Well I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and it was a fun-filled, good food day for everyone! This week has been awesome andwe are seeing miracles in the Penza area. We are so excited to workwith our awesome ward and to just have the support of all of themembers. I am seriously amazed by their dedication and love to thegospel every week! Well I need to start out adn say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of
my favorite little nieces, LUCY! YEA! i can't believe that she is already 4 and already all grown up. I hope that she has a great birthday filled with princess fun, lots of candy and cake, and lots and hugs and kisses. I can't wait to get my princess shoes on and dance with you ;) Well Monday night was fantastic! We had 2 family home evening's and we loved being able to spend some time with our members and get to know them and their families. Our first FHE was with one of our new converts and it was her first "try" at FHE and it was a huge success. It is such a cool sight to be able to see someone who didn't know anything about the gospel transform and become just... perfect. I was so proud of her for wanting to hold her own FHE, for having a spiritual thought, treats, etc. It was such a great evening and I think that she will continue to have many more successful and fun-filled FHE's! WE then went back to our area for FHE with an amazing family here. BY far my favorite part was the game at the end where I was enlisted to act out a famous RUssian Fairytale (one, that I was not familiar with at all) in the form of a comedy. I was enlisted to be the mouse and so just ended up crawling around nad
trying to understand the story. They then did the same story in the form of a tragedy and it was so funnY! The president of the branch was there and so it was so fun to watch him be the grandma in the story, trying not to laugh and act it out. It was great. We had some great lessons with investigator's this week and so it has
been great to just watch them progress. We also got to work with TANYUSH this week which is always a HUGE treat! i love her and am just so happy when she comes out on the street with us. We were at our investigator's house and we LOVE to be there because we always have really really interesting conversations and we realized that we had to be home in about 20 minutes. Well, she lives about 30 minutes away and
so we finished the lesson and RAN out of there. Unfortunately there was a HUGE storm and the wind and freezing rain was a little bit of a deterrent. We were half running, half walking while trying to see in front of us and singing hymns all the way. I felt so bad for Tanya who was with us because she did not have warm clothes on but we were laughing and having a good time. We had to RUN home by the end because
we realized we had about 3 minutes left. Luckily we made it but I was SOAKED from head to foot. We also had a great lesson with an inactive lady that night and had a really interesting conversation on the atonement and how we can apply it more in our lives. It was great to be able to talk to her about it and we love working with her. SHe has the best sense of humor! Her and Tanya got along great instantly! We
really hope that soon she will be able to come to church! Thanksgiving this year was miraculous and I have to say it was all thanks to our new investigator. We met a really really great lady a couple of weeks ago while tracting and so set up a meeting with her on Thursday. We knew that she spoke perfect English (she is a teacher here) and so planned to our lesson in English (which is always realy
interesting). We showed up for our lesson and she had a whole Thanksgiving Dessert tray for us. It was so cute! She knew that in America it was a big holiday and so had planned for us to celebrate. It was so sweet. We had a greta lesson with her and talked about the Book of Mormon a lot. She had been to Salt Lake City for a teacher's
conference and so we were able to talk about that a little as well. We gave her the BOok of Mormon in English and just had a great lesson. The spirit was so strong and she promised to read. She then came to church on Sunday and it was Fantastic! She loved the meeting and so we are so excited to keep working with her.
We also bought a pumpkin from a grandma on the street and made pumpkin and banana cream pies for the ward Thanksgiving party on Friday. The pies were a huge hit and it was so fun to start with a pumpkin and at the end have a pie. I have to say i felt pretty proud and felt a little like Martha Stewart. The pies were delicious and the ward absolutely loved them!
