buenos dias!
things are going pretty well here in the texas mcallen mission. the weather has been beautiful and we are enjoying it while it lasts.. next month is usually when it starts to get to the hundred degrees and is unbearable. i will probably take less pictures because i'll be sweating the entire summer. so. sorry.
we had kind of a lull with meeting crazy people this week. but we did meet one. his name was dr. mata. in fact, that's the first thing he said to us, "i'm a doctor. dr. mata." he was at least 70 years old. he could barely walk. he hobbled. and he lived in a huge house. there's one neighborhood in our area that is filled with wealthy white people who pay all the mexicans 4$ an hour to clean their houses. that's where we were when we found him. so he takes us inside and shows us all of his fancy things. hobbling around. we thought his maid was home, but she wasn't. big no-no. we aren't supposed to be in men's homes when they are alone. but we found out too late. so at first we just went with it.. he was a sweet old man.. we figured it was an exception. but he soon started to be super creepy. he asked us if we've ever been to the caribbean or if we wanted to go. so we said, of course we want to go some day. who doesn't? and he said, "well i'm planning on going in two months. will you girls go with me?" of course we will not! we tried to explain to him that we were missionaries, we don't really get time off, we try to focus on the missionary work... aside from the fact that you were alive during the great depression... but he was very persistent and told us he would call the mission president and ask permission. ha. then he continued to show us more things around his house. trying to win us over with his art taste and money. we tried teaching him, but he just kept bringing it back to how much money he had. and his private gynecology practice that he had. sick. and how he was the state diplomat. and how his girlfriend just broke up with him. and all these weird things. so we finally to decided to get the heck out of there. and he asked for our phone number and we gave him a fake and told him we'd have elders come back and visit him if he was interested in the gospel. he was a creeper for sure. but i wasn't too scared because he was like 90 years old and we could have taken him.
and that, kids, is why there are rules for missionaries. so we don't go island hopping with 90 year old men and get taken advantage of. bleh.
we meet lots of great people too though. most people in the world are doing the best they can with what they've got and are very kind and want to make changes in their lives and do better. i love those people. i love the crazy people too though. and i think they make for better stories.
hope everyone is doing well! don't forget about your favorite sister missionary in the south. love you all.
xoxo
brittany
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Need a good laugh?
hello family!
i have some funny stories from this week. funny story number one: this cute little older mexican lady we were teaching asked me if i was amish. omish. how do you spell that? either way it was funny. there was this sister in our area before me and sister kellett was here who was kind of crazy.. like dressed really weird and was just a little out there.. and she's given us a bad rep. ha. people always ask us weird things and it's because they saw her around and just assume we're all like that. so this lady had been taught by that sister, and i guess the whole time she thought she was amish. so she asked me if i was amish too. sad.
second funny story: we go and visit this recent convert about once a week. she's pretty old and she has typhoid fever, as well as every other disease or sickness imaginable but we are pretty sure she's a hypochondriac. one time we went over and she was like, my arthritis hurts, i'm going to take some morphine. ha. she gets all of her perscription drugs from mexico illegally. she's nuts. one time she called us and she was really sick and i said "is there anything we can do for you? anything you need right now?" and she said, "yes. a bullet." ha. ok. so this week she calls us and sounded like death. she said she had been really really sick for two weeks now. which was false because we had just visited her 5 days ago and she was fine. but anyway. she said she really needed a back rub. so i was like.. um, ok we'll come over. so we went over and she just laid on the couch and we talked with her and her daughter. and sister kellett said "so-and-so, do you want a backrub?" because i was not about to offer. so i being the good companion that i am, fed my companion to the wolves and made her do it. so-and-so said, yes. let me just get out of these clothes. she then lifted up her shirt and had poor sister kellett rub her bare old lady back. so we all just kept talking.. i was talking with the daughter. and i guess i missed it, but after so-and-so was done having her back rubbed, she just rolled over on her back and her old lady bosoms were hanging out and took sister kellett by surprise. she was flashed. by a hypochondriac on morphine. thank heavens i missed the whole thing because i was distracted talking to the daughter. ha. yay for crazy things.
