just another week in the life of sister ashley morgan...

AAAAIIIIGHT

This is how I felt at the end of each day:

8-5: tired and spent

8-6: sad

8-7: rewarded

8-8: feelin good

8-9: grossed out (another mouse)

8-10: happy!

8-11: rewarded

8-12: motivated

I thought I'd share with y'all some things I've learned about myself as I've been out here:

I am crazy goal oriented.

I can't keep a desk clean.

I have more enthusiasm for everything than I probably should. 

I have an ability to interpret the scriptures.

ZONE CONFERENCE WAS THIS WEEK! OUR PRESIDENT IS SO COOL AND IS ALSO VERY GOAL ORIENTED. He was totally a business man before he came out here. He revamped our mission vision, AND HAS GIVEN US STEPS TO ACCOMPLISH IT. What a man. He understands the scriptures and loves them. He holds the keys to this mission. He said some wonderful things to us that definitely were of comfort to me! 

He stared with us D&C 93:11-14. This is how the Savior grew to become who He is. I always forget that the Savior didn't know His purpose until after He studied it out. As He gave grace, he received it. Grace in the bible dictionary is amazing too. Grace is that extra strength when we have given all we can give. It's what The Lord can do that we can't do! 

I want so badly to become the missionary I will be at the end of my mission, but as I continue to do my best I know it'll make a difference. I just have to trust in the grace of our Savior to make up for my mistakes.

Alma 36 is awesome. He gives his conversion story to his son Helaman. I love the scriptures because everyone starts out so imperfect, then through Christ they become something much more than they were! Alma wants more than anything to be with God again. He knew his purpose. As soon as he felt this power of the Atonement, he started it with EVERYONE. In vs 24 is says that he "labored without ceasing" to bring souls back to God! Bring them home! He worked so hard! And saw the blessings of it! He was patience, diligent, faithful, everything I pray to be!

Tomorrow I get to be a SISTER MISSIONARY AT THE Joseph Smith Memorial!!! I am so excited you have no idea. 

Last week we made a deal with Heavenly Father that if some of our investigators that weren't progressing didn't come to church, we were done for now, and that if they did, we would continue to teach them. HE CAME!!! My first investigator came to church!!! AHHH I am so excited!!!

This week we will be focusing a lot more on working with the members!

{Funny how the Lord takes you to places just so you can testify of His gospel. There were many instances like that this week. It's amazing to be a part of it and to always always ALWAYS be in the right place "coincidentally" (I don't believe in coincidences after my mission). }

{ Yeah, that happened again...}

{ Last second trip to the JSM! Cool story along with it, wish I had time to write it haha. Write me for more details. }

{ A WILD BOAR THAT I ATE FOR DINNER..........}

anyways. I love you all! Read your scriptures, pray, and go to church (CPR).

Transitions

Monday- FEEL: pleased

Tuesday- FEEL: FULL. SO much food! 

Wednesday- FEEL: Frustrated and tired.

Thursday- FEEL: Hopeful.

Friday- FEEL: Grateful.

Saturday- FEEL: Enriched.

Sunday- FEEL: MAD.

There's this week in feelings. I'm trying to record my mission better, but the end of the day I can't remember what happened at the beginning. It all kind of blurs together!

Sister Fuller and I had an interesting week full of free blueberry pickings, fasting, and LOTS of praying.

One of the humbling things about a mission is knowing that you are acting in an area as if Christ were. You are doing what He would do. Also knowing that comes with the knowledge that He wouldn't place you in a place without a PLAN. That's what we are searching for, is His plan for the Hanover Area.

I feel Him humbling me. This seriously cannot be done without Him! I feel badly that I am frustrated at times, my patience is growing. His revelation is coming to us like we are walking through thick fog. You can only see the next three steps ahead of you, and until you take those three steps you can't go further. Once you do take the three steps ahead, you can see the next three steps. 

It's happening.

Sometimes our answers to prayers teach us things. They humble us. He gives us trial for our better. 

D&C 122:7 "know thou, my daughter, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good."

I've experienced this many a time in my life, but never before in a missionary sense. It's neat to feel His love so strongly for me just by reading the scriptures.

