Foreign Objects

You know you have been a missionary too
long when you hear that someone is having
a bad day & the only thing you can think
of to brighten their spirits is to sticky
note their door w/ your favorite scriptures!

Hey Everyone!

It has been another wonderful week here in Paradise. As I reflect back on where I was this time last year (El Centro) I am SO grateful to NOT be in that awful heat! But this week I realized how warped my perspective has gotten ever since I've been here in SD....& here are a few examples to prove it to you: 1) I know I have been in Pacific Beach too long when during the middle of sacrament meeting I here a rumbling noise outside and assume that it's a homeless person walking on the roof. 2) I know I have been in San Diego too long when I hear that rumbling noise AGAIN during Church & look out the window to see some foreign object's falling from the sky. 3) I know I have been in San Diego too long when I start walking down the hallways of the Church next to the Primary kids and all of us run to the windows and yell "RAIN!!!!" It's so sad but I seriously feel like I forgot what rain storms were like! I've only heard thunder TWICE since I've been on my mission and I was just baffled when the rain storm last for longer than 2 minutes. But it was so BEAUTIFUL and I just love how clean the Earth looked afterwards. Heavenly Father must really love us too because He KNEW that our car needed a car wash.....desperately! :)

But besides the awesome rain storm, there have been so many instances this week where I have seen Heavenly Father's hand in my life showing me how much He loves me! On Wednesday I was really starting to get a little down because we haven't been able to find any new investigators lately. We have been trying and trying to talk to everyone that we can, but most people won't even stop for a second to talk to us. So after a long day, we decided that we would hit up one more less-active before we headed in for the night. We drive up & of course there isn't any parking within a block of the place. So we park a couple blocks away and start walking towards her apartment. As we were walking along, we saw this girl in her 20's outside in her front yard with another foreign object that I feel like I haven't seen since I was 12........... A HULA HOOP! This girl was legitimately HULA HOOPING in the grass to some music playing from her laptop.

She seemed super into it so as we walked by I said, "Wow, you're really good at that!" and she looked up and flashed a smile (which we hadn't really seen anyone do that day). On our way back from the LA's apartment (turns out she had moved & the only thing that the guy living there said to us was, "Jesus Christ. That's a good name" and then shut the door and walked away). we saw the Hula Hoop girl again and then I asked her if she was practicing for something. She was SUPER friendly and just started telling us all about how her and her roommates Hula Hoop to de-stress after a crazy day at work! We sat and talked with her for about 20 minutes and just had one of the best conversations! She grew up Hindu but was super open and interested about our unique message centered on Jesus Christ. I just LOVE how the Spirit works, because we were able to relate her Hula Hooping to the Book of Mormon. I told her that my de-stresser is playing the Ukulele. But how even most days, my Uke doesn't really bring a ton of peace at the end of the day. Then I just bore a simple yet powerful testimony about how every time after I read from the Book of Mormon, it brings the greatest peace in to my heart more than anything else in the world, without fail! She gladly accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon & promised she would read! She even invited us back to come "Hula Hoop" w/ her AND her roommates :)

I LOVE LATE NIGHT MIRACLES! I just love that if you have FAITH and continue to push forward not knowing exactly what Heavenly Father wants you to do, He will always put someone in your path that needs YOU or you need THEM. I know that Heavenly Father is SO mindful of each and every one of us. If you open your eyes and look around, you will notice His hand in everything, always expressing His love towards you.

I love you all!
xoxo Sister Morgan

 

Pic 1: You know you have been a missionary too long when you hear that someone is having a bad day & the only thing you can think of to brighten their spirits is to sticky note their door w/ your favorite scriptures! 

Doubt your doubts before you doubt your FAITH

Beautiful day @ the San Diego Temple!

Hey everyone!

Every single day I just become even more and more amazed at how amazing and loving our Heavenly Father is! This week I really learned a lot about how mindful God is of ALL of us and everything that we are going through. Remember how I said last week that usually baptism weeks are the most chaotic weeks ever filled with several fiery darts from the Adversary? Well, last week we didn't get any of that. I think Satan was a little delayed in shooting off those darts because they definitely hit this week!

