TIME!! THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH!!!! However, I have a whole list of things to cover so I'm gonna get going. First of all, THANK YOU FOR THE OATMEAL, MASCARA, STICKERS, INSURANCE CARD HAHAH AND EYELINER!!. I WAS GONNA EMAIL YOU TODAY TO NOT WORRY ABOUT SENDING THE OATMEAL CAUSE I ALREADY GOT YOUR ....I just realized I was in all caps no time to change. Thank you for sending all that stuff. :') You guys are the best and I love you all. Cass thank you for the stickers haha they crack me up " I'll be doing whatever snow does in summer!" :) Tehe I LOVE it! Also, thank you to the Lotts, Monica, America, Emily, Weylands, Sue, and Stevie/Erma/Grandpa!!! There's hopefully gonna be letters in the mail for you this week! So, this week has been CRAZY we ran out of miles and we had to walk thousands of miles in the FREEEZING cold but we also saw a bagillion miracles haha Life is good. I'm just gonna go through all of them. #1 We gotr dropped off at a members house way the heck outside of nowhwere and I had to pee. Well, they weren't home so we couldn't go in and our ride had already left....ya. I wanted to cry haha so we start walking and knowck on like 5 doors! All of them answered but wouldn't let us in! That had never happened to me before! People are usually super nice and whatnot, but I knew it was a trial I hade to face hahah to I'm super grumpy and want to cy cause I'm freezing and I have to pee and you know your bladder shrinks when it's cold hahah and I was reminded of our walk to the temple Mom when I had to go to the bathroom so bad and then we had to cross the bridge in which I'm terrified of to get to it! Ya, it was like that haha but we stood off the side of the road and prayed and then we walked ot yet another house and this man drives up and we start talking to him and he's SO nice. He's about 50 ish and his best friend is Mormon and so he was really nice and we had a lesson with hime in the cold because his wife wasn't home so we couldn't go inside...and the battle of the bladder continues. So we keep walking and we start making up lyrics to a song and it involves words like my hands have frost bite, that dog's gonna break the chain and kill us, and my bladder will steadily loose strength and will explode. Hahah it was funny! But as we're walking and singing, at this point we were just gonna try and get to our dinner appointment which was bout 3 miles away so we kept walking. Well this car bumping loud music pulls into a nearby house and we almost walk past when this girl about our age gets oout and hollers: Hey yall need a ride?" HALLELUJIAH!!! We just turn to each other like " WHat?" AND SAID : ya! Hahah well we end up going inside, telling her and her mom about our day, they let me use their bathroom, they have a lesson, we give them a Book of Mormon and they want to meet with us again! AHHHHH!! If we hadn't run out of miles and had to walk clear to tim-buck-two we never would've met them! Wow....it was awesome :) Also, we met another Mother and daughter yesterday. Church was cancelled because of the weather...which is insane. IT snowed, hailed, rained, snowed, froze, rain, etc....it was crazy. THe weather here is so weird and the cold is COLD.....really cold haha. Anyway church was cancelled so we spent some time organizing our ward directory and such and then we decided we were gonna go out and teach even though the rest of the world was shut it...which was also due to the Superbowl we later discovered haha. But anyway we make a plan and head out. Well, our first stop was gonna be to Aden, this investigator we have who reminds me a lot of Luis haha he's really nice. Well, we get there and there's a different car in his driveway..We're like oh probably for the game and so we knock on the door and there's this soul music playing and I'm like "Yes! I love black lady soul music haha" Well, when the door opens, this guy that looks like Aden answers but he's wearing a shirt with basically naked women pictures and alcohol all over it...he also has a gold tooth and an earing...like one meant for your ear...sticking out of his nose...We're like "Hey! Is Aden here?" And oh my goodness the next 5 minutes were... holy cow. He's like " Oh aden! My brother! Ya he's in here!" ANd we see he's on the couch but then he doesn't say hi or anything he just goes into the back room... and the brother is like "Come on in come on in! " And we're like "SOrry we don't come into houses unless there's a lady home" "Oh there's no lady home. But I need one. I need a good church woman. How bout you? You single aint you?" (Said to both of us) And we're like "Oh...NOPE! We're busy for the next 18 months" And he's like "It's ok...I'll wait. Where yall live? You two are mighty pretty. Why don't you come on in, life's too short. Haven't you heard the