October Snow

Hello Everyone! These past few weeks have been really awesome... minus the snow in OCTOBER. Come on Utah. 

We had MLC (mission leadership council) and we learned all about how to help train the sisters in our districts and zones better. It was really helpful to learn how to do and be better, especially because I actually don't know what I'm doing and I don't know how I am supposed to help other missionaries, so it is nice to get some tips once a transfer haha. 

We are teaching some solid people! I'll tell you about two that are really sticking out to me right now. First off is Apollo Raspberry (I know, he has a dope name). He requested to have a Bible study so we called him and talked to him about it and got to know him and then called his local missionaries and told them about him and they went over and did a Bible study! We kept in contact via FB and would text back and forth about the things he was learning and everything like that. Well, the local missionaries had lost contact with him for a second so we decided to text him and see what was up and it turned out his grandmother had passed away. We told him that we knew where she was and that we could call him and tell him more and he said sure! So, today we got to teach him all about the Plan of Salvation which was just amazing because now he is so much happier! We are going to be calling him every Tuesday now and I'm excited to get to know him better and more importantly, help him get to know his Savior better. 

The other person is this lady named Felicia. Felicia is actually the cutest person ever. She requested a copy of the Book of Mormon and it was so funny because the whole reason she wanted it was because her fiancee is an usher (not at our church though) and she figured if she was going to marry him, she should know God better and she saw an ad that said the Book of Mormon could help her do that. I thought that was hilarious. We called her earlier in the week and sent her some local missionaries and then called her back a few days later to start reading the Book of Mormon with her over the phone. We read a little bit and then we ended up teaching her how to pray. It was the sweetest and most tender phone call to be able to help her communicate with her Father in Heaven. I know that we could all feel the spirit for sure. 

I'm grateful that I get to be part of these people's lives and help them develop a relationship with their Savior. Definitely, the most worthwhile thing I have ever done:) 

Sister Moran

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Hey there parents! 

Let me tell you about this week's exchange. I went with Sister Kearns from Texas! At first, the exchange was a disaster. I felt like we weren't doing anything because last-minute her aunts and Grandma were on square and then we were with them and there was drama in the zone and then we were running everywhere for whatever reason and we had no Teaching Center time and there was a lot to do on Teaching Center and I was feeling a little stressed and like I wasn't going to learn anything missionary from her because we weren't really doing missionary work. BUT THEN OUR DAY GOT REALLY GOOD!!! We took this super powerful tour of these eight ladies (not just spiritual though I cracked some jokes that had these ladies rolling on the ground at one point). It was especially good when we ended at the Christus because afterward, one of them came up to us and just thanked us for sharing our hearts and she said that she felt so warm but also small and big at the same time up at the Christus and just peaceful. We told her that was the Spirit and we tried to get her contact but she told us that she was actually about to start studying at Seminary in January! Kind of ironic. But I fully believe that she will go and look for those feelings there and she won't find them, at least not in the same degree that she did with us. I will never know what happens with her but I know that God has got it all figured out. Man, sometimes being at Temple Square can really suck I just want to STAY with these amazing people. Oh well. Also, just being with Sister Kearns was so nice. I told her that I was trying to be more charitable and loving and I had set all of these sub-goals to help me achieve that. She told me that I was going to go crazy, that I was spiraling. That was so true. It actually calmed me down because I had been feeling very on edge so it was nice to have someone from an outside perspective help me out and help me calm down. Sister Brinkmeier was with the other Zone Leader, Sister Hoffman, the one who I was with last transfer and they had a great time too. 

I love you both a lot and I miss you a lot and please send me lots of pics from Halloween!!! Talk to you next week!

Love 

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