I cling to them for advice, a road map of some sort. 

Today I read in Alma about the Anti Nephi-Lehi's burring their weapons, being an example to the Lamanites, and through giving their life brought more people into the fold. They recognized that God's plan isn't always ours, that He knows best, and we must do as He commands.

Alma 26 - Ammon reflects on his mission. He reflects on how much he put into the work, and the fruits of his labors. He glories in the Lord and knows that he followed his plan!

Alma 26:27 "now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold the Lord comforted us, and said: Go among thy brothren the Lamanites, and BEAR WITH PATIENCE THINE AFFLICTIONS, AND I WILL GIVE UNTO YOU SUCCESS."

If that wasn't an answer to my prayers, I don't know what was! 

We have been praying and fasting this week to know what it is we need to do, and how to do it. It's hard because I love these people with EVERYTHING I have!!! I love them! But my lessons are more chit chats, they are bored during the lessons. They aren't progressing and haven't been for transfers. We are going to do what I feared: we have to drop some of them. It breaks my heart, but I know that just because they aren't ready NOW doesn't mean they won't be later.

It's a huge leap of faith because we'll be left with two investigators. We have no idea what we'll fill our schedule with, but Sister Fuller and I have faith that the Lord will fill it. We will be where He wants us to be. "I will go where you want me to go" is very literal. I know that as we make room for those who are prepared, the Lord will show us the way. It's going to take a while to get things back moving, but it'll be better than it is now! 

Miracles:

Lisa's toddler got an ear infection. Lisa is a NEW investigator from last transfer. She asked for a blessing. Her daughter would FIGHT to take her medicine! After the blessing look at the text we received:

AMAZING!!! I love how the Lord answers prayers and KNOWS US!!

Alma 26:37 - "we see that God is mindful of every people"

He knows us. He knows Bella. He knows Lisa!

Another miracle:

Driving home from church Sunday with Megan, we drove under a rain cloud and more rain poured than I've ever seen in my life! We hydroplaned to the right and hit the guard rail right as the Connecticut River started. We pulled over and the axle was bent. The guy that saw it stopped behind us. He was shocked that we were ok and that I wasn't crushed! God watches over his missionaries!

Miracle #3:

Everyone has blueberry trees. Everyone gives blueberries to the missionaries. New recipe:

Blue berries

Fetta

Olive oil

S&P

Fresh basil

OH MY GOSH it's so good. All local. All free for missionaries haha! I love Vermont.

{My area is in the scriptures!!} 

{White River Junction} 

ONE TRANSFER DOWN

I have officially been on my mission for ONE TRANSFER! I'm staying in the area with Sister Fuller for at least 6 more weeks and couldn't be happier! I love this place and the people so much, I couldn't imagine leaving them.

This week Sister Fuller and I have a member meal EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!!!! It's CRAZY! In order to have success, all you need to do is love the people. When they see that you love them and everything you do is to help them, they open their hearts to you. I know almost all of them by name. The ward has shrunk, because it's practically a family ward for the residents at Dartmouth, we have lost around 55 members! 

Today in my studies I read Alma 8. Alma goes to Ammonihah and is REJECTED badly! He sees that "Satan has gotten great hold upon the hearts of the people" and prays that their hearts will be softened and that the spirit would flow in the city! The people spit on him and reject him.

Sounds a lot like all the people who shut their doors on us, thinking that they know what we believe. (yet I love them anyways)

Alma then leaves the city and is full of disappointment.

An ANGEL comes and tells him to GO BACK!!! So he RUNS back to Ammonihah, enters through a different way, and shows up at a member's home, Amulek.

Amulek lets him in and feed him. Alma states his purpose and prays for the house and the food (just like missionary life! I do what Alma does!).

TOGETHER they do and preach the word in the wicked city, and find more success after effort and persistence. (this will soon happen in this ward)

Little happens where the members don't help, and by getting the members help you unlock the doors to the hearts of the people. Just like Alma, I am trying to get the members involved, and it's working!! We had 14 referrals last week! 1 new investigator! Things are progressing!

