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!