What up my hooligans!?
So this week was super the best!!! i got packages from home!!! wahoo!!!!
bestest thing ever!!! so i got a package from the fam with a tree that Lexie
had made with all of her ornaments, and various other ones from the fam, like
all the cute ones that taizia and kasenya had drawn, and then i flip them over,
and they have movie quotes…yes!!!!! made my life!
so now i read them all the time, and act them out for my comp,
and she just thinks that i am crazy!! which is sooo true!! yeah!!! thanks
sooooooo much for that!!! i looooove it!!!! and i put it up on my wall, even
though Christmas is over!!!! best!!!!
Then, i got a package
from aunt Dana, with a super duper cute calendar and it has everyone’s
birthdays, and is the best thing ever!!! wahoo!!!! thanks Dana!! I also got an envelope with all of the
letters from everyone from thanksgiving, which were sooo dang cute, and then a
letter from Dana, and one from the family, and one from tammy and the gang!!
best!!...So it was a super great week!!!
We had this guy run up to us on the streets this week and he was
like, “you’re American”… and i responded, “no, I’m from Coban”… and he was like
oh, oops, and i was like wow... you really believed that!?! no, I’m American—then he started to tell me
about his job and how he needed to practice his English, so we told him that we
could practice English if we could share a message with him…so we took him to
the familia Alfaros’ house (a couple with 70 or so years, who are the best in
the whole wide world—recently returned from their trip that was 2 months long
to the US., and they contact people, invite them in, and then teach them with
us, and testify and everything!! and it’s the super bestest!!! I love love love them!!!! So there we taught
him a lesson and practiced his English, and turns out the elders had taught him
like 3 years ago, and he had a ton of unanswered questions for us, and it was
super awesome! love it!!!
We also found a ton of families that we started teaching this
last week, and we also found new investigators who we’ve been working super
hard with!!! Our time just isn’t long
enough!! We need more hours in the day!! Usually our nights are crazy cause we
are no joke running from one place to another because most people don’t finish
their work until like 7 or 8 and get home around then, so our last two hours
are always our most packed and crazy!! Then we had a family home evening with
the family Alfaro, and we brought two of our family investigators, and we also
had 2 other investigators come, and it was super duper great!!! love it!!!! but for reals!! need more time!!
and our church starts at 12 now, so that helps a ton with our recent converts
who hated the 8 schedule, and couldn’t ever make it out of bed!!
It makes all the difference in the world when the members help
us out, and bear testimony, and that is why i love the Alfaros’ sooo much!! they contact people, they talk to
everyone, and invite them to see why they are so happy, and the best part is
that Leonardo (the dad/ with 70 or so years) has tons of health problems that
he could totally use as an excuse to not be happy, but he totally doesn’t—Instead
he chooses to see the things that he does have, and how he can help others be
happy!! so he’s in a wheelchair, and sits by his door, and when people pass by
he calls to them and starts up a conversation!! best ever!!! wow!! he can’t
even leave his house, and yet finds investigators for us, and shares the gospel
with everyone!! Can’t we all do a little better!? This man that has had tons of
health problems, and can barely talk because he had a stroke and his face still
has problems, so it’s hard for him to speak, looks for every opportunity he can
to share the gospel!!!! What the flip are we doing with our lives!? There are
people that pass us every single day, that need to hear this message!! The
thing that I’ve learned about being a missionary, is that you never know when
or how you can influence a person, and when they are ready to hear the gospel!! When i was first here, we found this super drunk man, and taught him because we
felt he needed to hear the gospel, then the other week, i found him, and
recognized him, and asked him if we could share a message with him, and when we
found him, he had gotten back with his wife and daughter, and had quit drinking
for 4 months or so, and was dying to read the book of Mormon to know what it’s
all about because a coworker who wasn’t a member had mentioned it and said it
was really interesting, and a true book!! What the flip… people are soooo ready
to hear the gospel!! Open up your mouths, with faith, let God fill it, and get
to work!!! Jesus Christ asks us if we love him, and if we truly… truly love
him, feed his sheep!! He needs us to feed his sheep!! just think of all the
blessings that you’ve gotten from having this gospel in your life!? Is it fair that you are holding back from
sharing these blessings!? He needs us to
speak up and out, to be examples, and to gather in his fold!! so lets all be a
little bolder, and a little better in sharing the gospel!? okay!!? so yep..
just my advice for the week/year/life!!! get out and share!! hehe!! so yep It
was an awesome week, and I hope you all find and pray for an opportunity to
share the gospel!!
send me letters :-D Love you all tons!!
Hermana Morris
Hermana Morris #3