But I KNOW that my faith was really strengthened this week because of those fiery darts, even if they were poorly aimed.  The adversary works in very sneaky and cunning ways. He knows each of us by NAME & the potential that we have to become like our Heavenly Father. He remembers who we were before this life & because of that, remembers our strengths AND our weaknesses. So he tries to do anything that he can to try and get us to forget who we are. To forget the amazing Plan that our Father has for us.  He places seeds of doubts into our minds. He brings so much noise & chaos into our lives and into our minds to distract us from the peaceful path & simple direction that our Father has given to us in this life so we can return to live with Him once more. If we don't watch ourselves, it's sooo easy for us to slide from that path. To lose sight of the direction that we want to head towards. To lose our focus of the main purpose of why we even came to this Earth to begin with.

This week I learned the hard way a few of those things. I realized that once I let a SIMPLE and SMALL doubt take root in my mind, the flood gates would open and Satan would pour out a hundredfold more of those doubts into my mind. It almost felt like I was caught up in a whirlpool....my mind was spinning and I could no longer find the direction I needed to be facing. I felt like I had no control and was starting to lose hope of that feeling ever going away.

Honestly, I felt like the Apostle Peter. He was always so willing to do what the Lord needed him to do & had one of the firmest testimonies of the Savior. But at times, he would let those little doubts get into his mind. He would lose focus of the Savior. There was one instance, where those doubts almost caused him to lose his life. In Matthew chapter 14 it says,

22 ¶And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

Jump for JOY if you LOVE being a Missionary!

Like Peter, I felt like I was filled with so much joy as I kept my eyes and focus on the Savior. But after awhile, I started to pay more attention to the "waves" around me which caused me to fall into that dark abyss. I became afraid and felt like I couldn't keep my head above the water anymore.

Have YOU ever felt like that before?

I know there are times in each of our lives that we will experience something similar to Peter. But what I have been able to learn, is that just like Peter, I can call on my Savior to rescue me. I can stretch my hand out towards Him. And I KNOW that I can always rely on my Savior to tenderly grab my shaking hand and rescue me from the tumultuous waters. But I also know that YOU can do so as well! That YOU can be saved from your despairs and sorrows, your fears and doubts.

In the words of another one of my favorite hymns,

He answers privately,
Reaches my reaching
In my Gethsemane, Savior and Friend.
Gentle the peace he finds for my beseeching.
Constant he is and kind,
Love without end.

Christ will ALWAYS reach our reaching. He will ALWAYS be there to remove our doubts and fears. He can help us to find the direction that we need to go towards and will ALWAYS bring us the peace we need. He will be there for us during our own personal Gethsemane's and will give us the strength to overcome anything in our path!

I know that to be true.

xoxo Sister Morgan

SURPRISE! I chopped off my hair :)

District Meeting w/ the Zone Leaders!

Speachless

I <3 SD! View from on top of the USS Midway!

Hey Everyone!

Us w/ Bret & Bro Stevenson

The Baptisms this past weekend went SOOO GOOD. It was almost too good...usually most of the time, baptism weeks are AWFUL. Satan just works so hard on our investigators and on us, to make the week as difficult as can be. But it's because he KNOWS of the amazing thing that they are about to do! But this week things went so smoothly. Saturday was a little frantic, but nothin' we can't handle! It was just so humbling to watch both Bret and Sarah enter into the waters of baptism. They both come from different backgrounds, are at different stages of life, and are both going to different sides of the country. But it was so cool to see how BOTH of them had come to the same conclusion: That the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the same organization and church that Christ established while on the Earth & is the ONLY church that has the Priesthood authority of God! Both of them have applied the Atonement in their life and they are SO grateful to now have the Gift of the Holy Ghost with them at ALL times. I truly love both of them with all of my heart & I can't wait to see how the Gospel continues to bless them in their lives!

