Famous Chinese jumping picture

  Oh Mama!!

 

I want to talk about you on this email!

 

My mom is the best mom in the world

My mom is the funniest mom in the world

My mom loves me soooo much

My mom is my number 1 hero!

My mom is the best cook

My mom loves everyone

My mom loves to serve others

My mom taught me a lot of things

And I hope to be like you!!!

My heart is filled with joy for you!

Let the storm rage on!!!!
The cold never bothered me anyway.

 

Well the weather is not that cold. The picture made it look like it but it's not that bad. But we are having one of the worst blizzards in New York history tonight and tomorrow. It's called Blizzard Juno. So wish me a luck! 

 

Well sad news, looks like one of our investigators who was supposed to get baptized this Friday and was so ready stopped meeting with us, and she didn't come to church yesterday. Every time we call her she says, "I'm busy." My heart broke for her. I have been here for almost 4 transfers. A few weeks ago I had a feeling that I will never witness a baptism of my investigators. I know my investigators will be baptized, I just won't be there to witness it. That's ok. I hope she will accept it soon.
 

One thing I was also sad about was a member gave us a family's information contact because they were interested. The elders were teaching them and decided to give the family to me and Sister Wang. It's a mom and a dad, and a little girl. So we contacted them. I talked with them at a church party, I sat with them at sacrament. I felt really good about them and I love them and then all the sudden the other set of sister missionaries decided to take them from us and called them their own investigators. So they are their investigators now. I was heartbroken. I know they will do great with them and hopefully accept baptism soon!

The cover of my Book of Mormon

 

So one of our solid member's birthday was yesterday and we went to Sister Chen's house to celebrate. They put on Frozen and we watched it.... 3 times. It was playing on the tv while we talked with others.... Guilty rule breaker haha!
 

Sister Chen tried to scare me so I was talking with Elder Johnson and Sister Chen said, "I have something for you." I held out my hand and she put a big fat dead cockroach in my hand. Gross... They both laughed at me. Gotta love Grandma Chen!!!
 

I finally was able to learned how to do a rubrick's cube!! Party time!!! Actually I am almost there.

Nothing much happened this week. Just the same thing over and over again with investigators and less actives.



The Flushing Chinese district

 

Turns out that I still have good skills with youth. All the youth in the branch love me and the parents want me to help them since a few of them left or are such a huge trouble maker.... I love kids so much!
 

The Bishop loves to tease me! I really love the bishop. He pulled me aside and said seriously, "Sister Moore, I am heading off to priesthood training meeting. Wanna come?" I stuttered and he laughed and said, "I'm teasing you!!"
 

Love the sisters

 

My companion told an embarrassing story about me.... We were walking down the street and I was trying to say Heavenly Messenger in Chinese. She said that I need to be careful with the tones because if I said it wrong then it would be "Angel Poop" really? And she told it to someone else... Ugh! That's ok, made me laugh too!
 

It's true!!! I finally went to the Brooklyn Bridge last week!!! Yay!!! It was the best!!!!

Finally...the Brooklyn Bridge!!!!

Manhattan from the bridge

 

I know the gospel is true and I know it's the only way to true happiness and love. I know the Savior is walking with me every step of the way. We must be obedient not because we want blessings or miracles but because we love Him! I have been through a lot on the mission but it was needed and I am slowly changing into something better. I am learning about patience, diligence, obedience and so forth. My faith is increasing and I am learning how to act on the faith I have. I love this gospel so much!!
 

 
 

I love you mom and I am doing really good! Thank you for being my mom! I am glad I chose you as my mother and you chose me as your daughter!

Ismael sent me this!

 

Love,

Sister Moore

 

PS.... Even more sad new... My special ring broke :(

How can I do fast offerings??? I am clueless haha.

 Dear Mama,

We had a great experience this week with one of our members.  Helen is amazing and taking classes to major in respiratory therapist. She struggles a lot with life and her son but has strong faith and hope. We talked to them about building their faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ because the gospel is the only way to true happiness. We talked to them about the 5-5-5 family plan. It's when they come up with a goal of who they want to bring to church, baptism, and to the temple in one year. We explained that ever member is a missionary and being a missionary is one of our responsibilities to make sure the members know they are the main point of bringing others to come unto Christ, they are the main people to build up the kingdom of God. Helen is helping her son learn how to be a missionary. They challenged themselves to a few goals and asked us to follow up with them on Friday. I am super excited. She said to us, "I don't know if you know this but I needed you two here at this moment. People put on their happy face but really inside they are struggling. You guys should visit more members" I felt like I followed the prompting of the spirit along with Sister Wang. Such a cool experience!
 

