LOVE Y'ALL
Abby our RC. She's 10 and the sweetest thing ever
OP district
The Watchmans my favorite people
Orlando Temple
President and Sister Lee
President and Sister Haddock
district milkshake moment
Sister Spina and Layla
The Eppersons (WML)
our super cute investigator Chris
Our investigator Helen
Serving in the Dagum South
two of my RC drove down from Hillaird to say goodbye to me this week. Malaekai and Maveryk were so fun to teach and I'm going to miss these goofy boys
WOW...not sure how this is possible but this is my last weekly email. Time has gone by so fast and I've loved my mission so much. Sister Esquerra and I have been working so hard the past few weeks and it has made time go even faster. I love my companion, I love my area, I LOVE being a missionary.
Not much to report on this week. We did lots of finding and street contacting and we met some really interesting people. I had my final interview with President Lee and he's the sweetest man on the planet. We talked about my mission experience and he gave me some really great life advice. I'm so thankful I got to serve here with him as my mission President. The Lord knew what I needed!
our investigator Helen taught us how to make jam this week. It was so fun!! We made orange marmalade and blueberry jam and they were both super super good! our fridge is full of jam from Helen haha
I'm going the keep this brief since we have a million things to do today to prepare for leaving...but I wanted to thank all of you for sticking with me on this crazy adventures. Honestly y'all are amazing. All the support/words of encouragement/prayers made a HUGE difference. I couldn't have done this without y'all!
The past few weeks I've been reflecting a lot on my mission and the different experiences I've had. It's amazing to see how much I've learned and grown. My mission has had its ups and downs..but the ups always outweigh the downs. I know this is Heavenly Fathers work. He loves his children and wants all of them to be able to live with him again. Life is so much more fulfilling when we focus on other people and do all we can to help them feel God's love for them.
I found this quote a few weeks ago that I just loved (I forgot to write down who said it....sorry!)
"Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, raise up friends, and pour out peace. Whoever will lose his live in the service of God will find eternal life."
My mission has changed me forever. Sounds cliche but it's SO true. I gave everything I had to God the last 18 months, and through trials and long sweaty days in florida and crazy awesome miracles he's changed me. God is so good and I'm thankful for the time I've been able to serve.
I love y'all so much!
See ya in a week <33
xoxo
Sister Morrow
-Weekly Moss Moment-
One last moss moment. Wow. It's like Heavenly Father knew this would be the last one so he gave me a super mossy week and lots of experiences to choose from. Ask me about the strange man we met with plastic food sometime. That's a good story.
So last night we were getting ready for bed and when I came out of the bathroom Sister Esuqerra was standing by my door with a shoe in her hand. She informed me that while she was showering a HUGE cockroach ran across her foot and is just chilling in her shower. Bless her soul I would have just died right then and there if that happened to me. She didn't know exactly where it went but the thing was huge so we figured it wouldn't be too hard to find. She had some towels sitting in the edge of her tub and we thought it was hiding somewhere in there. So one by one we threw them inside the tub and then we found it. I'm not exaggerating I swear...the cockroach was the size of like a large mouse. IT WAS HUGE. It skuttled under another rag and was hiding but we could see the big lump where it was. I've killed a few cockroaches over the course of my mission but this was different and I was about to die. We texted SOS to the elders and they called and tried to give us a pep talk. I had the shoe in my hand for probably 10 min trying to get the courage to smoosh the dang thing. I was sweaty and anxious and we were just a mess hahaha! So I perched myself up on the tub and after lots of screams and gagging I go to hit it with the shoe..AND IT MOVED AND I MISSED AND IT SKUTTLED AWAY. I'm serious though yall. This was like the queen cockroach or something it was sooo big. We didn't see where it went and we went into straight panic mode. Nothing bonds a companionship like cockroach hunting. We accepted defeat though and the elders ran over and killed it for us while we waited outside. They rock haha! I've learned that it doesn't matter how clean you keep your apartment there will always be roaches. Bleh!