Friday we had a great Thanksgiving evening where we talked about Gratitude, taught the members how to do the traditional "primary turkey with your hand" and played some musical chairs. There was then a big feast. Everyone loved the activity and there were A TON of investigators there and so it was even better. Overall it was a great evening and we absolutely loved it! The members loved celebrating the
Holiday and loved being able to share their gratefulness. As I said, this week we saw lots of miracles and have been amazed that the work in this area just keeps going on. The church in Penza is GROWING and there is so much success here. We know that the success here is because of the faith and prayers of the members and their
willingness to work with us. I love working here in this branch and I love seeing the changes that are taking place in this area. WOW! Our Heavenly Father loves us and gives us so many blessings. I am so grateful for a fantastic week, for an awesome companion, for the opportunity to serve the Lord and testify of Him and His sacrifice and for all of the tender mercies He gives us everyday. I know this church
is true and it brings HAPPINESS! I hope everyone has a good week and continues to feel the "thanksgiving spirit". I lvoe you! Sister Morris
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE TOM THE TURKEY!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! Who could have asked for a better dad! He emails me every week, inspires me, gives me funny stories to use while I"m teaching and when I spoke in church yesterday! (I spoke in church yesterday about faith and hope and used your Thanksgiving on the mission story with the turkey;) Thanks dad for everything you do and for always being so positive and a great example of dedicated service to the Lord in your callings, in your family and while you work! I love you! THis week was great! I can't even describe how happy I am about everything that happened this week! We did have our Visa trip and it was fantastic. It was so great to get to be with and chat with SIster Tedrow and i love her! I am so happy and grateful for her amazing example of service and how awesome of a missionary she is. It was also great to be with the Elder's who I haven't seen for a long time and to know that as Alma says, "they were still my brethren in the Lord." It was great to be with them and joke and just see how they have grown and changed. It is so intersting because you really can see the change in others and not in yourself. They have all become AMAZING missionaries with strong testimonies and a love of the Lord. I am so proud of all of them and how they are doing this work for the Lord. Lithuania was, as usual, really fast BUT we did get to talk to two American WNBA players who are playing right now on a Russian INternational team in the off-season. they were really really cool and we talked to them for a long time while we waited for our flight from Moscow to Lithuania. They were also renewing their visa's and so they told us all the cool things to do in Lithuania... unfortunately.... we usually have about 10 minutes:) But their names were... LIndsey _____ and Michelle Snow? Maybe Devin knows them :) I hear her loves the WNBA and Michelle Snow played for Duke? So that was fun and of course it was crazy to talk to AMERICANS with AMERICAN ACCENTS! WOW! That is weird. It was also great of course to see the other sister's and get to spend some time with them! I love to just be able ot see them and how awesome they are! THey inspire me to be better! We also got to see Sister Sartori, Sister Robinson and Sister Templeton which is a treat. We came into the office to get supplies and the mail for PENZA. When
you live "off the beaten track", you don't get materials that often so we thought we'd take advantage of the time in Samara to pick up our stuff! (Thanks mom for the package, it was great-- we've already started giving stuff out!) I absolutely love Sister Sartori and am so grateful for her example of dedicated service and LOVE! Wednesday, after the Visa Trip, I found a nice little present on my bed from my companion. She had given me some candy and a really nice card and.... a crab, yesa, a real crab. Wow. thanks! i reached into the box and pulled out this stange-feeling thing and then looked at it and screamed and threw him. He was half dead and half alive because he had been sitting there all night but it was NASTY! Turns out someone
had "given" it to her on the street-- I don't know... We got back inot our area on Thursday and had a great day working. We had a FANTASTIC meeting with an inactive lady in our ward and I just love to meet with her. The Spirit was very strong and we were able to just talk about the blessings of going to church. It seems like that
was definitely a theme in our meetings this week because with a lot of people we were able to talk about the blessings of going to church! On my mission, I have realized more and more what a blessing it is to go to church. I find that at the end of the week i just thirst to be in church, to see all my friends and to partake of the sacrament. It really is like it says in Moroni 6 that we need to get together often
to be nourished by the word of God, pray, fast, and talk to each other! It is such a blessing to have that strength and support from other members of the church.
Friday night was... well miraculous! We had our first ever "CULTURE NIGHT"! It started by going to McDonalds (my first time in Russia- still not sure how that is culture but the Elders were DYING to go) and then headed to the Philharmonic. It was a concert of a singer from St. Petersburg but the best part, by far was the Russian Folk ensemble and dancers! Yes, I got to see the Kazak done by Russians! Woohoo! It
was so fun to sit there and see them dancing in their traditional costumes and just think that "wow, this isn't even at BYU, I'm IN RUSSIA." THe concert was great and I really enjoyed it. I think the Elder's had a hard time with the singer but overall they seemed to enjoy themselves. They did say that next time, they are picking the
cultural event but oh well. Saturday was just a good working day and we had some good lessons with some inactives and some referrals from the members (THEY ARE GREAT!)
