We are separated from God in order that we may voluntarily return to Him!

Hola friends and family!   

WOW! I don’t even know where to begin... I can’t believe how fast time has gone…and I can’t even believe that I am in my last transfer! IT IS TRUE…MISSIONS ARE THE BEST!!!  WOW!! this is an experience I would never take back or trade for anything. It has literally changed my life! Before my mission, I had thought that spending these months in the service of God would somewhat pay Him back for all that He has given me, and that I would be less indebted to Him, and now, I know I am more indebted to Him than ever before! I can’t even begin to thank God enough for all that he has given me, for the trust he has had in me, for the change that has come over me, and what he has made of me! I am forever thankful!

With thanksgiving, I have been thinking a lot about what I am grateful for, and the more I think about it, I can’t even think of something that I’m NOT grateful for!! I have sooo many blessings! -starting off with the chance I have to be in this world, this gospel, my family, and all the people in my life that have helped me get to this point in my life! I am soo grateful that God is in the details of my life! He knows me perfectly! And I know He knows each one of you!

The more I look back on my life, the more I see how every single trial, every tribulation I have faced has been exactly made for me! It has all been for the purpose of making me who God wants me to be! I can testify that Gods’ love for us is so pure, and so perfect, that he would never force us to do anything against our will... but we choose His will when we choose to follow Christ.

Before this life we made the decision to come here to learn and grow, and become who Our Heavenly Father created us to become! WE WERE MADE TO BE GODS! Every commandment that he has ever given us is for one purpose… So that we can gain experience …this life is our practice! President Caffaro has taught us and retaught us the importance of obedience. It is the first law of heaven. And if we can learn to be obedient in these 18 months to 2 years of our lives, it will completely change our future success!!

I know the church of Jesus Christ is true! I know God loves every one of us! I know this is Gods work, and that as we find our own personal conversion, we will be able to let our light shine to all the world!

I love you all!! Hermana Morris

This week we were working really hard on having a sisters meeting, and our theme was with the December initiative “Light up the World” we were running all over the place to get ready for it. like literally we were running in our skirts!! It turned out cute and we felt the spirit soooo strong"!! We had a really incredible environment, we did an activity where we handed out candles, and lit them up one by one, reading off a list of the things that we can do to light up the world, and then we went through a list of things that many people do so that their light goes out…I love seeing the light of Christ in people and how much it changes them!!! We have such a light about us as members of the Chruch, and it is our responsibility to be that light to the world!! 

Sunday, we had been asked to give the lesson for relief society, and we did the activity where one person does pushups for everyone in the room... SO... sister cardenas and sister alvarez started off the class, (i was sitting down) and they told everyone that they needed a volunteer to go and do pushups for everyone…and the sisters started laughing a little and were like, who is going to volunteer to do that!??? Then, knowing beforehand that i was going to have to do a lot, and nervous about doing it, i volunteered as we had planned.... Then my companion explained (passing out the candies) that everyone that was going to take one, i would have to do 3 pushups for them! She started off, a few sisters took them, and i easily whipped out the pushups, but the fourth person said that they didn’t want one, and Hermana Cardenas looked at me and said, Hermana Morris, do three pushups... lets just say i was glad not more than 30 women showed up this week! As I started to do the pushups for the lady that had refused the candy, protests broke out, and the sisters said, that’s not fair, she didn’t take one. As my comp continued around the room, the sisters continued refusing the candies, and i kept doing the pushups, and they started to get a little harder, and soon, I was struggling really hard to be able to do the simplest pushup.... wow... it was hard... and the sisters, were pretty upset at my comp, and i was literally dying trying to do these pushups, and a few of them said, “that’s enough” “she’s done enough” “we get the point”.... “tell her to stop”.... but she continued! wow! it was soooo hard as she kept telling me, sister morris, 3 more.... do three more, and then we hear” she is demanding too much”… “someone help her", but no one could. Christ was completely alone, and even his Father left him for a time. Wow!! we found sooo many deeper meanings to this activity, and it was really incredible what our Savior did for us! whether we accepted him or not -He paid the price. whether we use the atonement in our lives or not. Christ already paid the price "God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine son." wow! He gave His all, it was not easy. but thanks to Him, death has no sting, and we will live again!! Our Savior loves us sooo much, and I am thankful for all he has given us! I plead with you to put into practice the atonement in your lives!! i love Him! And I love you!! I know this church is TRUE!

Hermana Morris

Sorry two weeks because my 2 year old macbook pro decided to crash my hard drive a couple weeks back and it has taken me some time and anguish to get things up and going again as I hadn’t backed anything up…. Sigh…not such an apple fan anymore…

all of us at our sister training meeting.

me with my two companions and Presidents wife...

Best mission ever!

still a Phenius and Ferb nut!

 people don't get better than this

Having too much fun to end this mission...

