Happy Holy-ween

I must say-my title for this week's email is pretty rocking. Mom-you'd be proud. I'm totally sporting black white and orange in honor of this random holiday. I love it for its colors, festive fallness, traditions, and its cute little kid costumes...in the MTC I like if for its P-dayness.

This week has been a little more of a struggle because of miscommunication between me and other people this week, but this next week is looking to be better. I have goals, they have goals, H. Brown and I have goals as a companionship that I think will really help. One of which is to smile more. The big Sister Elaine S. came and spoke to us for our RS meeting. How awesome is that! I loved it! She gave lots of really good counsel, but my favorite was her example of smiling. She said that no matter the difficulties in your life you always need to smile-especially in your struggles. Our trials and struggles are evidence that God loves us enough to give us opportunities to polish ourselves. Loved it! Needed it. I hope to have as beautiful and as infectious of a smile as her one day. Other wisdom-I'm going to wear my YW charm every day. What a great missionary tool! I think I want to put it on a pretty longer chain (I also saw a sister with a pocket watch necklace...cool idea huh?!)

Also awesome: after our devotional on tuesday, we talked about obedience. I'm trying...but I hadn't yet committed to be 100% obedient. Elder McBride made the comment that when we decided to go on a mission that we decided to serve we decided to follow what the Lord wanted us to do. Why would we do it if we weren't going to do it His way? I'm not serving for me-even though I'm looking forward to the direct effects. I have to put myself in the shoes of everyone I will teach and in my future family taht I get to set an example for. Obedience is one of those "make the decision once" kind of things. Decision Made.

We had a rocking leson with Ramon the other night where we were talking about the power of prayer and repentance from the account of Enos. The lesson was amazing-H. Brown was able to give a very personal heartfelt testimony that brought us all to tears. Ramon was able to commit to repent, even with his drug problems. We were on this amazing high...and then we realized that we were getting "transferred" we would no longer be teaching Ramon. It was crazy how I felt. I had just gained such a testimony of how personal repentance can be for those we teach and how important my job as a missionary is to be able to bring this to others...and then I find out that my progress with Ramon was over. We were able to get a real account of the real Ramon afterwards. Hermano Harvey our teacher had taught him on his mission and told us how it took 3+ sets of missionaries and 9 months to help Ramon receive the gospel. I'm grateful for an experience like this one.

I love you so so much! I couldn't be more grateful for the examples you are in my life in how you love each other and the family. I couldn't be more grateful for this chance I have to get to know the Savior, myself, others (and how to be a roommate...etc...its been fun). I know God knows me and has been and will continue to guide me. I'm grateful that he has cared for ya'll too. It sounds like He has things under control.

Love you so so much! Happy Halloween!

Hiccups,
Hermana Moffat