We did complimentary street sweep and we haven't done that for 2 months. Elder Johnson was in charge and he knew we needed to do this, at that moment I felt a change come over me. I was happy and enjoying life. I was complimenting everyone I saw and sharing the gospel and I was truly happy. I then realize that the gospel is the only way to success and happiness. Serving those around me gives the best feeling to me. I moved on from some of the negativity and anger I had been feeling. I learned how to repent daily this week, whether I sin or not. I did want to change to become a better person and it does make a difference. Faith does lead to repentance.
 

I was having a really hard day last week and I received a letter in the mail from Clair Pilling. Her letter was exactly what I needed. She wrote a little note about a specific letter and said, "This is a letter from Heavenly Father" I read the letter and my heart was full of peace and love. I know Heavenly Father was looking out for me in that moment. Sister Pilling knew I needed this somehow. I am forever grateful for this experience. Best letter ever!
 

Sister Wang and I have been working really hard and  we just accomplished our goals three times in a row now. Ba Bam!!
 

I love that Sister Wang has been cooking Chinese food and that we can get our food from the nearby Chinese markets instead of walking a mile to Target like Sister Johnson and I use to do. I told Sister Wang about the msg and she makes sure I get the right food that doesn't have msg in it.   I still got a headache and dizziness but good news, I am doing a lot better.
 

One of our investigators has changed her baptism date to Jan. 30 so her son could come to the baptism. I am so excited!! First baptism.

 

Another of our Investigators has softened her heart to the gospel and I can see a change. She always asks hard and profound questions but we were able to answer them. We met with her 4 times already and she finally kneeled down to pray with us. Really cool lady.

 

A lady texted us and showed up at the church and we met her for the first time. She was so eager to learn about the gospel that she stayed for the Chinese branch AND  the English Branch. She is awesome and eager to learn.

 

One of our members invited two of her friends to church and introduced them to us and they were interested. The work is hastening on!!!
 

I arm wrestled with my missionary grandma Tina Chen. I bested her three time and she beat me one time. That one time I kind of injured my wrist and I also snapped my finger and now it's purple :) I am truly taking care of myself.
 

So Chinese New Years is coming up.... I am in charge of choreographing the dance with Sister Hironaka of Hip Hop and Elder Johnson is in charge of lion dance and cha cha dance. We are doing a parade and wearing costumes and it's gonna be one of the biggest event here in Flushing! I am super excited!!
 

I will hit my 6th month mark this week :) I will be going to the temple with Sister Hironaka and Sister Johnson for their one year mark next month. I am excited!!
 

I am going to the Brooklyn Bridge today for sure! A few weeks ago all the missionaries were at a member's house for one of our elder's birthday. Elder Johnson didn't want to eat this one specific food and asked me to eat it. I said no because I was soooo full. He said I will do something for you if you eat this... Ugh.... I told him he has to take me to the Brooklyn Bridge and that is what we are doing. Yay!!!

I love you!

 

Love ,

Sister Moore

 

P.S. I will send pictures later. I promise.

Dear Mom,

New York is starting to get cold. I can't wait for summer! Thank you for sending the boots to me and the blender. They both are working good!
 

On Thursday we didn't have any hot water in our apartment. I really needed to shower but didn't want a cold shower so I went back to the olden days- the pioneer days haha! If you ever get cold in the house or the heater is not working, here is what you can do:

All you need is: Pot, Bucket, Heater (can be stove or fire), measuring cup or any kind of cup.

1. Pour water into the pot and boil

2. After boiling put it in the bucket

3. If you feel the water is enough for you to clean yourself, take it to the bathtub 

4. Get the measuring cup and pour on yourself. Don't burn yourself. Wash your body and hair and you're all clean :)

Do you know what is sad? The hot water came back right after I finished my boil water theory. But hey, I am not that blonde :)

 

 On Friday, we had our interview with our mission president... That man..... I honestly love him. He has such a big heart and he gave me great advice. He knows my struggles.  He was explaining that I have the gift of charity and love. If I am in the room with him, the whole environment changes and he feels such great love. He looked into my eyes and said, "Never ever let anyone take advantage of you with your gift of love and charity." I was taken aback and it was like Wow!
 

