Trying to survive the storm while the crazies come out! 9/5/16

This week was a little crazy. We had to prepare for a storm in case it came. I believe because of the storm a lot of the crazy people came out. We have some fun interactions with some different people, for instance we meet a feminist and two atheists. The feminist told us we had to vote for Hilary because she is a women. As well tried to tell us our church abuses women at lest they did in the 1800s. Hermana Johnston and I just walked away laughing saying it was another story to go down in the books. Other than that it was a pretty normal week. I think the hardest part of the week was the fact that the Martino's were in Utah for the entire week because they had training for their next assignment. It was hard having all of our member presents without them. The fun part was this morning we had a Labor Day breakfast with our branch. We had to do talents and perform for the group. The missionaries did a skit to frozen do you want to build a snowman and loving is an open door. We all believe we publicly humiliated ourselves in front of the branch. I am pretty proud however the elders do not feel the same way. This week as well we had trainer trainee meeting which was a ton of fun to see some old friends and enjoy the time together. I think over all it was a memorable week.

So my spiritual experience for the week comes from church. Yesterday we were taking the sacrament and we didn't have enough water for everyone. So they pulled out more cups and water and blessed the water again. To me it showed me the importance of the sacrament and how everyone needs the bread and the water. I realized that this is a saving ordnance to help us return to live with our loving Heavenly Father again. It reminded me of when my grandpa was sick and dying in the hospital. That Sunday we had decided not to go to church because we wanted to just stay with family and wait for him to die. So they got the sacrament brought to us. I know now more than ever how important the sacrament is. We take this bread and water to remember the Savior and his sacrifice for us. The things he did to help us progress to live with our Heavenly Father again.

I love y'all and have a great week!

Love
Hermana Ashford