10.03.2016

Crazy old lady, finding, and conference

I haven't really eaten myself sick since Pittsburgh, but this week we

actually had a meal appointment, and they believed in huge portions! I

saw my plate and thought "wow, that's a lot of food, but I can pack it

down," but poor Sister Terry. She is seriously a size XS, and I was

afraid she would bust open if she ate half of the food. I was pretty

impressed with her when she got almost all of it down. The car ride

after we couldn't help but unzip our skirts and laugh. We also

performed our first food swap together without the members knowing.

That's proof right there that training is coming along just fine ;)

We did some service for some nonmembers, and we went into it thinking

we were going to spend time with an old lady and give her care taker a

break. Well, we more or less babysat a crazy old lady named A.

Sometimes we felt as though we were going to die from a psycho person,

but for the most part we just laughed. We asked her who old she was,

but she couldn't remember so we decided to ask her what year she was

born. She responded "1792!" A little while later she was saying how

she was skinny, evaluated Sister Terry and said she was skinny, then

looked up at me (I was a good four or five inches taller than her) and

said "You are too big to be skinny." Man, only old people can get away

with saying stuff like that without reservation!

We were able to have a lesson with a less active, Am, and her

nonmember mom, P last Monday. It went so well, and the whole time

Am was throwing down testimony and P was eating it up! Of

course there had to be a redneck flare on the whole thing. This time:

it was a porch lesson in the freezing cold because their house was

infested with fleas. I guess you can't have it all, can you?

This week we tried to change up finding a bit, and it turned out

pretty successful! I read from another missionary's weekly email that

they did something called "Power Hour" where they share a message with

members, and then have them pray and receive revelation on where we

should work for the next hour. We did it with the J's and it

worked! They sent us to a little community in Richardsville. We were

able to hand out two Book of Mormons, and get a new investigator! They

whole drive there I was a little nervous that it was going to be

unsuccessful, and we would look like dumb missionaries, but I kept

saying to myself "no, I need to have faith!" Well, it turns out that

faithful finding works! If only I can remember that more often when

finding is not the most enjoyable...

We also had interviews this past week, and had some more great

training from President and Sister Johnson. They talked about how

Moroni even felt inadequate as he compared himself to the Brother of

Jared. I never knew that, and it was a little comforting to see that

others struggle. But, it also was a good reminder for me not to

compare myself to others.

Conference was great, and I feel like I learned so much! One main

takeaway for me is that I want to make the rest of my mission a

"joyful privilege." It's hard to see on a day to day basis how awesome

being a missionary is, but it you step back and really think about

what you are doing, you see that it really is amazing! I'm so grateful

I decided to go on a mission because I've seen so many people change

and become happier. D also got to watch conference this weekend

and she loved it. She said that it really helped clarify things, and I

am grateful to see her dedication in learning if the church is true.

  

Sister Morrison

District picture

We really don't appreciate the rain.

Photo booth selfie with P.