Us w/ Sarah & her hubby David!

This week I have been pondering a bunch about the Atonement. As I have been on my Mission I have seen the Atonement be applied to so many different people, to different backgrounds & circumstances, to different sins & weaknesses, to different struggles & trials. I've seen it take place in my life everyday for the past 15 months and I just can't get over how truly AMAZING the Atonement is. It has completely changed me. It has changed my HEART and I am so grateful for that. Today for some reason I really don't have that much to talk about. (I know, this is UNUSUAL) I think it's just one of those weeks where I can't find any words within my brain to describe how I'm feeling. So this week, I'm going to let someone else's words describe to you all how i'm feeling :)



The first is from one of my favorite hymns, I Stand All Amazed

1. I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,
Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.
I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,
That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.
(Chorus)
Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me
Enough to die for me!
Oh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me!

2. I marvel that he would descend from his throne divine
To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine,
That he should extend his great love unto such as I,
Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify.

3. I think of his hands pierced and bleeding to pay the debt!
Such mercy, such love and devotion can I forget?
No, no, I will praise and adore at the mercy seat,
Until at the glorified throne I kneel at his feet.

If anything, I hope that all of you can see the love I have for my Savior Jesus Christ!

The Second is from a section in Doctrine & Covenants that I recently studied that I can't seem to get out of my head! It's D&C 18:10-15

10 Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;
11 For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him.
12 And he hath risen again from the dead, that he might bring all men unto him, on conditions of repentance.
13 And how great is his joy in the soul that repenteth!
14 Wherefore, you are called to cry repentance unto this people.
15 And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!

THIS is the perfect description of what it is like to bring one of God's lost children back into His fold. THIS is my Mission!

The last one basically describes my testimony right now. It is from one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon- Alma 26:16

Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.

Ammon describes perfectly what is in my heart right now. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY. I will praise and glory in my God FOREVER for allowing me to be on this wonderful journey and to be molding me into the Daughter that HE knows I can become.

I love you all!

xoxo Sister Morgan

@ the USS Midway. Expect Wedding Announcements in the near future ;)

"Jose, can't you seeeeeee?!"

Welcome to the 4th of July in PB!

Hey everyone!!! Happy 4th of July! I hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating our Independence! I know everyone in PB had a CRAZY good time celebrating the 4th.......haha It was like a MAD house here this past weekend. I have NEVER seen soooooo many cars and soooooo many people crammed into parking lots and on the beach! It was definitely an interesting day for us to say in the least........haha

Well, I guess the day started off very patriotic as we got to Meet the President!!!!!! Not the President that most of you are probably thinking......but our new Mission President & his family! I.LOVE.THEM. They have such a wonderful excitement for this work and it has seriously spread throughout the whole mission! It has been such a testimony builder to see the priesthood keys & mantle move between President Clayton and President Schmitt.

So i'll introduce the Schmitt's to you all briefly :)

President & Sister Schmitt came from Houston Texas, but President originally grew up in good 'ol Yuma AZ! They both served missions in California :) They have 4 kids: David-15 Tyler-11 Elle-10 & Clayton-6&3/4. Their only daughter, Elle, prayed the night before they opened their mission call that they would be sent to San Diego. And would you look at that........HEAVENLY FATHER TRULY DOES ANSWER PRAYERS! And here they are today :) Apparently, a TON of the newly called Mission Presidents & their wives said that their top 3 choices for their missions were 1: San Diego 2: San Diego & 3: SAN DIEGO. So apparently, this must be the most celestial Mission if everyone wants to come serve the Lord here :) I'm SO BLESSED to be able to call this place my 2nd HOME. I love it will all of my heart!

So this upcoming Saturday we are having 2 more baptisms! I have truly come to love both of these people SOOOO MUCH and I feel so blessed and humbled that I have been able to help them along this journey. Sara just recently married a Member of our Ward who is a RM from Chile. She has been SO prepared and truly loves this Gospel so much. She can't wait until next year when they can be sealed in the Temple as a family for ALL eternity!

