Hello family!!!
It was an okay week. We didn't have too many lessons but it was still alright.
We have been having a harder time meeting with Cheyenne. But we went to her son's 1st birthday party on Saturday and we were able to meet a lot of her family and her husband and her brother who is a member in another ward. Hopefully meeting her husband softened his heart a little bit towards us and he'll be more accepting of her meeting with us and coming to church! I guess we'll see what happens.
We're also trying to work with Brother Ash. He came to church last week and he said he liked it a lot and we even set up an appointment with him for last Wednesday but then we could never get a hold of him and so on Saturday we stopped by and he was home. He said he wasn't trying to avoid us, but we think he was. Then he said he would come to church yesterday but his ride went to pick him up and he wasn't ready to go, so he didn't come. We'll continue to try to work with him and get him coming back to church.
I'm FINALLY going to tell that story from zone conference. Honestly, it probably won't be very funny to you all, but it was funny when it happened! So it happened during lunch. All of the sisters were sitting at the same table. For some reason, Sister Hanshew was talking about wanting to learn how to whistle real loud with her fingers in her mouth, you know what I mean? Dad can whistle real loud but he doesn't do it with his fingers in his mouth...anyway, my companion, was like, "Oh, I'll teach you." So she was trying to teach her and she did it really quietly and at the same time that she whistled, a louder whistle echoed through the gym. All of us sisters were like, "What??" And the whole gymnasium went absolutely silent (there were probably about 60-70 missionaries). President Shumway was standing in the middle of the gym wondering who just whistled. Turns out, one of the Assistants, Elder Davies, saw us trying to whistle and then he saw President looking around like he was trying to get every one's attention so he thought that we were whistling to quiet everyone down, so he whistle really loud. Well, President wasn't trying to get every one's attention. So Elder Davies went really red and was super embarrassed. Our whole table started laughing super hard. I was even crying because I was laughing so hard. After everyone started talking again, Elder Davies came over to us and he said, "Just so you all know, that was the first time that that has ever worked for me." So that was the first time the room went quiet due to him whistling. It was so funny! President Shumway also came over to us and jokingly told us to stop causing so much trouble. So yeah, that's my story. I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense or doesn't sound funny. It really was! :)
I can't believe that this time of year is here again! It feels like it was just yesterday that I was home last year getting ready to go on my mission! The last year has been a rough go, but it's been great! Heavenly Father continues to bless me as I go through trials and try to to the best that I know how to do.
This time of year is so special and we all should remember the real meaning of Christmas. If you haven't seen it already, go to mormon.org/christmas. It is a really good website and I'm pretty sure you can download some free music! You should tell all your friends about it and put it up on facebook! Invite everyone to go to it and feel of the real meaning of Christmas!
I'm so excited to talk to you all next week! It'll be great!
Love you all!
See you soon then!
Love, Sister Ashley Pahl
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