#LightTheWorld

What a week!!

I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving!:) We have a rule that we must eat everything off of our plates when eating with members...that was so hard. Haha Sister Johnson and I were so happy that we only had one member sign up to feed us. Our sister training leaders had two dinners!! Ahh we would have died. It was the most delicious meal though! We were able to do service by helping the member who had us over cook the dinner. :) Thanks mom for your sweet potato recipe, and Colleen for the pie recipe!! 

It was a really good week. Jane is doing so amazing and is getting excited for her baptism NEXTWEEK!! :D We can't wait!! 

We are so beyond excited for the Light the World initiative this Christmas! If you haven't seen it yet, go to mormon.org! It will make you cry and smile and feel happy. :) I hope you all participate in it and carry the acts of service throughout next year. :) 

Crazy that I hit six months this week...time has gone by soo fast!! My testimony has grown so much, and Heavenly Father has helped me get out of my shell. Haha funny story about that... I thought that I had gotten loud since coming on the mission, but the other day we were eating with some members, and one of them asked if everyone from Draper, Utah talks with a high pitched, soft voice. Hahaha there is still room for improvement I guess. ;) 

Thanks for all your support!! I love you all so much! I am so thankful for this opportunity and privilege to be a full time missionary. The past six months have been hard, there is no denying that, but they have honestly been the happiest of my life. :) I love my Savior, and I love being able to pin His name over my heart every single day. Missionary work is the best! The best part is, you don't need a name badge to share the gospel--Light the World is a great way to share your testimony of the Savior with others. :) 

Have a super happy first week of December!! 

Much love,

Sister Morris

I am really bad at reading maps...

Hello, wonderful people!

A lot happened the past week and a half! Before I get started, Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope you all have super fun plans with your loved one! A scripture that Sister Johnson and I have been sharing with people lately is Alma 34:38, 

"live in thanksgiving daily, for the many mercies and blessings [God] doth besetow upon you."

Always remember to pray in gratitude for all that God has blessed you with! There is always something in every day. :) 

This week Sister Johnson and I discovered that Heaveny Father can still use us as tools in His work even when we mess up. We had in our plans to stay close by where we had planned to eat dinner, because we are running extremely low on miles. But when we got on the freeway to go to dinner, we accidentally got on going the wrong way. Ooops...Haha luckily Sister Johnson and I both just thought it was hilarious, so neither one of us was bothered or upset. :) We passed a sign that told us there would not be another exit for 19 miles...yikes! Anyways, we got off at this teeny tiny town called Gratiot. When I say teeny tiny, I mean it. You could walk from one end to another in less than twenty minutes! Having faith that there was at least one prepared soul in this town, we got to work. Eventually the dinner hour rolled around and we had to choose between leaving to eat dinner, or to stay and knock on more doors. We decided to stay, because we felt that there was someone there. We said a prayer asking for help to know where this person was at. After the prayer we looked at our map, and a certain street stood out to us. The first house we knocked on, a woman answered and let us right in. Sheloved everything we taught her. When we finished the restoration, she asked us how soon we could come back. :) We left her with a Book of Mormon, and she held it close and looked at it as a treasure. Which it is!! it was the most amazing experience. One of the points in our mission culture is "have faith, hope, optimism and experience miracles". Well, Sister Johnson and I had faith that despite our goofing up, God would help us find someone, we had hope that there was someone there, and we were able to work with a smile on our faces even though we had used waaay more miles than we had hoped. With all that, Heavenly Father led us to an amazing miracle. :) 

Sister Johnson and I were asked to play a duet in church on Sunday, so we have been able to practice the piano everyday...it has been a blessing! :) 

This Sunday we had five investigators at church!!! Four of them were little girls 8-15, but still! It was so amazing! The cute girls seemed to really enjoy church! We were skyping them last night and the 12 year old mentioned how she is bringing a dress to her parents' for the weekend so that she can have one to wear at church. :) We hope their parents will start coming with them...their family would really really benefit from the gospel. As all families would and do. ;) 

Hope you all have a happy week! Remember to maintain an attitude of gratitude!! :) 

Much love,

Sister Morris

Surprise!