I am not sure if I ever told you about Tina Chen and Ray Chen. They are the missionaries' grandparents. I absolutely love those two so much! Ray and Tina met on their mission. They liked each other but didn't want people to know but somehow they knew. On the mission for Tina's birthday, the elders wrapped Ray in wrapping paper with a  bow and showed up at Tina and her companion's apartment and knocked. Tina answered and the elders said, "Happy Birthday!" Awkward loving birthday on the mission! Ray is such an awesome guy, very strong and healthy! He is very intelligenct but not a doctor... He explained how eating more fruits and vegetables can cure anything. He said we don't need to eat protein from meat, we can eat protein from certain kinds of vegetables. He doesn't eat meat, or any kind of diary. He is a healthy strong guy.

 

On Friday, Elder Wutrich, Elder Johnson, Sister Wang, and I were on our way to street sweep. We saw a lady running with her cart (here, we call it chino-cart) toward me. Elder Johnson pushed me out of the way and I almost fell. Elder Johnson and the lady started to laugh. Then I realized who the lady was.... Tina! Here is our conversation:

 

Me: 为什么你要杀害我？(Why do you want to kill me?)

Tina:因为我很爱你 (Because I love you!)

Me: 好的。(Fine)

I almost died....
 

The next day Tina came with us to help out with our lesson with Sister L. On our way to the lesson, Tina was talking about whenever the elders have their bikes, she would hang them on a tree... Are you kidding me? She is awesome! Tina is shorter than me but really strong! Before I arrived to New York, Tina had arm wrestle competitions with everyone in the branch and beat them all. Now that I showed up, she and I did arm wrestles and I beat her. She wants to do the competition again so she can try and best me. Tina and Ray have such a strong testimony! I absolutely adore them and can't wait for you to meet them!
 

Earlier this week, I felt like I wasn't useful enough in the mission. I wasn't seeing any changes. I asked myself why I am here.

 

I am going to tell you about Sister L.  We meet with her every week, and every Sunday.  I was very lucky to be able to see the changes in her. Part of her testimony comes from meeting me. Everyone she sees.... She tells about her testimony. She said she was very grateful to have known me. She explained that I was passing out flyers and she grabbed my flyer. If I had not been there she wouldn't have grabbed anyone's flyer. She then has the desire to come to church and learned the gospel. She read her BOM and straightforward told her testimony. It was amazing. She had a baptismal date for February 15. Now she has a baptismal date for January 25. She is so ready!!

 

On Sunday, Nicole Wu taught Relief Society about God's greatest commandment is to love the lord. Sister Wang commented on it, "Sister Moore is deaf and the Lord could have called her to ASL mission but he sent her here because He knew she can love the people here and she can speak Chinese because she loves God." Nicole then bore her testimony of how much she loves me and how I helped her, she was getting teary eyes that made me want to cry. I felt at that moment I was needed there. 

 

Another couple is doing alright.  We teach them every week but they haven't been able to come to church.  They struggle financially.  Pray for them that they can love each other and realize how the gospel can help them.

 

We are also teaching a husband and wife. The elders gave the wife to us and we taught her. She has such a pure heart. We invited her to baptism and she was willing but wanted her husband to join the discussion and accept baptism first so they can do it together. Please pray for her husband.

 

J is one of our English class students, she is a great lady. Something had happened that made her want to learn the gospel. She has lost 3 older brothers and I am not sure what happened. Please pray that she would soften her heart and have the desire to learn and feel the spirit.

 

We met S and J yesterday at church. S is a mom, J is a son. They walked in the church and we taught them. They have such a huge desire to learn, they kept asking, "What's next? What's next?". I felt like at that moment teaching the lesson that I was possessed by the spirit. I was able to speak Chinese. Please pray for her so she can continue to meet with us. When I saw her I saw her as a member present in future lessons. I had a great feeling she will join the church eventually.