Before I came out on my mission I knew I could love people, I did love a lot of people! But now it's out of control! Every person I meet I feel connected to, I want what's best for all of them. There really is another mantle you put on yourself when you become a missionary, your ability to love and forgive skyrockets. Every member meal we have is great. I love getting to know the people here. I love watching the Lord expand my abilities, he stretches me and molds me. I am His took on earth! 

I keep thinking about how it'll be when I see Jesus Christ again. I love thinking about it! In the introduction to the D&C it says "in these revelations one hears the TENDER but FIRM VOICE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, speaking anew in the dispensations of the fullness of times" He is the Christ. He loves us, more than we can imagine, because HE KNOWS US. When He was suffering in the garden, I know that every one of us went through his mind individually. He pictured us, and saw what we would each go through, then He suffered it with us. He knows how we feel because He went through it himself. His ability to love, forgive, and see people and their divinity is something I strive for. I know He lives. When I see Him again, it will be as the Nephites in 3 Nephi 11:15-19. I will fall at his feet. I want everyone to know how much He loves them. I want them to know that through Jesus Christ, all things are possible. 

On another note, we caught a mouse. By catching a mouse I realized that that mouse/rat thing we killed last week, was actually a RAT. My stomach DROPS every time I realize that. Gross... Last weeks rat was so big we could've baptized him. Just dunk him in some water or something... Haha...

Here's this weeks kill:

{We kept him and ate him for dinner because we ran out of money to get food.. JOKE!!! Never would I EVER...

A senior couple dropped one of the other sisters off for exchange this last week and inspected our home. She wrote the president about our rodent problem, and how our home is the perfect area for them to grow... EEEKK. So nasty. So we'll see if we move or not.}

{Sister Fuller and I spend more of our days "downtown" in White River Junction. That's where most of the people we talk to are.}

{Sonya (Jodi's daughter), Pig Pig, and I!}

{I FINALLY got above the trees! These are the "mountains" everyone talks about.}

{Thank you mom for the packages this morning!!! I finally have a fleece blanket! I've been wanting one of these!}

Rats

Haha I don't even know what to think about this week. So much happens throughout the week that you don't have time to explain through email.

Miracles are still happening, they ALWAYS are! Whenever I'm nervous to testify of things I always testify of miracles, which can then lead to the miracle of the restoration of the gospel! 

A few weeks ago Sister Fuller woke up and our butter was gone, along with droppings on the counter.

It was a mouse/rat thing.

GROSS.

We called the landlord and he came and set up traps in our kitchen. One under the stove and the other under the sink. 

Here's how that night went down:

10:30 - lights out.

10:33 - SNAP. 

-- I was with the OTHER Sister Brown on exchange when it happened. I made her hold my hand down the stairs haha. I was FREAKING OUT! I made her check the traps. Sure enough we caught a mouse/rat thing under the stove. 

10:40 - we rush over to our neighbor, Brother Johnson's house to have him come and take the mouse out.

10:51 - he takes the mouse/rat thing out of our house.

{Brother Johnson, the mouse/rat thing, and me in my moo moo. }

{There's the mouse/rat thing. I don't want to know if it's a mouse, or a rat, I'm just glad it's GONE!! EEEEEKKKK!!!! }

11:00 (aka 5 am for missionaries) - we are dead as a mouse in bed.

There's that...

On a different note:

WE HAVE A NEW INVESTIGATOR AND PROBABLY ANOTHER NEW INVESTIGATOR NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!! HOLY HANNAH THE WORK MOVES FORWARD!!!

Her name is Charlotte. She is a referral. Her husband, Arthur, is a former investigator. 

Our first lesson is on Tuesday at 3! I am so excited!!!

Francisco: I think he might be avoiding us. We'll see how it turns out. I want him to have the gospel I know he wants!! We keep visiting him at work and he doesn't ask questions. We'll do our best to bring him into the fold! 

Ray and Barbera: I love them!! Ray, as we speak, is in a court case facing jail. If he goes to jail then BARBERA CAN GET BAPTIZED!!! Because of Barbera, her siblings in other areas of New England are receiving the gospel and are getting baptized. After 4 years of investigating, now might be her chance!

