"All I want
for Christmas is youuuuuu to get baptized" -Mariah Carey
Hello everyone!!
I think I've been exposed to the
Florida humidity for too long because the moss really got to me this week ha-ha.
Tuesday we drove up to Jacksonville
and dropped sister Sheffield off at the mission home! She finished her 18months
and headed home to her family! We were sad to see her go but it was good! The
apartment feels a little empty with just two of us here ha-ha!
We had a
memorial service for Sister Sheffield this week. She was such an amazing
missionary and we are going to miss her a lot in our district!
We are having a special program for
church next week since it's Christmas, and we got volunteered to sing with the
young women! On Wednesday we went over to one of the leaders house to practice
the song and then we went and handed out candy canes downtown with them. It was
super fun! When we were going to the leaders house to practice we pulled up and
knocked on the door and this guy answered and I didn't recognize him so we
started talking to him like we were supposed to be there and he seemed really
confused. It turns out we were at the wrong house.... whoops!! I had put the
address wrong in the GPS and the house we were supposed to be at was actually a
few streets down.... dang moss!
We got a
referral this week from the elders. On the notes in area book it said
"Brittany was nice but seemed more interested in Elder McConkie than the
lesson. Maybe y'all will have more luck" We went by to try and see her but
she wasn't home so we decided to leave a note for her on the door. Sister Tryon
wrote it in her best elder handwriting hoping that would make her more likely
to call us back hahahaha sneaky missionary work
Friday we had another amazing lesson
with Bongani!!! We taught him the Plan of Salvation again and he said that he
knew it was true. He told us that he had been praying a few days ago about if
this was true and he said that he felt something in his heart "like a tiny
bit of hope or something" and that he knew it was true! It was such a
miracle! When we were walking home from his lesson it was dark and I was tired
so I was just walking with my head down trying to not fall asleep and I walked
right into some low hanging branches on the sidewalk and my hair got all
tangled in the branches. I was seriously stuck and Sister Tryon had to help me
get loose from the tree...it took some great effort and I wasn't sure I was
going to make it out but we got it figured out ha-ha.
This week we
discovered they have wifi at sonic. Life changing. Now we can do area book work
while eating mozzarella sticks and I've never been happier!
Saturday we were out with a member
for most of the day. We had taught a few lessons and then we had her drop us
off so we could do some tracting. The whole time we were with the member I was
in the front seat trying to look at our area book on one iPad, while looking at
the GPS on the other iPad, and I was texting back members/investigators all at
the same time. I was kind of scatter brained (moss brained) and as we were
getting out of the car I somehow managed to forget the phone. Sister F always
got after me for forgetting the phone places but I guess I never learned. We
got out but didn't realize we didn't have the phone for about an hour. Once we
realized it was chaos. Ha-ha being a missionary and not having a phone or a car
is really stressful! We didn't have a ride for church the next day and we
didn't know how to call the member to get our phone back or to check if she
even had it! We got it back from her at church the next day and it was such a
relief. I'm thankful for technology
southern comfort eggnog and I’m so flipping excited hahahaha
Sunday night we were at a member’s
house eating dinner. We were sitting waiting to eat when I noticed my legs were
super itchy. I'm used to having mosquito bites so I figured it was just that
but then they were REALLY itchy and I noticed all this little spots all over my
legs and I was kind of worried so I called the mission nurse and she told me it
sounded like I had chigger bites. Which are the worst. She sent me home for the
night and made me take some Benadryl and put a cold compress on it. I wrote
most of this email after taking the Benadryl last night and I had to basically
rewrite it this morning. Moss+medication is not a good mix hahahaha
I got an
awesome care package from home this week and felt very inspired by this sloth
book hahaha
I found this quote this week that I
really loved, it says
"When we put God first, all
other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. We should
put God ahead of everyone else in our lives."
As a missionary it's easy to get hung
up on things and get frustrated when things don't work out. I'm learning to put
God first in everything and just have faith that it will all work out in the
end. I'm so thankful for the opportunity that I have to serve and all the life
lessons I'm learning! I LOVE TOUGH THINGS!!
Talk to you in 6 days fam <33
I love y'all! Have a blessed week and
a merry Christmas!!!
xoxo
Sister Morrow
(this whole email is my moss moment
for the week hahaha)
