3.07.2016

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This past Monday we went into the city. On the way back we were

walking across a bridge and saw a little Hooverville near the river.

we ended up making a detour to go look at it. I have seen homeless

people in the city many times, but it was weird to actually see where

they live. It was really sad to see tents pitched under the bridge.

Also, we saw someone dumping out their bathroom business into the

river while we were down there which was gross. Everyone always jokes

about how they find dead homeless bodies in the Allegheny River when

they clean out the river two times a year, but now I totally believe

that it's a legit thing. It's so sad.

We got home Monday, only to find that Sister Kwasney lost her white

handbook. Inside she had her debit card, temple recommend, and her

ministerial card. We had a crazy packed day on Tuesday, so Wednesday

we traced our steps from where we were on Monday. Sadly we didn't have

any luck. It was colder and by then it was lunch time, so we were cold

and hungry. We decided to stop at the next place that looked good on

the strip, and we found this crazy whole in the wall Italian place

that made these awesome pepperoni rolls. Boy of boy were they good!

That was a blessing after a disappointing morning.

I learned something that I wish I never had to learn on my mission:

how my body reacts when I am fed a bad meal. The meal itself wasn't

too bad, but when it came time for dessert I put one bite in my mouth

and I froze. It was not going to go down, and naturally I started to

laugh. I swear, I laugh at the most inappropriate times! It was so bad

I just sat there laughing for at least thirty seconds until it went

down my throat. It was like that till I finished what was on my plate.

I felt awful about it, but I could not control my body.

This week we went to L's and she made us dinner after we helped her

with some yard work. I really like L, and we have formed a super

good relationship with her. So good that she invited us to a birthday

picnic that she is having at the end of the month. As we thanked her

for the good food she made us she said that it was an honor to cook

for us. I just feel like an average joe, so for her to say it was an

honor to cook for us really meant a lot to me. It's good to know that

I am forming great relationships with people here.

We went to the R's this week and Er's mom was there. She used to

live in the projects in Mckees Rocks, my last area, and told us how at

one point she was pulled into her neighbor's house and beaten over the

head with bottles. Mom, I'm sure you're glad that I don't live over

there anymore! Anyways, we taught her an awesome lesson about the

Restoration. He whole time Ed and Er were bearing testimony like

nobody's business, it was awesome! Ed then started talking bout how

there are ten people that she could call at any moment that she could

talk to if she is struggling. Er then chimed in and said "you can't

even hide from them" (referring to our man hunt about a month ago) and

then stood up at gave both me and Kwasney high fives. We all got a

kick out of that!

Sister Morrison

with Sister Kwasney

Hooverville by the river.

With the Elders

pEaCe AnD bLeSsInGs!!