This last Sunday we had a missionary leave for the Salt Lake South Mission. His brother spoke, his dad sang, it was touching. Sister Fuller was BAAAWWLING!! All the residents at Dartmouth and their families are in our ward. They all love each other so much!

It made me reflect on love during my mission. 

How before my mission I could love my family, and my friends, and the different ways I would show my love. I thought a lot about how I couldn't show my love like I had growing up. Being a missionary you are to harness all other forms of love into one love: the pure love of Christ. It is remarkable to feel His love for all of His brothers and sisters, and to feel God's love for all of His children, and then to act on it. I love strangers here. Everyone, I LOVE THEM ALL!! It's wonderful! 

You truly do lose a sense of self on your mission, which is good because then you are filled with the love of Christ. It's interesting as the transition takes place, I really don't even care how I feel anymore. All I want is for others to experience love.

Barbera really touches my heart. I really cannot even express the feeling of love I have for her, when I feel how Heavenly Father feels for her. We testify of it to her, and her continence changes. She knows of her identity as a daughter of God. 

As missionaries, it is our job to help the lost sheep find the Shepard. When they see the Shepard, they will always recognize Him. God is our Father in Heaven, and He loves us DEARLY.

As we extend a HUGE hand to the ward and try to visit at least one member a day, we are seeing the blessings. We have so many referrals!! 14 REFERRALS!!! Our ideas of bringing the ward together are starting to work. The spirit of missionary work is going to EXPLODE in the Hanover ward!! They better be ready to fellowship tons of recent converts because a WAVE is commin! We are merging the ecclesiastical church, and the missionary church. This is happening. Miracles are FLOWING!! 

{Passing the famous QUECHEE GORGE (Vermont's grand canyon). I'd never heard of it before, but it's a big deal here. Where anywhere South of New York is considered "south."}

{Ray taking us to the park.}

{Sister Fuller and I doing WORK!!!}

THE HARVEST

Another week FLEW BY!! In a week and a half the transfer is over. I really want to stay in my area... I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! I firmly believe I have the best area in the entire mission! 

I know I say this every week... BUT THIS WEEK WE HAD MIRACLES!! 

The week had a rough start to it. One of our investigators dropped us... But we chose to use it as FUEL to our miracles. To keep us going. 

This week Sister Fuller went on two exchanges, so I got the chance to rule the area for two days. Here's how it went down:

Obedience. EXACT OBEDIENCE. I tolerate nothing less. This is the Lord's time, and I am on HIS errand. 

Wednesday or Thursday (I can't tell the difference, all the days are the same to me!) I was with Sister Lundahl. We fulled our day with three appointments. She taught me this amazing way to plan lessons! What do we want our investigators to KNOW, FEEL, and DO? What are we following up on? How do we accomplish our goal and teach what in the lessons? All put onto one sticky note. IT IS BEAUTIFUL!

We had great result from it. I hope our investigators more than anything, feel the love of their Savior.

Saturday I was with Sister Sumsion. MIRACLES EVERYONE!!!! MIRACLES HAPPEN!!!!!! The field really is "white and ready to harvest" and obedience truly 

brings about miracles!!! 

While planning the night before I was nervous, I looked at my planner and there was literally NOTHING to do ALLSaturday.

We planned out a route to visit all the less actives in Havover. Few answered their doors..

surprise, surprise.

So we felt prompted to stop by a members home. We dropped in and the daughter, a former missionary, convinced her parents to let us share a super quick message. At the end she told us of a family who just moved in next door. THAT COUNTS AS A REFERRAL!!! WHOOP WHOOP!! So we immediately went next door. A woman opened the door and openly listened to our message. Quickly, you must always refer to a gospel principle to tie into the restoration. She took the family, a proclamation to the world. and we're visiting next week to follow up with what she thought. She's a Jewish woman. We'll see how it goes.

We went about the rest of our day, being exactly obedient.

