First week in the MTC!

Ashton seems to be thriving in the MTC, she is a great leader and a source of strength to her district. She has really enjoyed her companion Sis. Hess

That's my Ashton!

We are glad Ashton is her normal self!

Here is her email to everyone  29 April 2015


Hey mom go ahead and send this to everyone! :)

Hey Everyone!!!! I am here in the MTC! It has been WAY fun!!!!! but i have learned so much about myself, missionary work, but most importantly i have come to know the Savior in a way i never have!!! 

      So i walked into the MTC and they gave me my nametag! WOAH! I represent Jesus Christ! Its written on my chest!! WOW! It was an unreal moment!!!! So we had orientation and then were separated into companionships (My companion is Sister Kourtney Hess)....(MOM THATS THE ONE IM FRIENDS WITH ON FB) anyways! It was so cool to meet her! and then we were split into DISTRICTS! HOLY TALEDO I LOVE MY DISTRICT!!!!!!!!! We have Me and sister  Hess (Wyoming) and Elder Reed (San Diego) and Elder Lott (Poocatello) (MOM THATS THE ONE WE MET WHILE TAKING PICTURES BEFORE ENTERING THE MTC) and they are both going to Wisconsin with me and sister Hess!!! and then we have Sister Wayment (BURLEY) (MOM! SHE IS COREY WAYMENTS SISTER! WE ARE RELATED!) and then Sister Ro (Meridian)...IDAHO REPRESENT! and they are in the same room as me!!!! and then we have Elder Pollson (N Dakota and the dude is hilarious and looks like napolean dynamite) and then Elder Richins (Colorado and he used to play soccer for Utah State and he is AWESOME) So Basically Im blessed with the best district ever! We always play volleyball and today we played sand volleyball outside and went on a run and saw ALLAN PARRY!! WOAH! haha small world!!!

      So it definitely has been the HARDEST week of my life! Partially because I hate getting up in the mornings...haha but Heavenly Father has seriously blessed me...I don't get irritated in the mornings (My sisters will NOT believe that hahaha) and i can just do the work and study and get ready and not get mad! Its a blessing....one that i needed! hahaha It has been really different having a companion with me 24-7 but i see the blessings from it for sure!!!!! Okay so I'm going to make this email as easy to read as possible! So since i have a hard time with reading HUGE paragraphs because my attention span is the size of a gnat...i decided to use BULLET POINTS! hahaha

never mind this computer wont let me...

    So we are teaching an investigator right now and her name is Julia (Its really our teacher acting as Julia) and we were trying to teach her about the doctrine of Christ!!!! But she was just looking down the whole time and not looking at us and we were getting SUPER frustrated and then my teacher came back and said "Okay stop time out! Why are you teaching me like this??? You could give this same lesson to a wall! Stop teaching lessons and teach me! Im a daughter of God! Julia is a daughter of GOD! and then sister Hess kinda lost it! BUT! we went back into it with fresh eyes and taught JULIA not the Doctrine of Christ! We taught JULIA! It was so cool!!!! and as we sincerely and genuinely cared for her...the doctrine of Christ ended up being taught! It was INCREDIBLE! AWESOME AWESOME lesson!!!!! Journal worthy it was!

     Next cool story is we are teaching another investigator named Sammy and we went into this lesson really prepared..it was like our third one..and Sammy basically said "So if God is our loving Heavenly Father, why do i go to other countries and see kids starving on the street...etc" and I was at a loss of words and so was sister Hess...but as i just prayed for my mouth to be filled with the words of God I said something that really touched sammy! AND I CANT EVEN TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS! Sister Hess and I got out of the lesson and i said "Okay what did i just say in there????" and she said "I HAVE NO IDEA! BUT ITS WHAT HE NEEDED TO HEAR! SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

     Other cool story....I got a package of brownies! (Thanks brent and laurie!) I was the envy of the MTC! hahaha SPEAKING OF FOOD! DONT EAT THE MTC FOOD! Hahahahaha kidding its good!...Those Samoan elders just eat it ALL!! hahahaha 

Well I don't have much time (we are going to the TEMPLE with my district!!!!!!!! WAHOO!!!!!!!!)

I have a testimony to Christ! If I could say anything in these emails it would be that i LOVE THE LORD! He loves us! We wouldn't be here if He didn't! There wouldn't be purpose if we didn't have a way to recieve eternal life and eternal happiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE  YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!1 It has been the best week of my life! The next 18 will be fabulous! CANT WAIT TO SERVE THOSE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN! oh p.s. my district loves my impersonation of wisconsin people!!!!! HAHAHAHA

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!1

"Because I Have Been Given Much I Too Must Give!"

MUCH WISCONSIN LOVE!,

-Sister Wise

OH P.S. My district is singing next week in church and I gave an on-the-spot talk last sunday!!!!! IT TURNED OUT GREAT! LOVE YOU!!!!! BYE! NEXT TIME I EMAIL YOU I WILL BE IN THE EXOTIC LAND OF WISCONSIN!