Wanna hear a funny story?

Ashley's Mission Email #34

First off, Elder Holland will be in our stake this Sunday and I am beyond words excited. We got transfer calls and luckily I will be staying here but yet again, I will have a new companion! (I haven´t stayed with a compañera for more than 1 transfer my whole mission!) But the coolest part is that she is from my group and I roomed with her in the CCM! Her name is Hermana Pichardo and she´s Dominicana. So I will be training her as sister training leader. Should be really fun! Especially because I´m really new to this and still don´t quite know what I´m doing. :)

So the funny story...well looking back it´s kind of funny. (Now don´t get scared please. We´re safe.) This week on Thursday we were walking from one lesson to the next and we were with a member who is preparing to serve her mission. A moto pulls up with 2 guys. One guy jumps off and tells the member to give him her bag. Then he does the same to Hna Mapa. Then gets back on the motorcycle. The guy driving asks if he was going to grab mine but he said no, let’s go, and they drove off. 

I´m not telling this story to scare you. Believe me, we´re fine and now there are 2 more people who have a Book of Mormon this week! But I´m telling this because the day before in our leaders meeting we were talking about opposition. And how we are really working right now to elevate the mission. Pres Corbitt said it’s kind of like a giant weight that at first will be really hard to lift because satan also understands the laws of gravity and will be working against us as hard as possible. But if we just keep going, we will see amazing things happen and we will all be so much stronger.

I feel very protected and I know it’s because of your prayers and love. Again, please dont freak out, we´re being safe and getting rides from members and things like that. But I just know that we are doing the right thing because if we weren´t, we wouldn´t see any obstacles or challenges like that.

Love you all so much!!

Hermana Allen

P.S. Congrats Tay on your mission call! Yay for Spanish speaking!!

And congrats on the new little Colt! He´s so handsome, can´t wait to meet him.