After dinner we planned to visit another less active. As we drove past the gas station, we saw one of our "potential-potentials" (someone who was nice and could potentially be a potential investigator). We turned around and pulled in. As we were purchasing some snacks, he asked us if we got a scholarship for being out on a mission. We answered him and tied in the restoration. 

NOTE: After dinner I felt prompted to write my testimony in a Book of Mormon and highlight a few of my favorite scriptures. I have never done this before. 

He told us about how he left Brooklyn, NY for a better life here. He wants to give back to the world. 5-6 months ago he started wondering about his purpose in life, and what God wanted him to do.He wants to be cleaned of his sins by being BAPTIZED. YES. B A P T I Z E D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sister Sumsion and I were DYING!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING he wants, a community of people who learn off each other, a God who knows us personally, the restored gospel, is everything we have!! I could go on and on about all he said about wanting the gospel. He even said, "who better to learn from then you sisters."

When I invited him to church he said "Wow, yeah I'll come! I've never been invited before!"

He quit drinking and smoking months ago.

He believes in family being the way to build society.

He desires to do good, and works just so he can someday give back to his community.

He wants to build a place where people can find refuge from the things of this world... JUST WAIT UNTIL HE GOES THROUGH THE TEMPLE!!!!

We gave the first lesson to him while he was working at the gas station and talked for an hour and a half.

His face LIT UP when he heard about Joseph Smith and God and Jesus Christ coming back to the earth.

He wants it.

He literally is the perfect investigator. My first find, and wonderful investigator! I want him to have everything we have. I want him to feel of the Saviors love for him.

I want everyone to come unto Christ.

Now that I see people like Fracisco really do exist, I want to find them. I will do everything and anything to help fulfill my purpose: to invite others to come unto Christ.

Obedience truly brings about miracles. All the work in the world is worth what I am experiencing here. I have never felt more joy in my life, from seeing others feel the love of Jesus Christ.

People really are out there, are ready. We need not be afraid of being bold. McCord emailed me this week and said, "it's not our name on the line, it's God's, SO BE BOLD!"

I know that God has my back. That he really does have a body like ours. His son, Jesus Christ LIVES! And He KNOWS us! And He LOVES US!!! 

This week in my studies the work DILIGENCE had shown up everywhere. "labor diligently." What does it mean to truly labor diligently, that we might fulfill our callings? 

Diligence: Focusing on the task at hand, doing everything in our power to complete it, putting everything into it, our whole heart and soul. WILLING to put in the work to make the goal; willing to plan to make the goals. There are so many examples of how Nephi and Jacob, and all the leaders and prophets in the Book of Mormon labored DILIGENTLY. 

A leader labors diligently for the good of the people. 

My heart is willing. 

Forget myself, and get to work - I often tell myself that. 

I must be the missionary my parents think I am! Strive to remember the PRECIOUS council my parents and grandparents gave me before going out here.

A missionary who LABORS DILIGENTLY to complete their PURPOSE!!! KNOW the missionary purpose, which is crucial. 

BE exactly obedient. 

Always go about doing good, people are watching.

LOOK for opportunities everywhere you go to serve. 

I'm always looking for examples and promises the Lord gives us. There are so many. 

One of the biggest ways I see improvement here is to not only set high goals, but plan towards them every single day. Know that the Lord is going to back you up. He  always answers you prayers. "knock, and it shall be opened unto you."

CHALLENGE HIM!!! THE LORD LOVES A CHALLENGE!!!!

This week we have our first interviews with the mission president! 15 minutes of revelation. That's what it'll be. I can't wait to get to know President Stoker better, I want to follow him so closely.

FUNNIEST MOMENT:

We went over to a members home to celebrate the departure of a missionary in our area who is going to serve in the Salt lake South mission (Elder Knowlton, soon to be).

His mom wanted everyone to experience some kind of cultural food. So she went on Pinterest and found a Utah-specific cultural food. 

HAWAIIAN HAYSTACKS IS WHAT SHE MADE!!!! She had me introduce them as the food her son will be eating every night. Hahaha SO TRUE THOUGH.

Also, none of the people at the party had ever heard of Hawaiian haystacks. I was dying. Seriously so funny! 

