Why the Ukulele is the Best Instrument EVER

Hey everyone!

Another great and warm week here in Chula! Spring is coming fast and we are already back into the 80's again. We have been trying to walk around more between our appointments which means 2 things: 1) my watch and shoe tan lines keep getting worse and 2) we continue to find random service opportunities and people to talk to!

This week as we were walking around we started to admire this lady's 1976 bright red VW Bug. As we said "Hi!" to her we saw that her and her daughter were trying to move it to help get it started. So we instantly threw down our bags and started pushing it and once it started we then watched her drive away as we were left in the dust. It was super fun to help her out! But afterwards we were like, "Man, we should have thrown a Mormon.org card into her car window before she left!" But that's okay. Hopefully when she see missionary's again she will remember the 2 girls in skirts that helped her push start her car!

Last tuesday Heavenly Father gave me a HUGE tender mercy. Well, at first it didn't start out as a tender mercy. Lately I have been playing my Ukulele a lot to practice for our Ward Talent show this upcomming week that I'm playing in with one of the youth in my ward. When I woke up last Monday, I looked at my uke and saw that my A string had broken! I was super bummed out because I had NO idea where a music store was around here and I really didn't want to have to stretch out a new string before the Talent Show. So after getting lost for awhile, Sister Mims and I finally found this random Music Store in Downtown Chula that some of the Elder's told us about. We were only in there long enough to buy some new strings and then we started to walk out. Then I had this random thought that we should go back in and see if they had Ukulele Tuners.

So we run back in and have to wait as the guy is helping this girl (that had walked in right when we were leaving) look at ukulele's. As we were waiting she saw that I had my Uke in my hand and she started asking me about a good brand that she should buy. So we started talking about ukulele's and I told her about my first uke that I bought when I was in China. At first in my mind I was like, "Why am I telling her about this?" and once I finished talking about it she was like, "No way! I was seriously just in China and almost bought a Uke while I was there! But I decided that I should probably wait till I got back into America to find a better quality one" After she said that I INSTANTLY knew that Heavenly Father had prompted me to go back for a Ukulele Tuner for a specific reason!

I mean seriously, what are the odds that I meet someone who instantly asked me about my 2 favorite things in the world to talk about!? The guy at the music store must have gotten a little annoyed with us because we ended up standing there and talking with her for an hour! She asked me all about China and my experience and she related so much to it because she had just been there and she had just spent a Study Abroad semester in Jerusalem! And then that of course led into Church related things and we practically taught her the whole first lesson about the Restoration of the Gospel. She attends a non-denominational church but had some super good questions where you could almost see the wheels in her head turning! We left her with a mormon.org card with the YSA Elder's # on it and I walked away with such a strong feeling in my heart that one day she will accept the Gospel. It was such a powerful experience for me to see how Heavenly Father has blessed me with very specific experiences and talents to relate directly to His children here in San Diego!

I KNOW that this is truly the Lord's work and that He has sent me here to San Diego for very specific reasons. I am so humbled to truly be an instrument in His hands and to find His lost sheep that are searching and prepared for this Gospel! It reminds me of a scripture in one of my favorite chapters of the Book of Mormon-Alma 26 vs 37

" Now my brethren, we see that God is ^amindful of every ^bpeople, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever. Amen."

I know that God personally knows and loves EACH of us individually! So continue to trust in Him and feel His love this week!

xoxo Sister Morgan