but the good thing is, we've been teaching this 24 year old girl named miriam who is just the love of my life. so cute and sweet and she accepted a baptismal date and came to church and made friends and everything. she is amazing. and her little sister is probably going to be baptised as well. they are adorable. and i love them. that is all.
well. that's about all i have for the week. ciao.
xoxo
brittany
i have some funny stories from this week. funny story number one: this cute little older mexican lady we were teaching asked me if i was amish. omish. how do you spell that? either way it was funny. there was this sister in our area before me and sister kellett was here who was kind of crazy.. like dressed really weird and was just a little out there.. and she's given us a bad rep. ha. people always ask us weird things and it's because they saw her around and just assume we're all like that. so this lady had been taught by that sister, and i guess the whole time she thought she was amish. so she asked me if i was amish too. sad.
second funny story: we go and visit this recent convert about once a week. she's pretty old and she has typhoid fever, as well as every other disease or sickness imaginable but we are pretty sure she's a hypochondriac. one time we went over and she was like, my arthritis hurts, i'm going to take some morphine. ha. she gets all of her perscription drugs from mexico illegally. she's nuts. one time she called us and she was really sick and i said "is there anything we can do for you? anything you need right now?" and she said, "yes. a bullet." ha. ok. so this week she calls us and sounded like death. she said she had been really really sick for two weeks now. which was false because we had just visited her 5 days ago and she was fine. but anyway. she said she really needed a back rub. so i was like.. um, ok we'll come over. so we went over and she just laid on the couch and we talked with her and her daughter. and sister kellett said "so-and-so, do you want a backrub?" because i was not about to offer. so i being the good companion that i am, fed my companion to the wolves and made her do it. so-and-so said, yes. let me just get out of these clothes. she then lifted up her shirt and had poor sister kellett rub her bare old lady back. so we all just kept talking.. i was talking with the daughter. and i guess i missed it, but after so-and-so was done having her back rubbed, she just rolled over on her back and her old lady bosoms were hanging out and took sister kellett by surprise. she was flashed. by a hypochondriac on morphine. thank heavens i missed the whole thing because i was distracted talking to the daughter. ha. yay for crazy things.
but the good thing is, we've been teaching this 24 year old girl named miriam who is just the love of my life. so cute and sweet and she accepted a baptismal date and came to church and made friends and everything. she is amazing. and her little sister is probably going to be baptised as well. they are adorable. and i love them. that is all.
well. that's about all i have for the week. ciao.
xoxo
brittany
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
The craziness continues!
Hello peeps.
This was a crazy week for me full of firsts. first:
-baptism
-sunburn
-road trip to mcallen
-time holding a rooster.
what? i held a rooster. in my arms. this lady we are teaching is the epitome of a crazy cat lady. except besides six cats, she has three dogs (four if you count the stuffed dead one in her living room), a parrot, and a rooster. all living in her home with her. i wanted to take a picture with the rooster and she straight picked it up and put it into my arms. the picture is way funny. i have pure fear in my eyes. i shall send it home some time. that lady's name is maria and she's nuts. she was telling us when she was younger she used to belong to one of those churches that torture themselves. like whip themselves and stuff. ah. and she lets her pets just roam all over. and never bathes them. her house smells like cat pee. and the dog was up on the table eating cookies from this cookie bin and then five minutes later she offered us cookies from the same cookie bin. ha. crazy. she has a jungle in her backyard, no joke. and the inside of her house is stacked from floor to ceiling with weird crazy knick knacks. you can hardly move. she showed us her bathroom and there are heaps of dirty clothes, you can't even get to the toilet. ha. i love her.
