Hard times...

I'm not going to lie. Last week and parts of this week were hard for me. So sorry for the short update last week.

Tuesday was a good day. Sister Lewis and I were able to teach our first three lessons of the day in a lot more balance than we have before. It's always hard when getting a new companion to figure out how best you work together in lessons. I was actually able to feel the spirit influencing the words that I was saying, and it was an amazing thing to experience. My mind was clear and I could feel the power of the words that were given to me by the spirit. I'm so grateful that I was able to be an instrument in the Lord's hand like that. We were able to teach Kent who was having a really hard time. She was also able to make it to church! It was really cool. We were also able to get her a priesthood blessing because she's had some deaths in the family lately and has been feeling a little depressed.

We also met with Bobby this week and taught her about the doctrine of Christ. She's doing well, sadly she didn't make it to church, but we're meeting with her again soon to see how she's doing. We're pretty sure church is the only thing that could possibly stop her from getting baptized, which is actually a little refreshing compared to some of our other investigators who have word of wisdom and law of chastity issues. I love all of the people we're working with though, no matter their issue. We're all God's children in the end.

This week was also a little discouraging because we couldn't get in contact with Lucy who had a baptism date for August 16. Unfortunately we had to drop the date because she didn't make it to church yesterday. However, we still had a really awesome experience with her yesterday. After dinner Sister Lewis and I had originally planned to go to a different part of our area than where Lucy was. But as we were getting ready to leave I had a really strong feeling that we needed to go to Lucy's. So we go and she's there!  And not only is she there, but she told us that earlier that day she had the most distinct prompting that she needed to quit smoking because it wasn't pleasing to Heavenly Father, and that she really wanted to do the things that are pleasing to Him. It was amazing to hear and it's amazing to see how the Lord is preparing her, and how little we actually have to do with the changes she is making. It's 100% the spirit. I'm grateful that I was able to feel the influence of the spirit as well and that we were able to follow it's promptings to be in the place that we needed to be.

There were some discouragements this week that I'm not going to go into too much detail about, but all in all we did a lot of good work and it turned out good in the end. I know that this church is true and that Heavenly Father is aware of each and every one of us. I felt it this week. I know that Jesus Christ truly did die for us, and that He loves us and that all He wants is for us to follow him and return to live with our Heavenly Father again. I know that I came to this Earth at this time for a reason, probably for many reasons. I know that we all lived with our Heavenly Father before this life and that we all accepted his plan of Happiness. Isn't that amazing? You wouldn't be here right now with a body if you had not agreed to this plan before you cam to this Earth life. I find a lot of comfort in that thought. Because I may not have a lot of confidence now, but that means that I used to, and that I was sure I could make it through this journey because I would have the help of my family and most importantly of my Savior Jesus Christ. I'm so grateful for this gospel and I say that in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. I love you all. Thanks for everything!

-Sister Morrill