Hola amigos. :) Wellllll we got transfer calls this morning
anddddddd...... Hermana Twede and I are staying together! Yay! So we
have another awesome transfer ahead of us here in Granada. We are
especially excited because the next 6 weeks contains THANKSGIVING AND
CHRISTMAS!
It's been qUiTe the exciting week around here. Blessings. Transfers.
Cumplemeses. Not getting sick. Pancakes. The list could just keep
going. It was such a wonderful week to be a missionary.
Tuesday we worked really extra hard and the Lord blessed us for that!
We still had 3 out of our 4 lessons fail us, but I know we were where
the Lord put us where He needed us to be to bless others. We contacted
in the morning and didn't see too much happen. But we had pancakes for
lunch, so it made it all better. That afternoon we had set up a lesson
with a less active member. Before that, we had been walking and
contacting in the COLD and were ready to have someone let us into
their home. Well, we went to said less active member's house and
someone let us in. We went and knocked on her door and her sister came
out and said she wasn't home. We called her and she had forgotten
about us meeting and cancelled on us. We were a little disappointed
but mostly because that meant we had another hour and a half of
contacting ahead of us. On our way down the stairs and we met a lady.
She spoke to us in decent English and asked if we were Mormons. If you
are waiting for me to say that she told us she wanted to get baptized
and that she is a golden investigator then you'd better keep
waiting.... She told us her aunt and uncle are members and when she
didn't look particularly pleased she continued to say that them
joining the church tore their family apart. She told us she hated
Mormons and that she always avoids us and has even spit at
missionaries. At that point we were wondering what on earth she was
talking to us for. We expressed our sorrow for what had happened and
something changed. She started to cry and told us that after many,
many years of hatred, she looked inside herself and began to ask God
for forgiveness. She repented and felt the love of God again in her
life. She let God heal her and slowly that hatred and resentment
drained out of her. And that took her to the stairwell of that broken
down apartment building in Spain where she happily greeted two Mormon
missionaries. We didn't say much and we didn't need to. We were just
placed there to let her feel of God's love for her. To let her know
how far she has come. She then went on to tell us of her extreme
trials she has experienced and the ones she is still facing. She told
us things she had never told anyone else. She told us through her
tears, I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I feel as though I
can trust you. It is not her time to join the church or even meet with
us again. We were placed there to help her with her repentance process
and to be people she could trust in.
After that incredible time with the lady, we went to Rosario's house.
She is an old woman and we went to share a scripture about the
doctrine of Christ (2 Nefi 31:17-21) and as we finished reading it,
she just said "hermanas. I prayed this morning that someone would come
to remind me of Christ's love". Tuesday was just a day full of being
where the Lord needed us. :)
On Wednesday we finally got to meet with our investigator Kathi who we
haven't been able to meet with in a while and it was so nice to catch
up with her and figure out how we can help her.
Thursday marked SIX MONTHS over here in Spain! 1/3 of the way done
folks. To celebrate, Hermana Twede and I made a homemade chicken pot
pie. :) We didn't have a recipe but we did have a biscuit recipe so we
made biscuit dough and rolled it out as the pie crust and then just
winged it for the filling. And it turned out really well! And we stuck
a 6 candle in it too.
During weekly planning we both realized we need to be more positive
about Granada and not get down when the work gets slow. That has been
a blessing and we've been a lot happier this week.
Friday was an average day and we had zone meeting in the morning and
we ate left over chicken pot pie for lunch.
On Saturday morning we didn't have anything else to do so we went and
contacted our hearts out for an hour and a half. We talked with 30 ish
people and none of them wanted anything... sometimes it's easy to let
the rejections roll off our shoulders. God had a plan for this work
and His will will be accomplished. We're just putting in the work and
the blessings will come. But on the way home we stopped at a bakery
and got macaroons and a box of chocolates to celebrated Hermana
Twede's 4 month mark!
On Saturday night we chopped up some veggies and made rice for fried
rice for Sunday. While we were doing that, our district leader (an
elder) called us and asked us about our week. He was very pleased with
himself as he told us he had made rice. We heard his companion in the
background say, "he tried to make fried rice!" We said ohhh really?!
And he said yeah...it didn't turn out though.io I took a pan with oil
and fried fry rice and then I added water and cooked it. Hahahha oh
dear elder.... that's not how you make fried rice.
The exciting thing about Sunday is that Hermana Twede finished
training! I filled a balloon with confetti and had her pop it and we
shared a pop tart I had floating around my suitcase. I'm a fun
trainer. :) Haha. So now we are both just regular missionaries!
I just have to take a second to talk about Hermana Twede. She is just
great and our personalities work really well together. We're getting
better at contacting together, we have weekly shopping and meals down
to a science where we only spend 12-15 euros each per week, and we are
always laughing. She is the best at testifying of gospel truths and we
keep each other happy doing this work. We are excited to have another
6 weeks together and to be able to the holidays together!
If you're wondering if I know about our new president the answer is
yes. Basically everyone we visit asks us about it. The elders got a
text from a lady telling them she doesn't agree with Trump and that
all the Americans in Spain should be deported. We're just poor little
missionaries!
Well, I think I've jabbered on enough for this week. Enjoy some pictures!
I love you all!
Love, Hermana Moore
Hermana Twede with one of her cumplemes chocolates.
Hermana Twede and I with my 6th month chicken pot pie!
We looked outside and there was a giant flock of birds circling but the horizon is pretty. :)
We tried to find number 23... thanks Spain.
