Wedding prep is taking over my life!!!
Hi everyone! I cannot believe I
actually get the opportunity to go to the temple today!! I thought that going
through the Philadelphia open house was as close to it as I was going to get
while on my mission, but miracles happen, and today I am going back to
Philly!
I feel like the past week and a
half have been the most irregular weeks yet. Mainly because we've been doing
lots of things in preparation for G and W's wedding this Saturday. It
seems like every time we think we have things under control, something goes
wrong. While most girls probably would love the task of planning a wedding,
it's been a bit of a struggle for me, and quite frankly, it's making me never
want to get married haha. The ward has been a tremendous help getting everything
together. Sister C fixed our Monday wedding dress fiasco, Brother L got
the music under control, Sister J got the reception down, and we've slowly
got all the loose ends tied down. Holy cow, these things are exhausting!
I finally lost the battle with
Mother Nature this past week, and pulled out my winter coat. I was secretly
hoping I wouldn't need it this winter, but the time finally came. It's been
pretty miserable for me, but all you can do is smile and keep going! People
have been super nice to us though! They've been so concerned for our safety
with the snow, and want to make sure we stay inside nice and warm so they've
been cancelling lessons left and right. Sadly, their kind gesture backfires on
us, because our backup option is to go finding out in the cold. So, it's been a
struggle for us, but hopefully we can convince someone to let us in sooner than
later!
Finding legit people to teach has
been a big struggle for us. No one seems to be home or interested for the
return appointment... but after five weeks Sister Piña and I finally taught the
Restoration to an investigator!! We are pretty sure he isn't fully there
mentally, but I was so happy someone let us in, and that we could teach that we
celebrated with some Sheetz peanut butter hot chocolate after :)
We also had a super awesome lesson
with a lady named S. I'm not too sure if I've talked about her yet, but she
is a member referral and this was the first real lesson that we've had with
her(she had met with the missionaries prior to us). All week long we were
trying to figure out what exactly to teach her. We decided to read the Book of
Mormon with her, but we couldn't seem to find the right chapter. Even the
morning of we were having a hard time. It was super frustrating, and we had
about five different lesson plans but none seemed right. We prayed super hard
before we went to teach her, and right when we started the lesson the spirit
took over, and we taught an amazing lesson! In the end, we committed her to
pray about the Book of Mormon, and about the priesthood being restored. After
the lesson, Sister D was saying how she was nervous for the lesson prior
to it, but thought that it went super well. Thank goodness for the spirit!!!
Even better, S came to church on Sunday! Mainly because we guilted her to
come by telling her I was speaking haha. But, she came, and hopefully we can
start getting her to come because she wants to, rather than politeness.
I guess I should also report on
how my candy binge went from the beginning of last week. Well, thank goodness I
have a super tough stomach because I never threw up. But I think I ended up
with a shopping bag stuffed full of wrappers by the end of the day so I think
it was a successful day :)It doesn't seem like much, but let me tell you, it
is. So here's to another year with no candy!
Sister Morrison
New Years candy stash
Wedding Prep
I'm still trying to train Sister Pina how to properly
buy from Sheetz. She's a slow leaner.
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