July 4th-July 11th, 2016

Hello all! This past week was just wonderful. Things are looking up and God had been so merciful with His two daughters in Elche this week. We got transfer calls on Saturday and Hermana DeBoard and I are staying together for another transfer! So we're excited to work hard and really see a change in Elche.

Last Monday on the 4th we ate out with Juan, a member from Crevillente and then we helped Elder Weenig pick out a killer suit, shoes, belt and tie combo to go home in. He leaves Elche on Wednesday and we'll be super sad to see him go. Rebajas are nation-wide sales in July and January. We spent most of pday in the mall. I bought 4 more t-shirts. One mistake I made when I bought mission clothes was buying too many blouses and shirts that I need to wear something under. IT'S HOT HERE AND I'LL HAVE TWO SUMMERS HERE. Now I have enough tshirts to wear them all week. I also bought a cute little maroon side bag. The one I bought from Target started ripping on the bottom so I'm having a member fix it. I figure if I get a small one I won't be able to carry
around much stuff so my bag will be lighter.

On Tuesday we had a zone meeting and Hermana DeBoard and I gave a great taller (workshop) about teaching how Christ taught while He was on the earth. The missionaries going home this transfer bore their final testimonies and Elder Weenig couldn't stop saying, "Me encanta ser misionero" I love being a missionary. Elder Weenig is such a good, obedient missionary and he's been a really great example for me. I hope I'm always able to say that I love being a missionary.

The main reason this week has been so great is because we've been teaching Marina's daughter Nicol the lessons. Marina is our only investigators and she has three great kids. Nicol is 12 and wants to be baptized so we're teaching her the lessons. We've taught her three lessons and she is such a fast, observant learner. When we teach her she and Marina are both attentive and Johan (5 years old) sits at the table for most of the lesson. I just love how the Gospel is changing that family and how happy they're becoming. Here's a conversation I had with Johan one lesson right after we sat down and were just talking:

Johan: Hermanassssss are we ever going to start??

Me: well what do we have to do to start, Johan?

Johan: Uh, Hermana. Of course we have to pray. 

Me: Who should say it? Can you?

Johan (with a sheepish grin on his face): ahhhhhh. Fineeee.

He then said the sweetest prayer! He thanked God for sending us to their home and gave thanks for his family. And then he asked for us all to be happy. :) it was the cutest. 

We're starting to contact more and we'll see success soon! A common interaction is the following:

Us: Hola! ¿Cómo están?

Grumpy old people on street: ADIOS.

A few days ago it was 9:40 and we had until 10:15 to finish off the day. I suggested we go knock on Sergio's door even though he's been giving us the cold shoulder and not answering his phone or door. We rang he buzzer 5 times and sure enough, he "wasn't there". When we turned around to leave we saw Guillermo, a guy other hermanas used to teach English to. We hadn't seen him in a while because he's working like crazy. So we were able to share a scripture with him. This wouldn't have happened if we had just gone home early!

On Wednesday Elder Weenig and Pesce asked us to help them move all of their stuff over to their new apartment and being the nice hermanas that we are, we said yes. They brought a load of suitcases to their new place and took and hour and a half to unpack them. Meanwhile we were conveniently at their old apartment finishing the much needed deep cleaning that hadn't gotten done! When they came back we kept cleaning for another hour and a half and got a lot done. As I was cleaning out a cabinet where there were a million grocery shopping bags stored I asked Elder Weenig how long some gross rotting potatoes had been hidden beneath the bags and he responds with: "there are potatoes in there?!" So... At least 12 weeks?

A while ago we made cookies for Elder Weenig's birthday and while we were over there cleaning he gave us the container back with all the crumbs still in it! When I gave him grief about it he said Forgive me for my gender! Hahaha. We did find these cool bag water bottles we can clip on our bags in their kitchen drawers and we decided to take them. On our way out Elder Pesce says, "cool water bottles! Do they work well?" "We don't know yet because we just stole them from your kitchen!" I don't think elders use their kitchens much...

Elder Pesce found out he is training this transfer and we'll never hear the end of it. He slips it in everywhere and says, "yeah, Presidente called me and told me that out of all the great elders in the mission, I was chosen to be a trainer" and "I think we need to take this bus BECAUSE I'M TRAINING." In a prayer for the food in Sunday he even prayed that he would travel in safety to Málaga to pick up his trainee BECAUSE HE'S TRAINING. bahahaha. I hope I get to train while he's still in my district so I can do the same thing. We're all excited for him to train and to get to know a new elders fresh out of the MTC. I'm not the newest anymore! Speaking of training, since the training process is two transfers long (12 weeks) I'm halfway done with my training! I hit 2 months on the 10th.

Thanks for all of your emails and love and support. I love you all lots!

Love, Hermana Moore

I actually have pictures this week!

Cutting onions is sad. 

 But taco salads are happy!

 Have I mentioned that's it's hot? We bought some Mr. Freezie pops. 

We got desperate for lunch one day and made mac and cheese and the rice. Packing my suitcase mostly full of food was such a good idea. Thanks Dad!

There's this old investigator named Alejandro that always wants to take us out for chocolate milk. We obliged one day and he gave me this sweet fan. #beattheheat

Having an iPad is so nifty. Here are all of our pins we have of people to visit!

 We wrote Elder Pesce a to-do list for his trip to Málaga to pick up his trainee. To bring us pizzas and things like that. :)

We had an Alicante vs. Elche soccer match and we wonnnn!