our baptism was great! little ester castano. she is 9 years old. her mom just got baptized last month. they are african and had been living in spain and now live in laredo. yolanda just got divorced. her husband was like one of those crazy africans who are into voodoo and stuff. yolanda had been talking to missionaries for five years but her husband wouldn't let her get baptized. he thought she had evil spirits in her and had people come and try to exorcisms on her. so weird. she's like the cutest most normal person ever. anyway. ester is awesome. such a smart girl. there's another little boy who is 5 whose name is haytor (say it like eye-tor) and he's adorable. he never speaks. he has yet to say a word to us. but he's so sweet and runs up and gives us hugs and loves playing with us. we love their family. yolanda can't get a job because she was under her husband's work visa.. so they are struggling pretty bad financially. if anybody needs extra people to pray for, feel free.
sister kellett and i got to road trip three hours to mcallen on friday for some training for new people and their trainers. it was fun to see all the cute little elders i came out with and eat some lunch with them and stuff. good times.
well, i must be going. love you all, happy march 1st!
xoxo
brittany
This was a crazy week for me full of firsts. first:
-baptism
-sunburn
-road trip to mcallen
-time holding a rooster.
what? i held a rooster. in my arms. this lady we are teaching is the epitome of a crazy cat lady. except besides six cats, she has three dogs (four if you count the stuffed dead one in her living room), a parrot, and a rooster. all living in her home with her. i wanted to take a picture with the rooster and she straight picked it up and put it into my arms. the picture is way funny. i have pure fear in my eyes. i shall send it home some time. that lady's name is maria and she's nuts. she was telling us when she was younger she used to belong to one of those churches that torture themselves. like whip themselves and stuff. ah. and she lets her pets just roam all over. and never bathes them. her house smells like cat pee. and the dog was up on the table eating cookies from this cookie bin and then five minutes later she offered us cookies from the same cookie bin. ha. crazy. she has a jungle in her backyard, no joke. and the inside of her house is stacked from floor to ceiling with weird crazy knick knacks. you can hardly move. she showed us her bathroom and there are heaps of dirty clothes, you can't even get to the toilet. ha. i love her.
our baptism was great! little ester castano. she is 9 years old. her mom just got baptized last month. they are african and had been living in spain and now live in laredo. yolanda just got divorced. her husband was like one of those crazy africans who are into voodoo and stuff. yolanda had been talking to missionaries for five years but her husband wouldn't let her get baptized. he thought she had evil spirits in her and had people come and try to exorcisms on her. so weird. she's like the cutest most normal person ever. anyway. ester is awesome. such a smart girl. there's another little boy who is 5 whose name is haytor (say it like eye-tor) and he's adorable. he never speaks. he has yet to say a word to us. but he's so sweet and runs up and gives us hugs and loves playing with us. we love their family. yolanda can't get a job because she was under her husband's work visa.. so they are struggling pretty bad financially. if anybody needs extra people to pray for, feel free.
sister kellett and i got to road trip three hours to mcallen on friday for some training for new people and their trainers. it was fun to see all the cute little elders i came out with and eat some lunch with them and stuff. good times.
well, i must be going. love you all, happy march 1st!
xoxo
brittany
Monday, February 22, 2010
Crazy People
buenos dias!
this has been a pretty great week. sister kellett and i found 8 new investigators. we found two young families who are just amazing and really searching for more in their lives. we also found a pretty awesome guy named genaro. genaro villarreal. who knows, maybe if you googled his name you would find some crazy things. he was a pretty big time drug dealer. then about two years ago he got in a bad car accident. he was the only one who survived.. was in the hospital for three months. got busted for the drugs and everything, his wife left him and took his two kids, all of his cars and houses were reposessed, he's pretty physically damaged.. he's like on welfare/rehabilitation because he can't work. and he kind of has a little bit of brain damage, but who knows if it's from the drugs or from the crash. anyway.. he's awesome/crazy. so he's totally turned his life around to god. like he turned himself in for a bunch of other things he had done.. like stolen cars and such.. and is probably going to be facing a good 10 year jail sentence in a few months. he's working with his lawyer and has court dates and things. he reads the bible for hours every day and all sorts of books on jesus' life. he's very receptive to the things that we teach him. he has genuinely turned his life around and knows it's for the better that he's going to jail and he doesn't want to feel the guilt anymore, he knows he's done wrong, he hasn't done drugs since the accident.. etc. he's cool. the funny thing is though, he had a tattoo of his wife on his arm. but then after the accident and she left him and all that, he had her face tattooed over with like the freakiest looking skull face ever. i took a picture of it.. i will send it home some time. it's so funny.
