#compunity

Emily's emails this week felt so HAPPY! We love that she's finding such joy in her missionary service. 

Hey everyone! It has been a while but these past two weeks have been too crazy to email. 

Last week, we had our mission activity and we went to Morgan and played games and learned about the Book of Mormon how to teach with it and we ate and we danced (I was easily the most uncoordinated so I made the people around me look REAL good, you're welcome) and we just had a good time. It was a nice way to just unwind and relax and have fun. 

After the activity, we got back to WORK and we have been teaching like crazy. I'm so happy to start seeing some fruits of our labors, especially with my man Richard. We met him the south visitors center and we have been able to teach him on square sometimes by ourselves and sometimes with his elders and he is getting baptized THIS SUNDAY!!! he is so ready and I'm so excited for him to take this step and get closer to God by making promises with him:) 

Speaking of steps, there was this one day this past week where I had been tripping over myself and my feet like all day and Sister Costilla thought it was the funniest thing ever... and then she started to trip over everything too. We are so unified we even are clumsy on the same day. 

I love Sister Costilla and I'm so happy that we will be together next transfer to finish up her training! 

My pday next transfer will be on Monday and I'd love to hear from you! Love you all! 

Sister Moran 

P.S. We might have gotten to the Square early and taken some pictures with the exhibits...  just maybe

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Okay, this week was crazy! 

First of all, we had the mission activity last week which was so fun! We went to Morgan which is where President lives and we heard from one of the guys who put together the Joseph Smith Papers and we did cultural dances and we went to this park and played soccer and volleyball and ate and went on a horse ride and it was so fun! It was so fun to just get out in the sun and just run and play and cheer and have fun... and also wearing regular pants was really nice Haha. Plus we got to go to President and Sister Fisher's house after and we jumped on the trampoline and we ran around there and it was a fun way to end the day. 

This week we had our final two lessons with Richard and he is all squared away to get baptized this Sunday! I never thought I would be able to go to a baptism in person and I just feel so lucky and so blessed to have been able to teach him on the Square and actually go to his baptism. SO COOL! Plus, we went over the interview questions with him and his answers were so so good. Sometimes I think that he just wants to get baptized for his girlfriend but you can tell that he really understands and wants to come closer to God and I am just so excited for him! 

This week we had a scare thinking that we would get split because of the whole both of us moving and I was not excited about that. I felt like a failure and I even cried to Sister Broadbent about it but thank goodness we are still going to be together. This next transfer is only 5 weeks so it's going to fly by. Also, the whole losing 5 pounds thing is not for me but it's for Sister Costilla. Somehow by some miracle, I haven't gained weight. Sister Costilla, on the other hand, has gained 15 pounds. She says at least 4 times a day that she is fat and I hate to hear that because she isn't and I weigh more than her so that must mean that I'm massive lol. Anyways, so even though she doesn't need to lose weight we are gonna diet. It will be good for me to be healthier and it will be good for me too because maybe she'll stop saying that she is fat because sometimes I get feeling down about that. I'm grateful that I haven't had a problem with weight yet... I think Heavenly Father knows that acne is enough for me and if I had more I'd die lol. Especially here on Temple Square where everyone is a GODDESS and it is so easy to compare. Oh well. 

We have been teaching like crazy this week! I love to teach at the temple model because it is so easy to teach the Restoration and invite and everything. It's cool that we have these resources and people want to know more and they ask questions. What is rough is when you start to invite them and you felt the spirit hard and then they just say, well we want to get some food. That literally happened to me with these three friends and the two were feeling it big time and then the one was like "well I'm hungry you guys want to go eat" in response to my read the Book of Mormon and pray invitation. Good times. Plus, like I said on the phone, I explained the temple model in German which was SCARY but I know for sure that Heavenly Father was helping me with that one because there is no way I did it by myself. 

Currently, we are in the midst of moving and I realize that I have so much stuff that I don't need.  I'm glad that I have most of it but some of it is not necessary so this has been a good opportunity to get rid of stuff. But, I would love a pair of basketball shorts for the hot summer months. If there is room in the care package for a pair it would be appreciated. 

We went on a hike for pday and it was really fun! It is called the living room because when you get to the top, all of the rocks are in the shape of couches. It was fun to get out again and hike.... even if my lungs were about to give out. Wow, the altitude is bad. Like I thought I was gonna die. Sister Costilla was worse, she forgot water but no worries I shared with her. That is what we call comp unity. Speaking of, we are both synced up on our periods and one day I tripped like three times and she was laughing but then she tripped too like twice so basically we are comp unity to the max. 

We got to go to the temple this week for our service project and clean. IT WAS SO SO COOL!!!! They took us up to the assembly room on the top floor and they asked if someone would say the opening prayer and you KNOW I did because that was a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was so cool because I had seen it so many times on the screen but to be there in real life was like beyond what I imagined. So cool. My group ended up cleaning the initiatory rooms and we got to go to the bridal room and it was SO PRETTY. Like wow, its sooo cool how they make you feel pretty and special for your day. I think it's safe to say that we all felt kinda trinkt (I have no idea what she means here??) after that. We saw the groom's room too... it's literally some wooden lockers and a single mirror. The bride room though is like gold and flowers and mirrors and fancy so ha. Take that guys. But I was actually kind of sad because it's their special day too so I hope that when they renovate the temple, they make a more special room for the grooms. But anyways that was such a fun service project.

It is FINALLY gotten to the point where it is warm and I think it's going to stay that way for a while. These past few weeks would go back and forth between warm and not so I'm glad that we are hopefully finally at a point where it is warm. And no worries, I wear sunscreen! 

Next week my pday will be on Monday. For some reason even though I'm in the same zone and district they are just gonna change our pday so next Monday be ready for my call! 

Love you and miss you both so much! Let me know what goes on for visiting! I would love to see you so much. Also, dad, if you can, you can come to visit on a Saturday and then come back on Sunday and we can go to church and music and the spoken word together. So see if you can make it happen...you too mom but I think dad might have more logistics to work out with it Haha. Love you both and have a great week with lots of fun things and stuff!!!! 

Love 

Em