Zoo Part 1
Hi everyone!
We had a really good week here in
Arlington!
Last Monday we went to the
Jacksonville Zoo with the other sisters in our zone and it was SO fun! It was
pretty chilly out but other than that it was perfect. We got to pet stingrays,
watch a tiger get trained (it was like 5ft away from us!! ahh), and they had a
sloth. I cried. So fun! Tuesday night we were with one of our ward members and
we were telling her about our trip to the zoo. She told us we should have told
her we were going because she has a membership so she can get people in for
free and that she would be willing to take us sometime so...we are going back
to the zoo today haha! I'm pretty excited. 2 weeks in a row
We got a referral this week from the
Elders for a guy named Mike. They met him at the gas station and he told them
he had met with missionaries about 5 years ago and had come to church a few
times. He said he hadn't come to church recently because he thought he had to
be invited. We heard all this and we were pretty excited because he sounded
golden! We went and met with him and he was so sweet. He's had some rough times
but seems really sincere about wanting to strengthen his relationship with God.
Apparently he hitchhiked from Florida to Oregon in 23 days. Wowza! He had some
pretty interesting stories.... we told him he should write a book haha! We
invited him to church and he came!!!! We were so excited! We are going back to
teach him this upcoming week
A shady
picture of the sloth I saw. He was sleeping so hopefully I can get a better
picture today
We also had a really good lesson with
our investigator Ben this week. We were able to bring a member named Olivia
with us (She served her mission here in Jacksonville and just recently moved
back after getting married and she's awesome) we read from the Book of Mormon
with him and we were all able to share our testimonies of how it's blessed our
lives and brought us closer to Christ. We asked him if he'd been reading and
praying and he really opened up and told us that after our last lesson he had
been reading and really felt the spirit and he knew it was true. We were
frustrated because we had felt like we'd just hit a wall with him and weren't
sure what to do to help him progress and then we realized we don't really do
anything. When they are reading and praying the Holy Ghost teaches them and
pretty much does everything for us haha
Sunday at church we were heading into
our third hour meeting. We were combined and were talking about the ward goals
for the year. We stepped out to grab something when Sister Dains pulled us
aside. She told us that a lady and her daughter walked in just now saying they
wanted to pay tithes. She wasn't sure what to tell her so she just invited her
into the meeting. We went up to try to sit next to her so we could introduce
ourselves but she told us she needed to take her daughter to the bathroom so we
went and showed them where it was. We were able to talk with her and she told
us her name was Beth and her daughter was Josie. Said she is Christian but
hasn't attended any church recently. She told us she has been struggling so she
wanted to pay tithes so that she could receive extra blessings. She was crying as
she was telling us this. We explained that this wasn't the normal service and
invited her to come back next week at 11am. She agreed and started walking
away. We were in shock but I felt impressed to go after her and ask for her
number so we could come see her this upcoming week. I explained how our purpose
is to strengthen people's faith and help them come closer to Jesus Christ. She
had tears in her eyes and she said that she thought that was something she
could really use in her life right now. Sometimes Heavenly Father really just
drops people into our laps as missionaries and it was a total miracle right in
the middle of church.
I love missionary work because crazy
miracles happen all the time and everyday is different. Heavenly Father is
preparing people to hear our message we just have to have the faith to find
them all!!!
I love y'all! Have a blessed week
<3
xoxo
Sister Morrow
-Weekly Moss Moments-
Last night we were out trying to
contact some less active members we were assigned for visiting teaching. We
were at an apartment complex in the Elders area and had been wandering around
for about 30min trying to find a building that didn't exist. We were cold and
frustrated and decided to just walk back to the car. All of a sudden across the
parking lot we saw the elders walking out of an appointment. We were trying to
be sneaky and scare them so we went behind this tree to hide...but it was dark
and there were these huge pine cones that I stepped on and tripped and Sister B
got stabbed by a stick so we were both pretty loud and they totally heard us
coming hahaha high moss=low stealth
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