5.23.2016

Ticks, floaties, and golden investigators

Last Monday we went on a hike up one of the hills that surrounds Lock

Haven. It was really cool to look over the valley and see the little

community. It was really pretty. On the way down I noticed a little

black bug on my arm and when I went to scratch it off it stuck a

little. That made me a little nervous and I joked with Sister Thompson

that I had ticks. Well, as we were grocery shopping in Walmart I

scratched my neck and another black bug fell off of me. TICKS WERE ON

ME!! We did a quick little self check in the store and thankfully

didn't find anymore, but boy was I paranoid! We went over to see

R and A that night and I casually asked why ticks are bad to

A. She explained how they carry lime disease and that you can die

from them. Holy crap, my heart started racing. She then went on to

explain how you need to full body scan yourself to make sure you don't

have any, especially in your armpits and butt crack.  R then made

a smart comment saying "so they need to check each other's butts?!" We

all started cracking up laughing which made A more agitated since

we were not taking this seriously. Thankfully I didn't have anymore

ticks on me and I am clear, and I was able to come to that conclusion

without my companion giving my booty a look at haha.

We did a ton of service for Sister N this week. She is getting new

electrical wiring in her house and had to clear out her attic. We

spent four hours one day, and another two hours the following day

moving boxes and totes from the attic to her garage. I was so sore and

tired! I haven't felt that sore for a while, but I really liked

getting a good workout in during those two days. Needless to say, I

slept like a baby this past week.

We had zone training this past week, and President and Sister Johnson

came to it this time. At the end of the meeting they dropped some

super legit news that we had to keep quiet for 24 hours so he could

announce it to other missionaries; it was so hard because it is so

exciting!!! So here it is: I get to go to the temple! There is a rule

where unless you are two hours from a temple, you cannot go to a

temple. Sadly, I've never been close enough to go, and I am still

three plus hours away. Since the Philadelphia temple is going to open

in September, the stake I am in will now be assigned to that temple.

There will be open houses before the dedication for people to tour it,

and missionaries can't even go to that. BUT on July 24, before tours

start, their is a special VIP day for all missionaries who are in the

temple boundaries and their investigators! Basically, we are allotted

one day where we take an investigator and show them the temple. I am

so excited and super pumped. Now we just have to find a female

investigator who wants to go to the temple, and is willing to drive

down and back in one day. We will make it work, I am not going to miss

out on this!

Friday night the M twins were baptized. Everyone there was a

little nervous that there would be a canon ball into the font or some

crazy thing happen, but nothing of the sort happened. The craziest

thing was when Nathaniel got into the water he started laughing and

then got out, only to slowly get back in. After the baptism Sister

Thompson asked him if he was nervous or if the water was just cold. He

responded by saying " I was a littler nervous, I didn't have my

floaties on!" We were cracking up when he said that. I guess it would

be scary to get in a tub of water if you didn't know how to swim.

We had a miracle happen at the baptism. Sister M came up to me

afterwards with her mom and said that she wants to be baptized. J

said that she took the lessons with her daughter when they lived in

Texas but she didn't really take it seriously, but that she has been

thinking about life a lot lately, and tonight she realized she needs

to be baptized. We were so happy to hear that! We the met with her the

following night and brought Sister N along. The lesson went great

and we were able to help explain prophets to her. She came to church

on Sunday and we are meeting with her again next week. She is golden

and really wants to know more. I don't know how we hit the gold mine

with the M family! I sure have been lucky to help see a family

get active again in the church, and help part of the family get

prepared for baptism.

Sister Morrison

The twin's baptism!

Monday;s Hike

Zone Training

More baptism pics!