LOVE sister Caffaro!

Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore i will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in His strength i can do all things; yea. behold many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever! Alma 26:12

Yesterday was changes... and i'm staying!!! So i'll finish in mixco with sister Cardenas, and sister Alverez (from Honduras) we will be in a trio- so we are going to be able to work the area like never before!!  

I wanted to share something that our president shared with us......

Some days I wonder when things can just level out and not have so many ups and downs in the mission. There are many days that feel like I am on a roller coaster ride with many highs and lows in the same day. I thought about these sentiments and it reminded me of a little over two years ago when I was hooked up to a heart monitor. I know at that time I didn’t want to see a straight line appear on the screen. That would have been very bad news. The up and down lines on the monitor let me know I was alive.

President Gordon B. Hinckley once said, “I know it isn’t easy. It’s discouraging at times, sure. Aren’t you glad it isn’t just fun all the time? Those valleys of discouragement make more beautiful the peaks of achievement.” 
That’s what life is all about. The highs and lows let us know we are participants in this game of life and not just observing from the sidelines. We are learning and growing and not just existing…

If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The Vision pulls you! 

WOW! sooo true!!! we have so many ups and downs in the mission, in life, and all throughout life!! but as we turn to the Lord, and give up our will to Him, we will win, because he will make of us far more than we could ever become ourselves!! I love our Savior Jesus Christ so much, and have come to know Him like never before!! i know this is His work!! And when we fully come to realize that this is the Lord's work, we will not be discouraged when people reject us and say no, when the doors slam in our face, and the appointments fall through...

When Lazarus' sister came and told Jesus that her brother had died, Jesus wept..... i have pondered a lot over this scripture... How the son of God who had all knowledge of the perfect plan of God, who had the power to raise anyone from the dead, and to heal any sickness, cried when he heard his friend had died. 

That story really just shows how much our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ care for us, and how sorry they are when we make mistakes, and choices that take us away from the only path of happiness...

Thanks for your love, support, and emails!! i love you all so much!! 

have a great week!  

Hermana Morris

"Never assume you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees in some private place and speak with Him." President Hinckley

man...Im soooo sorry i like never have time, from college and everything, and writing president about the sisters, there is never sufficient time, but i will repent, and i will write you a good letter next week!! so thanks for the love and support, i haven't gotten letters or packages for months now, so im pretty sure it's not going through, and the secretaries say it won't till maybe December!! love you all !!! have a great week!!! sorry

so here is my companions letter for this week...

This week was the most stressful week of my entire mission. We had missionary week! In the mission it is harder to balance activites at church EVERY SINGLE DAY and on top of that work really hard to see miracles! We were able to do it and were so dead yesterday! haha

Just as it was such a stressful week, it was such a week of miracles. So, many miralces. It was so sweet to see the members get in their missionary spirit and bring investigators each day to activites. Of course, like always Satan was always there and we had so many hardships everyday. There was some support from the members and in some part there wasn't support. So, On Sunday we had an inventory with the bishopric. We prayed a lot to know what it is that we needed to talk about with the bishopric, and this meeting was so so so spiritual. We were able to unite as one with our bishopric. We were able to establish goals and share experiences and at the end of the meeting; my companion, Hna Morris, the bishop and his counselors and I knelt in the bishops room to end with a closing prayer. The spirit was so strong and as the bishop prayed for us by name; the room was filled with a burning in the bosom feeling. It was so filling. The captains of this ward and Christ´s soldiers were knelt down as one, unitying to help our Father in Heaven. Tears filled our eyes as we shook hands and we knew with all certainty that Heavenly Father was pleased. 

We witnessed another miracle. We came back to church to meet members to divide and conquer. But it all fell through, so we decided to invite people to see the church inside. So, I go up to this man and he was so scared haha and he said no.  So i talked to this lady passing by. We present ourselves and ask if she wants to listen and guess what she says? She says, "i HAVE always wanted to see inside." So we take her in and it is so spiritual. We arrive to the sacrament room and we sing her a hymn and we start testifying and she starts telling us that she has been looking for the truth for forever and that is the reason why she fell away from all churches. She said that she wanted to come to church and that she was going to read and pray. We asked her to offer the last prayer and in her prayer she said that she wanted to know if this was the truth and if she should be baptized on December 3rd. She thanked Heavenly Father for putting us in her path and that she had had such a hard week and she was grateful for this gift. 

As much as ye shall put your trust in God even so much ye shall be delivered out of your trials, and your troubles, and your afflictions, and ye shall be lifted up at the last day. Alma 36:3

We experienced all this, this week. It is so simple. Put your trust in God, and we will be lifted up in the last day. He is all powerful and He created us with His perfect hands, He knows best. 

Keep trusting. Keep fighting. Keep loving and KEEP ENDURING.