TRANSFERS

I´m going to Puerto de Santa Maria which is in the San Fernando Zone in Cadiz (about 2 hours more down south from Sevilla, so I´ll be in the same Tri-Zone as Huelva!) My new companion is Hermana Steffensen (sp?) from Norway!!!! I haven´t met her yet but she sounds really cool. She just finished her training so I´m technically Senior companion (AH!) but I´m trying not to think of it like that because first of all, we basically have the same amount of time in the mission and second I DONT EVEN KNOW SPANISH haha so we´re definitely just going to be two newbies running around, learning together haha! I´m super nervous but also excited, its a bittersweet thing for me. I´ve gotten really comfortable in Huelva and then with spending 6 weeks with a companion who not only speaks English but is a MACHINE and knows spanish and how to teach perfectly, I feel like I´ve gotten a little too relaxed lately. I haven´t been pushing myself or being stretched at all but thats about to change, thats for sure! It´ll be nice to have to completely rely on the Lord again....I prayed so much and so hard during my training and I always felt His presence near. But when everything started going well and I became more comfortable as a missionary, I feel like I let go of my relationship with Him a little. Its just like the pride cycle ahhhhh! But I need Him every day and I´ve realized my mistake and I´m not going to let it happen again!

So the bitter part is I have to say goodbye to the beautiful Hermana Lyons! I love her so muchhhhhhh. Seriosuly, we´ve only known each other for 6 weeks and she feels like my sister. We´re completely open with each other and I´ve been able to just be ME around her, a relationship that usually takes years for me to build with someone. So yeah she´s great and I´m going to miss her a lot. I just love how the mission is organzied and how close two people can get while serving the Lord. It´s the best relationship,

And the other bitter part is leaving Huelva! I was "born" here and I can´t even imagine leaving!! 4 months is a LONG time, the ward here is my family and I´ve grown to love my investigators and other people I´ve met so much, so much more than I even thought was possible! I bore my testimony on Sunday and I could see Erika, Lorena, and Ana were crying in the back and it just broke my heart! I NEVER thought that I could have such a relationship with people that I can´t even communicate fully with. It just shows me how much of a difference the Lord and the gospel makes in peoples lives. I don´t feel like I did anything special here, I just tried to share my testimony and bring Christ into other people´s lives and there were definitely times when I feel like I failed.But it was really special to feel so loved from the people I worked hard with every day, gosh I just love missionary work! And I love how people just LOVE missionaries! This whole entry sounds so vain and braggy but I just want to say that I know how special this work is and I am so grateful for the time I´ve served here and the blessings and miracles I´ve seen and recieved. Alright, gush over.

The rest of the week was pretty busy just by itself! We didn´t even have time for P-day, we just split up email time throughout the week. We also had intercambios this week, so a Sister Training Leader came to Huleva with me and I got to take her around to lessons and of course everything FAILED but we made the best of it and the Lord rained blessings on us with our contacting! We got about 16 future investigators in just one day!! BLESSINGS.And then on Saturday, the senior couple from Sevilla came down and we got to do splits with them (they´re SO cute!!) We didn´t have success with them either but they took us to a Wok later that day so i guess that makes up for it ;)

And finally, I´d like to give a little update on my girls, the last update ever! WAAAAAA!

Erika is doing just fine. She´s definitely got a rebellious side but she loves her missionaries, every one of them, thats for sure. We still have to show up at her house and wake her up if we want to see her at church on time haha but she´s working at it! 

Her sister Lorena is amazing. She´s been unfailingly active this entire year, even when she was the only member of her family. I can´t tell you how many times she´s showed up at church alone, having taken the bus all by herself and she´s only 14! Such a stud. She reminds me of Kate so that has been so special for me!

Merly is....oh man, can´t even gush about her enough!! She´s a sponge! She recited the whole Plan of Salvation, three kingdoms and all, to her mom the other day and we all just sat there dumbfounded until her mom jumped up out of her chair and attacked with kisses because she was so proud. Hermana Lyons now teaches her english and piano so we get to see her even more AND she still accompanies us to appointments! What a missionary! She´s going to be the key to reactivating her mom and brother and the baptism of her dad. i have no doubt. We still don´t have a date, but her dad is slowly warming up to the idea as he sees how integrated she is in the church.

Estela and Judith are golden! Sometimes its hard to see them at church because their family often doesnt have enough money for the bus, but members with cars are a big help! They´re both so smart and so dedicated. Did I ever tell you that Estela fasted for 24 hours after we taught her about Fast Sunday?? I could never have done that as an 11 year old! Just wow. This is definitely a special generation!

I love my girls, I love my ward family, and I love the experiences I´ve had here in Huleva. But i cant wait for this next chapter of my mission to begin!! Please pray for me, I need your prayers!!

I hope you all have a wonderful week! 17 more days until Christmas!!!

HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!

love, 

Hermana Morrow