12.19.2016

Referrals and split pants

To be honest, I have no idea where this week went. It's been really

hard to try and figure out a new area without any real references, but

thankfully the ward here is awesome! So going to church and church

activities have been my way of staying sane haha. We've tried

contacting a bunch of different people this past week, and it seems

like almost all the investigators we had to start with decided they

don't want contact with the missionaries for a while. So, starting

next week, Sister Piña and I really are starting from scratch. I'm

definitely learning patience in this companionship, and I'm pretty

sure that it's because God knew I came out with none of it, and He

finally sees that it's my time to acquire it haha.

Thankfully G is doing awesome and still going strong! We talked

to him about prayer and scripture study this past week, and he has

such good insights! It blows me away how prepared he is! And it's even

more awesome that he is helping Wendy return back to the church.

We did lots of finding this week, and on Tuesday it was snowing while

we were out and about. There was a little neighborhood with a bunch of

potential investigators in our area book, so we decided to try and

contact them all. None of them were very interested, but in the

process of contacting them we were given three referrals! It seemed

like each person told us "I'm not interested, but try my neighbor!" It

was so weird and uncommon, but it was great!

The youth in the ward had a soup kitchen service project that they

invited us. It was so much fun! I don't know if I was just oblivious

to it back at home, or if Pennsylvania just has a ton of homeless and

very low income people. It's sad, but it's also cool to see how happy

they are to get a warm meal. Right as we were about to start cooking,

Elder Robertson came up to me asking if I had an emergency sewing kit

because Elder Manley busted his pants. Luckily, we were only two

blocks away so we could go home and get a needle and some thread. When

he handed us his pants, Sister Piña and I broke into laughing

hysterics for a good five minutes because this was no dinky hole...our

head could've fit through it!! Slowly we got all our giggles out,

fixed his pants, and went on serving people. I think the funniest part

about it was that Elder Manley is the kind of person who doesn't seem

to catch a break no matter how hard he tries.

This week we also had interviews with President Johnson. It was nice

to talk openly and freely with him. He's the closest thing to a dad on

the mission, (minus the hugs) and knows just what to say when it comes

to teaching you and letting you know that he is proud of you. Although

this time around he did allude a little bit to me going home soon

which was weird. The closer it gets, the more and more I'm realizing

that I've turned into a freak out here in Pennsylvania 😅

Sister Morrison

Sister Pina found 23 family names to take to the

temple in one hour!

SkipBo with the district

Lewisburg District

After our lesson fell through and our finding failed,

I decided it was best to celebrate with Sheetz peanut butter

hot chocolate :)