1&2 two of my RC drove down from Hillaird to say goodbye to me this week. Malaekai and Maveryk were so fun to teach and I'm going to miss these goofy boys
3&4&5 our investigator Helen taught us how to make jam this week. It was so fun!! We made orange marmalade and blueberry jam and they were both super super good! our fridge is full of jam from Helen haha
18 MONTHS
ANOTHER WEEK GONE? man time is flying
This week we had a big focus on finding people to teach. We went out of our way to talk with people and we had some awesome miracles! One day we were out in an area and we tried this former investigator. He works as a youth pastor and wasn't very interested but was still really nice! We asked if he knew anyone in the area that could use a scripture/uplifting message and he pointed us to some people that lived down the street in an apartment complex. We didn't even know it existed so we were super pumped. We went and tried some of the people he said and the first door we knocked on we met this super sweet lady named Amanda! She said she's been interested more in religion lately and she wanted us to bring her a Bible this week! Another cool experience happened later in the week while we were in a different part of our area. No one was really home that we were trying so we were walking around to see if there were people outside we could talk to. We saw this man sitting on his porch so we went and we were able to have a conversation with him about religion. He had a lot of really great questions. We read with him from the Book of Mormon a bit and the spirit was really strong as he was reading scriptures about Christ. We've had a goal to use the Book of Mormon more in our teaching and it's made a HUGE difference!!
nope nope nope
The Elders called us this week to give us a referral from one of their investigators. We stopped by to see her and she's amazing! Her name is Lena and when her friend told her she was meeting with Mormon missionaries she asked if they could come see her too! She's had a lot of recent struggles and wants God in her life more. We talked about the Book of Mormon and read with her and talked about God leading us through prophets. She loved everything and was soaking it up like a sponge. She has 3 sons, is super sweet and open, and is just so prepared for the gospel. We are so so excited about her!!
working with my buddy porter
For Valentine's day we spent it with the Eppersons and it was so fun. We went a little early to help Sister Epperson get everything ready and our main job was to make all of the chocolate covered strawberries. We had 3 big cases of strawberries that we dipped and then decorated. She has three young boys that wanted to help and so It was kind of hectic but still good haha! After dinner and strawberries she passed out paper hearts with everyone's names on them and we passed them around and wrote something we love about each person. It was a great way to spend our Valentine's day :))
The rest of the week was full of contacting and service. It's been warming up and so we've been helping some of our investigators with their yard work. It's been fun but it's also crazy it's already in the 80s everyday and it's only February!! That's Florida for ya haha
Valentine's day with the Eppersons ❤❤
Well next week will be my last group email. I can't believe it. I'm just trying to enjoy every day I have left in Florida because I know these next 2 weeks are going to fly by(or feel like an eternity I'm not sure)
Thank you all so much for your continued support the last 18 months. All the emails, letters, packages, and prayers are much appreciated!! I love y'all so much and I LOVE being a missionary!
I love y'all! Have a blessed week <33
xoxo
-Weekly Moss Moment-
The star this week is one of my fav people, Porter. He's our WML's 3yr old son and he is hilarious and super wild. I love him so much. So at dinner this week Porter insisted on sitting next to one of the Elders. 2 seconds into dinner he spilled his water all over the place so we got it all cleaned up and then we were good. A solid 10min went by and we were all like "wow porter you are doing so good!!" Not even 2 seconds later he turned to Elder Hibbert and started smaking his arm with his burrito. Chicken, sour cream, and guacamole got all over his white shirt and pants and we were dying. Classic Porter hahaha
On Sunday his mom was playing the piano for sacrament meeting so we sat by them and Porter sat in between me and Sister Esquerra. I helped him find the right hymn and we drew some pictures together. It was awesome. He had this little blue plane he was playing with and about halfway through the meeting he leaned over my lap and was waving the plane through the air. Then he looked at me and slammed the plane right into my face. Pretty painful but also kind of funny. He kept trying to do it and I said "no Porter please don't do that it hurts" and he said "no I promise it doesn't hurt. See" and then he would aim for my face again...he's so adorable though so I wasnt even mad hahaha
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