Helloooooo Everyone! 1/23/2012
I feel like my emails are SO boring....are they boring? Really, please PLEASE tell me if they are! I know I'm not nearly as witty as my dear Hermana Jensen - not that it's a competition - but I hope that I'm not a "Debbie Downer" (wah-wah). :) This week was CRAZY! We had snow on Christmas Eve, that lasted through Christmas Day, then suddenly it was 50 degrees! The wind - mind you - was still at frigid temperatures, but there was hardly any reason to believe that it wasn't just October or November around here! Strange. Then, suddenly, we had 8+ inches of snow and we were down in nearly single digit weather! :( :( :( It's funny how I moved from one climate in Southern Utah, and yet ended up in the SAME climate in Washington. (I say funny with as much sarcasm is allowed as a missionary! ;) Hahaha.) ANYway, the snow prevented us from using our cute little Toyota sedan, so we parked it and "hoofed it" on foot. We had to borrow shovels from some ward members to dig ourselves out of our driveway/front porch, braved a short drive to the store in the blizzard to BUY shovels, got home safely, then delivered the borrowed ones back to their owners! It was a great way to serve 7-8 people! I was upset that we had to cancel 2 solid appointments with progressing investigators, but I know that we had a great opportunity to meet some non-members in the process. See...the Lord blesses us even when we think a foot of snow is SO not the answer we were asking for! haha. In the process of that whole night, we FINALLY met a referral we have been trying to contact since I got here! We set up an appointment with her for this week! Part of me wants to say that the only reason she let us in is because she saw two bundled, frozen girls standing on her doorstep and couldn't help but feel bad for us!!! The next time we're struggling to make appointments, I guess I'll be praying for a blizzard!!!!! HAHAHA! (Even IF my eyebrows and eyebrows were full of ice and my hair was so wet and frozen that I accidentally SNAPPED a piece off when I tried to de-ice it!!!!!! ;) No worries...plenty of red hair left.)
Another exciting bit of info is that Tony and Jessica scheduled another lesson with us! Tony is USUALLY quite the "chatty Cathy" when we go over, but I think Jessica told him to just sit and listen. We taught them about the Plan of Salvation and our time here on Earth. In Alma we learn that "...this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God." It's interesting when we step back and realize that. It always helps me refocus on what I'm doing in MY life to prepare to meet my Maker, and in turn what I can say and testify about to help others learn what they can do to prepare as well! We talked a LOT about trials and tribulations, and I couldn't help but just feel such a great love for this little family that is struggling finanically, as well as with family drama. I know that the Lord blesses us with trials so that we can know how to help others that come into the same situations. It's funny that I had never really looked at it before in that way, but in retrospect, I know the Lord gave me each of my afflicitions so that one day I would be able to relate to people here in Spokane that needed that help. How amazing is that?...Truly the Lord is aware of each of our situations in life. You never know what the Lord has in store for you as you are struggling. I have been pondering a lot on the idea of the "refiner's fire." It's interesting to know that a refiner sits and watches that metal while it's in the furnace. That he knows EXACTLY how long the ore must sit in that flame to be purified...if it's a minute too soon, there are still impurities and it remains WEAK. Similarly, the Lord sits and watches us as we are purified in our own "fires" of life. When we feel like we've had enough of the flame he won't always pull us out because only He knows how long we must remain in the flame to become as STRONG as we can possibly become. Only He knows our Divine Potential. I love that in the 23rd chapter of Job, he realizes that in the end, he knows he will come out as Gold. Not rock mingled with bits of gold, but a Solid piece of gold. Once ore but now a precious metal. We are ALL precious metal in the eyes of our Saviour. :)
Wow...sorry for the deep thoughts! I wasn't planning on writing all of ^^^that! :) Thanks for listening to the ramblings of a young, inexperienced, tired but JOYFUL missionary! :) Some exciting news that I'd like to tack onto this email is about a new family that we will be teaching this week! Our Relief Society President and her family have been fellowshipping a part-member family for the last 4 years! This little family, the Neimi family, have been utterly dis-interested in the church up until they accepted an invitation to come listen to Elder Holland! :) They LOVED it and have accepted the invitation to listen to the missionaries! :) After talking with the RS Pres. yesterday, they all feel that the time is finally right and that the "right" missionaries are finally here to teach them! ....It's a humbling experience knowing how much faith they have in our calling, and yet how unprepared I feel to undertake such an eternal quest! Please pray that this week my companion and I will know what this family needs and that Sister Morgan can get it through her thick head how the Spirit speaks to her personally!
I've got to run, but I love you ALLLLLL!!! Thank you for everything! :)
Sister Morgan
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