Well, well, well, I made it
to Birmingham! Here in the Altadena Spanish Branch!!! It was sad to
say goodbye to Demopolis and all the wonderful people I have met there but I
LOVE what I have seen of Altadena so far. I am back in the big city and
ready to rock and roll. Also having the opportunity to finish my mission
in a Spanish Branch WOOHOO I love it. My new companion is Hermana Magness! From
Orem, UT. She graduated this last year (2016) and is the cutest little button
you have ever seen!!! We get along great and laugh all the time. I really
love her and am so excited for our transfer together!!! She was really
homesick at first and I was really worried about how I was going help
her. My mind went to Gordon B. Hinckley's quote in preach my gospel about
how to fix homesickness or anything is to just work. Work work work. And
so that’s what we did.
We
got to Altadena and saw we had 1 investigator so we have A LOT of work to do
here. We have already found a few promising people. One whose name
is A*****. A***** is in his 30s, works as a painter and lives in down
town Bham. He has met with missionaries for a long time ( 1 1/2 years?)
he has been to church 4 or 5 times in the past and loves everything he
has seen from the Gospel. We had a great lesson with him this last week
with some members and he told us he understands the importance of baptism and
does not feel he is ready to set a date. This week he committed to read
2nd Nephi 31 and pray about baptism. He has such a genuine and sincere
heart and just wants to follow Jesus Christ. He is a great man.
There
are 6 missionaries here in the Altadena Spanish Branch. 2 sets of Hermanas and 1 set of Elders. We share a car with the Hermanas but live
in different apartment complexes. We make it work. Every Friday
night members and investigators and anyone comes to the church to play
soccer. This last Friday night we had a great turn out. Our investigator,
A***** came, along with some less actives and random people the other
missionaries had invited. Its probably the best way to find investigators
in a Spanish branch. And its super fun hahaha
Emmaus
Experience!
Sister
Magness and I were following up with a former investigator and decided to find
around the area. We met an awesome guy, K*****. who is hilarious and
interested in the Gospel. We had another awesome lesson with him with the
Elders that are serving in the English ward and he is SO SOLID told us he felt
the spirit while reading the The Restoration pamphlet and that he has a big
desire to change his life for the better and be baptized. We love K*****.
LOS
MIEMBROS! The members here in the Altadena Spanish branch are
amazing. Seriously. Most of them are converts and are SO solid in
the gospel. Wonderful families.
I
love doing spanish work 24/7. I can already see my Spanish improving
since I got here only a few days ago.
I
love this Gospel. I LOVE being a missionary and sharing my testimony to
people every day. I love my Savior Jesus Christ. I know the
Atonement of Christ is for EVERYONE. We need it. I am grateful for
my knowledge that the Book of Mormon is true, because so many other things are
true in addition to its validity.
LES
QUIERO TANTOOOOOOOOO
con
amor,
Hermana
Moline
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