growing lol

A classic Sis Mod Chick-Fil-A pic. Of course.

Ya know how when you're a freshman in college you gain the freshman 15? Well I'm gonna start a new trend, the mission 25 hahah. Thanks to Thanksgiving this past week not only am I growing spiritually but also horizontally. (And probs vertically too. Let's be real here #thetallsister lol) 

Also do y'all remember that one principle (is it called a principle or am I just a missionary lol) in physics that says what goes up must always come down? I gained a testimony of that this week. We were out tracting and we walked up to a random guy's door, talked to him for a sec, and then went to walk away and he said, "Don't fall off the porch!" And what did I do you may ask? I definitely fell right off of his porch hahah. Sister Bourgous and I were laughing so hard. RIP Sister Mod and that random man's bush.

Other than the mission 25 and getting wrecked by a bush, this week has been UNREAL! We have been able to teach so many lessons which is such a blessing!! There have been multiple people who are really progressing in the gospel. I'll keep y'all updated in the coming weeks! But one thing that I've loved this week is how during this time of year people are so kind and service oriented. People start focusing less on their own problems and looking towards Christ! I was thinking a lot about the story of Peter walking on water to Christ the other day. The moment that he took his eyes off of the Savior and looked at the storm around him was when he started to sink. The same principle goes for all of us for sure. This Christmas season I just wanted to challenge all of you to take your eyes off the waves or the trials in your life and look to our Savior because He will be the one to get you through the storm. He has helped me find joy in whatever circumstance I'm in! Love y'all! 

Love,

Sister Mod

A Ham/Cat cat 😂

Sister Bourgeous and I getting wrecked by the rain.

an ice cube aka sister mod

Antarctica itself ;)

Ok, so remember when I got my call to Washington DC? I was kidding... I actually got sent to Antarctica! We got 6 inches of snow this past Thursday, but by Friday it was completely melted. Reminds me of a place I know... (subtweet Utah, lol) Home sweet home amiright? We were told to go out and proselyte on Thursday so we spent hours upon hours trying to get the driveway shoveled; and after much trial and tribulation, we shoveled like 1/16th of the driveway. More karma for not using our workout time wisely haha. But, once we got out tracting, we were able to practice our "it's freezing plz let us inside" face. No one let us inside tho, so it looks like that needs a lil' more practice.. haha! 

We taught our friend Eric from Togo this week!! We brought a member, Brother Reynolds, who speaks French though because all I can say is oui oui and croissant. (Also, I had to look up how to spell oui oui. No shame.) So, Brother Reynolds would just translate everything we said. ERIC IS SO ELECT THO IT WAS SWEET. Every point from the restoration we shared, he would testify back to us that it was true. :') 

 We also had mission tour with President Bennett from the Seventy and it was AMAZING. One of the things that he said that really stood out to me was, "You choose discouragement or you choose hope." I am so grateful that I'm able to go out and share the hope that the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings! I am thankful that my family can be together forever and for the knowledge that Heavenly Father loves and is aware of each of us personally. SO BLESSED FOR REAL. 

I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving!! 

 Love, 

Sister Mod 

Weekly selfie, lol.

gettin' artsy with the tag pic

"I've Been Reading Your Book!!"

ham/cat in one picture

So y'all are probably sick of me talking about bugs BUT here's your fun fact about Ham/Cat for the week. The population of ticks in my area is like 10,000x more than the population of humans, lol. So this week we went over to our friend Jeri's house and she was petting one of her puppies and found a hugeee tick, so she just casually pulled that thing out and it SPLATTERED all over her hand! I almost threw up. So nasty. A trial in my life for sure hahah. 

Speaking of funny experiences, this week Sister Bourgeous and I were out tracting and a lady answered the door and started talking to us for a minute. She told us her name was Maria and that she wasn't interested, so we asked if she had any neighbors that were and she said nope. Then as we were saying bye to her I said, in my most confident voice, "Okay cya later Chris!" Hahaha! I called Maria the completely wrong name. So Maria if you are reading this, sorry. Sister Mod is losin' it.  

