Oh trust me, it's all the Big Man upstairs

 Friends, family, assorted loved ones, 

It has been an amazing week! I can't accurately describe how genuinely happy I've been this week. I have been able to feel true joy as we've been in lessons and meeting with people. It's incredible to understand and know that I am doing the work of the Lord and that He trusts me enough to give me these incredible people who need me right now. That, if nothing else, gives me purpose and worth. I am so incredibly humbled to be loved so deeply. 

I love my companion so much it's scary. She and I just get along so well! We have this unity that I don't even know how we got but I love it! 

ALSO, WE'RE HAVING A BAPTISM ON WEDNESDAY!!! WOOHOOOO!!!

So, let me be the first to say, THANK YOU for your prayers and your faith. I'm amazed and excited that the Lord is trusting us with this miracle. His name is Adam and we met him on Sunday! He's been taught before, way back in February, and has been studying on his own since he lost contact with the previous missionaries. He knows the gospel better than I do sometimes! He basically texted us and said "Hey how do I join your church? I know the Book of Mormon is modern scripture, that Joseph Smith is a prophet of this modern dispensation, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true and living church of God on the Earth." We taught him on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and he received his baptismal interview and passed with flying colors. This man is incredible and I can feel the power of his testimony every time he shares it. It's amazing! 

We're incredibly busy with planning the baptism so I apologize that this is so short, but know I'm happy and healthy, alive and well! 

Oh, also we had Zone Conference and I gave my departing testimony and bawled like a baby so here are some tearful pictures! 

Alma 32:26

《Or, comme je l’ai dit concernant la foi — que ce n’était pas une connaissance parfaite — ainsi en est-il de mes paroles. Vous ne pouvez pas, dès l’abord, savoir à la perfection qu’elles sont sûres, pas plus que la foi n’est une connaissance parfaite.》

Câlins et bisous,

Sœur Morrison 

Onward and Upward 

Que Dieu vous bénisse 

I apologize if I crinkle in the night

 Hey hey family and friends! 

This week has been wild and my memory ran away with it. I'll try my bestest for y'all. 

So, turns out I just love my companion. We are so so similar! We have studies as a companionship every day, and when we get to the part when we talk about our personal studies, we both rant about how much we truly love the gospel! We just bear testimony and feed off of one another's energy. We also take nightly walks and we chat about life and the gospel and our missionary work and breathe in some good clean air. I love this gal! 

The work has been amazing! Truly fulfilling and keeps me very busy for which I am grateful! We are teaching a number of people and I'll list em off, because I would really appreciate a prayer or two for them! Merci beaucoup mon amis! 

Joanne: she's a lovely Bible study lady who we meet with twice every week. She's slowly gaining more trust with us and opening up, and we really want her to be able to come to Church! 

Williams: he's our lil buddy! He's a younger guy, really sweet, and has learned a lot about the gospel. We're hoping to get him on date for baptism really soon! He's almost there! 

Patricia: she's a friend that has been taught before but struggles with remembering everything we teach! Pray that we can meet with her and help her!

Larice: she's new, but we already love her dearly. There is a special light about her and I think she could possibly be one of the happiest people I've ever had the good fortune of meeting. She actually reminds me a lot of my old mission president, Pres Mutombo. 

Thank you for your support and constant prayers, I need them and I'm very grateful for them! 

This week was our very first Bible study class! We have been getting a lot of requests from our friends to do a Bible studies with them, so we came up with a brilliant idea! We invited both members and nonmembers to join us on Friday nights. Hopefully it'll be a good opportunity for everyone to get to know each other and make some new friends. 

To explain the pictures down below, we did indeed paint our wall! Luckily it was only washable paint and we got to clean it up afterwards. It was for a video. Basically, the wall represents our lives. We all start out clean and fresh. And along comes life with its sins, stains, temptations, hate, and a whole lotta other stuff. The bad stuff is represented by the paint. It messes up our perfect lil white wall and we get dirty! Luckily, we have something called the Atonement of Jesus Christ to help us and uplift us. Through Jesus Christ, we can be washed free from sins and be restored to an even brighter and better us! 

We had a ton of fun throwing paint at our wall and we definitely got it in more places than we anticipated it going. We were covered and the carpet is now rainbow colored! 

So yeah, life has been good! We're making delicious food, we're going on long walks, and we're building lifelong friendships out here. I couldn't ask for more! I'm definitely feeling a little bit of sadness and panic set in as the weeks are starting to go by too fast, but I'm also learning how to accept change with grace and dignity and gratitude. What a great time to learn about giving thanks, huh? 

Éther 6:9

《Et ils chantèrent des louanges au Seigneur ; oui, le frère de Jared chantait des louanges au Seigneur, et il remerciait et louait le Seigneur tout le jour ; et lorsque la nuit arrivait, ils ne cessaient de louer le Seigneur.》

Câlins et bisous, Sœur Morrison 

Onward and Upward 

Que Dieu vous bénisse 

Just a lil dino and his buddies

 SO. It's been too long! Let me update you!

Transfers happened; I love my new companion. She's a hoot! We are two peas in a pod. Very very similar! We even sound almost exactly alike! She's sweet as can be and I'm so very excited for this lovely transfer we'll have together! She's from California, so we are fellow west coasters. She was trained by Sister Wood, the first sister I trained. We call our trainers our "mission moms" so technically I'm her "mission grandma" which is so funny! She's an actual angel sent from heaven, and I'm so glad I have Heavenly Father directing us because He knew I needed her in my life. 

Last week was very busy! We went to a harvest farm, carved pumpkins, went shopping, and cleaned the apartment. The harvest farm was adorable! There were so many pumpkins, gourds, flowers, produce, and little farm goodies. It made me miss Bauman's and EZ Orchards. *sigh* But we got to pick out some cute lil pumpkins and we got way too many! We love autumn here in Reisterstown.

We also got some neat news. The Sister Training Leaders called us to tell us that we got a new assignment! We are now the official messenger Sisters! We have a Facebook page for our area that we serve in. When someone comments on a post or messages the page, we get those messages and have to respond and send them off to the missionaries closest to them! It's really exciting! There'll be another weekly meeting to add in, which isn't super exciting, but we get to be busy on the page and work with all the missionaries in our Zone! 

Also, our friend Williams actually showed up to church!! He said he must have enjoyed it because it flew by! He was so happy and we even saw him shed a tear or two. Hopefully he'll be able to show up again next Sunday! 

Also, it snowed today. Just a flurry but I thought I'd share because I actually could not believe my eyes. 

Also welcome to November! 

1 Néphi 21:15-16 

《Car une femme oublie-t-elle l’enfant qu’elle allaite ? N’a-t-elle pas pitié du fruit de ses entrailles ? Quand elle l’oublierait, moi je ne t’oublierai point, ô maison d’Israël.

Voici, je t’ai gravée sur mes mains ; tes murs sont toujours devant mes yeux.》

Câlins et bisous, Sœur Morrison 

Onward and Upward 

Que Dieu vous bénisse