 

On Saturday, at the church I saw two ASL sister missionaries. I love those two sisters so I asked what they were doing in Flushing. They told me that they were doing look ups in Flushing for there is a lot of deaf people here in Flushing. They showed me a list and there was a lot. Those two sisters really wanted me in their ASL program. They have an interview with president this week and gonna beg him for me to join haha. The ASL missionaries cover the whole area of New York South and Manhattan. They have about 6 elders and 4 sisters in the ASL program. They are begging for more. Same with the Chinese program.
 

What I learned this past week:

I learned that I should be eating more like a princess by eating one rice at a time and cover my mouth with my hand when chewing and eat very slowly. I like it this way, I get full easier and am more beautiful.

 

I am learning how to write Chinese characters. My goal is to know 100 characters this year. Turns out that I am more comfortable writing  right handed than left when it comes to Chinese characters and it's more beautiful! Cool huh?
 

I have been sick everyday for the past 3 weeks with headache and dizziness. I am getting a little worried about it. I am trying to push myself through the day and take medicine. I also started to drink more water. So pray for me that I will feel better so I can work harder in the Lord's work.
 

This past week I learned a lot from the New Testament. I think I am in love with one of the disciples named Stephen. He has such a big heart and is full of faith. Through his faith his love for others increased tremendously. He was not ashamed of sharing the gospel. He knew he was going to die eventually by sharing the gospel. He last word was, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." (Acts 7) He loved the people and he loved the Lord. I love how the scripture said, "Stephen was a man full of faith" I wish others and the Lord could say, "Sister Moore was a woman full of faith." Throughout this whole week I learned so much about faith and tried to apply it to my life and I have noticed that my hearing improved and my speaking the language improved. I know this is the true gospel!

 

I love you mom and thanks for everything!!!

 

Love, 

Sister Moore

Dear Mama,

I wanted to tell you what I learned this past week. It was a very rewarding week. I do not handle change well, I don't know if you knew that. But we need change once in a while in our life. I heard a song on my iPad by Cherie Call that helped me to realize why we need specific things in our life. My favorite part of the lyrics (the song was called No) was... "God has the power to protect him and never let him grow but he said.... No" I learned that He wanted me to grow and learn from different experiences.

 

President Calderwood said, "The Lord has called you and Sister Wang to be companions." I have no doubt that this is true. There are many good and positive things with Sister Wang.  I love how I can easily make her laugh. I love how she loves to learn new things. The Lord created each of us different with different talents. We are just like the crayon box. We all have different colors within us and together we make a beautiful rainbow.... Or a beautiful masterpiece of  art. That's how Heavenly Father created us!

 

So we were at our recent convert's place on Tuesday. She is a very strong member of the ward. I found out that her husband lives in Singapore and goes to church there. I told the lady that I had a few friends who were serving there. She got her phone out and turns out that Sister Strong from the MTC is serving in her husband's branch. Sister Strong and I ended up talking to each other through this recent convert. Sister Strong is doing really good. Sister Strong wrote me a really really nice email.

 

Living a great life is honestly our choice.... It depends on how we handle it. Life is too short to handle it seriously or negatively. I am trying to make it the best mission I can everyday. I made extra effort this past week and saw the blessings that come from it. I also noticed that satan was working hard on me through different people and events but that didn't stop me from working hard. I also strived to be more obedient and more blessings came in. So I strived to work harder and be more obedient!

 

I really do enjoy my mission. The story you told about the starfish is the best story ever! I first heard about it at Orem YSA from my bishop. Sister Julia Price and I were in that same ward. The bishop gave us a starfish pin to help us remember the story and our purpose. Sister Price wore hers every single day at the MTC. I think she wore it in St. George too.

 

I love the New Testament! I am learning a lot of new things about our Savior. It does really help when you have the desire to have true conversion. I noticed that I am slowly changing for the better when I keep my eyes forward to God. The Savior is truly amazing and He loves every single one of us. 

 

The work here is really slow but I am definitely learning patience through it all. I know I am learning a lot here. Our church schedule changed. So church now starts at 9. Our ward suffered a lot. 1: the Chinese people don't like to get up early 2: they all live too far and don't have a car. It would make them get up even earlier....