We also had a great lesson with one of our new investigators and it was so fun to discuss with her the purpose of life, why we're here, who God is and all of those good questions. It really was a very powerful discussion and we are so HAPPY to work with her! She is great! So overall our week was fantastic. I am still amazed by my companion everyday and her commitment to work and try her hardest! She is doing
absolutely amazing and I couldn't be any prouder! YEA! I hope everyone has a great week. Have a good and YUMMY thanksgiving and remember all of your blessings. Also remember the great blesssing it is that we can go to church every Sunday and be fed by the word of God, talk with each other and pray and fast. It really is AMAZING! I love you all! Sister Morris
you live "off the beaten track", you don't get materials that often so we thought we'd take advantage of the time in Samara to pick up our stuff! (Thanks mom for the package, it was great-- we've already started giving stuff out!) I absolutely love Sister Sartori and am so grateful for her example of dedicated service and LOVE! Wednesday, after the Visa Trip, I found a nice little present on my bed from my companion. She had given me some candy and a really nice card and.... a crab, yesa, a real crab. Wow. thanks! i reached into the box and pulled out this stange-feeling thing and then looked at it and screamed and threw him. He was half dead and half alive because he had been sitting there all night but it was NASTY! Turns out someone
had "given" it to her on the street-- I don't know... We got back inot our area on Thursday and had a great day working. We had a FANTASTIC meeting with an inactive lady in our ward and I just love to meet with her. The Spirit was very strong and we were able to just talk about the blessings of going to church. It seems like that
was definitely a theme in our meetings this week because with a lot of people we were able to talk about the blessings of going to church! On my mission, I have realized more and more what a blessing it is to go to church. I find that at the end of the week i just thirst to be in church, to see all my friends and to partake of the sacrament. It really is like it says in Moroni 6 that we need to get together often
to be nourished by the word of God, pray, fast, and talk to each other! It is such a blessing to have that strength and support from other members of the church.
Friday night was... well miraculous! We had our first ever "CULTURE NIGHT"! It started by going to McDonalds (my first time in Russia- still not sure how that is culture but the Elders were DYING to go) and then headed to the Philharmonic. It was a concert of a singer from St. Petersburg but the best part, by far was the Russian Folk ensemble and dancers! Yes, I got to see the Kazak done by Russians! Woohoo! It
was so fun to sit there and see them dancing in their traditional costumes and just think that "wow, this isn't even at BYU, I'm IN RUSSIA." THe concert was great and I really enjoyed it. I think the Elder's had a hard time with the singer but overall they seemed to enjoy themselves. They did say that next time, they are picking the
cultural event but oh well. Saturday was just a good working day and we had some good lessons with some inactives and some referrals from the members (THEY ARE GREAT!)
We also had a great lesson with one of our new investigators and it was so fun to discuss with her the purpose of life, why we're here, who God is and all of those good questions. It really was a very powerful discussion and we are so HAPPY to work with her! She is great! So overall our week was fantastic. I am still amazed by my companion everyday and her commitment to work and try her hardest! She is doing
absolutely amazing and I couldn't be any prouder! YEA! I hope everyone has a great week. Have a good and YUMMY thanksgiving and remember all of your blessings. Also remember the great blesssing it is that we can go to church every Sunday and be fed by the word of God, talk with each other and pray and fast. It really is AMAZING! I love you all! Sister Morris
Monday, November 15, 2010
Pictures from Vladimir
There is a member of the Penza branch that posts pictures to my Facebook account every Sunday. I love it!