Our other baptism is Bret. I.LOVE.THIS.MAN. It has been such a blessing to teach him these past 7 weeks and to see how much he has grown. In March the Sister's found him as they were looking for one of their former investigators. Bret grew up with some really good LDS friends and has always respected the Church so much. But the Sister's truly found him at the perfect time. He was a drug addict, an alcoholic, a smoker since he was 10, had no job, living on a boat, & basically his life was in the shams. He'll be the first to tell you that his "light" was almost extinguished! He was almost baptized in April but 4 days before his baptism he started smoking again. After that he needed a "breather" from the church and the Sisters didn't see him for about a month. Then he started coming to church again the Sunday before we arrived in the area. When I first met him, he was trying to get down to half a pack a day. But since we've started teaching him he has finished reading the Book of Mormon, has quit smoking and hasn't smoked in almost 30 DAYS, and he is the HAPPIEST person you will ever meet!

This past week he kept telling us about how nervous he was to bear his testimony after his baptism. He considers himself to be an "introvert" (we all know that is a lie. Once you crack him open he is the friendliest and funniest person you will EVER meet) & the idea of speaking in front of a room filled w/ people terrified him. But on Saturday we talked to him all about why we bear our testimony's and how it is more for the benefit of those who are listening and how it also solidifies our own testimonies even more as we share it.

So on Sunday we were just sitting there in Sacrament Meeting listening to the beautiful testimonies and all of a sudden I just see Bret stand up and walk straight up to the pulpit to bear his testimony! & I have to add, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. He just felt the Spirit and had the courage to act on it and go bear his testimony! It was the most beautiful testimony I have ever listened to! He was SOOOO nervous, and was cracking the funniest jokes, but when he got serious, he bore the most sincere testimony about how he knows this Church is true. He knows it is true because he has read the scriptures & if you live your life according to what the scriptures say, then you'll know that this is Jesus Christ's church! I seriously cried it was so precious. And at the very end he used some sign language that we had the ASL Elders teach him and closed his testimony by signing "In the Name of Jesus Christ, AMEN"

The best part was that since it was 4th of July weekend, we had 555 PEOPLE IN SACRAMENT MEETING. It was absolutely amazing to see how many people came up to him after the meeting and thanked him for his testimony! What I love most is being able to see how much Bret has grown these past 7 weeks. 7 weeks ago he was grumpy, sad, and depressed. Today he is happy, friendly, and TRULY radiating with the Light of Christ! And I KNOW it is because he is keeping ALL of the commandments and living the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

I KNOW that this Church is true! And I KNOW that you can experience the greatest joy you can ever have in this life as you truly live the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I love you all!

xoxo Sister Morgan

The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning

Hey Everyone!

So this past week was definitely one of the biggest learning experiences I've had so far on my mission. Our week started out SUPER good. We were teaching a ton of lessons everyday and meeting some super interesting people (like always) as we were talking to everyone and their cats. Last week we had gone on exchanges and while I was out of the area, my companion & one of the Sister Training Leaders added 2 new investigators which was exactly what we had been praying for!

We kept trying to meet with one of the investigators, but right before our appointments he would have to cancel. So on Friday around 3:00 pm we were finally able to meet him and had the craziest/worst/most intense lesson I have EVER experienced. We walk into the apartment & sit down and start getting to know him a little bit better. His girl friend was cooking in the Kitchen and she was a little stand-offish at first to us. But once she found out that we were Missionaries she comes and sits down with us and wanted to hear what our message was about. For the first little while, everything was going great! This lady was a rambler and would go off on some random tangents, but we would relate everything back to the Gospel and it fit in perfectly with the message of the Restoration! We asked about their religious backgrounds and she has some really interesting beliefs...she had some interesting views on prayer & talked about some of the really difficult things that she has experienced in life & how she would only call upon God then. She then said about how there is NO way that we could have ever experienced anything like that yet and know what it's like to truly call upon God.

