Sweet as Chocolate Pie

Hey friends + family!

This past week I've reflected much on the sweetness of the gospel that I have experienced in my life. My younger sister Olivia gave a talk in church (that was forward to me) about an experience she had while baking chocolate pie.....

Olivia has always loved to bake! She was the baking QUEEN in the Worley home. When she was younger she was constantly trying new recipies. One day when she was around 9 years old she decided to bake a chocolate pie from a recipe out of a cookbook that was rented from the library My mom wasn't home & little Liv decided to do this on her own. After she made the crust she began to mix the milk in the pan but discovered that we were out of sugar, so she decided to use salt as a substitute because it was similar in shape + size + color. She apparently thought that it could provide the same result that the sugar would. When my mom got home and the pie was tasted!!! Olivia came to discover that when baking its usually important to use and measure exact ingredients!!

I love this story because I know that with the gospel of Christ all of the key ingridents that make a sweet life are laid out for us all. We don't have to seek in other places to find substitute ingredients!!

An miracle happened as we went to go visit a less active family in the ward. We were walking towards their apartment a lady stepped out on her balcony & shouted to us "Are YOU the mormons? I want a book!!!!" So Hna Smith & I headed towards her apartment with a Book of Mormon with a pamphlet explaining the restoration of the church tucked inside!!!

There are souls all around us who are seeking for the truth and it was So exciting to hear one soul shout it from her balcony!

love & light,

Hermana Worley 

Hello friends + family :)

Hello friends + family :)

     This past week I had my first & last zone conference with the New Jersey Morristown Mision! President and Sister Hess are so wonderful. They lead and guide the mission with so much love. Hermana Smith & I gave a training on chapter 2 of PMG, effective studies. I was also asked to share my testimony, along with the other departing missionaries, which left me filled with GREAT gratitude for my mission! 

     The mission had a "2 Hour Power" event last night. Which means we pray together as a mission via a conference call and then for 2 hours we go out finding to bring others closer to Chirst! Hermana Smith and I had so much fun discovering the C.I.N.S. of our friends! 

( C: concerns 

  I: intrests

  N: needs

  S: strengths

we have used this model to be able to help us missionaries understand how to best teach the needs of our friends that we are teaching!)

We felt that we needed to stop by a specific home this evening & while we were there we were able to ask some inspired questions and found her C.I.N.S., and the best part she asked us for member team ups at all of our future lessons. 

We were then gifted an umbrella + juice & vitamin C pills! 

God is good!

Light + love,

Hermana Worley💛

Pictures:

- Hna Jones + I were in a cute town called Goshen. We came across this outdoor piano so of course I had to play a little tune of "I am a Child of God"!!!

-Hna Smith & I were dumped on yesterday! 

Cheers to LEARNING the ropes!

Cheers to LEARNING the ropes!

Hello friends + family :)

It has been so fun to be part of the New Jersey mission. These next weeks are going to be full of learning to things I am now companions with the darling Hermana Smith! She is so lovely and we are going to have such a great time together. 

Some highlights from the week are:

-I'm an official missionary for the New Jersey Morristown Mission!!!

-Missionary Leadership Confrence. A theme that really touched me heart was repentance. We counciled about how true repentance is a change of heart, not a checklist. 

-My eyelashes became a bug trap!!! (Yes this really happened!) Hermana Smith is a mvp for helping remove a bug that flew into my eyelash as we were out tracting. Oh the life of a missionary!

-Exchanges. We went up to Monticello to spend some time with the sisters!

-Fran came to church again & she LOVED it. 

A scripture that Hermana Smith has been sharing with those around us is one of her favorites which is:

1 Nephi 20:10

"For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."

I love this scripture too, because it testifies of how God is ALWAYS mindful of His children. A trial that we experience in life isn't due to the absence of our Father. My belief is that we experience trials because the ultimate goal of this life is to BECOME like our Father. Trials can help us BECOME, if we allow them to. 

May we strive to always rely on Him!

Love + light,

Hermana Worley

Pictures:

-Sister Arnold & I on an exchange...some times you just need a cup of icecream

-Hermana Smith loves horses!!!!

