8.15.2016

One Year! 🎉🎂😳

Attention all human beings how are reading this email: Sister Maya and

I hit our year mark on Friday and it was awesome!! Why? Because we got

to spend the day at a combined zone training so not only did I get

some good training, but I also got to see all of my old companions!

(minus Sister Durfee 😥) It was great to see each one, because they

are the best missionaries around, and all we did was laugh and have a

good time when we saw each other. The training was also really good!

Recently we've taken a mission survey to see how our obedience on

certain things are going. Most people hate all those numbers, but I

was eating it up! Now I know even more clearly what I can work on :)

We sang a medley of As Sisters in Zion and We'll Bring he World His

Truth. I may not be the next American Idol, but I do love to sing, and

that song just brings the spirit like no other.

Slowly but surely I am getting to know more of the members here. When

I went to Lock Haven I had no problem remembering who people were, but

here I ask people their name and five minutes later I've already

forgotten that and what they look like. Hopefully I will be able to

catch on soon because if not I'm going to start driving people nuts!

The people who I do remember though are awesome! Most are convert's

with amazing conversion stories. That's nice because they typically

appreciate missionaries more.

Well, the spirit of Elijah has finally caught up to me. Each week we

get a set amount of time to do family history, but I never used the

time. But, since our building has a family history center I was able

to learn how to index and its a lot of fun! I really enjoy doing the

draft papers because it give detailed information about what the

people looked like and I just imagine short chubby people, or super

tall dudes. It's the closest thing to a computer game that a

missionary gets, but it is sure helping people find their ancestors so

I enjoy that time each week.

Since my first transfer out I have not gotten a media referral of any

sort, until these past two weeks. We have been asking everyone we meet

for a referral but no one has been biting, when out of the blue we got

four referrals sent to us! Two of them were media referrals which are

like candy to missionaries! Although none have made too much progress

now I am so grateful for those Mormon ads, and for other missionaries

who send us people.

Sister Maya and I were able to meet N, a less active, for the

first time this week. She is so awesome and has been a member for

about five years. Although she isn't super active she still has an

awesome testimony of the gospel. We gave her a temple open house

invitation and told her that our goal for her was the temple. She was

super excited and motivated to start changing. We are excited for her!

We taught D the law of tithing this past week and he received it

super well. He understood how he will be blessed, and even if he

doesn't get too much fun money to spend during each month, he knew

that paying his tithing was more important. I was so grateful that he

accepted it. I love tithing so much and it makes so much sense, but to

so many people, they don't see how it can benefit them and is too big

of a sacrifice. Sometimes I wish I could hack into people's bank

accounts and just pay it for them, but that wouldn't do them any good

and I'd just end up in jail. So, needless to say, I was happy when

D was on board.

It's so weird to think I have been out a year and people now look at

me as an "older" missionary. Sometimes I wake up and still feel like I

need to get ready for school or work, but other days I'm super pumped

to go and teach people (usually Tuesday's cause that day is stacked

with lessons haha). But, besides the fact that I feel like a normal

human, I know I am not. I only have 18 months to be a missionary, so I

better live it up while I can! Thankfully, I've come to love PA and

all its quirks, so that shouldn't be a problem!

Sister Morrison

Burning a skirt on our one year mark!

Flashback to a year ago when my group arrived in

Pennsylvania!

Sister Thompson and I with our matching

Walmart purses, and the yellow watermelon she gave

me. It was the coolest thing ever!

Cool picture of the Sh that toured the

Philadelphia temple.