Sister Saryn Moline's Mission Adventures

HOLAAAA COMO ESTAN MI FAMILIA!!!

SO much has happened this week! Its so weird because it feels like just yesterday i was here emailing yall my first email from bama but at the same time it feels like it was agess ago haha I dont expect that to make sense.

BUT YES first things first, Alabama is great!!!! Huntsville specifically is wonderfull. It is kind of a ghetto city in the parts that we live in. Dad, you said that it looked like a good place on google earth, Well it is but it is also kinda sketchy. Our apartment totally smells like smoke haha it is sooo nasty but we spray febreeze like every second we are there hahaha. I kinda get scared at night when we go tracting. But nothing too bad!! There are alot of black people that live around us but there are also alot of Hispanic pockets around Huntsville. One area is just across the street where we are teaching a few people! Serving with Elders and another set of Hermanas in our branch is awesome. SO FUN. We do alot together which is great but we also do our own thing most of the time. We have so many because as spanish missionaries we cover the entire City of Huntsville! Where as The Sparkman Elders and Capshaw sisters (English) cover only a part of Huntsville. Our Zone consists of the cities Huntsville, Fayeteville (TN), Scottsboro, and Fort Payne. I think its like 6 or 7 areas all with at least one set of missionaries. We get together with our Zone maybe 1 or 2 times a month? Zone traingin, Zone Conference, and sometimes activities. Sadly Dad, i dont know like anything having to do with the civil rights or history or anything but i really want to know!!

Since we are in a car share it gives us plenty of opportunities to ride our bikes!!! My bike is awesome! Thanks to mom and Dad! Its the best because Bama has alot of hills so my legs should be totally ripped by the time I come home! hahaha just the other day Sister O and I were biking and found a freshly killed Armadillo on the side of the road!!!! It smelled soooo nasttyyyy haha but i totally made Sister O and I turn around a take a pic with it because I know Dad and Mom would appreciate it!! haha That same day we were trying to visit a less active member, Estela in a apartment complex, She wasnt home but another lady flagged us down. Her name was Marisole! She is from Mexico and was meeting with Hermana Johnson and Torres, The Hermanas last transfer. Johnson was telling us how Marisole kinda fell off the face of the earth and they couldnt find her. But she totally flagged us down and said we could come by and teach her!! It was a miracle!! Since then she hasnt had time but we will make time to go see her haha. Right after talking with Marisole we knocked on Leos door. We didnt know her but she opened up and was really receptive. She let us in and gave us some water and was very curious! We taught her the restoration and it went great. We are meeting with her this week!! I know these miracles are coming because Sister O and I have been working so hard and are being exactly obedient in everything we do. God is truly watching over us!!!

We are still tracting alot and finding people!! It is hard to find hispanics when we dont know the pockets of hispanic population but I am determined to find them!

We also tracted into a man named Bobby Lilly!! haha isnt that a great name? He is english and deaf. And signs! We met with him once after we found him and it was really hard to communicate. We were just writing things down. We made some phone calls and found a girl named Darby who is 18 and signs because her mom is a professional interpreter! Her mom was out of town so we invited Darby to come and teach Bobby with us Yesterday! The spirit was so strong. He has a hard time reading the book of mormon and the restoration pamphlet because some of the words are hard for him to understand so we just read with him and answered questions he had. Darby was wonderful and made the process way easier. She also is thinking of going on a mission!! WOOHOO anyways that was another blessing!!

So yes thorought the time i have been here I have met some memebers here and there but last Friday night. We ( the missionaries) put on a Noche de Familia! An activity for all the members and some of our investigators. We had tons of fun games like three legged races and eating donuts off a string with no hands and then after all that we had an awesome Church tour that was put on by some members. It was such a success!! Sister O and I just helped set up. It was mostly Hermana Johnson and the Elders that planned it all before we all got here. But it was great. None of our Potential investigators came but some of the Elders did!! It was wonderful.

The President of the Branch, Presidente Lopez, Is a wonderful man!!! He is fluent in both spanish and english and is from Peru! He has his Wife, Hermana Lopez and their two daughters. They invited us to go to Tate Farms yesterday! Tate Farms is like a giant Pumpkin Patch place that everyone in Huntsville goes to! You actually get to pick your own Pumpkin from the patch and do all sorts of games and fun things going on! It was soooo fun!!!! I will send some pics! That night we went tracting and saw some refferals we got last week. One of them was Katrina. She is a black woman that is going through a hard time! luckily she was home and we just talked with her for a bit and shared a short lesson. She knows she needs to change her life and knows she is not perfect. These trials she has, she knows they are for her good. I shared with her Ether 12:27. The spirit was awesome! We prayed together and she started crying. Sadly she is moving and sister O and I are pretty sure she is not living in a way that would be okay with the gospel. But We have faith! We are going to try and keep in touch with her. It was such an awesome experience!! After experiences like that I like to just stop after and just say a prayer. Sister O calls them gratitude prayers. Just to thank God for watching out for us. I just felt so awesome after talking with Katrina that I just wanted to Thank my Father for giving us amazing experiences and touching peoples lives.

Last Pday we all(all the Hermanas) went to the grocery store and as we were checking out there was a lady in front of us. She was kinda looking at me and then looking away but then she finally came up to me and looked at my name tag confusingly and asked "what is that." I explained and she was a very nice lady. Her name was Nina! One thing led to another and she told us to come to her house and visit with her! GOLDEN. She has alot of different beliefs and is going through a tough time in her life. But She was open to our message so we shared with her a bit about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. We were there for awhile and set an appointment for another day. Which is this week. SO AMAZING. She is english but hey everyone needs tthe Gospel!!! We are so excited to visit with her.

CHurch was awesome!!! All in spanish! Its hard to understand everything. It takes alot of mental power to concentrate on what is being said. But the members are wonderful!! So so so nice. And welcoming. Presidente Lopez had the 3 new missionaries (Acosta, Ontiveros, and I) bear our testimonies to the branch and introduce ourselves. I was SO NERVOUS. Mind you I can keep a conversation and pretend I understand what people say and express my feelings most of the time but I was so nervous! But i lived and everything went well!! It really did go well though!

The language is coming!! It is hard but we are learning together, Sister Ontiveros and I. I love speaking to people though. I feel more and more confident when I continue speaking to the natives. I speak better than I understand though at this point. Keep praying for me!!

i love you all!!!!! you guys are thebest i love being a missionary!!!!!!!!!

This gospel is so true. Estoy muy agradecida por la opportunidad yo tengo servir los personas de Huntsville and por la opportunidad yo tengo compartir esta maravillosa mensaje acerca de JesuCristo y el evangelio de JesuCristo restaurado. Yo se que Jose Smith fue un profeta de Dios y por medio de el podemos leer El Libro De Mormon y regresar con Dios y nuestros familias otra ves despues este vida.

I LOVE YOU ALL!! i feel your prayers. God knows and loves us and has a specific plan for us. We must let him continue to lead us an guide us.

Hermana MOLINA

PICTURES:THese are still from the CCM!! This is our last week there!! I miss that place!!