October 19, 2015
hahaha okay so first things first!..... I.saw.cheese.for.80 dollars! no no....not 18....80! YOU HEARD ME! hahaha that is CRAZY! Cheese....its whats for dinner! Every night....for 18months! hahaha its the best! It was aged sharp chedar! and i...bought it!
ha kidding!
OKAY BUT REALLY! So Sister Peterson and I, one fine thursday morning were out and about and the spirit said "Go knock on some doors and teach truth!"...so i told sister peterson! "Okay...lets tract!" keep in mind! She is from Arizona! Its cold here! hahaha So bless her soul! She agreed and we were knockin on some doors!.........i wish i could say that it was successful...hahaha but...not the case.....and so sister peterson said "Alright lets go!" and then i said "Wait wait wait wait! ONE MORE! I PROMISE!" and i felt such a STRONG desire to go to this rather sketchy lookin house!....and so we did! I knock and out comes one of the most PLEASANT MEN I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON A MISSION! He reminded me of MY father! :) He was so nice! He had all daughters (Like my father) he was tall (like my father) but he didn't believe in God (Definitely not like my father! hahaha) and we were talkin and he said "Yeah i know all about you mormons!" and i said "Yeah?? What do you know???" and he starts talkin! Then i mention that we have a prophet and he said "Wait!....you believe there is a prophet on the earth??? Whats his name???" At the beginning i was skeptical and i thought he was going to start making fun of our beliefs but i said "Thomas monson!" and he was SO EXCITED! and it was genuine! He invited us to come back this week! and talk about it! IT WAS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It went from being a not so great tracting experience to being AWESOME! :) pretty exciting! Or in the words of my dad "THATS PRETTY NEAT!"
So something pretty funny that happened this week was this:
There was a new missionary meeting up in Oshkosh wisconsin for the missionaries who have been out 6 weeks and their trainers! So sister Peterson and i drove up there with some other sisters and were trained by President and sister cutler and the assistants to president cutler! So president cutler wanted all of the new missionaries to practice teaching on a trainer who is not your companion! And so an elder comes up to me and he starts talkin to me! He asked me what my "Name" was! (usually when you role play you use a fake name) but this time i just thought "What the hey! I will just use my real name" and so i told him "My name is ashton" and he said "Okay really sister wise, a boy name???" and i said ...."yeah....thats my real name......" and he just got SO EMBARRASSED and then all of the others were giving him a hard time! But he taught well, so that was good! haha but he spent the rest of the meeting making apologetic remarks! hhahaha it was hilarious!
One of the MOST INCREDIBLE experiences occurred this week!!!!! We found a man named Richard on the side of the road a few weeks back! He was in his yard pickin up acorns and we started talkin to him! Richard came to church yesterday! He loved it! We had a former stake president speak, a harp musical number, and a missionary farewell! (emerson ellsworth Shout out!) but he totally felt the spirit! Then he went to priesthood meetings with my mission president! and then we took him on a church tour!!!! So we got into the chapel and the thought came to me "Sit him down, play the piano, and let this man feel the spirit!" so we sat him down and i began to play!...I am NOT confident in my piano skills and didn't really think i had a talent for it, but here i was using a talent to bring a man to Christ! It was cool! after that we asked how he felt and informed him, that if we felt prompted by the spirit, we would invite him to be baptized at the end of the tour! So we take him to the font and invited him and he said yes!!!!!!! We knelt and prayed right there!!!!! it was so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is like a grandpa to me! The man is like 76! He is great! :)
This is incredible! This work is incredible! I am so happy because " I repent everyday!" like they said in the womens broadcast! :) i am so grateful for this gospel! It is through the gospel of Jesus Christ that we unlock the blessings of the Savior's atonement! I am so grateful for that atonement! I love you all!!!!!!!! Shout out to my ridiculously adorable niece and her parents for dressing up like wisconsin cows for halloween! :) (well played) LOVE YOU!
Because I have been Given Much I too Must Give!
-Sister Wise
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