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Sister Heiner <33

This week was an interesting one. We had a few exchanges and some meetings and lots of kooky people.

We had an exchange with the Brunswick sisters and I got to be reunited with my favorite human, Sister Heiner. We worked in Brunswick and biked a ton and got frozen yogurt and caught up. It was so fun! I also had an exchange with Sister Stepherson and we got to stay and work in Folkston for the day. It was one of the craziest trade offs I've ever been on. SO WEIRD! 


Sister Stepherson:))

So we were out trying some Less Actives in Folkston and we parked and walked looking for the right house. We found the one we were looking for and we walked up and there was a group of little girls outside. They immediately came up and started hugging us and hanging on us. We figured they were the LAs daughters or something since they seemed to know us. We started talking to them trying to figure out who they were but we couldn't understand a single word they were saying their southern accents were so strong. They started pulling on my bag and trying to get inside and take my hand sanitizer. We were feeling a little ambushed so we told them we had to go. The littlest one came up and tried to give me another hug but instead of hugging me she grabbed the bottom of my skirt and lifted it up above her head. I quickly grabbed it from her and pulled it back down. They thought this was the funniest thing ever so then they went over to Sister Stepherson and did the same thing. They kept lifting up our skirts so we tried to leave. We got maybe 20ft from the house when we heard them yelling at us. We turned around and they were running after us. They came up from behind and started lifting up our skirts again! We didn't know what to do since we were totally out numbered. We would hold our skirts down in the front and one of the other girls would lift it up from behind. It was total chaos and our car was still a ways away. We finally got away from them and ran all the way back to our car. It was insane haha


Bowling with the District last Monday 

We were trying formers one day and we were able to meet with a lady named Lisa. We took some time  to get to know her and ask her questions and she opened up about some struggles she is having. She also told us about some misconceptions she had about the church. We were able to teach to her needs and help her feel the spirit. We read with her from the Boom of Mormon and she told us that is was exactly what she needed. We left her with a copy and she was excited to read it. If we had gone in with a set plan and just taught at her instead of listening to her concerns and going from there the lesson would have turned out very differently. Once people know we care about them they are better prepared to receive our message!!


HAPPY BDAY SIS HOFFMAN!!! 

We also had a relief society activity this week all a out keeping Christ in Christmas and it was really good! Sister Hoffman and I sang for everyone and then we did different activities and ate dinner! It was really awesome and got me SUPER excited for Christmas! It's crazy it's already almost December. Time is flying

Things are going great here in Callahan! I love being a missionary!!
I love y'all! Have a blessed week <33
xoxo
Sister Morrow

ps HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I am so thankful for all of y'all 💖

Weekly Moss Moment-
Thursday Sister Hoffman and I got back from an exchange and went out to do some finding before the Relief Society activity. We were looking for some less active sisters so that we could invite them to the activity. We knocked on one door and the lady didn't live there anymore but we were able to talk with the new resident a bit and we asked if we could give her a card. I started looking through my bag trying to find a card and realized I had taken them out before the exchange and they were still in the car. Sister Hoffman didn't have any either so I awkwardly ran back to the car while she stood on the porch talking to this lady. We finally gave her a card and then left. DANG MOSS! Always keep pass along cards in your purse y'all haha 

Far Far Away on Callahan's Plains

Hi everyone! So this week was a little crazy and different but lots of fun! We had our Branch Open House, exchanges, and zone conference so lots to report on this week! 

Wednesday we were out finding trying formers and potentials and we met this guy named Jason! He'd met with the Elders once or twice back in 2011 but hadn't been contacted in years. We stopped by and he was so nice and came and sat and visited with us for a minute. He was super interested in the Book of Mormon and said he was willing to read it. He said 9 months ago he went through a lot and started putting his life back together and he felt like it was all preparing him to meet us and accept our message. It was awesome!

exchanges with the Hendricks STLs 

Thursday we had exchanges with the Waycross sisters! I went with Sister Harris up to Waycross and it was lots of fun! Sister Harris was my MTC companion over a year ago so it was fun to be back together again! We went and helped pick up pecans for one of their investigators then we did some finding. A super sweet member took us out for dinner and then we had some lessons that night! It was a good exchange and Sister Harris is such an amazing example to me :) 

The next morning we woke up bright and early so we could get to Jacksonville for Zone Conference! We have a lot of exciting things happening with our mission right now and we had some really good trainings from President Lee, Sister Lee, and the Assistants. We also were trained on the Light the World initiative that will be starting in a few weeks and go throughout the Christmas season! I love Christmas and I can't believe it's almost here! Time is flying.



