Found this while doing service.... GO
GATORS!! lol
Hello hello everyone!!
It's Monday once again and this is an
exciting one because I found out I get to stay in St. Augustine with sister Fotheringham
for another transfer!!! We have at least 6 more weeks together here which we
are very happy about :) we also found out that all the missionaries in our
district are staying as well! So it'll be a party.
President Lees favorite district ;)
This was another hectic week! We
spent a TON of time doing hurricane clean up. We did service everyday scooping
mud out of people's houses and moving big branches and debris out of yards. We
did it all day yesterday and I am so exhausted but it's so amazing at the same
time. We had thousands of people come from out of state to help with clean up
and it just makes my heart so happy to see these amazing people that are
willing to sacrifice their time in order to help the people in our community!
We are still on kind of a weird schedule with the hurricane though. Yesterday
we had a 30min sacrament meeting before they split us up into our teams for
service. There was a bus of youth that had just gotten in from Tennessee to
help volunteer that came to the meeting. They were of all different faiths but
it was so amazing to come together and worship and pray together. I felt the
spirit so strong and it's so amazing to see these people of all different
backgrounds coming together and showing their love for God through helping
those in need.
There are still HUGE trees down like this all over
St. Augustine. It’s crazy
With all the service we have been
super stressed and just tired all week. One night we were driving home after a
lesson and we were beat and needed a pick me up. We were listening to some
church hymns and I was telling sister f how the song playing was one of my
favorites she looked over at me and said "let's jam" and cranked up
the volume to a dignified level. We started singing along super loud and being
dorks. As soon as the song ended our phone buzzes. Let me just tell y'all about
our phone really fast. It’s like an old slider phone from like 2007. It’s super
crappy and doesn't work half the time but it's fine. So anyways, the phone was
sitting on my lap and I had not touched it for like 10min. it was just sitting
there. So after the song ends our phone buzzes and I pick it up and it's a text
from our AP (elders that are the assistants to my mission president) and he
said "the song sounds soooo good sisters!!! Keep up the good work!"
at this point we are like uhhhhh what?? Sister f figures out that our phone
ghost called him and at this point we were dying laughing. So then we were like
"okay they probably only listened for like 30 seconds and then they hung
up." so we checked the call history to confirm and...The call was FOUR
MINUTES LONG. Which is the entire length of the song. We texted them back
saying how embarrassed we were and that we were glad they liked it so much they
listened to the whole song ha-ha they said it made their night and that they
are going to put in a good word for us to sing at the next zone conference....
YIKES!! No thanks elders hahahaha we thought it was super funny
This is Thomasina!! She’s the
sweetest lady ever and we go over and visit her every week!! She’s 92 and
always tells us the best stories <33
I feel like I have to take the time
every week to just say how much I love the south. It’s honestly the best.
Everyone here is so nice and I just feel the love 24/7. For example this week
we were doing service all morning and then we realized we were running late for
our lesson that started at 2. We hurried home so we could change and we didn't
have time to eat lunch. After the lesson we were starving so we ran to
chick-fil-a to grab some food really quick before our next lesson. We were
feeling stressed (per usual for this week I guess ha-ha) and as we were
standing in line this lady came up behind us and bought our lunch for us. It
was something small but there aren't a lot of members here and that's not a
super common thing that happens. We were so excited and we talked to the lady
and found out she's a member that lives about an hour away. She was so kind and
it really made our day. Heavenly Father really works through others to help
lift and strengthen us, even if it's just something small like someone buying
your chicken nuggets hahaha
Door knocking aesthetic
Being a missionary is hard,
stressful, and really discouraging at times...but it's also the best experience
I’ve ever had. I love spending everyday trying to be better and to love people
the way Jesus Christ does. He lives. He loves us!! I know this is true with my
whole heart!
I love y'all so much!!! Have a
blessed week
xoxo
Sister morrow