{The cutest little area next to Dartmouth and the Connecticut River, we frequently do lessons there because it is SO BEAUTIFUL!!! This is me, on the Vermont side of the bridge.}

{With Zone, District, and white handbook permission we were able to go to a fair with the District Leader in our area and Megan and I got to RIDE A RIDE!!!! }

{I am obsessed with all the cute old homes here. Some of them even have the original stoves and fireplaces from the 1700's!! BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ! (awesome) }

{This is main street in Hanover - it rains EVERYDAY. I feel like I'm in Seattle sometimes. I haven't taken my rain boots off since I bought them.}

I Refuse to Sink

This week was crazy! Sister Fuller and I were everywhere BUT our area due to meetings, exchanges... etc. She's Sister Training Leader (the new zone leader for sisters) so she has to go on exchanges with everyone in our zone which means I get to be companions with EVERYONE!!! It is so much fun! Exchanges on my part are like a big sleepover where you go to bed at 10:30 and wake up at 6:30! 

This week I was with Sister Brown (long hair) and Sister Brown (short hair) (we have a lot of Sister and Elder Browns in the mission, including my MTC companion, a different Sister Brown) but we had so much fun!

This week was one of opposition. The ward is NOT missionary minded. I don't think any of them watched the World-Wide Missionary Broadcast - which is a total bummer! Our ideas for strengthening our mostly less active ward is to visit them and check up on visiting/home teaching (hard to do when no assignments have been made yet), have one member lesson a day (HUGE), and post a missionary quote on a poster out in the foyer. We want to strengthen this ward to that the work can progress faster! Which can't be done without the members!

Suzan: called and told us the church just isn't for her. There's no place for her down syndrome son.

Whenever people reject the gospel of Jesus Christ, they reject the greatest gift God has given them: ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND ULTIMATE AND FULL ACCESS TO THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST!!!

It rips me heart out knowing that they are rejecting that! I don't think they know that THEIR SALVATION is on the line!!!

I FORMALLY MET THE NEW MISSION PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE!!!!!! They are AWESOME!!! And you can tell that they are frantic and stressed haha! We have 206 missionaries. That's 206 brand new kids for these two. You can tell he is called of God. He has great plans for our mission! He also told us that WE ARE WHITE HANDBOOK MISSIONARIES!!!!! He thinks we have enough rules. He wants us to STOP tracting and instead find service opportunities everywhere to get our name out there. I love it. 

As a result, this week was full of service! We helped Ray and Barbera raise money for their sons daycare on the 4th of July by selling flowers that we made.

4th of July MIRACLE:

We ended up not being able to sell the flowers there. All the sudden it started POURING rain and everyone ran under the tent for coverage. All four of us missionaries were stuck with a ton of other people stuck there as well. What a beautiful opportunity to FIND people! I know the Lord places us there for a reason. I got talking with this lady and she asked us about the trinity and what we believe. I was able to testify that God and Jesus Christ live, and that they have separate bodies of flesh and bone, and that we are created in their image! That we are sons and daughters of God! And that the Holy Ghost can be with all of us! It was awesome and I felt the spirit full my body as I testified. She took a mormon.org card with our number on it (go Adrian, those cards are our business cards!).

Hopefully she'll call us soon.

I didn't feel scared to talk with EVERYONE!!

President Stoker says we should be the kind of missionaries our parents think we are. I'm sure doing my best and know that they are being blessed. 

{ We went to Joseph Smith's birthplace this week! Literally 15 minutes away from where we live. }

{ Exchanges: we got cool Mo-Mo's at Walmart. }

Funny/awkward Moment:

At the meet and greet meeting to meet President Stoker he asked us to share two qualities about our companion, where we were from, and our testimony;

He asked the member drivers to share as well. 

One of the guys that drove brought his son who is leaving on a mission later this year.

He stand up and says: "I guess right now my dad is my companion, he's really cool. But my real companion, MY GIRLFRIEND, has the most amazing qualities. Because of her I am serving a mission.... ETC."

Way to make a fool of yourself in front of the new mission president. Things got real awkward when he said that haha. Maybe he'll learn from that and NOW say that when he gets to his real mission!

