Bday dinner with the Palmers<33
Hi everyone! This was a long hectic week but we survived!
Thank you for all the b-day love! I really appreciated all the letters/emails. Y'all are the best!!!
I got a bday package from one of my favorite members in Arlington with this sloth in it! I cried for a solid hour:')
First bit of exciting news...our investigator Audrey moved out this week so that she could live the commandments and be baptized. Which was a major sacrifice and took a ton of faith! She has already changed so much in the last few months we have been teaching her and she has such a strong testimony it's crazy to see. We finished teaching her all the lessons this week and her baptism is set for August 12th!! She's such a tender mercy
We were walking through the back of this neighborhood and found a family of 4 armadilos. Sister P got too close and this one charged after her lol
This week we also started to teach a young boy named Troy. His family is less active and he will turn 9 in October and he wants to be baptized. We met him once before but it was hectic at their house so we didnt get to talk much. We went this week and while his other siblings were napping and taught him the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was really awesome to see this 8 year old boy sit quietly and listen to the Spirit testify to him of truth. He had some of the sweetest comments and questions. When we showed the Joseph Smith first vision video clip he was so focused and then asked us if that really happened. Bing able to testify that yes, Jospeh Smith really did see God the father and his son Jesus Christ was such a spiritual moment for all of us. Troy came to church on Sunday and was so excited to be there with his family!
Selfie with Audrey!!! She's the best <33
Saturday we had our stake picnic for pioneer day and it was super awesome! The whole thing was centered on family history and they had all kinds of booths set up with displays and pictures and even food! We got to try some traditional Southern cane syrup and other yummy treats. Audrey came and she was anxious to get help on her tree so she can take names to the temple as soon as she gets baptized. It poured about half way through but we were still able to eat under the pavilion. It was a great event and a lot of nonmembers came which was exciting! They even had a newsperson come from the Gainesville local news and a segment about it made it on the 11pm news lol
Our investigator Caryl has a baby peacock that we got to play with this week
Well we are coming to the end of another transfer which is crazy! We have the call on Saturday so I'll update y'all next week on what's happening. I love being a missionary and I love serving in Gainesville! The Lord has been blessing us so much.
I love y'all!! Have a blessed week!!
xoxo
Sister Morrow
xoxo
Sister Morrow
-Weekly Moss Moment-
This week it poured buckets so one day we decided we would call some less active members of the ward. This lady was on record that she moved and nobody was able to contact her so we decided to call her and to ask for her address so we could move her records to her new unit. Sister P had the phone and it just kept ringing and ringing. She finally answered and her whole tone changed when she said we were the missionaries. She asked if we could get her new address so we could come visit her and she said "I'd rather not give you that information." A little taken back and unsure what to say next....I some how awkwardly said "Welp ummm huh okay well I hope you have a nice day....bye!" Hahaha it was so bad and after we hung up we just sat there laughing. Talking on the phone is hard as a missionary sometimes haha
This week it poured buckets so one day we decided we would call some less active members of the ward. This lady was on record that she moved and nobody was able to contact her so we decided to call her and to ask for her address so we could move her records to her new unit. Sister P had the phone and it just kept ringing and ringing. She finally answered and her whole tone changed when she said we were the missionaries. She asked if we could get her new address so we could come visit her and she said "I'd rather not give you that information." A little taken back and unsure what to say next....I some how awkwardly said "Welp ummm huh okay well I hope you have a nice day....bye!" Hahaha it was so bad and after we hung up we just sat there laughing. Talking on the phone is hard as a missionary sometimes haha
We found out at the stake picnic that brother Palmer and I are cousins! Everyone download the familysearch app and find your cousins!!!