Ah this week was SO cool though! (Figuratively and literally cuz it's like -4 degrees here, smh) but there is a lady that Sister Ewell and I talked to during the summer who was like, "This is a sign from God that you guys are here talking to me!! I know that this is what He wants me to do!!" Then after that lil' revelation she dropped off the face of the planet. But this week we decided to randomly go to her house and check on her and she opened the door and let us right in! We sat down and she was like, "I've been reading your book!!" She was 9 CHAPTERS into the Book of Mormon and she was loving it! We are going to start meeting with her every week now and Sis Bourgeous and I are feelin' #blessed for real. The Book of Mormon is so amazing and I am SO grateful for the challenge that President Nelson gave to read it and mark whenever Christ is mentioned! As I've focused on Christ in the Book of Mormon I find it easier to focus on Him throughout the day which has made the good days great and the bad days better. :) Life is good, friends. Focus on the Savior and life is always good! 

Hope everyone had a good week!! 
 Love, Sister Mod 

cute leaves

cute sky

cold missionaries

spanish tour hah

Halloween with Sister Bourgeous,
Paige's new companion

Alrighty, so this week Sister Mod drove a car for the first time in 5 months and I'm happy to report that we only almost hit 1 deer WAHOO. Killin' it. Actually, not killin' it cuz I'm a good driver, get it? Hahah sorry, that was the worst. But ya we had transfers on Tuesday and I'm now serving with Sister Bourgeous!! She's from California which automatically brings up our companionship average by a couple of points and she is THE BEST. It's going to be an awesome transfer for sure. 

 This week we've talked to SO many Hispanic people, and because of our limited Spanish it was hilarious, hahah. We were walking around and we went up to this little old Hispanic man named Mario and soon realized that he had literally no idea what we were saying, so we started speaking Spanish (kinda heh) and then he just started walking away and saying, "Come, come," so we followed him as he proceeded to take us on a 30-minute tour of the WHOLE neighborhood. Mario would just open random doors of people who also couldn't speak English and point at us, and the people were like, "Hola," then he would shut the door and take us somewhere else, hahaha. Good guy. Good times. Thx for sharing the gospel Mario lol. 

 BUT WOAH, it's been a week of miracles as always, but I'll just tell ya one so my email isn't a novel, lol. Last night we decided to walk down this random street and knock on a house that hadn't been contacted before. This guy came out and was like, "Woah, okay. I was actually just praying for some guidance so I can't believe you are here right now." He is so prepared and set up a lesson for this week, so PRAY FOR GEORGE please. :) The Lord is so good to us here in Ham/Cat and I continue to be amazed by the plan He has for each one of us. 

I hope you all have a good week and keep me updated on your lives!! 

 Love, Sister Mod 

Last pic with Sister Ewell

The LEAVES! :))

transfers dun dun dunnnn

Sister Ewell and I with our home, lol.

Transfer calls came and .............. SISTER EWELL AND I ARE STAYING TOGETHER! Lol, just kidding. Sister Ewell is leaving me to go to Woodbridge :'(( but I'm feelin' blessed that I was able to have her as a comp for as long as I did, even if she did think that Taekwondo was called kwan doo, hahah. ;) 

Our last week together has been UNREAL though so imma list off some sweet miracles that happened. 

 1) We were able to start teaching this amazing couple who are so down to be baptized !!! 
 2) At Book of Mormon class a less active member came and said it was exactly what she needed. :') 
 3) I had no spiders in my shoes 
 4) We had like 20 non-members at church (for a missionary farewell, but hey, still not mad at all lol) 
 5) Sister Ewell and I got a call from a random lady one night and she was like, "Hey, so you gave me your card the other day and I was just wondering if we could meet up and talk more?" LIKE IS THIS REAL LIFE?? I have a testimony of pass along cards hahah. We were able to set up a church tour and it went soo well. Tender mercies of the Lord I'm tellin' ya. 

