Because they only get one P Day a week!
Hahahaha
It's official, I'm positive that talking to your family on Mother's Day is better than Disney World! Yesterday was the greatest day!! On Saturday night I could hardly sleep I was just so excited, anxious and even a little nervous! But it was the greatest! My nephew Drake is the biggest thing and is just talking a mile a minute, my family is doing awesome! It was so good to see their faces! Sure made me miss em though. But I know this is where I am supposed to me. This is where Heavenly Father wants me to be.
The weather has been bi polar here this last week! (it's not just a Utah thing) :) it was like 85 and humid one day.. I was dying. This desert girl is not used to humidity! but today it was been POURING, lightening and thunder! Pretty sure the Second Coming will look a little like how it did this morning.
Sister Bean was really sick this last week so she slept a lot.. and I.. well I kept myself busy. read a bunch of talks and watched Mormon Message and rearranged the apt a of times.. :)
Once she got feeling better we kicked it into serious gear. Sister Bean is a hard worker and I am grateful for that! We walked a lot this week and contacted a lot of people. The warm weather makes all the difference, people are so much nicer :) We street contacted a lot (for those who dont know that just means we basically talked to anyone and everyone we saw outside) most people aren't interested but a few people were which was awesome! Friday we started talking with this Jehovah Witness.. They're interesting folk. But she was actually really nice! We exchanged info and we're gonna meet up, pretty sure she thinks she can convert us... she's got another thing coming :)
We had a lot of lesson in coffee shops this week.. Ironic right? People give us the funniest looks! We are teaching this new guy Dan, who is awesome! Awesome but so analytic! He asks the craziest questions about the Book of Mormon, that no mortal man could answer. But he came to church yesterday for the first time so that's a start.. :)
I don't think I've told you guys much about Matt yet, he is less active, but he's not really that less active anymore. He is AWESOME! He was baptized in his youth but then his whole family distanced from the church, his home teachers found him and started visiting. He suffers from major anxiety and depression and it makes him nervous to meet with people, but he has literally transformed over the last couple months. He comes to church every week and some activities even. and this last week he felt a huge prompting to pay his tithing so he did and then this whole last week he said he was just overwhelmed with the spirit and peace. It is amazing to see the blessings of someone keeping the commandments first hand, he's preparing to receive his temple recommend :)
I just want you all to know that regardless of the rejection and the hard days, I am so grateful to be a missionary. I am grateful for my testimony of the restored Gospel. I may not know everything, but the things I do know, I know with all my soul. Heavenly Father knows me perfectly, (which is slightly scary thinking about all my faults) but he loves me PERFECTLY! Jesus Christ is my Savior, he picks me up every time I fall short, which is every day. he is there for each one of us, we just have to turn to him.
(Can I just tell you when people used to tell me stuff like this, I thought they were full of baloney, but it is ALL true. Sometimes you have to be completely humbled to realize just how wonderful God's plan for each of his children is.)
"Life is like a Watermelon, sweet and juicy but full of seeds. The fun part is seeing how far you can spit the seeds."
Love, Sister Askerlund
Skyping with the fam :)
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