Is it too soon to
make trump jokes? .... I’m sorry haha
Hello everyone!!! Another
crazy busy week here in St Augustine!
This week we had
the opportunity to have a general authority (a leader in our church) come and
give us some training in a zone conference. We had to drive about 45 min to
meet with our zone and 2 other zones from other parts of the mission! There
ended up being about 100 other missionaries there and it was super cool to be
around that many missionaries!! During the conference we talked a lot about our
work and what we can do better!
MTC REUNION!!!
I got to see Sister Hardy and Sister Ulrich at zone conference this last week!
It was so fun to see my friends and talk about our areas/how life has been
since we got to the mission.
During the
conference we also talked about the church's Christmas initiative for this year
and we got to watch the video the church will be releasing on thanksgiving for
the Holiday Season. It was so cool to sit and watch the video and just feel the
spirit fill the room...I’M SO EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS AHH!! But the videos main theme
(spoiler alert) was that Christ is the light of the world and that we can be
that light too as we strive to follow him and serve those around us. It was
super awesome! I just love Jesus and I am so thankful for him and I love this
time of year because it's all about him and focusing on him! It's the light
that makes all the difference!
All of our
investigators are doing so amazing! We have two baptisms scheduled for the end
of November and two set for early December! We have seen so many miracles these
last few weeks and I know the Lord is so aware of these people and is preparing
them to hear our message!
One awesome
experience we had...we were teaching one of our new investigators named Jerome.
He really wants to be baptized, so in the second lesson we decided to cover the
word of wisdom. We told him that God wants us to respect our bodies and take
care of them, and that he would have to give up smoking if he wanted to be
baptized. He sat and thought for a moment, pulled his cigarettes out of his
pocket and handed them to me right then and there.... SO MUCH FAITH! We saw him
about 4 days later and he said that he hasn't bought any more!! It was such a
miracle! He said there're times where it's been hard but he wants so badly to
follow what the Lord wants him to do and I love seeing his faith grow. God is
SO good.
Update on
Jackie...as of two days ago she is up to 2 Nephi 14, which is almost 100 pages
into the Book of Mormon...WHICH IS CRAZY!! She has two little kids and she's
crazy busy and she still makes reading a priority! She is the sweetest thing
ever and I love her so much! She's golden.
I found
these sunglasses in our car one night and decided I was going to wear them out
tracting even though it was getting dark. I thought it was pretty funny but
Sister f was obviously not amused hahaha.
We also met the
mayor of kooksville this week. There're a lot of lovable kooks in Florida (we
blame it on the moss). We were sitting outside visiting with a less active
member when this lady walked up and started talking to us. She was sweet but
was saying the craziest things some of which included that she has a bachelors
in political science, sociology, psychiatry and a masters in political science
so she's very smart. She told us she is a vegetarian because it says in the
bible not to eat anything with eyes. She told us to look it up but I have not
been able to do my fact checking yet. She said she eats fish if it doesn't have
eyes. She told us several times she has the body of a goddess. She has some
boyfriend she kept talking about but she never said his name she just kept
referring to him as "the Russian". She had just bought a tent and was
going to go live with her friends behind Publix. She was just sitting with us
and we were trying to visit with the member and she would randomly interrupt us
to say "I'm very smart." or "I used to be a teacher. They loved
me." Random stuff like that. She told us she has very special blood
and that doctors think she's an alien and that it's also the blood Jesus had. She
told us to Google it. She then asked us for money and when we said we didn't
have any she kissed our heads and walked off. The member was awesome and
offered her a Book of Mormon before she left. hahaha it was interesting!
Monday's are the
best because we go get bagels at Panera so we can use the wifi to email.
chowing down on my bagel now.
This week will be 3
months in St. Augustine and it’s overwhelming to think of all the miracles I
have seen and I have loved growing as a missionary here. The people are so kind
and I have seen so much faith from everyone in the short amount of time I’ve
been here. This all reminded me of one of my favorite scriptures in Alma 26:12
which says;
“Yea, I know that I
am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself,
but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea,
behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise
his name forever.”
I am so weak. I see
those weaknesses everyday. I'm thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ and the
opportunity that I have to go to him and pray for that strength to be better
and to work harder. We have miracles every single day but I know it has nothing
to do with us. I love sharing this message of hope, peace, and JOY with the
people of Florida!! Being a missionary is the greatest thing ever.
I love y'all so
much! I hope you have a blessed week :)
xoxo
Sister Morrow