GRANADA WEEK!

Hello all! This week has been pretty darn good. Its hot still but it
never seems to feel as hot as it really is if that makes sense. We've
been working hard despite it all and of course, as always, we've seen
the miracles come!
The most exciting thing we did this week was go to Granada--three
times haha! The first was because Hermana Anderson had to go back to
Málaga to finish her residency papers so I got to have yet ANOTHER
pijamada with Hermana Carmen and Hermana Garcia. They are pretty much
the cutest, most amazing people I know! Thats one thing I love about
the mission--you get to know and meet SO many people and you build
relationships and friendships that will last a lifetime. And it was
really special for me because Hermana Carmen and I, wayyyyyyy back in
the MTC, planned on being comps again out in the field. And even
though it looks like its not going to happen, we still got the chance
to teach together and see how much we have grown since one year ago in
the MTC!! Holy cow we've changed so much....as missionaries and as
people too. I for one have come out of my shell a little bit and even
though I may still blush a lot haha, I have noticed a newfound
confidence and fire that Ive developed as I meet new people and stand
up for my Savior. 

 The next time we went to Granada was for Zone Meeting which was great
and fired me up to keep finding the people Heavenly Father is
preparing for us. We set a Zone goal of finding 200 future
investigators this week, which is about 20 per companionship and is
going to be a challenge for us but Im excited to see the miracles that
will come if we have faith and we work , hard. In fact, we already saw
some miracles the first night of the week. After talking to so many
people amd getting rejected in sometimes not so nice ways, literally
the last 15 minutes we were able to find three men who were really
really interested in our message. And so nice. 

One is from Mali and
the other two from Western Sahara, which means theyre all Muslim.
It'll be interesting because they dont have that Christian background
but I know the gospel is for everybody! And it was no accident we came
across these men, let me tell you! One appointment had run late that
night and so we were going to arrive late to choir but we had a
feeling that maybe we shouldnt go this week and I'm glad we listened
to that prompting because the Lord literally guided us directly to
them. We'll see how it all goes! 

And lastly, we are actually on our way to the Alhambra in Granada
which is super exciting! I still actually dont really know what it is
but apparently its one of the most beautiful things in the world and
people travel from all around to see it! Hermana Garcia and Hermana
Carmen waited in line for us all morning for our tickets so shout out
to them! They spoil us. So Im sure I'll tell you allllll about it next
week. Stay tuned for a million pics. 

 Two other cool things that happened this week was when we ran into a
woman who served in Jaen 20 years ago and her family. It was so not by
accident either, jaen is huge and we just happened to walk by this
family eating outside and they stopped us (which actually freaked us
out for a second because usually only the crazy, creepy people stop
us) and we were able to swap stories and tell them where the church
was. They came to church the next day and we got to hang out with her
daughters--our young womens class grew from one to four which was a
big deal for us. And the other cool thing was when we helped an
investigator make decorations for her mothers party. We helped set it
up too and ended up being invited to stay for the party! Haha it was a
lot of fun, we were just two random Americans among 50 Bolivians but
hey, we were even able to teach a Word of Wisdom lesson! So win-win.
And i know it helped our friend know that we really care for her and
her family and we want to tech them because we really do truly love
them. 

As for everything else, between all the traveling and recovering from
being sick, we have had a pretty dry week. Haha literally though, you
have no idea. Half our investigators have left to escape the heat and
the other half just seems to not want to have anything to do with us
anymore which is sad. And it doesnt help that people dont leave their
houses until 9pm and sleep until at least 6pm haha. But especially
with this new goal we have we are excited to find new friends and I
know we will.

So thats all. 

Once again, I love Jaen and its diversity. 

PS I read a 2015 Devotional for Young Adults this week titled, "Living
with Purpose: the Importance of Real Intent" by Brother Ridd and it
kind of changed my life. I encourage you all to read it!!

 I love you all and wish you the best week!! 

 HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!! 

 Love,
Hermana Morrow