October 17, 2011

Hello!

Wow it sounds like everyone is doing so well back home! I am so super happy :D I know the Lord is watching over us all, in every aspect of our lives! I got your manila envelope with the Ensigns (THANK YOU!) and the Conference clippings, and everyone's letters! I laughed and laughed and was touched by how cute and sweet my little cousins' letters were. Even the Happy Birthday card! (quite a few months early, but I appreciated it all the same! hehe Cute, cute Ethan!) Your letters of encouragement all came at just the right time! Tell T that I got his as well!

I am so forever grateful for my loving family and friends.... what would I do without you all?? :) It's amazing to be out here and let others know that they, too, can enjoy the blessings of the Gospel with their FAMILIES! Every day I pray to find a family to help teach. Whether it be a part-member family, a less-active family, or a non-member family, I want families to be united in this everlasting Gospel of truth! And every week a new family is given to me to teach! Right now we are teaching many different families! One with a mom and dad and four children (everyone is baptized except the mom!).... we are also teaching a family where the only member IS the mom (the dad and kids are not yet baptized).... we also have a family where the parents are not yet married, but are working towards it so they can be baptized and one day sealed to their two little girls.... And ANOTHER family where the 19 year old daughter is the only who isn't baptized. She was adopted a few years ago to a member family.

..... WHEW!!

These MANY examples of different families only goes to show that no matter the circumstance or situation your family may be in, even if it's a single parent family, there is always hope and future blessings for families when based on the principles of Christ.

Mom and Dad, thank you. Thank you for getting married in the Temple. Thank you for honoring and keeping your covenants. Thank you for raising us in this Gospel of Truth. And thank you for stressing the importance in gaining our OWN testimonies of this Divine church. Families can be Eternal, and I'm so blessed to know that mine IS!

The Priesthood is on the earth once more. It binds us together. It seals us to God and to each other. Without the Priesthood we couldn't be properly baptized, and eventually make it to the Temple! Everything depends on the Priesthood! And those sacred keys have been restored to the earth once more.

The work here continues onward! IN GREAT STRENGTH!! More and more are we implementing Ward Missionary Fasts, and it is astounding to witness so many miracles! Families and individuals alike are blessed because of it!

Please fast for your own missionary experiences! They will come! And you will be a part in blessing so many lives that need this Gospel. I can promise you all that!

I love you all so much! Please never forget who you are, and that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have provided us the way to return back into their presence.... WITH our families! There's nothing sweeter than that :)

Until next week... Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah for Israel!
Love, Sister Moore