So after her discussion about prayer, she stands up and goes into the Kitchen to check on what she is cooking. As my companion was very simply teaching her husband how to pray (he didn't grow up with any religion and had never prayed before) right when she got to the part about how we close our prayers in "The Name of Jesus Christ", all of a sudden his girl friend walks back in and stands right in front of us and basically says, "Alright girls, it's time for you to leave NOW. You are talking to people who already know how to do this stuff and we have experienced a lot more in life than you can even imagine!" (she said a lot more, but most of it isn't rated PG). I look at my companion and she is already in tears, & I'm just thinking to myself, "What the heck is going on?!" She flipped SO fast on us and it seriously came out of NO where. But as she was staring at us, I could just feel the Spirit spread from my heart throughout my whole body. As we stood up to make our way to the door, I looked at this lady RIGHT in the eyes and calmly but powerfully said, " You see what's on my knee caps? Those are calluses from being on my knees so much and pouring my HEART out to God. I KNOW what it's like to have absolutely nothing besides my relationship with God, Christ and my family! I may be young, but I KNOW that during THE most difficult times of my life, that God did truly strengthen me and saved me from my despair. Despite the difficult circumstances I've been in, in my heart I had PEACE, COMFORT, & LOVE & i KNOW that it was because of Christ's sufferings that He was able to take away all of the pain once I turned to HIM."

Then this lady started going into a random tangent about how the Roman's killed Christ & it seemed like she had completely forgotten that she had just yelled at us to leave. But since I was standing closer to her this time, I finally noticed the smell that was emanating from her breath. This lady was DRUNK & probably on a few other drugs. As soon as that light bulb went off, my heart instantly broke for these 2 people. I tried to make my way towards the door but it seemed like I couldn't even move my feet. The Spirit just kept telling me to testify & testify & TESTIFY. So I pulled out a Book of Mormon and said, "Before we go, can we give you a book that has a really special place in my heart?" Then this lady was like, "Of course! I love to read and learn more!" I gave one to her boyfriend as well and looked him in the eyes (because I think he actually was sober & he kept apologizing under his breath about this lady) and testified that if he reads from the Book of Mormon and asks God if it's true, that God WILL answer his prayer and he will have more peace in his life than he can ever imagine.

Then I asked if we could leave them with a prayer and the girl friend was like, "Oooooo! Can we do the kneeling thing?!" So we got down on our knees and I offered one of the sincere prayers of my life. As soon as I said, "My Most Dear & Gracious Heavenly Father.." I was completely overwhelmed by the Spirit and couldn't suppress the tears anymore. In that moment I could truly feel Heavenly Father's love for these people and at the same time, how SAD He was by the decisions they were making. I felt like Alma in Alma 8:14 'being weighed down with sorrow...because of the wickedness of the people'. I truly felt the importance of making these things known unto ALL of the children of men & my heart ached for these people because I KNEW how much the Gospel could truly bless their lives. Right in the middle of my prayer, this lady interrupts it by saying, "Ladies! Bring your hands in, I have a ball of energy and we CAN'T let it go!" I just continued on with my prayer and after finishing in Christ's Name, she was like, "I think the Angles are trying to tell us something!" and then I was like, "Yes, they are trying to tell YOU that the message that we bring to you is TRUE." and she was like, "Yeah, it's good!" and then I was like, "No, it's not just good, but it's of GREAT importance! I KNOW that it is true!"

Then we stood up again, shook their hands, and walked out with tears rolling down both of our faces. We walked into a back parking lot and just cried and cried for these people. I have never experienced the Spirit so powerfully before in my life, and have never felt God's love for His Children SO powerfully before either. This experience has completely changed my perspective and I am so HUMBLED to be a Representative of my Savior, Jesus Christ. I KNOW that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is TRUE and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God!

I love this Gospel, I love all of you, and I am so grateful for all of your love and support.

xoxo Sister Morgan

Gotta love random "God-squads!"

Jammin' out on our Ukulele's with a member family!

 

How Great Shall Be Your JOY!

