Trio Lifeeeee

Hey Everyone! So, I missed my last pday because of transfers so I'll just condense everything from the past two weeks into this one email! 

First things first, the last eight days of the transfer after Sister Harris went home, I was in a trio with my roommates, Sister Whitmarsh (Australia) and Sister Moala (Tonga) and it was the most fun eight days of my ENTIRE mission if not my entire LIFE. Not even exaggerating. I guess that God knew it was too much fun so He split us up after a mere eight days. Sad but I guess I can understand why it needed to happen.

Now, I am with Sister Brinkmeier! She is from Louisiana but her family moved to Illinois while she was on the mission. We were in the MTC together so it was kind of cool to have a companion that I already kind of knew before we became companions. We are district leaders together and I'm scared out of my mind about that but I know that God will take care of it all. After all, this is His work. 

I hope that everyone has a good week!

Sister Moran 

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Hey Parents! I know that I literally just emailed you like two days ago but I figured that maybe you would like to have a small update on some fun things that happened the past few days.

I talked about Savanna a little on the phone but ya girl is shooketh because she is so prepared. It was crazy too because when the old member lady said that she wanted a tour, I immediately said that we could take it. Sister Brinkmeier honestly looked real triggered because she was in the middle of a conversation with another sister but for some reason, I just felt so adamant about it. So, we took her despite Sister Brinkmeier being not totally on board. The spirit was there the whole time though and this girl was just totally prepared. Everything we said about the Plan of Salvation (which was the main focus) she was just eating up and just agreed with us hardcore. It was crazy too because Sister Brinkmeier shared her mom's conversion story which was PERFECT because it was just what she needed to hear and at the end of it all we were just all crying because of how amazing the whole thing was. It is so cool to see how Heavenly Father loves his children and he uses things like Temple Square for people to come to visit and learn more about how He loves them. We are really praying that Savannah becomes someone we could for sure start teaching. What a miracle. 

Another thing that happened just today when were walking around the mall was Felipe. We were walking into the mall and Sister Brinkmeier asked this guy that was outside smoking if he knew how to get somewhere and he was kind of wiping his eyes and he told us where to go. I stopped fifty feet later and I said "we have to go back and talk to him" but then we were like oh gosh what are we going to say to him because looking back, he was like hardcore crying now. But, I was just like "God will tell us what to say" and then just went and talked to him. It turns out that he used to be a member and even served a mission. He is from Brazil. But he is just having the hardest time right now. He didn't tell us with what, just that he was having a hard time. Sister Brinkmeier shared a scripture with him and the whole time we are with him he is just crying btw and it was so tender. He told us that he knew that he needed to come back. He knew he needed to go back to God and back to church and that us coming up to him and talking to him was the confirmation. He just kept thanking us but we literally didn't do anything. It was all God. It was Him through the Holy Ghost that told us that we needed to go back and just talk to him and see if he was okay. A thought struck me afterward: God can't come down and tell and show His children that He loves them, but he can send other people to help show that love. I really like that I can just be His hands. That I can do literally something as small as ask Felipe if he was doing okay and that is how God was able to help him. What a privilege. 

Anyways. I finally felt the love for Sister Brinkmeier. We were sitting and eating lunch and I just felt all warm and I knew that it was God showing me some of the love that He feels for Sister Brinkmeier. Even though it is sometimes hard. For example, she takes over every single conversation. Like all of them and it is really hard to just be talked over all day long. But, I love her. So now it is easier to stay chill with it and patient because God has helped me and showed me that love. Isn't that cool?

Also, thanks for sending me your thoughts on pride. They were really good to read and to think about! 

Love you both and miss you both and I hope you have an awesome week!!!! 

Love 

Em