Halo! 1/17/2012
How are my favorite people in the world doing these days, aye?! Man, it's crazy to think about what each of you are doing at any given moment of any given day! :) I just love each and every one of you that take the time to write me a letter or send a quick email. :) It brightens my spirits and gets me through the rough weeks! I guess what I am trying to get at is "THANK YOU"!!! :)
This week has been SO great! It started off quite rough, actually...we had somewhere around 25-30 appointments cancel on us! It was pretty disheartening, to be honest. I'm sure all of you that have served before know the feeling! It's no bueno! Anyway, after 6 days or so of this cancellation business, we decided we needed a spiritually lifting visit to a member's home. Elder and Sister Roos are just awesome...they're full-time service missionaries that actually live within one of our ward boundaries. Sis. Roos just laughed with us and our spirits were lifted! It was just what we needed. After a week like we had, we were even MORE excited for what came on Saturday and Sunday!...If you hadn't already heard, Elder HOLLAND came to the great Washington Spokane Mission!!!!!! Saturday morning we had a special meeting for just Missionaries! Before the meeting he shook each of our hands and talked with us for a minute or two! President Palmer joked about our need to not wash our hands for the next week or so...hahaha. It was such an amazing feeling looking into the eyes of an Apostle of the Lord and having him tell you "Thank you for serving the Lord"...WOW. That meeting was incredibly intense...I mean, INTENSE! The theme of his address could probably be summed up into "When you get home from your missons..." He said that as missionaries, we have not only been through the temple, but we have just spent the last 18-24 months testifying to people of the truthfullness of the gospel - SO, we are in NO WAY allowed to fall away from the gospel or become less-active. In the words of Elder Holland, "DON'T you DARE walk away from this church!...I don't want to meet you years from now and hear you say, 'I was there in the Spokane Mission, but I didn't make it...'" YIKES. I can still hear his voice ringing in my head!!!!! :) Did I mention I was sitting on the front row???...He kept looking at my companion and I....hahaha. It was an amazing experience that I will always look back on! WOW. :)
The General Session the next day was just as fantastic! The message was geared towards the age group of 12-22 ish. He said that those 10 years of our lives determine the next 70 years - or so - of our lives! It's pretty true! I'm just barely out of that age bracket, but it's amazing to see how many experiences we have or how many trials we learn to overcome in such a tender age! How we learn to deal with those and how we develop our relationship with the Lord in that time determines how we will act as Adults. :) Perhaps the crowning cute moment of the General Meeting is when an 11 year old girl that was sitting in front of my companion and I turned around and was talking to us. She introduced herself and looked down at our nametags. Then she did a double-take...before exclaiming, "Are you REAL missionaries!?!?!?!" Sister Everill and I giggled then told her YES! She just oggled at our nametags and in the most heartbroken voice said, "L-U-C-K-Y!!!!!" Hahaha. I told her she only had 9 more years or so and then she'd be able to go herself! Hahaha. SO CUTE! It just brightened my already amazing day! I realized how lucky I truly am to be here...serving the Lord...and sharing the Good News of the Gospel. I know that these 18 months will be ones that I look back on each day. And I owe my heart and soul to many of you for all of your support and help to get me to this point. I know that I saw miracle after MIRACLE when I was scrambling to find a way to serve. It's just a testimony to me that the Lord needed me HERE. :) Man, I love you all!!!!
Speaking of Divine Timing, things here in the South Hill area have boomed! Remember the man I told you about that we met on my first day in the mission field?! Tony? Well, we met with him and his wife last night! We were talking about that day we knocked on his door and he began to tell us about what had happened that day. By the end of his story, I had NO DOUBT that the Lord had guided us to his doorstep because that family needed us! The first time we officially met with them, Tony talked most of the time and his wife quietly listened in. She didn't have too much to say, but we knew that she was interested. We left a Book of Mormon with them and invited them to begin to read it as a family. Well, last night Sister Everill asked Tony if he has been reading much and he told us 'not really. We've been pretty busy trying to find work....' Then to our surprise, his wife Jessica piped in and said, "Well, I've been reading, actually..." <<<< WHAT?!?! Hahaha. I wish I could put into words the excitement that leapt in my heart, as well as the bug-eyed look Tony gave his wife! Hahahaha. It was a MIRACLE! :) He began to explain that he hasn't wanted to push the church or reading on her, so he hasn't talked about it much with her! WOW. I think he felt a bit embarrassed that he hasn't been reading, so we gave him his own copy and invited them again to read. Hahaha. Sheesh...what a crazy night! He called us today and told us to come back soon so that we could talk more about the gospel!.....What an amazing blessing! And to put it all back into perspective...I met him on my FIRST DAY HERE. The Lord knows what he is doing...I just need to learn to trust in his timing! :) Stay tuned for what comes next with this family!!!! :)
Well, I had better get going! Preparation day is coming to a close and I haven't even started writing letters! YIKES! We don't usually have P-Days on Tuesdays, but today we had the opportunity to go to the TEMPLE! YAY!!!!! :) We only get to go every OTHER transfer (So 1 time every 12 weeks). I feel blessed that we get to go as OFTEN as we do because I know that in some missions, they don't have a temple in their mission boundaries. It was the perfect spiritual boost that I needed to jumpstart this week! EsPECially since it started snowing today! :( :( :( It sounds like we have had similar weather to Utah for the last 4 weeks. Mid 60's in January, then suddenly a near blizzard outside today! BOOO! Oh well...I suppose it IS the winter! (But part of me still wishes I was down in good 'ol Argentina for that 95 degree weather right about now! Love ya, Hermana Jensen!!!!)
Well, I love you all!!!!! Keep sending those letters!!!! They mean MUCH more to me than you'll ever know!
Hasta Proximo Semana,
Brenna
Sister Morgan
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