-How pretty is West Point Academy. We were blessed to receive a tour of West Point last P day

-Sister Randall and I!!! 

West Point Academy

Thank you so much for the love and support!

We officially have 2 worleys out in the mission field. I pray for you every day Elder Worley!!! This past week was a good one! I am happy that I get to stay in the area for 6 weeks more!!! Tonight I get to meet with the spanish elders to talk about thier investigators because as of tomorrow they will be my investigators! Which is a little overwhelming but it will all be great! I was able to get a tour of the West Point Academy today, which was so awesome!!!! 

love you all lots!!

Mariah!!!!

4th fun + transfers + circle loop miracle

Hello my people!

How was your week?

Sister Randall and I had a week filled with so many happy things, such as:

-watching fireworks near the Hudson river

-Fran, our friend we are teaching came to church yesterday! She had such a good time + warm welcome from our ward members

-Sister Randall hit hear YEAR MARK!!!!!!!! 

-My piano skills were put to the test for primary at church yesterday

Change is in the air in Middletown, NY

Last night Sister Randall and I found out that she will be heading to another area in NJ!!!! I will be recieving a NJ missionary, Hermana Smith! Our spanish elders are leaving the ward so now Hermana Smith & I will be merging the English area that I have been working in with the Spanish are that the elders were teaching. It will be such a BLAST!

There was an evening when Sister Randall & I prayed for direction on where Heavenly Father wanted us to be. As we looked at our map we spotted a circle loop street that we felt we should go to. When we got there we weren't having much luck. So we RAN around the circle & decided we would stop running when we saw a home with lights on. Then we met Lynn!!!!!! Lynn was so excited to receive us!!!!!!

The miracle part of all of this is that running in a circle in the LAST 1/2 hour of the day can lead you to MILAGROS. 

As Elder Worley said "the Book is blue & the church is true"

Love & light,

Hermana Worley 

NEW mailing addresses!

The address to which you can send first class letters to Sister Worley for this transfer period is:

                                            

Sister Mariah Bray Worley

34 Kensington Manor

Bldg. 5 Apt 34

Middletown, NY 10941

For security reasons, please send packages in care of the mission office:

NJ Morristown Mission

Sister Mariah Bray Worley

5 Cold Hill Rd South Ste 10

Mendham, NJ  07945

Thank you for supporting her in this most important work.

NJMM

HELLO my most wonderful friends + family!

First things first, my little brother Peyton is OFFICALLY a full time disciple of Jesus Christ! We have 2 WORLEY missionaries in the world! How happy is that?! 

This past week was a whirlwind as Sister Randall and I were able to:

-meet our new mission president, President Hess! He is awesome! I am excited to work with him. We will be recieving transfer calls this Sunday evening. 

-survive the blazing heat + humidity as my dad and grandpa would say: "it's hotter than a popcorn fart" 

-celebrate the birth of our neighbor Bob!!!

-Funny story: I was chased for the first time as a missioanry by a dog. Boy was it massive. Sister Randall & I laughed for a few mintues afterwards. How I wish you could have heard the noises that escaped our mouths!

-go on splits with our New Paltz sisters! I always learn so much from the sisters.

Our family history consultant doesn't know much about how to do family history, so she referred this lady that called her to us. Upon meeting her we found out that she wasn't a member of the church and she is searching for her great grandparents on her moms side. She explained to us that she hasn't been able to find any records as that were bron in Ireland and pass away in NYC.

Sister Randall & I were both silently praying SO HARD that we would find some sort of document relating to her great grandparents. & WE DID! Heavenly Father is just so good! We were able to help her find a death certificate for her great grandpa and a few possible death certificates for her great grandma. We shared our testimonies of the importance of families & about how hers can be eternal! We look forward to meeting with her soon again! This expierence testified to me that the spirit of Elijah is REAL!

This week I am extra thankful that I have the free right to share my beliefs with others. It has been such a blessing to do so. 

Have a happy week! 

Love & light,

Hermana Worley

p.s. please set off extra fireworks in my honor