and the Spirit was so strong! It started off with us talking about God and we explained the Godhead and he just looked at us with amazement and said that brings him so much enlightment. Then we continued and he just loved everything we were saying, then he stopped us mid-sentence and said "okay I have something to say but it's a little crazy. When you guys talk, especially *pointing to me* when you talk... you glow. I can see a light come out of you and my heart feels relief with every word you say." It was amazing. So powerful and such an answer to both of our prayers. Caleb wasn't able to come to church on Sunday, but we have another lesson with him this week and hope to see him next Sunday. 

Well, that’s all I have for you. I love all you guys and I'm so grateful for the support I receive from you in letters, emails, and prayers. They mean a lot to me. 

Sister Aase