Happy November! Here's the latest from Morgan. Pictures are posted on
her blog: www.missionarymorgan.blogspot.com
And.... IT'S
NOVEMBER. another week has passed here in scottsdale and we had some great peaks
and a few pits this week.
I'll start with the
saddish stuff, Hattie is being a bit of a pill and is impossible to contact at
this point. We know that she really does want to be baptized but I'm not so
certain about her willingness to committ fully to gospel principles... so we
will see what happens with her this next week.
We did have a couple
miracles this week. I'll start with the best one. So as I HOPE you all remember
we have been teaching a man named Orrin Billy ( he used to be a baptist and his
dad is a hard-core, Mormon-hating pastor)... anyways we have been teaching him
the past 2 months and extended an invitation for him to be baptized about 5
weeks ago. He told us that he would pray about it... and he did... for the past
5 weeks... well yesterday I was sitting next to him in sacrament meeting and I
of course was blabbing on and on about something (honestly don't even remember
exactly what) but then there was a pause in the conversation and he just looks
at me and says "So i want to be baptized". I kind of looked at him in shock for
a second because IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM REAL. I then pulled myself together and
asked him when. We've set the date for November 16th! SO SO EXCITED.
Also a less active that we have been working with since i got here
committed to prepare to go to the temple and take out his endowment and become
worthy to recieve the Melchizedek priesthood! that was also so exciting.
SO FUNNY. due to the
fact that we are now in a car, we are limited on how many miles we can drive a
month... we have exactly 1000 miles a month to use. anyway, last week we ran out
of miles and had to use the bikes and can i just say... it was probably THE
FUNNIEST THING seeing us three sister missionaries biking down the street.
Sister F and A HATE THE BIKES, actually they both started crying after the first
day of using them... so that was an experience to say the least.
Still don't know how
sister fairbanks and i survived that first transfer together as newbies; fresh
out of the mtc with no trainer, crappy bikes, and absolutely no idea what to do
at first. the fact that i'm still alive & kicking is in itself a
miracle.
Love you all! have a
great week. all my love,