So to begin I didn't say much about the temple last week but it was a fun experience to go and think about what I have done this far on my mission and rededicate myself to finishing my mission running and giving everything I can to be better and help the people around me. I truly love the temple and spending time there to just be close to my Heavenly Father. Plus I got to see some people that are on the island that I don't see as often now that I am in the city. And the temple is super beautiful and amazing! When we went to go get on the train to go home when saw a missionary who went home in August! It was fun to see her and talk to her on how she is doing and advice she has for after the mission. That was mainly for my companion who goes home this transfer. So, in like two weeks. Either which way it was fun to see her and just talk. Plus she was with Sister Peterson who is awesome! She was like you never saw us because she was leaving mission boundaries and didn't get permission. But I think it is ok because Sister Peterson is like the best person alive! I love her!
Then that night we visited a family where the mom is active but her two daughters are less active and I think that house is one of my favorite houses to visit here in Brooklyn. The biggest reason is because one of the daughters is very similar to me. So I was telling them about some different things that happen in my life we just would talk for hours if we could. We just go on and on and on together, it might be dangerous. The best was we went into the lesson and we were talking about prayer and, the one that I am very connected to, was like "Sisters! I did what you asked of my to do! I prayed to know if Heavenly Father loves me!" I quickly responded with "And what did you feel?" She was like "I felt his love! I was a little surprised at how fast I felt his love!" To me that is what a mission is about. Helping others just know and feel that there is a loving Heavenly Father there for us and he wants to to hear from us! I just love them!
Oh then the funniest story is this one. So our metro cards were expired so we asked our district leader to get us new ones. And for some reasons and another we couldn't meet up with them Wednesday night. So he said they they will just stop by our apartment to drop them off the next day around lunch time. Well Thursday lunch time came and went and the elders still hadn't stopped by. We couldn't really leave because, one we couldn't go anywhere because my companion had no way to get there and two we didn't know when they would show up. So we gave them a call and the first thing they said to was oh my goodness so sorry we forgot to get you your cards. Super funny so we waited another hour or so for them to come. So we live on the third floor and one of our windows goes over the door to enter into our apartment. So my companion made like a make shift basket and tied it to string so when they came we lowered it out of our window. However it was just barely long enough to reach them. So we told them not to pull on the box. However them being elder's didn't listen to us and pulled and broke the string which defeated the purpose of our basket so we had to go down the stairs and get the cards from them and get our basket. It was funny, and funny!
The funny story on Friday was when we went to a member's house to eat. She was late so she just took us to a pizza place to get us pizza. Although as soon as we got our food she left so she left us seating there by ourselves. So we went and sat at the window to watch people walk by. When one of our members walked by a return missionary. We like got his attention and he walked in to talk with us. He was like Hermanas it isn't dinner time. We tried to explain ourselves and tell him that the member just left us and we weren't just there being disobedient. I don't think he believed us but at the same time he knows that we aren't disobedient missionaries. After he left it was raining a little bit and we saw this guy who was using a kid umbrella so he could smoke. It was a funny sight to see. A big guy with a small umbrella.
Then Saturday oh man! It rained all day long! I promise it didn't stop raining all day long! I don't think I have used an umbrella so much in my life. It just rained and rained and rained! Thankfully we were in the rain too much because we had a couple of meetings at the church and then we had a lesson which was kind of interesting. What had happen was it was a less active that we looked up the day before and the husband said his wife would be there the next day for us to visit. So it was the next day and we were stoping by. So we tried to buzz in but no one answered so we gave her a call. She would not let us in and was interesting in her responses to my companion. She just left us standing in the rain. But that is cool. Then that night we had our branch Mother's Day activity! It was fun! They had a little program where he primary sang we sang as missionaries and some spiritual thoughts. The awkward part was they put up a wall in the room we were in to hide some stuff but the piano was behind the wall. They asked me to play for the hymns they were going to sing. So I had to play the piano from behind a wall where I couldn't see no one. It was a little awkward.
Well this week I found so many cool things in my studies I just want to share it all! Although there is one scripture that really stood out to me out of everything I learned. It is in 3 Nephi 13:34. It says:
"34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof."
I like he beginning part of the scripture. Taking no thought on tomorrow because there will be enough thoughts for tomorrow in tomorrow. It is true we have each have things hat occupy our lives each day. To me I feel the Lord wants us to know that we need to take everything one day at a time. Don't worry about the future and to take everything one day at time. Focus and enjoy the moments you have right now because there will come a point that today will be in the past. I know Heavenly Father wants us to enjoy every moment we have. I encourage y'all to find ways to enjoy each moment and not worry about the future too much. Make sure you enjoy the here and the now. I love y'all! Have a great week!
Ps I will email on Tuesday next week because my companion goes to the temple next week!
Con Amor
Hermana Ashford
Picture 1: End of temple trip!
Picture 2: old missionary and Sister Peterson. Evidence we never saw them.
Picture 3-5: Playing with finger spinners.
Picture 6-7: getting our cards from the elder's!
Picture 8-10: cool graffiti
Picture 11: cool sunset!
Picture 12: big man small umbrella
Picture 13: mash potato pizza! 🍕
Picture 14: talking to home from the other side.
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