10.19.2015

Another week has come and gone

This past week has been great! Sister Birch and I get along so well,

and we pump each other up all the time to be legit missionaries, it's

great! This week we were able to have twenty one lessons, five new

investigators, and hand out eleven copies of the Book of Mormon. One

perk about being in a walk area is that you are constantly talking to

people on the streets and sharing the gospel. Our main focus this

upcoming week is to have follow up appointments with everyone we

contacted this past week. Hopefully they'll want to hear more!

We got to teach the local cop, J, one night while he was clearing

out the park. I guess that the police around here really like us since

we aren't running around causing trouble or doing bad things like

other people who roam the streets. We were also able to teach the

mailman while he was on his mail route. It was kind of fun walking up

and down the street while answering his questions. It just goes to

show how much people don't know about us. Another cool teaching story

happened this week. We were walking by the park and saw some sort of

pizza party. We went by and a group of people who were starting up

their own church was having a pizza tasting contest where you could

vote for the best pizza in town. We ate pizza, voted, then were able

to learn what they believed and share a little bit about what we

believe. That was a fun lesson, who doesn't like eating free pizza?

Every Tuesday we volunteer at an old folks home. This past week was an

ice cream social and karaoke. We passed out sundaes and cuzoos to

them. It was a hoot watching all these old people cuzoo along to the

songs. There is one man named Brian who would sing and dance to every

song, and tried to get fresh with all the ladies around him. He is my

favorite.

I learned another word this week. Shlup. It pretty much means anything

you want it to. With that word along with ynz, yous, and the way they

pronounce Carnegie, Sewickley, Steelers, and downtown, I am

practically learning a new language. Needless to say, people can tell

I'm not from around here.

We helped our neighbors help box up an elderly lady's who who just

moved into an old folks home. She had so much stuff, and we came home

with some treasures! We were able to get a nice winter coat, gloves,

blankets, and our Halloween costumes! We got some pretty ugly dresses

and are going to be frumpy missionaries from the 90s. We even got some

of those hush puppie shoes to go with it!

J, the lady who got baptized last week is on fire. She is so happy

and like a new person. It was cool to see that transformation.

Yesterday we went to a fireside where another missionaries who is

Native American did a little presentation on how her heritage ties

into the Book of Mormon. J loved it, and it was cool to see some of

the tribal dancing and stuff. She came from the Ute tribe in Vernal,

Utah, and I never thought I would say this but, I actually love a Ute!

That sure means something since I practically despised them while at

BYU.

There is a family who we have been teaching who have been going

through some rough patches. Even though there life is a little chaotic

it's cool to teach them and have them learn about how the gospel can

change their lives. They know the church is true, and when they commit

they said that they are jumping in full force. Helpfully we'll be able

to help them get to their commitment point!

It got pretty cold this week, In fact, the first snowfall happened

right as church was ending yesterday. It didn't stay long thank

goodness, but it definitely shook me and got me nervous for the

winter. Hopefully the bitter cold won't come for another month!

Sister Morrison

The Beaver District. Me, Sister Birch, Wyasket, and Ludwig. Elder Redd, Redford, Tengberg, and Bryant, along with President and Sister Johnson.

Teaching the mailman!

Sister Birch and I at the pizza contest 

Elder Redd is from Canada and loves the snow, I on the other hand do not.