Hi! We got a surprise p day because we have a fancy zone conference this week with Elder Dyches from the 70 coming. Whoot whoot! Another exciting thing happening is the Christmas initiative of 25 ways in 25 days! We are all super excited for that to start up again. :) oh! Sister Johnson and I finally had the famous eastern Ohio carbo load dinner. Mashed potatoes with spaghetti on top. It was not bad! Definitely would recommend it to everyone. :) the work is going great! We are both very happy, many miracles happen everyday, Jane is doing amazing and is excited about the Gospel, and we have lots of people to teach. :) thanks so much for all your faith and prayers!! This work would be impossible without all you...so keep it up! Share happiness and your testimonies everywhere you go! 😊 love you all lots! Thanks for being amazing people!! 

Have a happy week!!!

Love, 

Sister Morris

You have to find him

What a week! 

My new companion, Sister Johnson, is absolutely amazing. We get along very well and laugh lots and lots. :) it's always good having a companion who is completely dedicated and also likes to have a good time. :) the gospel is a happy thing, after all! A lot of awesome happened this week, and a lot of hilarious happened as well. Hopefully you enjoy reading about it! :)

We were able to teach our investigator Jane, and she is now preparing for baptism! She is so amazing. Through teaching her I have gained such a strong testimony that through faith in Jesus Christ, you can completely overcome fear and do whatever God asks you to do. She is the most perfect example of that. We had a member come to a lesson and they were able to connect so well. They talked about how their whole lives people thought they were weird and crazy because of the "unanswerable" questions they asked. They expressed how when they started meeting with missionaries and learning about the restored church of Jesus Christ, they felt completely at home...a feeling they'd never felt before. It reminded me of something my mission prep teacher once said, "people don't convert to the the gospel, they revert." I love that so much. We all learned of our Father's plan for us before we came to this life, and we all can remember those feelings of love and acceptance and pure joy as we live the gospel of Jesus Christ--especially in its fullness. :) 

The other day we were visiting am elderly couple in the ward, and when we opened the door to enter their home, their daughter's dog booked it out the door and down the street. Haha sister Johnson and I looked at each other and started laughing...we had no idea what to do! We opened the door to ask the member, and he said (keep in mind he is currently sitting at his table eating dinner in his pjs, and has a very quiet, shaky voice) anyway he said, "you need to find him" so we started down a dark alley to find the dog. We were both laughing so hard. We, by miracle, found the dog and took it back home. Haha it was so funny! 

Okay, one more story. :) Monday night we were tracting an apartment complex, and at one door a man and a very excited/annoying tiny dog answered the door. Normally Sister Johnson and I talk an even amount at doorsteps, but this time she was so quiet. I was really confused, but just kept talking to the man. After he shut the door Sister Johsnon started laughing hysterically. She then pointed out to me that the dog had peed all over my feet. 😂 hahaha we had to stop for a few minutes and just laugh. Man it was funny...still is. ;) gotta love missionary work!

With Thanksgiving approaching I hope all of you are thinking of what you're grateful for. :) God has given us so much to be thankful for. (If you haven't already, I highly recommend the song, "Thankful" by Josh Groban) I invite all of y'all to talk as a family each night and go around taking turns saying what you were grateful for that day. I promise you'll find more happiness than you already have, and that you'll be able to feel more of God's presence in your lives and homes. 😊 

I love you all so much! Have a happy week! 

Love,

Sister Morris🐘

It’s quite chilly!

Hey hey Hey!

Sorry ahead of time if this email is short...its transfers again and we have lots to do. Sister Hardy is leaving :( starting the 4th transfer with my 4th companion haha. That's pretty strange! 

A lot of good happened this week! Peggy disappeared off the earth and we were super concerned thinking our investigators who get put on date for baptism are getting abducted by aliens. ;) however we finally got back in contact with her on Saturday!:) she's doing great. We have another investigator who is just perfect. Many of people close to her are very anti-mormon, but she can't deny what she's felt from the Spirit...she knows it's true. :) I'll tell ya...seeing people gain a testimony and then hearing their testimony is the most amazing thing in this whole world. 💟 she will hopefully be able to be baptized before Christmas. :) 

Thank you all for your prayers and support. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful first week of November!! It's getting really cold here...now we understand what "wind chill" means 😂 

Be happy and remember how much God loves you! 

Love,

Sister Morris