The Perfect Phone Call

BFF Sister Jones featuring the Potomac

Guys! This week I was sick and had no voice. It was hilarious. I would call out to people and they would turn around assuming they'd see a 13-year-old boy and BAM two sister missionaries sprinting towards them. (lol jk slight jog slight jog) Really caught 'em off guard. I have a testimony of creative finding.

Even though I was sick there were so many miracles! I don't even know where to start, so I'll just give the best one. We were street contacting last week and we handed out a card to this awesome guy! He said he was already set in his belief but we had a great conversation and then went our own ways. THEN on Monday night we got a call from the same guy and he was like, "Sisters hey, I've been thinking about it, and me and my friend would like to meet with y'all as soon as possible, if that's okay with you." So we died for a second that someone called us, (I thought it was a myth that people actually did that), and we called back to set up an appointment. We met with him and he is SO PREPARED!!! He was like, "Sisters, I've had this question for 50 years now and no one can answer it, do you think y'all can?" We were like, "Go for Gene! Fire away!" And he asked, "What happens to the people who died without hearing about Christ?" THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN GENE, THEY HAVE A CHANCE :'') I shed a tear, he shed a tear, my mom probably shed a tear reading this.  We also got to meet with his friend and now they are on the road to being baptized!!! Too bad I'm being transferred to Centreville!!! They're in good hands with Sister Jones though <33. 

Sorry this email is so lame but at least I have fun pics?? Redemption?? Love y'all! Have a good week!

Love,

Sister Mod

I found a Utah license plate and screamed, no joke!

BFF Sister Jones

DIANA, the cutest person in the world

Sister Mod and Bro. George

The district. Woot woot!

Missionary Work in a Nutshell

the only time sis mod has ever looked short

Alrighty, so this week was awesome but I'm going to Mount Vernon today, so you don't get to hear about it. Hahah! Sorry. Here are some highlights though!!!

-mission tour with Elder Haynie of the Seventy

-mlc exchanges w/ sister clark on her BDAY woot woot

-virginia turned into a sauna 

-sister mod turned into a melted popsicle

-i went to a resturant and hit my head on a light 3 TIMES (tall people probs or just dumb people probs? The world may never know)

-we had yummy Ethiopian food w/ my favorite part member fam <333

-we taught repentance and baptized converts (minus the baptize converts part heh, coming soon tho no worries)

Love you all tons!! Sorry this email is the worst!! I still love Jesus though!! Go read your scriptures!! And tell your mom you love her!!

Love,

Sister Mod :))

our fav human sister fair

the muffin man??

sis jones and i being grateful for air conditioning

sis clark's BDAYYYY woohoooo

The Referral from the Last House on the Street ;)

-us chillin' in an apt building, as always

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MY FAV MOMS OUT THERE (especially the one named Marci) (love u Mom). Moms are so special and they deserve all the love in the world. My friend Ballal helped me to know that this Sunday. We asked the little guy if he told his mom happy Mother's Day and he was like, "Ya sisters, of course! I even got her a present." So we were like, "Oh! What'd you get her?" And he says, "A Pomeranian." So casual. We are both like, "What?? Ballal, you got her a Pomeranian?" He's like, "Ya. I was saving up all my money for an Xbox but then it was Mother's Day so I used it to buy my mom a Pomeranian." Hahaha! In conclusion, do you love your mom enough to use your Xbox money to buy her a Pomeranian? Let that one sink in. 

Treat yo self

This week we were praying hard to receive inspired referrals from people we meet as we are out working! We hadn't seen much success with it in the beginning of the week, but we kept praying and trying and then FINALLY we felt inspired to go to a certain street and knock. Door after door no one was interested until we got to the very last house. Lol. He actually wasn't interested either, but we asked if he knew anyone that could use a message and after a couple seconds of thoughtful pondering he was like, "Ya, I actually do! 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." So we are PUMPED at this point. We just got a solid referral right?? So we type 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue into our GPS and lo and behold, we got referred to the President of the United States. Hahahah shoot. God bless America. Also God bless Sister Mod and Sister Jones for not knowing the President's address. 

FLOWER BUSHES 😍

On the bright side though, we had President Packer of the missionary department train us on how to use the teaching pamphlets more effectively which was sweet! President Packer told us a story of how he was asked to give a demonstration first lesson to a big group of people, so he was practice teaching to his grandma and grandpa (President Boyd K. Packer, wow right?). When he was done with his 8-minute restoration lesson President Boyd K. Packer said, "Well that was way too long, you lost me at 6 minutes." That really just put things into perspective for me. We are to teach people like the Savior did, line upon line and precept upon precept, every man according to their own understanding. Which means SIMPLY. The gospel is so simple and man am I grateful for that because I still have so much to learn! Love you all. Don't forget to do the little things like say prayers and read scriptures, that's where the power comes. 

 Love, Sister Mod   un bday package from my cute trainer :') 

Our fav friend, Sister Fair

Fun bday package from my cute trainer :')

The aftermath of humidity, woot woot!

Do We Know What a Toaster Is??! hahahaha!

Good week, happy week. Ate a frozen burrito on Cinco de Mayo (olé), Sister Jones introduced herself to someone as Sister Mod (comp unity amiright?) and we got asked if we know what a toaster is, hahah. And for all those who are still wondering, yes. Yes we do know what a toaster is. We enjoy great blessings from our toaster daily.