 Love life and love being a missionary. Sorry my email is lame this week but I can't be entertaining for 18 months straight, right?? Hahah hope y'all have a good week. :) 

 Love, Sister Mod 

A license plate that I connected with on a spiritual level

The district!!

karma

Sister Ewell & Sister Mod with a very long arm, heh

Ok so remember how last week I was complaining about a spider in my shoe? Well karma got SERVED this week. Right after I sent that email I went to put my shoes on and guess what I found? A SPIDER IN EACH SHOE! LIKE ARE WE KIDDING?? No. No we're not kidding. Sister Mod is not at one with nature. Like ya, I look like a tree, but was that necessary?? 

Sister Ewell and I now are not only missionaries but we are also a moving company, hahah. This week we helped the sweetest lady clean out her basement and we told her that we could take the stuff she didn't want to a free market that the community is putting on. Welllllll, she was so pumped that she told her neighbors to bring ALL the stuff they don't want to her house and that we would pick it up. Soo if anyone has a semi truck we could borrow let me know! Also, if anyone wants a lamp shaped like a seashell you know where to come. ;)

Some inspiration cuz who doesn't need that?

It has been a really cool week though!! We were able to start teaching a new person! She has been investigating the church on her own for a way long time but she finally agreed to start meeting with us! She is basically a member of the church (already subscribed to the Ensign for 3 years running lol) but Sister Ewell and I are so grateful that we get to help her along the path!! This week we also decided to make high faith goals and we have been seeing the Lord's hand SO MUCH. People who don't usually respond to us have been texting us back, we were able to set up multiple teaching appointments for this week, we have been in the right place at the right time and I just know that the Lord is aware of me and the people in this area. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Heavenly Father knows so much better than we do and WOW I'm grateful for that! Loveeee the gospel and everything it teaches me.

Love,

Sister Mod

Sister Clark and Sister Mod partying on exchanges

heaven lol

The "Itsy Bitsy" Spider(s)

cute lil' Virginia

Ok, so at the beginning of this week Sister Ewell and I were slowly shriveling up cuz it was so hot, then BAM winter. Weird how that happens.. reminds me of a certain place I know.. (subtweet Utah) lol. So here's the worst thing ever about the surprise winter that has come upon us: wolf spiders. All of those homies wanna get warm, so what do they do? They come inside. Dun dun dunnnnn. Story time. One morning we were about to leave our house and I was putting on my shoes. I felt something in the bottom of one of my shoes and I was like heck nooo, so I took it off and hit it on the ground and guess what came crawling out? A HUGE WOLF SPIDER. In my shoe. How rude. Then he just sat there and looked at me for a hot minute. Don't worry tho, I killed him with our designated wolf spider killing mop. All is well. Sister Mod is just never going to wear shoes ever again. No worries.  

Also, everyone here goes over the top on Halloween decorations. It's so sick, but at the same time, it's just horrible. Like we literally already have enough spiders! Don't put another one on your door, k? 

Hahah other than the spiders tho this week has been awesome!! We have seen SO many miracles, it has been amazing! One day we were walking up a potential's driveway and she pulled in and was like, "I haven't seen you guys in years, how are you?? Come inside my house!!" Hahah she actually didn't know us, but all missionaries are basically the same so we just went with it. But ya, she has been struggling hardcore for the last year and she said she has just been waiting for us to come by again. She is an angel and I'm so grateful that we were able to finally talk to her. MISSIONARY LIFE IS SUCH A BLESSING. Bringing people back to the fold is the coolest. In Elder Rasband's talk last week he said, "Love what the Lord loves." I've been thinking a lot about how I can apply that to missionary work, and then I remembered that the Lord loves His children above everything else. This week I'm going to try to love like the Savior does and I hope you all can do that too!! 

 Love, 
 Sister Mod 

(PS ~ I just figured out that my email is freaking out, so if you've emailed me and I haven't emailed back, it's not because I hate you, lol. Shoot me another email and hopefully I'll get that!!) 

fall leaves :'))

lol. we were supposed to give out free hot chocolate at a town event
but we had a little problem, so no hot chocolate for the town

weekly car selfie

ALSO S/O TO MARCI MOD, THE CUTEST MOM ON THE PLANET,
FOR THE CUTEST PACKAGE EVER