Hello hello!! :)

Crazy that it is already July!! I hope that everyone has super fun plans for the fourth!! We get to help hand out balloons during a parade tomorrow, which will be fun because there will be lots of happy people haha! :) 

Guess what?! The Hamms are officially active members of the church again!! :D they are such incredibly people! They're working really hard to get their temple recommends, and can't wait to be sealed to each other. :) haha the other day when we were teaching them a lesson, Brother Hamm started giving Sister Gibson and me the "recipe" of a good man. Hahaha it was SO funny!!! 😂 I wish you all could meet them! Brother Hamm is the super sarcastic kind of hilarious...a little like Uncle Shan, and Sister Hamm is super sweet and laughs hard like aunt Lisa. They make a good couple. :) 

Okay, super cool tender mercy!! I'm not gonna lie, this last week was pretty hard. I was expecting a mission to be hard because of having to talk to strangers all the time, but it's the exact opposite! It's been hard because every stranger I want to talk to cuts us off before we can say anything! It's been hard because I know how much Christ lives them and how amazing the gospel can make their lives, and they just aren't ready yet. :( I guess someday they will be ready, and we have to be okay with the fact that they aren't yet. Anyways, we went to Plain City on Friday, and were getting doors shut in our faces repeatedly all night, and we were both getting really discouraged. We said a prayer that we would be guided to someone who needed to hear about the gospel, and that we would find confidence in the Spirit at each door step. We felt like we needed to turn ariund and start tracting the other street. As we turned the corner and there was the house. It looks exactly like Aunt Carl's house...yappy dog and everything. ;) I just knew that a sweet lady was behind that door waiting to hear of our message! We knocked, and I waited excitedly to meet Aunt Carl's Doppelganger. She wasn't anything like aunt carol!! Haha she was so completely opposite! She opened the door, said that she was Baptist, then slammed it on our faces. Welp...maybe the next door? However, as we kept walking we saw a small family walking towards us. YAY!!! We walked up to them and introduced ourselves. They had a 7 year old granddaughter with them, and she was super excited about church. She kept interrupting us asking questions about what we believe. Her grandma (Carolyn) and uncle(Josh) then explained how life had been really hard for them, and they were realizing as we were talking that they really need to go back to church. THANK YOU!!! We went on to bear testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and how much easier those hard times in life are when you have knowledge of God's plan for you and how loved you are. The little girl then asked, "Grammy can we go to their church??!" Again, YAY!!! :) Sister Gibson and I felt very strongly that we needed to introduce them to the Hamms, so we asked if they would come meet us. :) They met up with us and started talking to our new potentials. Eventually I asked them if they wouldn't mind bearing testimony of the gospel and how it's helped them through similar hard times. HOLY COW. That was soo powerful!!! :) Brother and Sister Hamm have such an amazing love for their Savior, and bore beautiful testimonies. Carolyn amd Josh then said how they felt really good listening to all the testimonies that had been shared. They said that they would love to come to church! :D HOORAY!!! It was an amazing tender mercy...i can't wait to tell them more about the gospel this week! :) the Spirit really was just so strong as we were all bearing testimony. :) unfortunately, they changed their minds last minute about coming to church, but that doesn't mean we are giving up on them! No way Jose! We are going to have a lesson with them on Saturday hopefully :) 

Guess what? We have bed bugs!!! Woohoo!!! Lol it's actually kind of hilarious...we are in the nicest area in the mission, and we still have bed bugs! 😂 I think I'm bad luck, because Sister Gibson hasn't had to deal with them at all her entire mission, and the week I came, they came with me...oops! We have to spend part of today and probably tomorrow trying to get rid of them. Literally every item of clothing except what I'm wearing right now has to be washed, we have to wash our bedding, and spray stuff all over our mattresses and bedrooms lol. 

Ohio is a beautiful place. :) I love being a missionary! :) my testimony grows stronger every single day. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is restored to its fulness...i know that God loves each of us so much more than we could ever comprehend, and I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. He is just waiting for each of us to reach for His hand to help us become as happy as He knows we can be. :) the Book of Mormon is the word of God...if you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. :) your life will be forever changed. :) thank you all for your prayers! :) I love you all and hope you all have an incredibly amazing week!! 

Love,

Sister Morris

PS

Fireflies are absolutely magical:)