We had some amazing miracles this week but one of my favorite ones was with our bff Gus. So we've been meeting with Gus for a couple of weeks and this week during our lesson we were asking what we could do to help him keep his commitments (to pray and read and come to church) and he was like, "Well, you can call and pray with me!" And we were like okay, ya for sure, how often do you want us to call? (Thinking he'd say like twice a week or something), and he was like, "Well, probably at least twice a day." YA GUS! So we call the man twice a day and he literally will stop whatever he is doing to pray. So sweet <33

As the week went on and we were praying twice a day with our bud Gus, I just got to thinking, how willing am I to drop everything for the Lord? (deep lol) but seriously! We have been asked to do simple things like keep the commandments, minister to God's children, pray and read scriptures. God doesn't ask us (most of the time) to drop EVERYTHING, he just asks us to do the little things. Recommitting every day to doing the little things will bring blessings so great that there won't even be room to hold them. Love y'all! Have a good week!!

Love,

Sister Mod

Just Doing Missionary Work at the Carnival :)

THE CARNIVAL!

Today we went to Walmart and there was a cute little lady giving out food samples, so obviously we got some, and it turns out she has met with missionaries before and lost track of them!! No worries tho, we got her info and she'll probably be baptized asap ;) I would like to bear my testimony, I know samples are true and I would exort you to find that out for yourself. MIRACLES. Food miracles. God knows me so well hahah.

This week I got to go on exchanges with Sister Emch and it was the BEST. Ok, so Sister Emch and I wanted to go finding in a mall so we picked a mall and headed over. We pulled in and the whole mall was closed but there was a HUGE carnival in the parking lot and I'm not talking about some wimpy Alpine Days carnival (no hate tho), this thing was like mini Disneyland for real. So I marvel for a second and as we're walking back to our car I see a worker (all the workers were setting up for it to open) looking at us from inside the carnival fence so of course I'm like HEY WHAT'S UP? and he's like hey give me a minute! He comes out and starts talking with us and it turns out he's totally talked with missionaries before! Then his manager walks by and is like, "Who are you?" So we tell him and he's like, "Come on in! The people in here need Jesus bad." Hahah so we walk in and he's like, "No for real, go talk to people." SO WE DID! We were teaching people left and right for a solid 45 minutes and I have never had more fun contacting!!! Hands down best day of my life.

Livin' the life

This week God showed me that men are that they might have joy. Two of my favorite things are eating and carnivals and he let me find friends to teach through both of those things!! God doesn't want us to be miserable, he wants us to feel the joy that comes through the gospel and from the blessings he is waiting to give us as we try our hardest to be like his son Jesus Christ! Love you all!! Have a good week and find some JOYYYY. :))

love,

Sister Mod

Pretty VA

Crystal City Apt 

Thanks for the Birthday Wishes!

a sick mural ft sis mod

Alrighty, so everyone always says you can do whatever you want on your birthday. I decided what I want is to not write a group email, hahah, so this email is gonna be SUPER short sorry lol. I also wanted to say thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes!!! <3

Highlight of the week was our friend DIANNA! She is the cutest old Ghanaian lady in the world and this week she decided that she wants to be baptized woot woot!! We were teaching her the gospel of Jesus Christ, specifically baptism, and she was like "Aw, sisters, I just feel it in my heart. I just feel it in my heart! It's so warm." The spirit is a miracle worker I tell ya. Love that guy. 

Sorry, that's all I got for ya, but I LOVE JESUS AND EASTER AND MY MISSION. Thank u and goodnight. 

Love,

Sister Mod

Easter!

a day in the life action shot

yay for sister jones

the potomac and a sister mod

a bday selfie cuz you just have to 🤷‍♀️

The Two Little Rings

Watching my brother Tate open his mission call <3

Well friends, this week a Muslim man said to me, "Why are you so skinny? Does Jesus not provide for you?" I told an atheist that we had Christ in common, and we accidentally knocked into a monastery, so that should about sum it up. Until next week, xoxo <3 Sis Mod!! lol kidding kidding but we had a way funny week. The things I do because I love Jesus right?? 

The happiest part of my week was Sunday because of my buddy Balal!!! Okay so back story: Right outside of my apartment complex there is an Ethiopian store that me and Sister Atkinson went to on one of our very first pdays together. While we were walking around the shop this little kid comes running around the corner and he's like, "Hey guys! What's up?" So we talked to the lil' guy for a couple of minutes and he said, "Stay right here. I'll be right back!" So we wait for our bud to come back and when he does he's holding two little rings in his hands! He gives us both a little ring and says, "These are so you don't forget about me." Fast forward to this Sunday: We show up at church and the elders come over and say hey, meet our friend Balal! And lo and behold BALAL IS MY FRIEND FROM THE STORE LIKE 4 MONTHS AGO!! He totally remembered me and the elders are teaching him and his family now!!! MIRACLES I TELL YA. 

My district

The other happiest part of my week was that I got to watch my little brother Tate open his mission call to DENMARK!!! Two Mods servin' the Lord at the same time, gotta love it. I am so grateful for my mission and the experiences I've had. It really is a life-changing year and a half. I read a scripture that stuck with me this week. D&C 1:23 says, "That the fullness of my gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before kings and rulers." It absolutely blows my mind that God gives the most important task happening on earth (the gathering of scattered Israel) to 18- 19- 20-year-olds, and I am so humbled to be one of those weak and simple servants! My mission president's wife always tells us that a lot of the time we are like the widow giving her mite. We give all that we have to the Lord, it still doesn't seem like enough, but through our Savior Jesus Christ and His grace that mite can become a fortune. Give God your mite this week and He will magnify it! :) Love y'all!!

Love,

Sister Mod

Last pic w/Sister Smith cuz she's getting transferred :")

Five Guys to celebrate Sister Jones being out for 2 months!!