hmm. what else.. i feel like crazy people are just attracted to missionaries for some reason. we meet the craziest people. it keeps life so entertaining. we meet this toothless guy. he had like two teeth. and he was talking to us about the bible, and the conversation was very calm and didn't have contention, but for some reason he was yelling. SO. loud. maybe he was deaf or something. but he would yell, and then make the weirdest facial expressions with his no teeth and it was the funniest thing ever. he was crazy.
we also meet very cool people. like we met this guy named Al. he just retired from being a teacher at the age of 80. and he is so fit! he exercises every morning. he used to be the texas state champion for boxing. he has this huge poster cut out of himself in like 1940.. which sounds kind of weird but i swear he's super cool. and he has the coolest thoughts and philosophies and really knows what life is about. like he was telling us about his friend who was the first mexican ever to be president of this very racist medical association in texas. and how proud he is of him and how we should never give up and should always keep working. and that work is the only thing we need in this life. as long as we're working we're learning and growing and staying alive. which is all so true. what a cool man. he's traveled the world being a teacher and helping people. he is my hero. his son got in an accident a few years ago (is like 35) and still can't walk. but they are both so positive and so grateful for the blessings that they have and are just an awesome family.
well.. i am out of time. it goes so fast. thanks for all the e-mails and things letters and things this week! i love and miss you all.
xoxo
brittany
this has been a pretty great week. sister kellett and i found 8 new investigators. we found two young families who are just amazing and really searching for more in their lives. we also found a pretty awesome guy named genaro. genaro villarreal. who knows, maybe if you googled his name you would find some crazy things. he was a pretty big time drug dealer. then about two years ago he got in a bad car accident. he was the only one who survived.. was in the hospital for three months. got busted for the drugs and everything, his wife left him and took his two kids, all of his cars and houses were reposessed, he's pretty physically damaged.. he's like on welfare/rehabilitation because he can't work. and he kind of has a little bit of brain damage, but who knows if it's from the drugs or from the crash. anyway.. he's awesome/crazy. so he's totally turned his life around to god. like he turned himself in for a bunch of other things he had done.. like stolen cars and such.. and is probably going to be facing a good 10 year jail sentence in a few months. he's working with his lawyer and has court dates and things. he reads the bible for hours every day and all sorts of books on jesus' life. he's very receptive to the things that we teach him. he has genuinely turned his life around and knows it's for the better that he's going to jail and he doesn't want to feel the guilt anymore, he knows he's done wrong, he hasn't done drugs since the accident.. etc. he's cool. the funny thing is though, he had a tattoo of his wife on his arm. but then after the accident and she left him and all that, he had her face tattooed over with like the freakiest looking skull face ever. i took a picture of it.. i will send it home some time. it's so funny.
hmm. what else.. i feel like crazy people are just attracted to missionaries for some reason. we meet the craziest people. it keeps life so entertaining. we meet this toothless guy. he had like two teeth. and he was talking to us about the bible, and the conversation was very calm and didn't have contention, but for some reason he was yelling. SO. loud. maybe he was deaf or something. but he would yell, and then make the weirdest facial expressions with his no teeth and it was the funniest thing ever. he was crazy.
we also meet very cool people. like we met this guy named Al. he just retired from being a teacher at the age of 80. and he is so fit! he exercises every morning. he used to be the texas state champion for boxing. he has this huge poster cut out of himself in like 1940.. which sounds kind of weird but i swear he's super cool. and he has the coolest thoughts and philosophies and really knows what life is about. like he was telling us about his friend who was the first mexican ever to be president of this very racist medical association in texas. and how proud he is of him and how we should never give up and should always keep working. and that work is the only thing we need in this life. as long as we're working we're learning and growing and staying alive. which is all so true. what a cool man. he's traveled the world being a teacher and helping people. he is my hero. his son got in an accident a few years ago (is like 35) and still can't walk. but they are both so positive and so grateful for the blessings that they have and are just an awesome family.
well.. i am out of time. it goes so fast. thanks for all the e-mails and things letters and things this week! i love and miss you all.
xoxo
brittany
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I'm a real missionary!
