Happy New Year!
This week we walked around trying
to find people and it was great! The weather was great, and snow hasn't come
yet, so I'm still a happy camper. In fact, one day it was so warm (and by warm
I mean 50 degrees) that I didn't even need a jacket! Wooohoooo!!! We picked up
a few new investigators, so hopefully next week we will get a few more lessons
in, and less finding. But if not, then we'll find all the cool people this
upcoming week!
We went over the baptismal
interview questions with G, and you can tell that he has such a sincere
desire to do the right thing. He is very reflective and spiritually in tune,
and some of his answers floored me. It's so cool to see how genuine he is about
learning and progressing in the church! He and Wendy are getting married in two
weeks, so we've also started planning a wedding. I have no idea how to do that,
but from what it sounds like, it's like every other Mormon event: small
ceremony, and then food afterwards. So it shouldn't be too hard...right?? Ok
yeah, everyone pray that it turns out ok haha.
We've been trying to meet with a
less active, Sister H, but every time we go over something seems to get in
the way. This past week she got a phone call that lasted a while, so we had to
leave before sharing a message. But as we were walking out the door she
expressed a desire to get back to church, so hopefully we'll be able to
actually teach her next week!
Also, happy new year!!! Holy cow,
I cannot believe 2017 is actually here! Sometimes I honestly felt like 2016
would never end, but it did, and lots of amazing things have happened this past
year. Plus, I was able to achieve all my resolutions! In case you don't
remember what they were, here you go:
- No candy. I did it folks! It was super hard during Easter when those Cadbury eggs were out, but I powered through and lasted a whole year without eating candy.
- Pass out 150 copies of the Book of Mormon. Not only did I achieve this one, but I set a new goal, and was able to pass out 200 copies! It was challenging but it definitely gave us a ton of new investigators over the year.
- Love Pennsylvania and develop a more optimistic attitude. I can definitely say now that I love PA! And although I totally failed sometimes at having a super positive outlook, I think I did a pretty good job at getting rid of my perspective of always seeing he glass half empty instead of half full.
- Write in my journal everyday. It's been a constant struggle each night, but I've done it my whole mission!
Now, here's a list of my 2017
goals:
- No candy again. Of course I had to reward myself with candy one day before I start over again, and today is that day. The first thing I did when I woke up was ate a Reese's tree, and holy cow I died and went to heaven. It was amazing!!! I have not stopped eating candy since, and I am feeling so awful it's great! About five king sized candy bars later, along with lots of fancy chocolates, and I've had a few close encounters with the toilet, but nothing so severe to make me want to quit...yet.
- Read one chapter of the Book of Mormon each day
- Foster the friendships at I've developed on my mission, and continue to develop new ones. I was super terrified to go on a mission because I knew that meant when I got back to college I'd have to start over with making friends. But, I've made some amazing friends here in the PPM, and I don't want them to end at the end of my mission. So, if I considered you a friend from my mission, sorry not sorry, but you are stuck being my friend now :)
Sister Morrison
As we were finding we passed a barber shop with some
funny hair cut pictures. We got a kick out of it!
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