"Tis sweet to sing the matchless love, of Him who left His home above, and came to earth- oh wondrous plan- to suffer, bleed and die for man! Hymn # 176

       We have really seen some awesome miracles this week!!! We're working with a family of 3, 2 recent converts, and her husband who likes to drink. The husbands name is Alfonzo, and her name is Janeth, and the daughter of Jeaneth is Emely, and she has a son whos name is luis angel, who is 5 months old.  So Emely was baptised first, a few months later her mom and from what she and other people have told me, she has changed a TON from how she used to be, so now her husband was ready to start listening to us! the problem is he lacks a lot of confidence, and is really shy, and doesn't want to answer questions- afraid of being wrong! but he finally (after like a year and a half) has his first baptism date, and is coming to church with his family and everything!! super awesome!! we have seen, and continue to see many miracles with this family!!!
       So sister Meivy, (pronounced maybe) is super awesome!!! she goes with us all the time to visit.  she is a convert of almost 2 years, and does a ton more to help out the misisonaries than all the RMs!! .
       It's really weird to be with my mom again, mostly cause this time i actually understand her, its weird to look back and see how far I've come!! We are going to have mission counsel on friday, They are super duper intense.  It's always fun to see sister Caffaro!! she is awesome, and always fun to talk to!!

p-day in Guatemala

yikes...

lots of eating!

i guess we should have brought rain gear!

Love going to the temple!  

happy that the temple is in our mission!

SISTERS!!

pay day for missionaries

HAPPY :-D

Love the people of Guatemala!

ALWAYS so much fun to learn and be together!

Our new zone

I get to translate for her, which gets interesting, cause she's also the nurse-- sometimes i have to ask really awkward things!! but it is fun!! so i hope you are all doing well!! I KNOW this church is true, and one thing i have learned from my mission, is that it's literally sooo dangerous to stop reading scriptures, going to church, and praying!!  It's spiritually dangerous!!! So we have to be so careful about the things that we take in, the friends we have, the movies we watch, the music we listen to, because although all of it can be good, it can be sooo harmful if we aren't careful. love you all tons! Thanks for writing to me!
Make it a great week!! 
Hermana Morris

"We may not have all the answers, but the Lord does, and He is willing to reveal them to us if we are willing to listen, be patient, and trust Him." Quentin L. Cook

This week is changes again!! i don’t even know how time goes by that fast!! My new companion is........ Hermana Hernandez!! yep!! i just keep repeating all of my companions, and i will be back with my mom  Almost a year ago to the day we were made companions for the first time, super sad to see sister Bonilla go,

We had 2 baptisms yesterday, and it was pretty stressful, cause the girl that was getting baptized showed up super duper late, without fail they’re always super stressful. But i know that we are able to help them make covenants with God, and that he prepares those who are ready!! She had such an awesome desire to be baptized.  We baptized Mel Paz, and Maria Caal, a mom of a less active, and she was like, i want to be baptized cause i want to change and stay changed and not be who i was before!! our other baptism- Mel got attacked by 2 dogs, and has huge holes in her leg from this dog biting her, and it was huge and swollen, and black and purple, but she said she wanted to do it, and that this wouldn’t stop her. Just shows how the lord prepares hearts!! awesome!!

I know this is His work!!! And we can do it in no other way than with his spirit!!! Believe that people who are being prepared to receive the message of the Restoration will be placed in your path. God will also place you where your good acts and words will prepare people to receive missionaries and Church members. In all your finding efforts, pray and look for opportunities to serve, help, and lift others. As you are serving, talk with everyone you meet. Have the faith that you can share the restored gospel. In every way you serve, you should do so because you love your brothers and sisters and therefore hope, pray, and earnestly desire to teach them the restored gospel.

When people choose not to investigate the restored gospel, your work is not wasted. Your consistent efforts in serving and teaching as many people as you can is one way God prepares His children to eventually receive His servants. He often reaches out to His children through you. Even when people do not accept the opportunity to learn the gospel, your service and words are evidence of God’s love for them and may plant seeds that future missionaries and members of the Church will harvest.

When people do not accept the gospel, do not be discouraged. You have raised a warning voice. You have given them a clear choice. Disciples of Christ feel sorrow when people choose not to repent, but they maintain a vision of who they are and what they are doing. They continue to diligently move forward. don't ever give up! --Preach My Gospel, Chapter 9

"One can pray and not really pray. Prayers can be routinized and made superficial. When this happens, there is very little communication and very little growth." Neal A Maxwell

Oregon looks so fun family!! This week has been full of miracles!! one thing that a mission has definitely taught me is that the Lord is fully capable of doing his own work.. but He continues to do it through us…so that we learn and grow as well..