I'm here i'm here! And it has been such a crazy week. I am a real missionary! what the? I love it. My companion's name is Sister Kellett. She is from Michigan and we have so much in common it is kind of ridiculous. Like: we both have great friends named Marni, we were both vegetarians before starting our missions, we both have blonde hair, we have very similar senses of humor, we like a lot of the same music, we try to get every single puppy or kitty we see into our arms. ha. i love her. i live in an apartment with two other sisters, sister carlos and sister browning and they great as well. we all get along well and laugh a ton and work hard.
well, my first week of non-veggie ism i was thrown into the fire. i ate... cow... tongue. that is right. cow tongue. cow tongue tacos. with black beans. it actually wasn't too bad. it could be because i drowned out every bite with as much beans as was possible.. but it really wasn't too bad. people here LOVE to feed us. even if they don't want to listen to our lesson, they want to feed us. we had two consecutive dinners my second day here. the food really is delicous. i had a family make fun of me because apparently i don't know how to eat chilis right and took a bite of one that was super spicy and my face turned red and i started coughing and we were all laughing. i will get the hang of this.
we went to downtown laredo for p-day and ate lunch at a restaurant with an investigator/friend of ours. downtown laredo is about 5 minutes from our place.. it's right at the border. the food was sooo good. my companion and i were the only white people in sight. the people here are so great. so loving and open. and they love my blonde hair. they always make comments about how beautiful my companions and my hair is. i can get used this.
we had a really neat thing happen the other day when we were out knocking doors. we had planned earlier to do these two streets in a neighborhood that hadn't been contacted in a while, but when we got to the neighborhood we ended up deciding to do the street right next to it. we went all the way down the street with not much success, but the last house on the street was amazing. i saw from a distance that there were a bunch of people out on the front lawn and as we got closer we realized it was two older women and then 4 handicapped people. people with special needs? i am not sure what is most politically correct to say. anyway, we went and started talking to the two ladies. one of them was loading some of the kids in the car. we introduced ourselves, said we were missionaries and we teach about christ and asked if there was anything we could do to help them. usually when we ask people if there is something we can do to help them they so no, but this lady was so happy we wanted to help her! so when the other woman got in the car and drove away, the woman who lived at the house invited us in.she told us that she actually was a member of our church but hasn't been active for 14 years. her story is amazing. i guess about 17 ish years ago her husband had left her. she had a three month old baby. and she thought it was just the end of her life. she told us she had planned to commit suicide one day. she was going to kill her and her baby because she didn't want her baby left parentless. so she was hysterical one day, like crying and planning to do this when the missionaries knock at her door. they asked if they could help her and she said no but it softened her heart and she decided not to kill herself. and they next day they came back to check up on her she let them teach her and she was baptized about a month later. she said she knows the book of mormon is true and she had the truth in her life and was so happy and her life was receiving so many blessings and she had so much peace. then her husband came back to her after a year or so. and their marriage was terrible and her going to church was tearing them apart and he was slightly abusive and it was just not a good situation. so she ended up falling away from the church to make her husband happy. then like ten years later he left her again. so anyway.. she like moved into this nice home and adopted these three handicapped children/adults and takes care of them. she just has a heart of gold. it's amazing the things she was telling us. so we shared a message with her about how we're never alone and shared some scriptures and just chatted with her. we asked her to say a prayer at the end of our visit and she started to cry and it was the sweetest prayer i've ever heard. so humble and heartfelt. after she said she knew it wasn't coincidence that we stopped by her house and that she's been missing spiritual growth in her life and had been praying for it every night. that she knew the book of mormon is still true and that she needs to be at church and have it back in her life and she just didn't know where to start. she's been so busy taking care of her kids by herself and has no help. all of her family is in mexico and she doesn't have very many friends in the neighborhood. bah. i just love her so much. her name is silvia.anyway. we are going back to her today and helping her clean her house and take care of her kids and read with her more. it's just amazing. God really does put us in people's paths when they need it.wow. this super long. i must be going. i hope this e-mail finds everyone well. Laredo is treating me good so far. the weather is perfect, the people are great, the food is delish.