Dreams
Family and Friends-
We had a fantastic week! Thanks for all of the emails. I just need to tell about one dream I had this week beacuse I know that KATIE will find it espeically funny. So i was serving on a mission and the phone rang. I answered it and it was... Rand, yes Katie, your dad. So we chatted for awhile, he asked me how things were going, I asked why he had called, he avoided the question and then I just kept asking if I could talk to Nance because I was DYING to talk to Nance. He kept turning me down! So it was a weird dream and I still don't know why he called but he wouldn't even let me talk to NANCE. It was definitely sad, I woke up just thinking that I needed to call somebody back. BUT ANYWAY... This week we had a lot of miracles and we can defenitely see the hand of the Lord in this work and especially in this branch. He is blessing
us so much! We were able to this week to have a few really great lessons and it was especially great to be able to work with members of our ward. Tuesday night we were able to go and visit the mom of a member here and she was so nice and friendly! We loved getting to visit with her and we are really excited to strart working with her
and teaching her the Gospel. Wednesday we had a great lesson with a member here who is struggiling with some health problems and the Spirit was so strong. WE were able to talk a lot about the love God has for us and how he shows us that love. It was such a great opportunity to be able to testify about the power of our Heavenly
Father's love. We also had a great lesson with one of our new investigators and her daughter. WE watched the Restoration film and it was so great to be able to talk about the need and reality of a living prophet who leads and guides the church. We also talked about the Book of Mormon and the blessings we can receive from such a book. I know the Book of Mormon is true and so I absolutely love to share my testimony with others about it. We also had a miracle last night. A few weeks ago while tracting we met a fantastic lady and on SUnday night we were able to meet with
her. We taught the first lesson and the spirit was very very strong! She said that she would read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. We prayed at the end, and she even prayed, and then we stood up to leave. When we were about to go, her husband and son came in and she begged us to teach them as well. So we waited while she talked to them and convinced them to come in and hear our message. WE were then able to
teach the 1st lesson, one more time to her husband and son. It was such a great experience and it was very interesting to see how the lessons were different but centered around the same thing. We are really really excited to be able to work with them in the next coming weeks to help them see how the Gospel can and will bless their family. I am so grateful for a family and espeically parents who taught and
lived the Gospel. I was able to testify about the power of having family prayer, family home evening and family scripture study. I am sooo grateful for my amazing parents who taught us right and always helped us to follow after our Savior. I am still amazed by my parents who do that everyday and are always striving to follow their Savior and serve in the ward, community and in their family with all of their
heart, might, mind and strength. Overall it was a fantastic night and we felt so blessed as missionaries to be a part of it. Right now I am in Samara, preparing for a Visa trip tomorrow. WE came in on the train this morning and I'm a little tired but we;re excited to get to spend a few days with the sisters here in Samara. It seems
really weird that I will have my last VIsa trip and just yesterday I was telling Sister Ostapchuk taht I feel like I was just there! But everything will be good. In the course of this email I may have forgotten to mention our most "productive and effective" night as missionaries but I think that story will wait till after the mission ;) Have a good week, I love you all and pray for you! Thanks for your
prayers and support! Sister Morris
We had a fantastic week! Thanks for all of the emails. I just need to tell about one dream I had this week beacuse I know that KATIE will find it espeically funny. So i was serving on a mission and the phone rang. I answered it and it was... Rand, yes Katie, your dad. So we chatted for awhile, he asked me how things were going, I asked why he had called, he avoided the question and then I just kept asking if I could talk to Nance because I was DYING to talk to Nance. He kept turning me down! So it was a weird dream and I still don't know why he called but he wouldn't even let me talk to NANCE. It was definitely sad, I woke up just thinking that I needed to call somebody back. BUT ANYWAY... This week we had a lot of miracles and we can defenitely see the hand of the Lord in this work and especially in this branch. He is blessing