We have been studying preach my gospel chapter 9- how to better find people to teach! Something that is key-we need the spirit to guide us in everything. . without it we are lost!! In mission counsel, our president was talking about the importance of using the members, and it got me thinking on how we should all be engaged in this great work for our whole lives. not to just help the missionaries or anyone else.. but to help ourselves most of all.. without God and his work, we are literally lost-drowning without a light.. but when we turn to God, when we give our will up to Him, and accept His plans for us, that is when we are changed.

I love serving others, it has brought a happiness and peace that nothing else has brought to my life.. yes.... including all the things i used to love! I know we must stay strong in this ever-darkening world. i was listening to a talk the other day about light, given by elder Bednar, and how we have to take the initiative.. He won’t do it for us, no matter how much he loves us. it is our choice, but when we let him take over... we will be alright. . .

In sacrament meeting a sister shared a story from the liahona.. a lady was on the plane before a flight, and she saw a little girl get on alone, and walk calmly to her seat next to her.. she started playing with some small toys she had brought, and the lady looked over and asked....why aren’t you scared.. you are flying by yourself, and we are about to take off, you don’t even look nervous.. the little girl looked into her eyes, and replied bluntly.. no... my dads the pilot... at that reply the lady thought about the confidence this little girl had in the fact that her father was in control, leading and guiding us to our destination..

This is how we should be in life... God is in control..at the head of our lives, and if we trust in him, we need not fear-only trust! I love our Heavenly Father. I know he loves each one of us, and wants the best for us! he knows us all!! He loves us even with our weaknesses!!! just put your trust in God and let him take over! I know He lives!! you are all awesome! Have a great week!

Hermana Morris

Satan wants to destroy you! But will always settle for distracting you. Satan is loud. He is easy to understand. But he is ALWAYS wrong, even when he mixes truths in with his lies!!!

Love my companion!

LOVE my mission!

LOVE these sisters

WOW so I almost just chopped the head off my companion, swinging my chair around the room, so excited for the news of Benjamin!! he’s coming to guatemala!!! that is sooo freakin cool!! wahoo!!

It’s been raining super hard and the river actually rose up so much this last week that it ran over the road, and took a motorcyclist and his bike into the river, and they have yet to find him.

The other day, we were looking for this reference we got, and decided to hike up Mt. Everest, only to find out that we went the wrong way, and had to go back, and hike up the Mt. where frodo threw in the ring-our area is nothing but up…its sooo great!! i love it!!

We have found a super pilas family, and we were teaching them, and i had the strongest impression to share with them an experience, and then the father opened up, and started sharing his own story, and something similar that had happened, and how he had been praying to hear these words…it was a tender mercy for me, and i love the spirit so much!! It is sooo true that if we open our mouths, they will be filled with the exact things we need to say!

This last week, Papi Caffaro sent home 9 missionaries from our mission.  We have all been focusing in on the importance of exact obedience, and how we will be blessed... We currently have like 151 missionaries, when president Caffaro started off with 260 about 2 years ago, but we have been reaching goals that those almost 300 missionaries never met!  We have really seen some awesome miracles, and this last week we had 100 baptisms as a mission! President always says, we need to do more with less! With trying to be the best followers of Christ, we are becoming more and more like Him, and as we come to love and appreciate Him, we have less of a desire to do wrong, and we continue to repent to become more like Him!! our motto of the mission is "love more, judge less (amar mas, juzgar menos)" and as we strive to love people, and look for the good because everyone has it, we stop looking for the negative in people! We were challenged to write a list of 20 people who have influenced us for good, and to write a good quality about every one of them, and i hope you can all do this as well.

It’s awesome to think about all the great people that have influenced our lives!! i love you all tons, and want to thank every person who has had a good impact on my life! you are awesome! You are saviors on mount Zion!! and i love you!!! Thanks for your great examples, and the way you have impacted my life! i know this church is true! it is the restored church of Christ, who leads and guides us! He loves us! He wants us to return to him, and has made it perfectly possible!! We need to put our trust in him, and know that he knows what is best for us!! also, felicidades a Ben!!! Guatemala ciudad central!! que pilas!! i met the mission president there, and he is super cool!! Good luck!!

Happy birthday Senya!! i love you girl!! Hope you all have a great week!!!

Love you all!!         Hermana Morris

"super beautiful view of a hike in Guatemala..
yep.. all of that is trash!! 

our super awesome friends in Mixco
chewy, and meivy!