On the way down to Zone Conference Sister Hoffman was driving our car and it was acting weird and wasn't working very well. As soon as she pulled into the parking lot at the church it stalled and we couldn't get it to turn on or move or anything. Luckily we made it to the meeting! It was a tender mercy! Once zone conference was over we tried starting the car and it was working again so we drove it a few miles down the road to get it looked at. They weren't going to finish the car before they closed so we had to stay the night in Jacksonville with the Hendricks STLs. We were supposed to do an exchange with them that day anyway so it worked out! It was fun to be all together and be back in the city! When we woke up the next day we were able to pick up our car and head back to Callahan! Sister Williams came with me and we finished our exchange up here. We taught Malekai and Maveryk and they are set to be baptized the end of November!! We also saw Jason again and had a really awesome lesson with him on recognizing the spirit. 

We switched back and headed up to Hilliard for the open house! We had a dinner and people visited and then we watched a short video and gave a tour of the chapel. We had awesome support from the branch and we had a really good turn out! Jason came and he told us he had a good time! He told us he is going to give the Book of Mormon a chance and that he is very open. He promised to come to church and is just so prepared. It's really exciting!!

I 💜 JAX

Things are moving along here in Callahan and it's super exciting! I love being a missionary and serving with these amazing people!! 

I love y'all! Have a blessed week <33

xoxo

Sister Morrow 

-Weekly Moss Moment-
So on Saturday after we switched back with the Hendricks sisters we were out trying some people before we had to go to the open house. About an hour after they left Callahan we realized that we had their phone. We started panicking thinking we were going to have to drive all the way back down to Jacksonville to give it to them but we didn't know how to get it to them or where they would be or anything. Luckily Sister Hoffman remembered the name of the lady feeding them dinner that night so we gave her a call and asked if she could have the sisters call us when they came for dinner. They called and the member offered to drive them up to get their phone. We had to leave for Hilliard so we hid the phone between our glass door and the front door. We are super tight on miles this month and it would have killed us to go all the way back to Jacksonville so we are happy it all worked out. MEMBERS ARE THE BEST 

If You're the GOAT, I'm the GOAT

Autumn the baby goat <33

Happy Monday friends. 
This week was great!! I got my new companion and her name is Sister Hoffman. She's from Colorado and has been out on her mission a little over a year. We have lots of fun together and I think we are going to have am awesome transfer! 

Welcome to our crib(trailer)

Last Monday we went with the Elders and the Gillands to Okefenokee swamp. It's one of the largest swamps/wildlife reserves in the US. We walked all around the swamp and did a boat tour where we saw lots of gators. Flogorgia is so pretty and I love it here. I took a ton of pictures so y'all  can see what I mean 

Okefenokee with the Hilliard fam

Wednesday we went down to Jacksonville and dropped off Sister Doxey and picked up Sister Hoffman. We headed back and got straight to work. A member in the branch has a little farm and one of their goats had babies this week so we got to go over and hold the baby goat!! It was so adorable. I also milked the goat and tried some fresh goat milk. Welcome to the country. 

We had some awesome lessons over Facebook this week and it was pretty. Technology is so awesome!! We also had MLC in Jacksonville and some people from the missionary department came and trained us a bit, we also have another two day MLC at the end of the month where we will get more training. We are one of 12 missions in the world piloting new missionary stuff so they are going to be working with us a lot the next few months training us and seeing what we can do to be more effective. It's pretty exciting stuff. 

Well that's about it for this week. I love being a missionary! 

I love y'all! Have a blessed week <33 

xoxo 

sister morrow