September 6, 2016
Another week bites the
dust and we have some BIG NEWS. Transfer news.
Sister
Merrill and I are both getting transferred!! Two new sisters will be
white washing Tuscaloosa!! I am getting transferred to just 60 miles
south to good ole Demopolis Alabama! I will still be in the Same zone and
even in the same District as Tuscaloosa. I will be released as an stl, opening
up a brand new area for Spanish sisters, and I will be training again! I
think I have told ya’ll a bit about Demopolis because I have been there a few
times on exchanges but it is TEENY TINY. I think somewhere around 7,000
people. However we cover one of the largest geographical areas in the
mission. There are around 30 members that attend the small branch there
in a small church owned building. I guess there is enough Hispanics there
to put two Spanish missionaries??????? haha I have no idea. I guess we will
find out. Also we are sharing a car.... so I guess I will be getting some
nice calf muscles (hopefully) since we will be biking ALOT. I am super
excited for this next transfer in scoping out Demopolis and putting in some
hard work in bringing more people to this beautiful knowledge of their
Savior. However I am also super nervous! So I ask for your earnest
prayers this week with this new transfer and many changes. I definitely
did not see it coming.
This week was AWESOME.
In ever sense of the word. Our investigator, Dorothy, is on baptismal
date for the end of the month! We were able to teach her the Plan of
Salvation. She has been reading the Book of Mormon when she has down time at
her work and just recently read 1 Nephi 4. She LOVED the story of Nephi killing
Laban and told us that she believes that the Book of Mormon is true.
Later on last week we had a church tour with her and it went so well!!
You could feel the spirit so strong. We ended in the chapel talking about
Christ, His suffering, the sacrament, and baptism. We invited her to be
baptized on the 24th and she accepted. She is so excited to come to
church this next week for the first time! Sadly S. Merrill and I wont even be
here! But we both know the new sisters in Tuscaloosa will take great care
of her.
TED. Our
favorite person!! Ted but like I said last week, continues to come to church
and even bore his testimony in Fast and Testimony meeting this last
Sunday. He bore a beautiful testimony and said that although he is not a
member yet, he knows that Prophet Joseph Smith and Thomas S. Monson
were and are prophets and the Book of Mormon is true. He also thanks us for
teaching him. IT WAS AMAZING. I was seriously blown away. It was so great
to hear him say all that since it has been harder to get through to him these
last few weeks. The ONLY thing that is keeping him from baptism is
cigarettes. He has quite coffee but he is really struggling with smoking.
He has many friends in the ward and He truly does love the Lord. Sister Merrill
and I have grown to love him so much. He is a wonderful man and I know,
will be baptized one day.
Although I am excited
for the new adventure of a new area and new companion, I am sad to say goodbye
to Tuscaloosa. I am so grateful for my time and experiences I have had in
the heart of Alabama. Saying goodbye to these wonderful people that I
have been able to know and love and serve is sad. And to think, I am
leaving two days before the first home game. :'( ROLL TIDE ROLL
Also
I heard Alabama crushed whoever we played last Saturday in DALLAS! Shout out to
my home.
So
sorry this is short and kind of lame email. But I love you all. I am
continuously amazed at the peace and joy that this Gospel brings to our
lives. I LOVE IT. As I bore my testimony on Sunday in the
Tuscaloosa ward, I was able to look out into the congregation and see these
wonderful disciples of Christ, stalwart, and steadfast in His arms. I
know that a living prophet lives. He is the mouthpiece of our Heavenly
Father for this last dispensation. I KNOW that if we follow Him and the
teachings of Christ, we will never falter or waver and we will find eternal joy
and happiness.
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Moline
Steadfast in CHRIST
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