4.04.2016

Hello from Lock Haven!

Well, I am no longer in the city, but in the middle of nowhere. It's a

little weird, but slowly I'll get used to it. The "cool" things for

the area is the diaper factory, the Susquehanna River flows through it

(the same river  that Joseph Smith was baptized in, and where the

priesthood got restored), and there's a city called Jersey Shore.

Sadly I haven't seen Snooki or other stray tanned people yet haha.

Being here with Sister as urged is great! It is such a relief to not

have to go into an area where everything is 180 degrees different from

your last and also worry about trying to build a relationship with

your companion. It made the transition so much more comfortable. 

The branch here consists of twenty active members, and the building

doesn't even have a legit chapel. We just meet in a room that is like

a classroom. Crazy. But from the people that I have met already, and

from what I've seen they are all super missionary minded and really

want to grow their branch. I am very excited to work with them! From

what I gather there is a lot going on in this area which is nice to

come into. Hopefully Sister Durfee and I can get things done and kick

butt together! 

This week I feel like I've been in a car more than I have been in the

past seven months. Tuesday was transfers so I spent a lot of time just

getting to my area, then Friday we had MLC, so we travelled a lot for

that as well. I think that's going to be the biggest adjustment for

me. I loved being in a walk area where you could just walk and talk to

people.

There is a small university in the city and we got to do a forum this

past week. Basically we have a table and try to talk to people as they

walk by. We were able to give out some Book of Mormons and get a new

investigator! She was super excited to read the Book of Mormon and I

am pumped to teach her next week!

MLC is the missionary leadership council that happens monthly and all

the zone leaders and STLs attend. Well, you all know how I hate being

late... The car I drove in went to the wrong chapel and we ended up

getting there an hour late. Totally not the first impression I wanted

to send, but there wasn't much I could do about it. The meeting was

really good and I learned a ton. I learned how important forgiveness

is in the atonement. Without it we are toast. Basically, I need to be

better at forgiving others so that I can be forgiven. 

General Conference was awesome! I learned so much, and one of my

favorite quotes was to "choose the harder right than the easier

wrong." One of the sessions we watched with a returning part member

family whose two sons are going to be baptized later this month. They

are awesome! Two other sessions we watched at a member's home. Brother

G invited people over, so we were able to spend it with some of

the recent converts here. We also got two of our investigators to

come! R is so cool, and she watched all four sessions. J

only came for the Sunday afternoon session, and since he recently had

surgery he was passed out asleep for most of it, but he still came! He

said he is excited for church next week so that was cool to see. I

guess the spirit can also touch you while you are getting sleep! 

Besides that, I'm just trying to get acquainted with the area. Hope

you all have a good week!

Sister Morrison

Part f the Ptt 6th district from when I first got out here: Sister Durfee, me,

Elder Ibarra and Elder Gehrke. Don't mind out duck lips selfie ;)

Forums at Lock Haven University!

I've really had a great welcome here! This is W, one of

the many awesome people here.  

My two mission "moms" aka trainers.