We realized at like 9pm our Christmas dresses
matched so we took a dark low quality pic! sister p makes me look like a giant
haha
Hello Everyone!! I hope y'all had a
Merry Christmas!! We had a really busy week visiting people and doing service
and getting ready for Christmas!! I got to FaceTime my family yesterday for
about an hour and it was surreal but so fun! I got to see my cute sisters,
dorky brother, adorable parents, and wild nephew and it was the best Christmas
present ever!!!!!
We decided to get
pizza for dinner one night. We sat down and they had Harry Potter playing on
the TVs. HARDEST MOMENT AS A MISSIONARY. We were trying so hard to not listen
to it haha and we closed our eyes so we wouldn't watch it through the iPad
while we were taking the picture hahaha
This week we did a lot of finding. We
are kind of in a rut and are trying really hard to find new people to teach. On
Tuesday we went and did a golden hour with this really sweet girl from our ward
named Aniya! She just submitted her papers and it was so fun to go out with her
and help her see what missionary work is like! I remember going out with the
sisters before I left was the best thing ever. I think sometimes people forget
missionaries are like real normal people haha so it was good for me to see that
before I left. We were able to talk to some really awesome people while we were
with her and she is so excited about missionary work it made me so
happy!!
Some members from
Palatka drove up to take us to lunch. Sister Tryon was really close to them
when she served there and it was really fun!
Wednesday night we were invited to go
out with the Activity Day Girls(girls in our church ages 8-12) We went downtown
with them and sang some Christmas carols! After that we walked around and the
girls gave out pass along cards. They seriously gave out like 50 cards
throughout the night!! We would give them like two or three and they would run
off and then be back like 5 minutes later asking for more cards because they
had already given them out!! The whole time they kept talking about how they
couldn't wait to be missionaries someday. My heart seriously melted and I
wanted to cry. I LOVE being a missionary and it makes me so happy to see how
anxious these little girls are to serve Heavenly Father!! It was such a cool
experience
Caroling!!! JAX
South zone is the best :))
Friday night we went Caroling with
our whole zone in downtown St. Augustine! There was about 30 missionaries there
and it was really fun! People kept stopping and taking videos and pictures of
us and we would go out and talk to the people that stopped to watch and try to
give them a card! Christmas has been such a good excuse to talk to people it's
awesome! Just to brag about how awesome the missionaries in my zone are...while
we were walking downtown there was this homeless man that was only wearing a tshirt
and it was really cold out so one of the elders took off the sweater he was
wearing and gave it to him....SO AWESOME RIGHT?? The missionaries here are
seriously such amazing examples and motivate me to be better haha
The Lees + the missionaries!! They
are so fun we love them❤❤
Hello everyone! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
CHRISTMAS EVE wahooo! It's so crazy
Christmas already happened haha! Saturday we went as a district and visited
about 5 people in the other ward and 5 people in our ward. We made goodie
plates and delivered them and sang a Christmas song for the people! it was so
fun to see some people that don't have family or are just struggling right now.
One man in our ward answered the door and cried the whole time we were singing
to him. it was really sweet and we could tell he was really feeling the spirit.
After we left he texted the Elders and said he had been praying for help and
support because he was having a really hard time, and he felt we were the
answer to that prayer. It was such a sweet experience. After finishing our
deliveries our district went to a members house in our ward and we had dinner
and played a game! They had this huge suranwrap ball filled with little
presents and we had to unravel the ball as much as we could before someone
stole it and it just kept going around the circle. It was really fun and I got
some wipes so that was exciting!
We got permission
from President to have TWO SLEEPOVERS with the Shores sisters this week! On
Friday night and Sunday night! These were mine and Sister Pennocks Christmas
Eve Eve pjs haha
On Christmas we woke up and opened
our presents then headed out to church! Thank you all so much for all the
packages and sweet letters!! I felt very spoiled. At church we had a special
musical program and we got to sing with some of the girls from our ward! The
music was really pretty and it was an awesome meeting!! After church we went
and had lunch with a family in our ward named the Hulls. They are an older
couple and didn't have any family coming in for Christmas so I think they
really enjoyed having us and the Elders over. The food was yummy and we
decorated sugar cookies! After their house we went over to the Lees! They also
fed us on Thanksgiving and it was a blast so I was really excited!! Sister Lee
is an angel and got all the missionaries presents and stockings so we sat and
had a mini Christmas with them and then we ate again. Luckily there were no
incidents this time and all the missionaries were able to keep down their food
hahaha! We called home from their house and that was really nice! It seems like
things have changed so much at home and I haven't even been gone that long!!
Crazy how that happens! After calls we watched The Nativity and some Mormon
messages and then headed home for the night!
I found this awesome quote this week
that says
"As we seek Christ, as we find
him, as we follow him, we shall have the Christmas spirit, not one fleeting day
each year, but as a companion always" -Thomas S Monson
I'm sad Christmas is over but I know
we can keep that spirit with us all year long!!
I love y'all so much! Have a blessed
week <33
xoxo
Sister Morrow
go jaguars!!
-Weekly Moss Moment
This weeks moss moment doubles as a
kook of the week. One night we had some time to kill so Sister Tryon suggested
going to Walmart and putting cart away and talking to people in the parking
lot(scary?) so we went and were putting away carts when this lady comes up to
us dressed in a black sweatsuit, fuzzy socks, and high heels. She told us that
she needed our help because she couldn't find her car. We asked what it looked
like and started looking with her. All she told us was that it was white and
she couldn't give us any more details than that so we spent about 30min walking
around the parking lot pointing out every white car we saw. Finally we made our
way to the front of the isle, right by the store, and her car was right there.
She walked right past it(and I'm pretty sure we passed it a few times too and
she said it wasn't hers but that's okay) She got so excited and started jumping
up and down and kept giving us hugs. We helped her put her groceries away then
asked if we could show her a quick Christmas video before she left. She just
looked at me and said "oh no honey. I am SO DONE" and left. It was
really strange. Mossy moss moss.
Sister Morrow: "A nice Stomach Cookie." Mom: "What is a Stomach Cookie?" Sister Morrow: " IT HAS A STOMACH ON THE COOKIE! It's from a members work, she's a doctor hahaha"
When an Elder stands too close to you. ; )