us so much! We were able to this week to have a few really great lessons and it was especially great to be able to work with members of our ward. Tuesday night we were able to go and visit the mom of a member here and she was so nice and friendly! We loved getting to visit with her and we are really excited to strart working with her
and teaching her the Gospel. Wednesday we had a great lesson with a member here who is struggiling with some health problems and the Spirit was so strong. WE were able to talk a lot about the love God has for us and how he shows us that love. It was such a great opportunity to be able to testify about the power of our Heavenly
Father's love. We also had a great lesson with one of our new investigators and her daughter. WE watched the Restoration film and it was so great to be able to talk about the need and reality of a living prophet who leads and guides the church. We also talked about the Book of Mormon and the blessings we can receive from such a book. I know the Book of Mormon is true and so I absolutely love to share my testimony with others about it. We also had a miracle last night. A few weeks ago while tracting we met a fantastic lady and on SUnday night we were able to meet with
her. We taught the first lesson and the spirit was very very strong! She said that she would read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. We prayed at the end, and she even prayed, and then we stood up to leave. When we were about to go, her husband and son came in and she begged us to teach them as well. So we waited while she talked to them and convinced them to come in and hear our message. WE were then able to
teach the 1st lesson, one more time to her husband and son. It was such a great experience and it was very interesting to see how the lessons were different but centered around the same thing. We are really really excited to be able to work with them in the next coming weeks to help them see how the Gospel can and will bless their family. I am so grateful for a family and espeically parents who taught and
lived the Gospel. I was able to testify about the power of having family prayer, family home evening and family scripture study. I am sooo grateful for my amazing parents who taught us right and always helped us to follow after our Savior. I am still amazed by my parents who do that everyday and are always striving to follow their Savior and serve in the ward, community and in their family with all of their
heart, might, mind and strength. Overall it was a fantastic night and we felt so blessed as missionaries to be a part of it. Right now I am in Samara, preparing for a Visa trip tomorrow. WE came in on the train this morning and I'm a little tired but we;re excited to get to spend a few days with the sisters here in Samara. It seems
really weird that I will have my last VIsa trip and just yesterday I was telling Sister Ostapchuk taht I feel like I was just there! But everything will be good. In the course of this email I may have forgotten to mention our most "productive and effective" night as missionaries but I think that story will wait till after the mission ;) Have a good week, I love you all and pray for you! Thanks for your
prayers and support! Sister Morris
Monday, November 8, 2010
NACHOS!!!!!!!
Well another week gone down! AHH! I feel like I just wrote home but I guess it has already been a full week. It seems that everything at home is well and I am was so happy to see those amazing pictures of the kids. HOLY COW! My nieces and nephew are the cutest things in the world. I am so happy! Sara-- I am amazed by you! Thanks for your example of being a great mom and being so active. WOW! It's going to be hard to keep up with you when I get home. Well this week has been good. The weather hasn't been too cold and I have really enjoyed the rainy and cloudy days. Like Sara said,
oppostition in all things. I appreciate the colder weather and rainy days and just think about how blessed we are to have such fantastic weather. Well this week started out with a Branch Home Evening with a showing of the TESTAMENTS. That was a hit and it was really funny to watch in Russian. I really enjoyed being with the members and just getting to know them better. We were able this week to meet with some really cool investigaotrs and so we are excited this next week to keep meeting with them. On Friday night we had a tour at the Branch building that was supposed to be in Russian. The people who showed up all happened to be studying English and so we decided to just do the tour in English. It was perfect! One of the girls had actually lived
in New York and Pittsburg on a job excahnge and so she speaks PERFECT ENGLISH! It was great to get to know her and to be able to talk to her about the Gospel in English (which is so WEIRD-- when you've talked abuot the Gospel in another lanuguage for almost a year and a half-- it is really really really hard to talk about it in English) but the tour was really good and she is really interested in knowing more.