The Granada zone.
anddddddd...... Hermana Twede and I are staying together! Yay! So we
have another awesome transfer ahead of us here in Granada. We are
especially excited because the next 6 weeks contains THANKSGIVING AND
CHRISTMAS!
It's been qUiTe the exciting week around here. Blessings. Transfers.
Cumplemeses. Not getting sick. Pancakes. The list could just keep
going. It was such a wonderful week to be a missionary.
Tuesday we worked really extra hard and the Lord blessed us for that!
We still had 3 out of our 4 lessons fail us, but I know we were where
the Lord put us where He needed us to be to bless others. We contacted
in the morning and didn't see too much happen. But we had pancakes for
lunch, so it made it all better. That afternoon we had set up a lesson
with a less active member. Before that, we had been walking and
contacting in the COLD and were ready to have someone let us into
their home. Well, we went to said less active member's house and
someone let us in. We went and knocked on her door and her sister came
out and said she wasn't home. We called her and she had forgotten
about us meeting and cancelled on us. We were a little disappointed
but mostly because that meant we had another hour and a half of
contacting ahead of us. On our way down the stairs and we met a lady.
She spoke to us in decent English and asked if we were Mormons. If you
are waiting for me to say that she told us she wanted to get baptized
and that she is a golden investigator then you'd better keep
waiting.... She told us her aunt and uncle are members and when she
didn't look particularly pleased she continued to say that them
joining the church tore their family apart. She told us she hated
Mormons and that she always avoids us and has even spit at
missionaries. At that point we were wondering what on earth she was
talking to us for. We expressed our sorrow for what had happened and
something changed. She started to cry and told us that after many,
many years of hatred, she looked inside herself and began to ask God
for forgiveness. She repented and felt the love of God again in her
life. She let God heal her and slowly that hatred and resentment
drained out of her. And that took her to the stairwell of that broken
down apartment building in Spain where she happily greeted two Mormon
missionaries. We didn't say much and we didn't need to. We were just
placed there to let her feel of God's love for her. To let her know
how far she has come. She then went on to tell us of her extreme
trials she has experienced and the ones she is still facing. She told
us things she had never told anyone else. She told us through her
tears, I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I feel as though I
can trust you. It is not her time to join the church or even meet with
us again. We were placed there to help her with her repentance process
and to be people she could trust in.
After that incredible time with the lady, we went to Rosario's house.
She is an old woman and we went to share a scripture about the
doctrine of Christ (2 Nefi 31:17-21) and as we finished reading it,
she just said "hermanas. I prayed this morning that someone would come
to remind me of Christ's love". Tuesday was just a day full of being
where the Lord needed us. :)
On Wednesday we finally got to meet with our investigator Kathi who we
haven't been able to meet with in a while and it was so nice to catch
up with her and figure out how we can help her.
Thursday marked SIX MONTHS over here in Spain! 1/3 of the way done
folks. To celebrate, Hermana Twede and I made a homemade chicken pot
pie. :) We didn't have a recipe but we did have a biscuit recipe so we
made biscuit dough and rolled it out as the pie crust and then just
winged it for the filling. And it turned out really well! And we stuck
a 6 candle in it too.
During weekly planning we both realized we need to be more positive
about Granada and not get down when the work gets slow. That has been
a blessing and we've been a lot happier this week.
Friday was an average day and we had zone meeting in the morning and
we ate left over chicken pot pie for lunch.
On Saturday morning we didn't have anything else to do so we went and
contacted our hearts out for an hour and a half. We talked with 30 ish
people and none of them wanted anything... sometimes it's easy to let
the rejections roll off our shoulders. God had a plan for this work
and His will will be accomplished. We're just putting in the work and
the blessings will come. But on the way home we stopped at a bakery
and got macaroons and a box of chocolates to celebrated Hermana
Twede's 4 month mark!
On Saturday night we chopped up some veggies and made rice for fried
rice for Sunday. While we were doing that, our district leader (an
elder) called us and asked us about our week. He was very pleased with
himself as he told us he had made rice. We heard his companion in the
background say, "he tried to make fried rice!" We said ohhh really?!
And he said yeah...it didn't turn out though.io I took a pan with oil
and fried fry rice and then I added water and cooked it. Hahahha oh
dear elder.... that's not how you make fried rice.
The exciting thing about Sunday is that Hermana Twede finished
training! I filled a balloon with confetti and had her pop it and we
shared a pop tart I had floating around my suitcase. I'm a fun
trainer. :) Haha. So now we are both just regular missionaries!
I just have to take a second to talk about Hermana Twede. She is just
great and our personalities work really well together. We're getting
better at contacting together, we have weekly shopping and meals down
to a science where we only spend 12-15 euros each per week, and we are
always laughing. She is the best at testifying of gospel truths and we
keep each other happy doing this work. We are excited to have another
6 weeks together and to be able to the holidays together!
If you're wondering if I know about our new president the answer is
yes. Basically everyone we visit asks us about it. The elders got a
text from a lady telling them she doesn't agree with Trump and that
all the Americans in Spain should be deported. We're just poor little
missionaries!
Well, I think I've jabbered on enough for this week. Enjoy some pictures!
I love you all!
Love, Hermana Moore
Hermana Twede with one of her cumplemes chocolates.Hermana Twede and I with my 6th month chicken pot pie!
We looked outside and there was a giant flock of birds circling but the horizon is pretty. :)
We tried to find number 23... thanks Spain. 
The Granada zone.
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