xoxo
hermana morrill
well, my first week of non-veggie ism i was thrown into the fire. i ate... cow... tongue. that is right. cow tongue. cow tongue tacos. with black beans. it actually wasn't too bad. it could be because i drowned out every bite with as much beans as was possible.. but it really wasn't too bad. people here LOVE to feed us. even if they don't want to listen to our lesson, they want to feed us. we had two consecutive dinners my second day here. the food really is delicous. i had a family make fun of me because apparently i don't know how to eat chilis right and took a bite of one that was super spicy and my face turned red and i started coughing and we were all laughing. i will get the hang of this.
we went to downtown laredo for p-day and ate lunch at a restaurant with an investigator/friend of ours. downtown laredo is about 5 minutes from our place.. it's right at the border. the food was sooo good. my companion and i were the only white people in sight. the people here are so great. so loving and open. and they love my blonde hair. they always make comments about how beautiful my companions and my hair is. i can get used this.
we had a really neat thing happen the other day when we were out knocking doors. we had planned earlier to do these two streets in a neighborhood that hadn't been contacted in a while, but when we got to the neighborhood we ended up deciding to do the street right next to it. we went all the way down the street with not much success, but the last house on the street was amazing. i saw from a distance that there were a bunch of people out on the front lawn and as we got closer we realized it was two older women and then 4 handicapped people. people with special needs? i am not sure what is most politically correct to say. anyway, we went and started talking to the two ladies. one of them was loading some of the kids in the car. we introduced ourselves, said we were missionaries and we teach about christ and asked if there was anything we could do to help them. usually when we ask people if there is something we can do to help them they so no, but this lady was so happy we wanted to help her! so when the other woman got in the car and drove away, the woman who lived at the house invited us in.she told us that she actually was a member of our church but hasn't been active for 14 years. her story is amazing. i guess about 17 ish years ago her husband had left her. she had a three month old baby. and she thought it was just the end of her life. she told us she had planned to commit suicide one day. she was going to kill her and her baby because she didn't want her baby left parentless. so she was hysterical one day, like crying and planning to do this when the missionaries knock at her door. they asked if they could help her and she said no but it softened her heart and she decided not to kill herself. and they next day they came back to check up on her she let them teach her and she was baptized about a month later. she said she knows the book of mormon is true and she had the truth in her life and was so happy and her life was receiving so many blessings and she had so much peace. then her husband came back to her after a year or so. and their marriage was terrible and her going to church was tearing them apart and he was slightly abusive and it was just not a good situation. so she ended up falling away from the church to make her husband happy. then like ten years later he left her again. so anyway.. she like moved into this nice home and adopted these three handicapped children/adults and takes care of them. she just has a heart of gold. it's amazing the things she was telling us. so we shared a message with her about how we're never alone and shared some scriptures and just chatted with her. we asked her to say a prayer at the end of our visit and she started to cry and it was the sweetest prayer i've ever heard. so humble and heartfelt. after she said she knew it wasn't coincidence that we stopped by her house and that she's been missing spiritual growth in her life and had been praying for it every night. that she knew the book of mormon is still true and that she needs to be at church and have it back in her life and she just didn't know where to start. she's been so busy taking care of her kids by herself and has no help. all of her family is in mexico and she doesn't have very many friends in the neighborhood. bah. i just love her so much. her name is silvia.anyway. we are going back to her today and helping her clean her house and take care of her kids and read with her more. it's just amazing. God really does put us in people's paths when they need it.wow. this super long. i must be going. i hope this e-mail finds everyone well. Laredo is treating me good so far. the weather is perfect, the people are great, the food is delish.