Love you all, 

Sister Morgan

A Field of MIRACLES

{ The Connecticut River that divides VT and NH is literally in our backyard. }

PURE JOY

that is what a mission is.

THE GOSPEL IS EVERYTHING!!!!! To some people it is their only source of hope. I want to bring it to everyone so that they can find joy.

there is no better sight than what you see when people realize that there is a Father in Heaven who LOVES YOU more than anyone on earth.

When you testify of God's love for us, you feel it, then you feel it for your investigators, then THEY FEEL IT because YOU LOVE THEM!!

The Lord is blessing me with love. I can feel it. I wouldn't normally love strangers this much. It's cool to be a part of.

I never before realized what a blessing my membership in this church was, and how it's all about finding joy in life. The Restoration is proof that God loves us, how could He leave us stranded? 

I have witnessed MIRACLES this week!! One of our investigators moved out of her boyfriend(ish)'s house and even though she is now homeless, is putting forth the faith that God will prepare a way. She has decided to move to Utah where she will begin a future for herself. It's amazing to watch it all align. Her visiting teachers visit her and felt prompted to tell her that she needed to move (after she had made the choice) from this guy who really isn't good for her and who treated her horribly. She knows that God will prepare a way, AND HE IS. Jobs in Utah are lining up, apartments are coming into place. Miracles are happening BECAUSE SHE IS ACTING ON HER FAITH!!!!!!! 

Faith = VERB= ACTION

That's the formula for a miracle. Faith + obedience always = Miracles

When we do our part, the Lord will always do His. ALWAYS. 

This gospel is a blessing. Our membership is a KEY TO HAPPINESS. When we see that Jesus Christ has made it possible for us to LIVE ETERNALLY by taking upon Himself the sins of the world, we start to realize how much He loves us. There is power in his love.

THE HOLY GHOST IS STRAIGHT UP POWER!!!!!! Tap into it. USE IT. It is God's GIFT to us to help us return to Him!!! We can receive revelation and inspiration as we are obedient, and the Lord often does so through the holy ghost. 

We got a new mission president today. Probably the craziest day thus far. The Lord is stretching my patience. Learning to LISTEN TO NEW ENGLANDERS who talk about WHO KNOWS WHAT haha! After probably the most frustrating lesson I've ever had, my companion and I walked out feeling pretty down on ourselves. ALL BAD. We went to a baptism afterward and PRESIDENT STOKER WAS THERE!!! I turned around and there he was. Definitely not how I pictured meeting him! Still, it was really good. We pulled ourselves together and introduced ourselves. It was scary! I think he'll be a good one though, he seemed really nice and I can't wait to get to know him better.

I love personal study. I love it I love it I LOVE IT!! I love seeing how I use it throughout my day, it always prepares me for events that follow. I wish we had more time even! Crazy!

Maple syrup here is amazing. A guy from the ward gave us some straight from his trees. I pretty much drink that stuff. It's so good. I love the food out here! SO FRESH!! I pour maple syrup all over my Ben and Jerry's ice cream. I soak my blueberry pancakes in it. SO GOOD.

I wish I could give you a slightest insight as to how much has happened. There's so many blessings that happen when people want to have the gospel in their life.

WILLIAM SHOUT OUT TO YOU FOR FINISHING YOUR PAPERS!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO!!!! Wish I could be there to hear your blessing! I love you so much!!

 love you all so much!! WRITE ME I have more time to write letters. 

{ This is Megan WHO IS LIVING IN A FIELD OF MIRACLES!!! }

{ They have an ORIGINAL copy of the Book of Mormon that you can hold and read at Dartmouth! It is the rarest book publication in the 19th century. }

-Funny Moments-

We got pulled over last Sunday. In VT you have to have a front plate on your car, ours didn't. We were let go with a warning.

Sister Fuller called the mission office to get another plate. 

He told her he sent us two, but we couldn't find the other one. He told us to look to see if we screwed the two together on the back. 

Sure enough we unscrew the back plate and two pop off! Hahaha!

We felt like the biggest idiots! So funny!