7.18.2016

Cows and temple invitations

Apparently a new app has come out that has people roaming the streets

all the time. Pokemon Gó has been the latest craze, and as

missionaries we love it! So many more people are out which makes

street contacting a lot easier. We were able to figure out some local

hubs where people cluster together so we know where to catch these

video game addicts :)

Over the past few weeks we have handed out about 150 temple open house

invitations to people as we try to find people to teach, and sadly we

haven't seen much success. Until this past week! We were able to teach

a ton of lessons on the street, and get a few new investigators! So

far our return appointments have fallen through, but it's giving us

some hope because we are starting to perk people's interest about our

church.

We also taught Ju about the temple using the new Temples and

Families pamphlet. That thing makes teaching so much easier and has

lots of cool temple pictures in it. Ju was really excited and loved

learning about the temple. We got her really excited to go to the

Palmyra temple, sacred grove, and Priesthood Restoration cite in the

beginning of August. Although we won't be able to go with her, we are

really hoping that we can get Sister M, M, and G to all

go with her so it can be one big happy family day at the temple!

Little did we know, at the food bank some of the other volunteers

thought we were Mennonites. I thought it was a little funny, yet at

the same time it was a little bit of a blow to my self esteem. I

thought I was doing good at not looking frumpy but I guess I was

wrong. Why else would they mistake us for girls that wear skirts to

their ankles and have their hair in a bun covered by a mini cloth?

We also got a cool tour of a dairy farm this past week! Ja,

another food bank volunteer, lives across from the Lutheran church and

she told us to come look at some puppies that were born. We went over

to check them out and also got to see three different calves all born

that day. We stuck our finger in one of their mouths and it felt so

weird!! It was like an oversized slobbery, toothless human was sucking

on your finger with a super rough tongue. It was quite the experience!

And a bonus is that we set up service to go milk some cows next week!

We went on two different exchanges with our new areas, and they seem

to be a lot like Lock Haven. When I spent the day in Ridgeway all we

did was tract, and let's just say the time went slower that molasses.

I am not a tracting missionary but I had to put a smile on my face and

pretend I did! Basically the main takeaway I had from the two

exchanges was that I need to get over myself. Who cares that I'm in a

hard area, so are other people. And I am so lucky that I have a

companion that dislikes tracting as much as I do because I don't have

to do it everyday.

Sister Morrison

Inviting Pokemon players to the Philadelphia temple open house!

Guess why I'm in the middle of a corn field...

I had to pee and there was no bathroom around.

Funny thing, I had to duck down and hide from an Amish

buggie as it rode past haha

Post potty selfie ;)

What's a trip to a dairy farm without stepping

in a fresh cow pie?

Newborn calf sucking on my thumb!