xoxo
hermana morrill
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Week 8
friends/family,
hiiiii!this week has been great. i received my travel plans! i had a firm and steadfast hope that someday the MTC would end, i just wasn't sure if it was naive of me. but alas, i have proof that there is an end to this place and an actual mission field for me to go out and serve. i have learned a ton this week actually and i feel like i am finally becoming a missionary, and not just a girl doing missionary things. i'm feeling much more confident with my teaching abilities, getting to know people abililties, testimony sharing abilities, spanish speaking abilities, and just knowing that God is my strength and will help me where i fall short. i don't have a fear of going out to the field anymore, i am just excited!i want you all to know that i know that i am so excited to be here. and i know that the atonement of jesus christ and the gospel are for EVERYONE. and will bless everybody's life. i know that we lived long before this life and are here on this life to learn to become who we have always been, and to learn and grow and make mistakes and be happy, and to one day after this life live with our families forever and become perfect. i know that through the atonement we can always have comfort and peace in this life. there is not a single thing anyone could ever struggle with that our savior hasn't suffered personally, and that he doesn't want to help us with. all we have to do is come to him. we have never ever ever messed up bad enough to deny that love either. all we have to do is come to him. i know more than anything that god loves us and wants the best for us and KNOWS what is best for us and is hoping with all of his might that we will use and remember the atonement every single day. and we are able to use the atonement through following the teachings of the gospel that jesus christ himself taught. that are in the bible and are in their fulness in the book of mormon and taught by a living prophet today. i know that we can pray to heavenly father and receive revelation and guidance for ourselves, and we can receive comfort when we are sad, and receive answers to questions. the gospel is the key to peace in this life and eternal life in the world to come. i know that. you are my friends and family, i think or hope you know that i am happy and have that peace in my life. and it is from this knowledge. i can't wait to get out there and help other people find this.
thanks for all the love and support you have been sending my way. i miss you and think about you often. but not too often. :)i will wave to you all from the airplane on monday morning! see you in 16 ish months. wow. its already been 2 months??
vaya con dios!
xoxohermana morrill
hiiiii!this week has been great. i received my travel plans! i had a firm and steadfast hope that someday the MTC would end, i just wasn't sure if it was naive of me. but alas, i have proof that there is an end to this place and an actual mission field for me to go out and serve. i have learned a ton this week actually and i feel like i am finally becoming a missionary, and not just a girl doing missionary things. i'm feeling much more confident with my teaching abilities, getting to know people abililties, testimony sharing abilities, spanish speaking abilities, and just knowing that God is my strength and will help me where i fall short. i don't have a fear of going out to the field anymore, i am just excited!i want you all to know that i know that i am so excited to be here. and i know that the atonement of jesus christ and the gospel are for EVERYONE. and will bless everybody's life. i know that we lived long before this life and are here on this life to learn to become who we have always been, and to learn and grow and make mistakes and be happy, and to one day after this life live with our families forever and become perfect. i know that through the atonement we can always have comfort and peace in this life. there is not a single thing anyone could ever struggle with that our savior hasn't suffered personally, and that he doesn't want to help us with. all we have to do is come to him. we have never ever ever messed up bad enough to deny that love either. all we have to do is come to him. i know more than anything that god loves us and wants the best for us and KNOWS what is best for us and is hoping with all of his might that we will use and remember the atonement every single day. and we are able to use the atonement through following the teachings of the gospel that jesus christ himself taught. that are in the bible and are in their fulness in the book of mormon and taught by a living prophet today. i know that we can pray to heavenly father and receive revelation and guidance for ourselves, and we can receive comfort when we are sad, and receive answers to questions. the gospel is the key to peace in this life and eternal life in the world to come. i know that. you are my friends and family, i think or hope you know that i am happy and have that peace in my life. and it is from this knowledge. i can't wait to get out there and help other people find this.
thanks for all the love and support you have been sending my way. i miss you and think about you often. but not too often. :)i will wave to you all from the airplane on monday morning! see you in 16 ish months. wow. its already been 2 months??
vaya con dios!
xoxohermana morrill
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