May 29th, 2017


Hi Everyone!,

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day! We are unfortunately in all day today. Sister Jones has the stomach flu. Yeahh.. not fun. I have seen every Mormon message or DVD that we own.

Rewind to earlier in the week though it was actually better! All in all it has been a roller coaster week! I normally like roller coasters but this one was not as much fun. We ​​​​​​started off the week great celebrating a recent converts birthday. We had breakfast with Travis and that was awesome, he is talking to so many of his friends about the gospel.

Then we had been trying for so long to get a hold of one of our recent converts, Della and later found out she blocked us and needed some space. It was kind of hard for us because we had not only been the missionaries that just taught her but we were really good friends. She had come out teaching with us and invited us to lunches all the time.  Everyday we were trying to find and we did not have any luck until a few days ago. Everyone we talked to this week was either atheist, not interested, or told us to go away. Whew it was a faith building experience that is for sure. We also dropped ALL our our investigators and are starting BRAND NEW! We even thought to go talk to the bishop and ward mission leader for further council.

Then Sister Jones got sick :/ She ran down the street while I was talking to a potential outside and it was just a rough experience. I was cleaning and disinfecting the entire house. However I got to read a lot of good talks as well! I learned so much during all the free time inside. Even though not much went well for us this week we have such a great week ahead. I feel it in my bones and truly nothing holds Sister Jones and I back! We are still focused and were some how able to still find six new people to teach. Pretty good for being inside this week! We know we still have a long way to go but we are ready. 

Our mission president recently challenged us to tell him the DOCTRINE of the a MISSION. I was like what? because after that we were to give him the principles and the applications. Truly I found it to be the Gospel of Jesus Christ or his teachings and how it is all through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  We start out with Faith, faith is not just a belief it is ACTION, "faith without works is dead", then repentance, or change, a change outward facing the Savior. Repentance we teach but we USE the ATONEMENT to cleanse us to help us become more like the Savior. Then we must make that promise by being baptized and for members partaking of that Sacrament. Then we continually strive to stay worthy of the GIFT of the Holy Ghost. We need him to be our constant companion in all things. He can bring that change "INTO the hearts" Of God's children. We can only bring the message UNTO the hearts of them. Then we go forth every day pressing forward and enduring. The gospel is a way of a life it is a continual conversion process. I love teaching my brothers and sisters about the restored truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ I know it is true without a doubt! I love you all and I leave you with that! Have a great week! :)

Love,

Hermana Ashley Pachner