Miracles and Snow

I have never been more thankful for long-johns in my whole life...it has been frigid the past week! Sister Johnson and I ran out of miles, so we have had to walk nearly everywhere (added up to 36 miles) in single digit and sometimes negative weather...but it has been one of the happiest weeks of my life!! :) There is just something about serving the Lord and testifying of Jesus Christ that brings a smile to your face and your heart. 

We have experienced some pretty great miracles. I will just share yesterday with you all because it was incredible. Each district in the mission has been given a specific finding focus, and our district has been assigned to focus on finding through people who had taken discussions in the past, but stopped for whatever reason. We had a whole bunch of former investigators in our plans to visit throughout the day. However, the day before we had spent a lot of time doing online proselyting (because we were not allowed outside) and we found a Swedish man that we are now teaching! So the day started off teaching him a little bit about the restoration. He has a very strong desire to know if God is there. Anyways, (sorry my brain is all over the place right now) we got to work knocking on doors. Every single person we talked to yesterday was happy to see us and so unbelievably kind. We got 4 new investigators in one day! It was miraculous!! It is so amazing how God inspires us to focus on certain aspects to do His work more efficiently. I know that President Stratford was inspired to have our district focus on finding through formers. It has resulted in so many miracles! 

Another fun miracle from last night did't result in a new investigator, but it did result in several hugs...which is almost as good. ;) There was a woman looking into the hood of her car, and us being the mechanics that we are asked her for help. ;) she looked super freaked out at first, and then when we introduced ourselves she got SO excited and happy. She wrapped us both in a big bear hug and started going off about how good of a thing we are doing serving missions. She then asked if she could pray for us...we said yes, and she hugged us again and said the sweetest prayer! Ah it was a sweet sweet miracle. :) 

I absolutely love being here. I love every aspect of the work, and I love my Savior so much!! I hope you all have a super happy week! Enjoy the new year! I invite all of you to read the entire Book of Mormon in the year of 2018 underlining all of the times the authors testify of Jesus Christ. I promise that your testimonies of the Savior will increase dramatically as you do so. :) It is something I have done while on my mission. 

Anyways, I hope you all have a great week!! 

Much love,

Sister Morris