"There is no learning in my comfort zone, and there is no comfort in my learning zone."

We did the Wisdom Tree hike last week. It is a really steep climb, but at the top there is a wise looking tree with a box where you can write some words of wisdom.

At the top

hahaa so there is part of the Hollywood sign...that was all we could see! One day I will see the front!

The wisdom box!

I wrote some very wise words :)

Saying adios to the mission nurse! Bye Sister Anderson!

One week follow up for the new missionaries

I hope you all had a fun Memorial Day! I definitely had Gpa Preece and Barfuss on my mind. We had a ward picnic, and one of our investigators came! We ate a lot of food and I got a sunburn, so I think it was successful Memorial Day :)

Friday is my one year mark. 

Fastest, best-est, most wonderful, and rewarding year of my life! 

This week I also finished the Book of Mormon in Spanish for the first time. Yes...it has taken me a year to finish it. I have jumped back and forth from reading in English and Spanish, but I finally finished in good old Espanol! I remember starting to read in the CCM. It took me forever to pronounce and understand the words. I remember sitting in my first area with my English and Spanish Books of Mormon sitting side-by-side. It would take me about 15 minutes per page. Many of the pages in my BOM have tiny penciled-in translations when I didn't know a word. Let's just say the first half of my Book of Mormon is covered in pencil. My initial thought was, "One day I am going to understand these words and I will just erase all my translations!" But I think I am going to leave them there. Those little pencil marks are a testimony to me that I can do hard things!

 Here I am now, one year into my mission, and I can understand the scriptures.

 I can teach from the scriptures!

 It is no longer a struggle but a joy. 

The book is true. 

You can read it,

you can touch it, 

you can pray about it, and 

you can know it is true!

Random Stuff

1. We had interviews this week. My interview ended up taking 30 minutes! I love President and Sister Henrie :)

2. Hermana Jensen had to give a talk this Sunday. Somehow I got away with only having to say a prayer. Our investigator came to church and he gave Hna Jensen and the other speakers little flowers. He gave me a bag of Vanilla Cupcake flavored Goldfish hahaha

3. We do service at a food bank and this week they had us go through cartons of eggs. If there were any eggs with cracks in them, we got to squish them into a bucket. It was oddly satisfying to throw, squish, and crack eggs for 2 hours.

I hope everyone has a super duper week. Here are some words of wisdom from my district leader:

"There is no learning in my comfort zone, and there is no comfort in my learning zone." amen.

LOVE,

  Hna Moo