That gorgeous sunset
Tuesday- I am grateful for confirmation and a clear mind and gratitude.
Wednesday- I am grateful for turnarounds, Portuguese, THE GOODNESS OF GOD, sunsets, and happiness.
Thursday- I am grateful for country music, District Council, and interviews.
Friday- I am grateful for service, storms, pictures, the bible, and memories.
Saturday- I am grateful for racing, celebrating, my district, driving, and AMERICA
Sunday- I am grateful for organization, The Apostles, and technology.
Wednesday started out as an ehh day for me. I honestly didn't have the best attitude throughout the morning and by the afternoon I was just super bugged and annoyed by so many small things. We walked into the church after dinner and a member was there and he just said,"hey my friends how are you?", in Spanish and I said, "good you?", and then he started speaking more Spanish and I said that I speak Portuguese and immediately he started speaking Portuguese and said come over here.
So we talked to each other in Portuguese for like 5 minutes and it was awesome!! It was crazy to just jump back into the language and say everything I wanted too. It caught me off guard and made me realize how much I miss speaking Portuguese. It turns out that he and his wife were serving in Recife and got kicked out the same night we did and that we were probably on the same plane out!! That's crazy! Anyways it was a tender mercy to me.
Building a huge deck
That's one big spider!
We then had an awesome lesson with our investigator where the Spirit just guided me and gave me the words to say. She said that she studies from Come Follow Me every single day! That brought me so much joy!!
We did our Bible study that night which is always fun for me and then another lesson with a recent convert! The Spirit guided and gave me words to say then too. She said how she prays ALL THE TIME. After these events I was sooo happy and my whole attitude was changed. I walked outside the church and the Sky was an amazing array of pinks, yellows, blues, red, and oranges. It was amazing and I was so happy. I felt the joy of sharing the Gospel. I felt full of peace and happiness.
I know that God is aware of me every minute in every place. He is watching over me and helping me. I learned that the Lord WILL provide as He so plainly showed me on Wednesday.
AS A MISSIONARY- My physical well being and happiness, is not related to how many people we are finding, teaching, and baptizing. Even though those can bring happiness, it does not define my happiness. My joy comes through SHARING the Gospel through whatever means, (service, video calls, Facebook posts, thank you notes, talking, ACTIONS, etc.) whether it is accepted or not.
My 4th of July was actually pretty good. The whole zone got cleared to go run the Parley P Pratt Freedom Run! It wasn't a real race cuz of darn Covid but the course was marked and we all got together and ran at 8:30! It was a 4 mile course and tons of fun. I was very happy to get to run farther than 3 miles and at a fast pace :) we also had a party with the District and that's always a blast. Lastly we got to spend the night with some other elders in the zone and watched fireworks! It was great!
We are getting 2 more Elders in our apartment tomorrow. Our apartment isn't very big and we only have one shower. Things are going to get interesting but I'm excited to get to see other faces every day.
Another week down!
I miss Brazil and the simplicity of it. There weren't so many specifics and most people weren't all up in our business. The mission didn't make things complicated and didn't make you stress out so hard over every. Single. Thing.
But, there's pros and cons to everything, I'm good :)
Love you all, that was my week.
Can you tell me about yours?
Love,
Elder Morrison
Before the race
After
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