I feel like so much happens in a mission week. I have no clue what to write
about because there is sooo much to write about. But I'll try.
-On Tuesday, we met a hispanic girl named Stephanie while tracting a
sketchy part of town. She is 22, and has had the missionaries over before. She
grew up in America so she speaks perfect English and little Spanish haha. But
anyways. She stopped meeting with the missionaries because her parents got sick
of them because they went over there three or four times a week. It's quite the
balancing act to know how much contact is the right amount of contact. But
anyways. SHE IS ON DATE! Wahoo! She said she would like to be baptized in
September. So September 21 it is. Unfortunately we haven't been able to visit
her yet again but hopefully we will soon.
-I was pretty sick this last week. Just an awful head cold. Blegh. So that
put a damper on everything but I just kept going. That's just what you have to
do with missionary work.
-We have a new investigator named Frank! We had a lesson about the Book of
Mormon and it was awesome. He basically said that he could believe the Book of
Mormon is the work of God. He also came to Sacrament meeting yesterday! It was
going fine and dandy, but then he asked Sister Hehl if we do a collection plate
at the end. She said no, and briefly mentioned we pay ten percent of our income.
As we talked to him after the meeting, he said he couldn't be Mormon because he
can't pay tithing. He also said that he was going to go check out other churches
and he would let us know if he was still interested. We were devastated,
especially Sister Hehl because she felt like she messed it up by mentioning
tithing. BUT. We had a miracle. Sister Hehl accidentally called Frank last night
and he called back and I just straight up asked him, "Frank, are you still
willing to learn about the church?" He said he was! We have another lesson set
up with him for Wednesday.
-Miracle Mikayla! So do you remember me mentioning Mikayla, the
investigator that we got from White River when I was in Lake Holm but we could
never get in contact with her? Well. On Friday, we had the Wilkinsons (a family
in the ward) as a backup plan. We drove there but were really hesitant to go
visit. We sat in the car for five minutes discussing it. We had no reason to go
there. None whatsoever. We had no clue what to talk to them about. But, we were
walking up and Emilia (the eighteen year old Wilkinson girl) pulled up. In the
front seat was MIKAYLA! We talked with her and asked her if she still wants to
be baptized. She said yes! She is on date for July 27th. We taught her the
Restoration on Saturday and she came to church on Sunday. She is the first
investigator that I have seen the gospel literally and physically affect them.
She just lights up when we are teaching her. She grins from ear to ear and sits
up a little bit straighter. It is absolutely incredible to see. You should have
seen her face when we told her that she can have the gift of the Holy Ghost. So
things are going well with her, but her parents are a major obstacle. We can't
meet with her unless her mom is willing to drive her to the Wilkinsons. Her mom
is fine with her learning, but her dad is inactive, and very Anti. It's a
struggle for Mikayla. We are praying that her parents' hearts will be
softened!
-We are now officially the Federal Way mission! So far, not too much has
changed. It will be interesting to see what President Eaton has to bring to the
table. I'm excited.
-Yesterday we had another "What are we doing?" Moment. We had planned to go
drop by a potential investigator. We had no reason to go there, and we had no
clue what we were going to say. As we were walking up to the house, Julie was
outside. She invited us to a BBQ at her house on Thursday! Woooot! It's been
really cool to see Heavenly Father taking care of things. With both Mikayla and
Julie, we didn't know what we were doing. But the Lord did.
For anyone who wants to send me letters or packages, which should be
everybody: ;) My new mission office address is:
23175 224th Pl. SE
Suite E
Maple Valley, WA
98038
Being a missionary is awesome. Hurrah for Israel!
Love, Sister Morrow
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