 

We as missionaries are working together to support and uplift each other through our obedience and faith. I know blessings will come.

 

I am grateful to be here in this mission. I have learned a lot that I needed to learn and more to come. You're right.... If I wasn't deaf  I probably wouldn't be the same person as I am right now. I wouldn't change anything if I had to start my life over. I have learned how to rely on the Savior and His atonement more than anything! I know He lives and loves all of us!!!

 

I love you mom and I am proud of you!!! Keep working hard. Heavenly Father is proud of you and He knows your heart and your desire. He will give you the blessings you need. You are His Beautiful daughter and he wants you to be happy!! I love how you give service to everyone around you! You're just amazing!

 

Love 

Your daughter,

Sister Moore

The Chinese missionaries together again!

Hey Mama!!!

Well time does go by fast! I felt like I just Skyped with you yesterday!! It was so good to see everyone!!!

 

I love my bros!

 

So I hope you will get a special letter coming in your way. Hopefully it will arrive safely. I sent Ron and Traci my broken missionary tag too. Hopefully they get theirs soon. They call me their missionary. They are two of my favorite people!

So after skyping with you, we went to eat out with a few members.  The food was good until they kept feeding me too much. I was sick for 3 days afterward. I feel better now :)

 

So I spoke in sacrament yesterday that was fun!! I wasn't nervous at all. 

 

On Friday we went to Elmhurst, I am a pro at subway and walking now so I knew where I was going. 

 

Me and Sister Robertson.  I go on exchanges with her when I go to Little Neck.

 

 I decided to take things to a new perspective. I decided I am going to practicing listening to Chinese, I noticed that I am starting to understand Chinese little by little and actually understand what they are saying.

Sister Hironaka and me

Thank you  for developing my faith and keep pushing me forward. I am really grateful for all the youth who want to serve missions! That just makes my heart be filled with joy! We are now at war! We live in a generation where we live in a scary place. It's time to put that armor on and fight that battle by sharing our testimony, being an example to others, going to church, reading the scriptures, going to the temple! I know we will be blessed!

 

I know the Savior lives and through him, we can become better and stronger in all the things we say and do! I know if we just hold on a little bit longer, the Lord is going to bless us with joy and love!

I love you mom and thanks for everything that you have done for me!

 

Love,

Sister Moore

Hey Mom!

Sister Johnson was being transferred so we opened our Christmas gifts a few days early.

 

 

 On Monday, Sister Johnson and I stayed up till 1 in the morning. We talked, made some videos, took some pictures. She didn't want to leave for Brooklyn. She wanted to stay for one more transfer.

 

Sister Johnson and I ran out of toilet paper and we
 were too lazy to go to the store.  Thank you for sending us this.  Hahaha!

 

 

We had a really fun ward party and I got to see Santa!  I also got a Christmas gift!

 

 

 

 

 

Sister Johnson, Sister Hironaka, Sister Lee, and I ate out at IHOP it was really good!  Transfer came and went. Sister Johnson and I tried to put on our tough face and left each other. Sister Johnson went to Brooklyn. I stayed here with Sister Wang. 

 

To be honest, it was really hard for me. I had so much love for Sister Johnson and it was like my heart just completely shattered into pieces. She taught me how to speak better Chinese, how to laugh through my problems, how to daydream when walking, how to enjoy PBJ sandwich and tofu hot chocolate, how to talk on the phone and be confident, how to be more outgoing and socialize, taught me to voice my opinion, taught me to learn how to take the lead, taught me to enjoy life more and taught me how to believe in myself.

 

We heart -attacked someone's house.

I have such huge love for the people that I felt alone when Sister Johnson left. I couldn't eat or show as much as love as before. I am trying to cover my heart because it hurts when people leave. Or investigators leave, or people lose their testimony. 

I spoke with the young men yesterday and it went really good! I enjoy speaking to all of them. I could totally feel the spirit in the room. I am also speaking to the young women on Saturday about personal progress. If you have some ideas, throw them to me.

 

This is the bulletin board I am doing at the church.
It is a work in progress.