song 'tonight is the night"....YA! At this point we're like HOLY CRAP EVEACUATE THE AREA!!! We're like ok we gotta go. And he's like " Oh don't make me cry!" BLEH! He watched us walk away and was sizing us up and down......That was one of the most disgusting things I have ever been apart of. Yuck! We were soooo creeped out and we decided we're not ever going back there because it showed Aden's character as well. Man! But the rest of the day brought TONS of miracles. We met this lady who's best friend is LDS and her daughter went to prom with and LDS boy who is "just the sweetest thing" :) Well, the first time we knocked on her door she didn't let us in cause her daughter has the flu and she was in her pjs, so we walk across the street and meet this old lady who is super nice and we're meeting with her again, and the house next to her is this super nice catholic lady who we gave the Articles of Faith card to, and then we're about to leave the neighborhood and the lady with the sick daughter (I would use her name but I forgot it) holler back at us " Hey girls! You've got to be freezing! If you don't mind coming in here and maybe getting sick I'd love to make some hot cocoa for you!" Now...haha when things like this occur, they're not just random. :) We smile at each other and we're like " That would be aswesome!" SHe was SOOOOO Sweet! She made us hot cocoa and we told her and her daughter who's 18 and reminds me of Cass soooo much (tender mercy :) ) and she made her cover her face so we wouldn't get sick hahahah about the creepy guy and she was so sweet she told us if we ever needed anything or somewhere to go we could come over any time! Oh my goodness she was soooo nice. Heavenly Father just blessed us with so much kindness after that super creepy incidenece. We ended up teaching her about the Proclamation to the Family and she told us about how her dad died and she was so happy she saw him "be saved" cause he was a good man and she didn't want him to go to hell cause he hadn't been baptized yet. SHe was tearing up a bit and we're just like oh my goodness Heavenly Father! Hahah we gave her a Plan of Salvation Pamphlet and talked about how families are eternal and our next lesson with her is going to be on the Plan of Salvation and how good people who aren't baptized but would have accepeted the gospel will have a second chance after we die. What a comfort the gospel is. Then we leave but as we're leaving her daughter hollers "Hey one more thing girls" SHe told us a house that we shouldn't go to cause the guy creeped her out haha SHe's like "I just want you girls to be safe so I was like Oh shoot I need to tell them about that guy" Hahah they are AWESOME! We are going to LOVE teaching them and the great thing about them is they're so accepting. They're Baptist, but they told us that they love it when people are out talking about God and they never judge anyone who's of a different faith because they're all trying to do what's right. Oh my goodness, they're wonderful, but honestly that's how most of Arkansas is :) I LOVE IT! Then we called these lass active members who haven't been to church in 10 years and they never let anyone visit and they were about to tell us no,but they mentioned how their lambs are about to have babies and we're like "OH! We're from Idaho we love animals!" Hahah it was CRAZY the change that happened just cause we said we're from IDAHO! WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THEM NEXT WEEK :) Goodness there are just soooo many miracles I see everyday, and I'm learning that GOd wants us to see them, all of us. All we have to do is trust in him, do what he wants, and look for the miracles. Pray that you'll see them and be apart of them, and they'll come. Oh! Also, the Modest is Hottest Fashion show was awesome! We rocked that runway in our knee length skirts haha Those girls are awesome! And! I've developed this cool thing called car sickness haha Ya. It's great! Remember how Idaho is really flat and straight for the most part...Well Arkansas road NEVER stop turning . And we live about 30 minutes away from each town we cover so it makes for some interesting rides haha but all is well :) I think that's all I had to tell you.....except the pecans hahahha I am AWEFUL!! I STILL HAVEN'T SENT THEM! I'm sorry, we went shopping at a thrift store called Veterans (where I got 3 new outfits, and 2 belts for $10!) and we lost track of time! But I'll mail them on Thursday...that's when we're finishing our preparation day. We're traveling to Tahlequah again today for sister breaux's training meeting (the place I got 9 lessons at!! ) Ok, I gotta go, but Ilvoe you all!! I'm so blessed and I keep all of you in my prayers. Be good! And love one another!
Love you forever,
Sister Moreno
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