7 days! Weeks! What?!

Hello hello hello!!! 😊

I was told that my email last week was not very informative, so I'll try to make this one a little better. ;) 

Well, seven weeks in the mission field FLEW by!! We are currently waiting to hear if either of us are going transferred...ahhh!! We probably won't hear until about 3 this afternoon, so you all will have to wait anxiously all week to see if the journey continues in Dublin or not. Sorry for the cliffhanger ;)

Okey dokey, where to start? Hmmm...well, I guess we can talk about a really cool tender mercy contact we had not last week, but two weeks ago. It was the end of the night and we hadn't met anyone who wanted to talk for longer than about 35 seconds, (besides a guy who was basically talking to himself while looking at us about why exactly he was athiest...haha he was a bit confused it seemed.) Anyways, we decided to knock on one more house and then we would walk back to our car. Well, a very intimidating man opened the door and just stared at us. Thankfully he was holding a baby so that automatically made him less intimidating. We started testifying of the Book of Mormon, and his whole demeanor changed. :) he got super relaxed and started talking back! What?! A real life human being conversation?? Yeah, we were surprised too. ;) he started explain ing that he is Catholic, but he has had questions that haven't been able to be answered by his beliefs. He said that he has been praying for years to feel an answer to this question, and just h asnt gotten it yet. Oh boy, we were freaking out on the inside! THE BOOK OF MORMON HAS THE ANSWER!! :) don't worry, we kept our cool...for the most part. We immediately started talking about experiences with prayer, and how we have been able to find answers through the Book of Mormon. We felt strongly to open up to a verse in Alma 36 and read it to him. Wow. God knows what people need to hear. At this point his 8 year old daughter had joined the conversation, and expressed how much she liked that scripture. The man loved it as well. He got a little emotional as we were able to testify that through Jesus Christ and His atonement, every bit of guilt we have ever felt can be replaced with joy so long as we turn to Christ and sincerely repent. He really loved that. We continued talking to him about more of what we believe, and he was very receptive. Haha as was his 8 year old daughter. She kept saying, "I like you guys. I like that you talk about Jesus." She was so cute! The man told us that ten years earlier a set of elders actually helped their family move into their current house, and he said he was very impressed by them. We offered to give him a copy of the BOM , and he accepted it because of the elders he met ten years earlier, and because of the impressionThe Spirit had while we were there as well. He said that he wasn't ready to change his religion, but that he was extremely grateful, and that he believes the BOM could also be the word of God.:) he isn't a new investigator, but it was soo cool to see how well the Lord has everything planned. The elders who met him ten years ago probably have no idea the positive impact they had on this man. Because of their diligence and charity, this man was more willing to listen to us, and the Spirit was able to speak to him more clearly. He saw a light, and because of the elders, us and espedcially the Spirit, he accepted a copy of a book that changes lives...it will change his. I have no doubt about that...even if Sister Gibson and I don't get to see that happen. :)

That was a super cool experience. :) unfortunately Dave and Brenda dropped us. :( but, they still want to keep in contact with us so they're feeding us dinner next week! Haha hopefully we don't get transferred...thay would be awkward for everyone! 😅 we are sad that they don't want to take the discussions anymore, but we know that they felt the Spirit, and they will feel it again at some point in their lives. :) 

The work in Dublin is going great! Miracles unfold every single day. We met about five people this past week who all said something along the lines of, "this is really cool. I want to come to church sometime to experience more!". None of them came to church, but they all have a desire, even if it is small! :) we are able to teach the restoration at least once a day, which is a HUGE improvement even from the first few weeks I was here. :) I love serving. It's the greatest privilege ever!! Haha also the scariest and hardest in some ways, but it is so rewarding and so incredible!! Thank you all for your prayers! They help SO much!! Hope you all have an amazing week!! 😊

Love,

Sister Morris