6/1/15

I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad Grandpa is ok. Tell him I LOVE HIM SO MUCH AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS!!! Keep me posted on his health. But hey this week has been incredible mom. I'm seriously seeing exactly what the Lord promised me over a year ago. This last transfer really is FULL of miracles. It's really making all difficult 16 months of my mission worth it. :) You see we received 4 new investigators this week!! One is a 16 year old girl who's best friend invited her to meet with us. Her name is Keke and she's incredible! We taught her the restoration and she just soaked it all up, and yesterday we had a review of the restoration and she accepted a date to be baptized! She's been reading and praying every day and she's even made personal goals for herself each week. This week she's setting aside 30 minutes every day for a reflection on her relationship with God and Jesus Christ. We encouraged her to read and pray during that time as well and she said she was already planning on it! :) It's just been so sweet to hear her testify of the love she feels at church and when she meets with us. She doesn't have those feelings at home so this has been HUGE for her. Then the other 3 new investigators came from the Orphins. They're the family that Burk Hansen was visiting and got into the accident at their house. Oh. My. Goodness. That lesson was incredible! It's been a long time coming. We were supposed to meet with them my first Saturday here but something came up and we haven't been able to meet with them since. However, we asked Bishop Hansen about them last week and he texted Sister Orphin to see when they'd be able to meet. Well, just as he's texting her she was mowing the lawn around the spot of the accident and praying for a way their family could have more peace and she answered back with a resolute YES! And last night was a fantastic experience. They soaked up the Plan of Salvation and we gave them each a Book of Mormon and they're so ready it's crazy. We now have a standing Sunday night lesson and dinner at the Hansen’s. :) Heavenly Father has been so good to me and I'm so grateful for the blessings I'm seeing. :) PLUS! We set another baptismal date with our investigator Cheryl. She was the one that just showed up at church one Sunday and said she wanted to know more. I'm blown away by her honest desire to know truth. She's incredible. She searches and studies so hard and all she wants to do is follow God's plan for her. All of these people are just amazing. I hope to be like them someday. Even though ALL of them have their own personal struggles, they've all trusted in God and gotten themselves to a point where they can learn and follow him fully with trust that He knows them and that he knows what's best. This morning I was reading in Alma 44 and gosh. Zarahemna totally had a chance to walk away from battle and save his biddies but his pride got in the way and they kept fighting until half way through he decides he doesn't like losing all of his friends and he doesn't want to die. Imagine! I couldn't help but ask myself if I do dumb things like that too, especially with all these mixed feelings about coming home. I really have to trust God and put away "my plan" aka my pride and follow his plan for me or else I'll regret it half way through and lose things that are important to me. I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! Have a great week! OH! Also, I'm giving my departing testimony on Wednesday at my last zone conference...PUKE! Wish me luck.

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Sister Moreno

ALSO! WE GOT TO GO TO THE TEMPLE WITH OUR RECENT CONVERT RICHARD AND HIS WIFE EMMA AND THEIR ADORABLE BABIES FREDA AND TONY!!! :)