7.25.2016

Cows, and the temple!

This week was a hot rough one. We taught a total of four lessons, our

new investigators from last week are far from interested, and our

finding efforts felt a bit wasted. But, despite all the you stuff, we

had some good laughs and a Sunday that we will never forget! 

Ju is full speed ahead for her baptism this upcoming Friday! She has

quit smoking and finished her lessons. All she has left is her

baptismal interview. She is so excited, and so are we! I've never seen

someone so willing to accept the gospel, or willing to make changes in

her life so fast. I feel blessed to help her, and feel super lucky

because it's not every day that you have someone say they want

baptized (yes, I know I have bad grammar; it's the way people talk out

here) after attending another baptismal service.

Lessons with D are not the traditional lessons. Thankfully another

elder got permission to Skype in and translate for us. It seems fairly

normal, except for the part when D changes the subject almost every

five minutes. This past week his big exciting news for us was that he

lifted some weights at the YMCA. Although it is a bit frustrating

sometimes, he does need a friend so I am happy to be one. 

I was once again reminded of my hate for the rain. Last Monday we were

walking to a lesson when it started raining harder than I've ever

seen. In about thirty seconds I was soaked! We ran as fast as we could

to get to our lesson, and once we finally made it they stood inside

and stared at us outside their door in the pouring rain. That was a

bummer, and not quite what I was expecting!

We also learned how to milk cows! It was smelly and cow poop was

everywhere but it was so much fun! I think I heard the word tit about

fifty times, and saw a cow who just had a baby. Her boob, milk holding

thing, was so big, I'm pretty sure Sister Thompson could fit inside of

it! I am so excited for next week when we get to try it all ourselves! 

 Alright, the most glorious thing happened in Philadelphia yesterday,

and we were there to witness it. I'm not talking about the preparation

for the Democratic National Convention occurring today, although that

did cause the traffic to get about twice as bad. We got to go to the

first tour of the temple reserved for missionaries and nonmembers that

they brought! Thanks to Sister N we were able to get down there and

have two nonmembers with us. We picked up D, her nephew that got

baptized in November, and his housemate D, as well as her Aunt

J. It was a long day in the car, but totally worth it! 

The temple is right in the middle of the city, and is beautiful! The

exterior and interior are decorated to look a bit like the

revolutionary times, and there were so many gorgeous painting and

murals including one when you first walk in of the signers of the

Declaration of Independence. You could feel the spirit from the moment

you stepped out of your car, and it felt so good to be in the House of

the Lord. It had been almost a year for me! Even with the spirit and

the reverent attitude of everyone, of course there had to be some

funny moments. D, one of the nonmembers, is hilarious! When they

talked about the two mirrors that showed yourself for eternity he

stood up, looked at himself and waved. He thought it was so cool!

Later, we were walking down a hallways and passed a drinking fountain.

He took a sip, and with a big grin on his face said "I just drank some

holy water!" I couldn't help but chuckle a little when I heard that

one.

On the way back it was getting late, and Sister N who was driving

was getting a little tired. We couldn't help drive because of mission

rules, so I ended up singing hymns to her to help her stay awake. I'm

sure all of your are dying laughing because we all know I cannot sign,

but it worked and she stayed awake. Probably because her ears were

hurting too bad to get comfortable enough to sleep haha.

Sister Morrison

We tried to find the PA Grand Canyon on Monday but t

his was all we could find. It was still pretty though!

 

We had interviews with President this past week.

Celebrating sister M's birthday at the ice shack.

We took a picture of our skype lesson. It

cracks me up because Sister Thompson looks like

Mike from Monsters Inc. haha

Sorry, we don't have pictures of our whole group and the temple,

hopefully next week we can send some!

But enjoy our picture by Jesus :)