Ashton blog: "DON'T HURT US WE JUST HAVE A BIBLE!"

so...we received a referral from Salt Lake telling us that there was a woman in milwaukee who wanted a bible! So we went to go deliver it to her!...milwaukee is a great city!...but this part...not so much! Its not a sister area because its too dangerous...yet there we were! hahaha so we knocked on that door and this woman just SCARED THE HEAVENS OUT OF ME! haha She was just yellin from inside her house and said "YEAH YEAH WHO IS IT????" and we told her "Hey we are missionaries...." "YEAH WHAT DO YOU WANT???" "BaH! okay we just have a bible!!!!!!" hahahaha she said that the person we were looking for wasn't there....it was just kind of super hilariously terrifying!.....

BUT! BRIGHTER NOTE! This week was so good friends and family! We went to MLC (Missionary Leadership Council) and we set goals for the mission! It was great to see the progress we have made as a mission! we are a super young mission! So its great to see the excitement working within a lot of missionaries!

Okay! Something so great is Sister Tenney and I were having a tough day! Not a lot of success! and the next day I just prayed and asked if God would send us people and promised that we would just open our mouths!!! And so we hop on the bus! AND SURE ENOUGH! We just talked to SO MANY PEOPLE! we met a girl named Estaucia and by the time we got to her stop she said "I really feel like God put you two in my path for a reason!" We promised her that that was the case! and then we get off the bus, and a guy taps us on the shoulder and said "Hey i over heard what you two were saying! Can i get your number? I have so questions!!!!" WELL SURE SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha and there were several other instances!!!!!!!! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was incredible! Sister Tenney and I both talked about how its experiences like that, that let us know that there surely is a God and that He loves us and doesn't want to punish, but wants to forgive us and improve our lives!

As i was taking the sacrament yesterday, i thought of all of the blessings from the week and read these words from hymn #185:

Bid thine heart all strife to cease;

With thy brethren be at peace.

Oh, forgive as thou wouldst be

E'en forgiven now by me.

In the solemn faith of prayer

Cast upon me all thy care,

And my Spirit's grace shall be

Like a fountain unto thee.

I LOVE THAT! The Savior wants to forgive! He wants to help us. He is by no means "mean" nor is he an angry God! He condemns righteously and loves eternally! I am so grateful for Him!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SHOUT OUT TO MY COUSIN HERMANA CARR!!!!!!!!! So glad you are home! Thank you for your service! I LOVE YOU!