PB Life

Hey Everyone!

Well, another transfer has come & gone and time is just moving TOO FAST. But luckily I get to stay in Pacific Beach for another transfer with my awesome companion Hermana Cazares! I don't think I will EVER get tired of looking at the weather forecast for the week & seeing "Tuesday: 73. Wednesday: 74. Thursday: 74. Friday: 71. Saturday 74" Looks like its going to be a little chilly on Friday! ;) hahaha I LOVE IT HERE

This week was SUPER good. It was filled with lots of miracles, exchanges, and BAPTISMS. On Saturday I got permission to head back down to Chula and attend the baptism of Erin!! It was absolutely AMAZING and the Spirit was so strong. It has been so cool to see how much she has grown these past few months since Sis. Mims and I started teaching her. She knows who she is, she knows that God has a plan for her, and she TRUSTS in that plan despite all of the trials that have come her way. I felt so humbled just to have been a part of her story! This Gospel is just going to bless her life in so many more ways!

Reunion @ Erin's Baptism!

During her baptismal service, Sister Simmons gave a talk about Baptism and the Holy Ghost and there was something that she said that has really stuck out to me. She said, "Erin, things WON'T get easier from here. But they WILL be more bearable since you will be yoked with your Savior". Entering into a covenant with Heavenly Father doesn't mean all the hardships will be taken out of our lives. It just means that we will have even more STRENGTH to overcome every mountain in our path that leads towards Eternal Life. And I KNOW that to be true with every fiber of my being! 2 years ago this week I learned that through experience and I know without a doubt that the Heaven's are opened and that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us SO much today. They just want to support and strengthen us in everything that we do, WE just have to be the ones that turn to them.

Erin's Baptism!

This past week I truly learned that I can lean on my Savior for ANYTHING that I am going through! To help support our investigator who is overcoming his smoking addiction, for a WEEK we decided that we would go off of SUGAR so that we could get a better understanding of how difficult it is for him. & i'm not just talking about giving up treats. If it had sugar listed in the ingredients, we could NOT eat it. But us not being the brightest crayons in the crayola box decided that if it had ANY grams of sugar in the ingredients, we wouldn't eat it!

What 14 months of missionary life does to you on P-Days

WOOF.

Talk about the longest week of my life! I never realized how much sugar there is in EVERYTHING. We were a little extreme and didn't realize that natural sugars are included in the total amount of grams, but don't worry, we still ate a LOT of fruit and veggies that week! It was sooo much harder than I thought it would be, but SUCH a good lesson for me. I learned about how important it is to truly take care of the bodies that we have been so blessed with to have on this Earth. That Jesus Christ even experienced what it was like to go COMPLETELY off sugar and knew how to support me when my tummy was rumbling with hunger. Thankfully, we decided to only do it for a week (instead of the whole MONTH before his baptism) and now I can have sugar again :) But I'm still eating healthy and eating lots of fruits and veggies so no need to worry.

This week is the LAST week for our Mission President and his wife. Our new Mission President & his wife, President & Sister Schmitt, are arriving in San Diego this WEEK. Its such a bitter sweet moment, but I know that there are going to be SO many miracles that happen during this transition & I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us!

So this past weekend was the last time I was able to see the Claytons @ Stake Conference. In his talk, President Clayton quoted 2 Nephi 2:25 and said that since our purpose in this life is to have JOY, then what is the thing that brings us the most joy in this life? Then he quoted D&C 18:15 that talks about if we will only bring ONE soul back to Him how GREAT shall be our JOY. So, in a round about way, MISSIONARY WORK IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES AND GIVES US THE MOST JOY EVA! :) But its true! I can testify that being on my mission has been the HAPPIEST and most JOYFUL time of my life! If you want to experience some of that joy, then open your mouth & share the Gospel with your friends and neighbors! If you want to have some of that joy & don't know anything about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, then talk to my parents and ask them to invite their friends with the name tags over to have dinner with you. :)

xoxo Sister Morgan