mission addresses

Here are my mission addresses. I will be at the MTC until mid-March. After that... use the mission home address.

MTC-->
Sister Ashley Renee Gandolph
Washington Tacoma Mission
Provo Missionary Training Center
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604

Mission Home-->
Sister Ashley Renee Gandolph
Washington Tacoma Mission
4007 Bridgeport Way W Ste D
University Place, WA 98466-4330

See you in 18 months.

take 2

So... I re-submitted my mission papers. I am so excited. I want nothing more than to bring that joy and happiness to others that the gospel brings to me.



"a missionary is someone who leaves their family for a short while so that others may be with theirs for eternity."

let the games begin

Most people hate going to work. Sometimes I am that person. Other times I decide it would be fun to hang out in the parking lot on my day off. Weird huh?

You see, there has been an on-going prank war at Golden Corral for the past few months. Nothing major... salt in drinks, car chalk, fake phone calls. Amatuer things. Last weekend one of my managers decided it would be funny to spray my friend kyle and myself with a water hose. So we had no choice but to retaliate.






It was so cold the day we attempted to post-it note my manager's truck. My fingers were freezing and before long I couldn't feel my hands. It wouldn't have been so bad if the wind wasn't blowing. But boy oh boy was it blowing. A lot of the post-it notes were flying off. If you look closely you can see them all over the parking lot.



We had let another manager know that we were coming to pull a prank, so she was keeping Rick (the poor individual who owns that truck) occupied. Well... she stepped away from him for one second.



And so did he (He was coming out to get a piece of gum). I was so bummed we were caught. This was going to best prank I was ever going to pull off. But I was also freezing, so I got over it pretty fast.

And just because we didn't want to let any post-its go to waste.... we randomly placed some on the other side.



The only question that remains on my mind now is... what to do with the thousands of left over post-its?

I love everybody!

I'm trying to brainwash him. So far it isn't going well. I still love him though.

"a loser for a few minutes..."

Have you ever sat in a dark chapel all by yourself listening to the words of an apostle of the Lord? I have. Tonight I was the only young adult from the two wards that meet in our building to attend the young adult broadcast. I must admit I felt like a loser for a few minutes. No one else was at the church, not even the bishop or a priesthood leader. It was just me. I'm glad I went though, and I'm glad I talked myself into staying there even though it meant I would feel like a dork. It was worth it. I was privileged to hear an apostle of the Lord speak.

He told me I was beautiful. He told me I was important and had a role here on earth. He told me next time I feel unhappy or discouraged I should remember where I came from and where I am going. He made me smile and laugh. I like him. I like him a lot.

for those having a bad day.

the office wedding = love

I'm a little bit in love with Jim Halpert.