6.13.2016

Service, meetings, and fun

This week seemed to fly by! We had back to back exchanges and then

zone conference right after, so we were constantly on the go, but it

was nice. Exchanges help pick up the pace when you are in a slower

area.

Zone Conference was legit. I left feeling spiritually fed, and

motivated to be a better missionary. There are so many things I can do

better, but all I need to do is take it one day at a time. The

training was on how we can better use the pamphlets to teach, and at

the end they announced to everyone that the church has made two new

pamphlets to help us teach about temples and serving in the church.

Everyone was rightfully pumped about them, and president thought it

would be a good idea to have to zone leaders and STLs role play in

front of everyone to introduce how they can be used. Well, the cat's

out of the bag: I HATE ROLE PLAYS! And then, I was expected to do one

in front of everyone and hope I didn't make a fool of myself?!? Yeah,

I was nervous about it, but the good thing is we had about a week to

prepare so it went well. The pamphlets really are cool and will help

us be able to explain things much more simply. 

We volunteer at a Historical Society each week, and when Sister

Wadsworth was with me she spotted their pump organ. She asked if she

could play it and it was so cool! You have to push these pedals with

your feet to get the sound to work, so basically you play with your

hands and gain the electricity through your feet. It was funny to

watch, but really cool at the same time. State College was once again

amazing. It was nice getting a little break from the usual Central

Pennsylvania, and to ride busses. It's great. 

We also had the monthly food pantry this week. There are some other

members of the branch who go and help out, and while we were there we

saw Brother R pass out temple invitations to all of the other

volunteers. It was cool to see that the members here are getting

excited about the open house, and that they are doing their best to

invite all that they can. 

Something really cool happened yesterday. The B's, a senior

couple who used to be missionaries here, came to visit the branch. I

recognized the name because of some former investigators we met about

a month ago talked so highly of them. As I introduced myself I

mentioned how we went and saw the S family, and that they really

loved them. I didn't think much about it until Relief Society. Sister

Bushman told a story about how for the past five years they have

continued to pray for two specific people that they met on their

mission. At first she prayed that they would accept the gospel, but

more recently she has prayed that the missionaries would be able to

find them. Well, low and behold, the people she was praying for was

the S! We were lead to them by the hand of God! That was a

really cool thing for me to be a part of. I believed that we are where

God needs us to be each day, but now I know for a fact that we are. 

We had an awesome lesson with J this past week. We were able to

meet his girlfriend, S, and although she wasn't interested in

sitting with us, she was very friendly. We taught the Restoration

again, and focused on how the priesthood has been restored, and we can

know this through the Book of Mormon. We asked him if when he came to

know it was true if he would be a baptized and he said yes! He's got a

Lon long way to go, but he's already made such progress. After we

testified of how study of the Book of Mormon would help him he threw

down this awesome testimony of it. He explained how he hasn't put as

much effort into reading it as he should have, but he is ready to work

harder because it really is the word of God. Honestly, his testimony

of it was better than some of the members here. It was great!

Sister Morrison

J!

Altoona and Williamsport Zones

Williamsport district plus Towanda Elders