On Saturday we had a miracle happened. We were outside from 12:30-3:30. It was really really cold. My feet were frozen. But sharing the gospel kept me warm. As a zone we went to a hot spot where we can find many people. We showed the video, "He is the gift." We showed 239 people that day. We have 593 for the week and we are trying to hit 700 by the end of this week. We wrapped Books of Mormon in different languages and passed them out as Christmas presents. Many people wanted it and we ran out of BOM in all languages. We also did free gift wrapping too. We grabbed a lot  of attention from people. It was cool. Some of the sisters didn't bring their gloves so I sacrificed my gloves for them. All the sudden my hands became warm in the cold. It was like being sheltered by an angel.

 

 

 

So my plan is to either Skype or FaceTime with you on Thursday at 12 which is 10 at your place. I am thinking about calling dad first at 11 which will be 9 there. I will talk to him for an hour and then I will talk to all of you. I am so excited! One thing I request is hearing Papa's voice from the Christmas story. I am so excited, I can't wait to see all of you!!! I will talk to you more about a lot of other cool things that happen here in the mission. I could go on talking forever! Thank you for being my best friend!!!

I love you mom with all my heart!!!

Love your daughter,

Sister Moore

 

We just keep all the holiday decorations up you sent us.

Dear Mom,

This week has been interesting. I woke up one morning and felt inspired to make Sister Johnson breakfast. I made pancakes and orange. I brought it to her in her bed and she said, "Sister Moore..... I never had breakfast in bed before thank you." I sat on the top bunk with her and we just talked and talked and talked about everything. We laughed through memories and photos. 

Sister Johnson has been talking about how bad she really wants to go to Brooklyn. She was hoping to get called there the next transfer. We received the transfer call late Saturday night. Sister Johnson has been called to go to Brooklyn. Sister Johnson then admitted to me that she didn't want to pack to go to Brooklyn. She wanted to stay here for one more transfer in Flushing with me for Christmas and New Years. Also to experience two baptisms as a companionship. After the call I pretty much cried. My heart has been full of love for her. You know that in my patriarchal blessing it said that I have the gift of love.... Sometimes I don't like that gift because my heart gets too big for the other person and it gets too attached and when I leave or when the person leaves my heart has a big hole and feels like something is missing for at least a week. My heart has been having a hole for Sister Johnson. It really hurts for me to see her go. I don't want her to go. Sister Johnson almost wanted to call the president and say that she was staying in Flushing and that she is not leaving.

Since we knew transfers were coming,  we made a deal. If she was moving to Brooklyn we would open our Christmas gifts the night of our transfer call. We love our gifts mom! Thank you so much!!! Means the world to us. I love the bracelet and outfit and pjs and everything. Love the calendar. Sister Johnson loves the scarf and the bracelet!!

One thing I am grateful for was that Sister Johnson and I were able to work with two miracles on Saturday. I was fortunate enough to be with her. We went to the temple twice that day.  We went to a Spanish session of baptisms. It was kind of funny but cool!  It takes about 30 minutes to get to the temple by subway ride. So we spent a lot of our time on the subway and we were exhausted. It was a miracle to experience that with Sister Johnson. I felt like it was the first time I actually accomplished something in our companionship. Another cool thing happened, Elder Johnson called us for our numbers of accountability. He was amazed with our goals. Sister Johnson and I have doubled the lessons than what all the other missionaries have combined. We have been great with lessons this week so that is a great ending to our companionship.

EXHAUSTED!!!

 My new companion will be Sister Wang from China. She is pretty cool and I like her.  I know that my Chinese can improve like a rocket. We will probably be together for 3 transfers.   I am taking the lead in all the finding, calling, lookup since it's Sister Johnson's and my pool. So I will have to help Sister Wang meet everyone we are working with. After transfer calls, Sister Johnson made a plan for me. She sent a bunch of projects to me and I have billions of people to work with and accomplish the goals she gave me. I am determined to accomplish those goals.

 When I first came here to Flushing, the Bishop almost asked me and Sister Johnson to be part of the young women presidency.  Now they have a good young women presidency but we met with one of the women  who was part of the young women presidency yesterday... She asked me to be part of the young women personal progress program so I am in charge of that. It's great because I love young womens so much and I know I can help all the girls and have a connection with them.  I have a good feeling.