WE also had a great experience knocking. It was pouring rain one day adn so we decided in the afternoon block to head inside and do some tracting. We did the 1st podezd and I thought, well okay, that's it, but my companion said we should do another one, so we kept going. We knocked and a few people talked to us adn then knocked on a door and a lady opened the door and just started crying. SHe invited us in and said that we had come "just in time". We were able to talk about the
blessings of the Gopsel and especially about prayer. Because earlier that day we had sung on the octanobke, we still had a hymnbook and so we were able to sing for her Our Savior's Love. Overall it was great and it was a testimony builder to know that as we are DILIGENT- we just keep going and we have the spirit, Heavenly Father really can make us an instrument in his hands.IN other news... we had our 1st ever "Break the Fast" with our branch last night and it was a hoot. I had decided to do NACHOS because I thought they would think that was really intersting. So we did a few
plates of nachos and set them in front of the babushki. YES. They were shocked. They kept asking me how to eat them, what they were etc. It was so fun to explain to them that they had to eat them with their hands. They then pulled out a knife and tried to "CUT" our nachos. I immediately said, NELZYA, you have to eat with your hands. It was
amazing. Overall the lunch was very very successful and there was lots of good food for everyone. The Nachos, in the end, were a big hit and they all wanted to know how they were done. Oh how I love the simpleness of after-school snacks. Well, thanks for the emails and love and support. We continue to be amazed by the love of our Heavenly
Father and the blessings that he ABUNDANTLy pours out on us! Sister Morris
oppostition in all things. I appreciate the colder weather and rainy days and just think about how blessed we are to have such fantastic weather. Well this week started out with a Branch Home Evening with a showing of the TESTAMENTS. That was a hit and it was really funny to watch in Russian. I really enjoyed being with the members and just getting to know them better. We were able this week to meet with some really cool investigaotrs and so we are excited this next week to keep meeting with them. On Friday night we had a tour at the Branch building that was supposed to be in Russian. The people who showed up all happened to be studying English and so we decided to just do the tour in English. It was perfect! One of the girls had actually lived
in New York and Pittsburg on a job excahnge and so she speaks PERFECT ENGLISH! It was great to get to know her and to be able to talk to her about the Gospel in English (which is so WEIRD-- when you've talked abuot the Gospel in another lanuguage for almost a year and a half-- it is really really really hard to talk about it in English) but the tour was really good and she is really interested in knowing more.
WE also had a great experience knocking. It was pouring rain one day adn so we decided in the afternoon block to head inside and do some tracting. We did the 1st podezd and I thought, well okay, that's it, but my companion said we should do another one, so we kept going. We knocked and a few people talked to us adn then knocked on a door and a lady opened the door and just started crying. SHe invited us in and said that we had come "just in time". We were able to talk about the
blessings of the Gopsel and especially about prayer. Because earlier that day we had sung on the octanobke, we still had a hymnbook and so we were able to sing for her Our Savior's Love. Overall it was great and it was a testimony builder to know that as we are DILIGENT- we just keep going and we have the spirit, Heavenly Father really can make us an instrument in his hands.IN other news... we had our 1st ever "Break the Fast" with our branch last night and it was a hoot. I had decided to do NACHOS because I thought they would think that was really intersting. So we did a few
plates of nachos and set them in front of the babushki. YES. They were shocked. They kept asking me how to eat them, what they were etc. It was so fun to explain to them that they had to eat them with their hands. They then pulled out a knife and tried to "CUT" our nachos. I immediately said, NELZYA, you have to eat with your hands. It was
amazing. Overall the lunch was very very successful and there was lots of good food for everyone. The Nachos, in the end, were a big hit and they all wanted to know how they were done. Oh how I love the simpleness of after-school snacks. Well, thanks for the emails and love and support. We continue to be amazed by the love of our Heavenly
Father and the blessings that he ABUNDANTLy pours out on us! Sister Morris
Monday, November 1, 2010
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SNOW!!!!!?????
So it's true. This week we had snow.. and oh it was cold. BUT it just means I get to wear my magenta hat and scarves and gloves... so actually... I was singing. I feel bad for my companion because I was skipping along the street because I was so glad to have the first snow. It was so pretty! unfortunately it has all melted and we are
back to mud and gray but hey, one day of a winter wonderland wasn't too bad. Well this week has been really good. We had been working really really hard and are so excited because this past week was our first WARD ACTIVITY! We planned a Halloween party ( I think my mom has some pictures) and it was amazing. I have to say that my favorite part was watching EVERY SINGLE ONE of the Grandma's in attendance bob for
apples. Can you imagine it? I loved it!!!! I had a hoot standing by the bucket of apples cheering them on! It was inspiring. They were so great to be good sports and do all of the activities, including eating bagels off a string (doughnuts like in America don't exist here so we had to improvise a little bit). In connection with the apples was the discussion between the Grandma's about how it was easier for some of
them because they had their real teeth and some didn't. Wow. I was in heaven! Included in the festivities was a fishing for prizes pond set up by the Elders and our Branch President's son. I brought the prizes and supplies and basically told them to "set up a fishing pond" and i think they did fantastic! As I said, every grandma also participated in that and ended up with some awesome stickers and toy cars to give their grandkids ;) The other room was a rousing game of TWISTER which
was a big hit in Russia. I think for some of the people it was the
first time they had seen that kind of game and it was great. We also had a "make a costume out of toilet paper" contest and "pin the face on the pumpkin". At the end, of course, were treats and serenading by a member here in penza who plays a mean guitar and harmonica. Overall, the night was FANTASTIC, and the members (and missionaries) had a great time. We were able to have a couple investigators there as well and so it was a great chance for them to just see the building, hear a
spiritual thought, and get to know members. I love working with the members!
