MOTHERS DAY YAY!

May 9, 2016

Hellloooooo My beautiful wonderful family.  It was SO fun to see your faces and  talk to you even for a little bit.  I so needed it and just soaked it all up. 

Not too much to report this week but Sister Anderson and I had a few memorable experiences that are worth sharing!!

While tracting we met a lady named ***** who has a ton of connections with the church and knows a lot.  When offered a Book of Mormon she said "Do I have a Book of Mormon?? Girls I have a BOM alright. With my name engraved on the front!!"  Sure enough its true! We asked her if she read any of it.  Her response, "Yeah sure I have Levi takes his friends and goes to South America."  This made sister Anderson and I burst out laughing!!!! hahaha so funny....And there ya have it folks. Book Of Mormon in a nutshell. 

Experience numba two!

Also while tracting we asked a lady for a referral.  She pointed us to a lonely lady, Dolly, an 86 year old woman who lives alone and loves Jesus Christ.  We went right on over.  She is really hard of hearing so we shouted at the top of our lungs the entire time. haha She sang us many many songs about how much she loves Jesus.  Some she even made up right there on the spot!  She gave us some words of wisdom that we should make up our own songs because it just cheers ya right up and brightens your day.  She was SOOOO appreciative of us coming over, many many times during our visit she said "I just don't know how I got two beautiful ladies right here talking to me about the word but I just LOVE it!!"  Haha  we got a return appointment and are super excited to teach her!!  We will see what happens:) 

Update on *****!!  Remember her?  Super Elect 28 year old newly wed!!  And on a baptism date for the end of May!! holla!  ****** is our Miracle May baptism!! But sadly we have run into a roadblock...Whilst talking to her, it came up in the conversation that she and her husband don't have a marriage license.  Well that opened a can of worms,  She explained that she and her "husband" are common law married.  NO *******.  So she's fake married. We've been praying she and her "husband" will be willing to tie the knot before her Bap date.  We will see.  I have faith!!!  She loves everything we teach and says it makes the most sense to her than anything she has ever heard.  SO MIRACLES CAN HAPPEN.  I will keep ya'll updated.

This past Friday we had a mission wide Spanish Conference for all the Spanish missionaries in the ABM!  Another Sister and I were asked to give a training on "Serving in an English Unit as a Spanish Missionary"  And there were a lot of other trainings on other things.  Teaching us how we can be better Spanish missionaries here in the ABM.  it was SO GOOD. It got me all hyped and pumped for not only Spanish missionary work but missionary work in general!!

Ready for an EMMAUS EXPERIENCE?

Saturday was a loooong day.  At the end of the day we went to Walmart to grab some quick groceries.  While I was grabbing some sweet potatoes I saw a member.  We got to talking and the sweet lady was telling me about how she is really really struggling.  It was a sad conversation.  However as we were about to check out she insisted to buying all our groceries.  How sweet is that?

It really warmed my heart.  That makes such a huge difference in our lives!  Truly.  And the fact that she is going through a really hard time in her life and still reached out and was helping us, going out of her way to serve.  I was so grateful and humbled right then. 

ALSO,  we walked up to our apartment that night and there were brand new forks in a Walmart sack hanging on our door knob.  Someone knew that our janky apartment only had 2 forks and someone bought us new forks!!!

People are SO KIND!

So go give! Go serve! Look outside yourself this week.  Make someone's day!  Be THEIR Emmaus experience like how these people were ours.  That is what I am going to try and do this week.  Do it with me!!

I love you all!  I know this is the Lord's work. I KNOW this is His restored Gospel. I know he loves us and is aware of our needs.  I will never, no never, no never forsake. 

Sure love ya Molines ROCK and Missionaries RULE.

and don’t forget!! roll tide rollllllll go BAMA

p.s.  Some members in the ward see me and sing the song "Joleeene" By Dolly Parton but say Moline in place of Jolene. hahaha

con mucho amor,

hermana Jolene