The Young Men president asked me to speak to the Young Men next week about building the kingdom of God and how we can do that. The Bishop also asked me to give a talk in sacrament in two weeks about Christmas and Jesus Christ. So I've been given a lot of assignments. I am also in charge of the bulletin board for our ward and a lot of things and plus I also  print the program out for sacrament meeting.

In our Chinese ward we have one bishop and a counselor. A young men president with one counselor and can you guess who that is??? Our district leader Elder Johnson. One good news, we have a sister coming  from Brooklyn... Love her a lot she is amazing! She is coming to Flushing.  I can learn from her and develop that talent. 

During Companionship Inventory, Sister Johnson and I talked a lot about stuff and how I can be a better missionary. She told me what I needed to work on and everything and so I am excited to accomplish those goals. She told me that she didn't know who I was because she is use to people saying, "No! I'm not gonna do that!" "I am not gonna follow that rule!" "Don't tell me what to do" she was use to having people giving her attitude and I just sat there and listened and told her that I will improve and work on my bad habits. She said the past two transfers she noticed that I've been humble and that it was my best quality of Christlike attribute. I really needed to hear that.

One thing I am grateful for is that Sister Johnson  believes in me. I know because of her I am able to develop my faith and am  increasing the gift of hearing on the phone. I am starting to understand others through the phone in English and Chinese. It's crazy! A deaf person has the ability to talk on the phone in English and a different language.

Another advice from Chinese people: two of our investigators said, "Sister Moore, you need to write right handed! You'll be more smart.  You can't teach us English or the lessons unless you write right handed with us." Okay sounds good.... Sorry if I came home right handed. I will be talented with both hands haha.

Also if Chinese people keep complimenting you, you have to say thank you. If they say the same thing over and over again, you have to say thank you over and over again. You can't blush and say, "no no no" or "stop it" because I get too flattered easily and they kept complimenting me over again that I wanted them to stop. 

Another cool thing Sister Johnson found an English Book of Mormon in a room she was cleaning and the first page of the BOM has a picture of a couple and they wrote their testimony. Turns out they are from LaVerkin, Utah. Out of millions of places, a BOM from Laverkin is here??? I wondered if you know Fred and Irene Llewellyn or someone related to them? That's the name of the couple. It will be the first BOM I will read in New York. 

I've started reading the New Testament. It's funny because I felt like I'm doing the same thing with Elder Holyoak. Great minds thinks alike especially from afar! I love the New Testament. I have learned so much from the New Testament. I planned to finish reading it this transfer. This past week I learned a lot about how to be unselfish. In Matthew/ Mark, it was story about how John the Baptist was beheaded. Jesus's best friend, cousin, his "companion" who  was doing the same purpose as him spreading the gospel. When Jesus found out what had happened, He wanted to mourn for John. He wanted to be alone.  He didn't want to teach the people at the time but as "Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion toward them because they were as sheep not having a shepherd and he began to teach them many things" (Matthew 14:14 and Mark 6:34) through those two scriptures combined I learned that I need to forget myself and go to work. I noticed the past few days that my mind is slowly focusing on the work of the Lord and not myself and the future and what will happened and everything. I am learning how to focus on the people here and understanding their needs and how to help and teach them. No matter what situations happen, whether it is something going on a home, or discouraging words people say to me, or a little tension in the district, I need to move on and not let that affect me. I need to go forth and teach these people who need the gospel. I have the gospel in my life and I need to help others receive that joy and peace. Jesus Christ is so humble and caring. He is our loving Savior and King. He has His Arms open for us, He is asking us to "take up his cross and follow me" (Matthew 16:24) let us follow Savior. Let us find our weakness and turn it to strength. Let's us start now to strive to become more like our Savior! I can start to see myself change for the better! One thing I am going to work on is having Diligence in all I do and say. I love being a missionary no matter how hard it can be! I could go on forever of what I learned this past week but I'm gonna stop here for now.

I know this is the true church! I love this gospel so much. My heart is full of joy and happiness. I have a huge testimony of the gospel even when I go through hard times. I can feel the huge love the savior has for each and everyone of us. 

I love you mom! Can't wait to talk to you in 10 days! It went by sooo fast since we last talked. Sorry you aren't going to meet Sister Johnson on Skype :( Mission times do go by fast. I wish that it could slow down. Thank you for being my best mama.

I love you mom!

Love your daughter,

Sister Moore!