In other events, this week we were able to serve some ward members this week which was great. We were able to clean and sing to some of the grandma's in our ward and it was great time. I have to say that this week was also especially amazing because our prihod was almost FULL yesterday. We had so many members there and it was so great to
just see all of these sweet Russian people who I adore, come unto Christ by coming to church. It was such a neat experience to all be there yesterday and to be able to partake of the sacrament and feel the love our Heavenly Father has for us. It is so complete and so full and I love being able to share that love with others and feel that love. We are so blessed to have this Gospel and the opportunity to know about it! Wow! Well I am almost out of time but I love all of you! Thanks Sis. Pike
for the fabulous email last week! it was sooooo happy! It sounds like everyone had a great Halloween and I loved seeing how the kids dressed. I would like to see a picture of Eva if at all possible.... I think her costume sounds amazing! Well I love you! Have a good week!
Sister Morris
back to mud and gray but hey, one day of a winter wonderland wasn't too bad. Well this week has been really good. We had been working really really hard and are so excited because this past week was our first WARD ACTIVITY! We planned a Halloween party ( I think my mom has some pictures) and it was amazing. I have to say that my favorite part was watching EVERY SINGLE ONE of the Grandma's in attendance bob for
apples. Can you imagine it? I loved it!!!! I had a hoot standing by the bucket of apples cheering them on! It was inspiring. They were so great to be good sports and do all of the activities, including eating bagels off a string (doughnuts like in America don't exist here so we had to improvise a little bit). In connection with the apples was the discussion between the Grandma's about how it was easier for some of
them because they had their real teeth and some didn't. Wow. I was in heaven! Included in the festivities was a fishing for prizes pond set up by the Elders and our Branch President's son. I brought the prizes and supplies and basically told them to "set up a fishing pond" and i think they did fantastic! As I said, every grandma also participated in that and ended up with some awesome stickers and toy cars to give their grandkids ;) The other room was a rousing game of TWISTER which
was a big hit in Russia. I think for some of the people it was the
first time they had seen that kind of game and it was great. We also had a "make a costume out of toilet paper" contest and "pin the face on the pumpkin". At the end, of course, were treats and serenading by a member here in penza who plays a mean guitar and harmonica. Overall, the night was FANTASTIC, and the members (and missionaries) had a great time. We were able to have a couple investigators there as well and so it was a great chance for them to just see the building, hear a
spiritual thought, and get to know members. I love working with the members!
In other events, this week we were able to serve some ward members this week which was great. We were able to clean and sing to some of the grandma's in our ward and it was great time. I have to say that this week was also especially amazing because our prihod was almost FULL yesterday. We had so many members there and it was so great to
just see all of these sweet Russian people who I adore, come unto Christ by coming to church. It was such a neat experience to all be there yesterday and to be able to partake of the sacrament and feel the love our Heavenly Father has for us. It is so complete and so full and I love being able to share that love with others and feel that love. We are so blessed to have this Gospel and the opportunity to know about it! Wow! Well I am almost out of time but I love all of you! Thanks Sis. Pike
for the fabulous email last week! it was sooooo happy! It sounds like everyone had a great Halloween and I loved seeing how the kids dressed. I would like to see a picture of Eva if at all possible.... I think her costume sounds amazing! Well I love you! Have a good week!
Sister Morris
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