News from North Carolina

News from North Carolina

Monday, January 5, 2015

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. CS Lewis


So funny moment of the week: we went to go see a referral from the Spanish elders and talked to them for a time.  Since there was no room on their street to park, we had parked on a different street and walked to their house.  After, we hop in the car and go to see a less active that wasn't home.  So I put the next person into the GPS and we arrive...in the exact place we had been parked before!  I had accidentally parked right in front of her neighbor's house without realizing it!
Also, super exciting news!  So Mark and Markie Gay are a brother and sister we have been teaching.  They are 15 and 13 and they were about to get baptized sometime ago, but their mom called salt lake and said her kids cannot get baptized!!  So we have been trying to get her permission for a very long time and she finally signed the paperwork this week!!  Brother Gay got up in testimony meeting and got all emotional as he said that he had been given the very best New Years gift ever; the signed paperwork for Mark and Markie to get baptized.
Our district also got effected by transfers because they took sister missionaries out of High Point! :(. Now there are only two sets of elders there so our district is two sets of elders and us now.  The new elders are really funny though!
Also, weird moment of the week!  So when Sister Tenney was here, we were biking one day and see this man sitting on his porch and he calls out to us and we pull into his driveway and start talking to him.  And it was really strange because he knew some thing's about our church, but also had some confused ideas.  We also met his sister Mary.  They are both there to take care of their mother.  Anyway, when we got home, I looked Jerry up on our i-Pads and turns out, he is a member! So this week, Sister Shepherd and I decided to drop by and check on them.  Mary opened the door and we started talking to her and at one point, she mentioned her daughter who has five kids.  We gave each other weird looks and asked her daughters name.  Sure enough, she is Betty's mom!  So strange!  It is a seriously small world!  Our current plan is to teach them, all and help them get baptized!  And bring Jerry back to church!
Brother and Sister Roma also took us to eat at the Olive Garden this week we just love them!  Sister Roma is a convert of a little over a year, but you would never know!  She is in the relief society presidency and is the sweetest lady ever! We also met a really great man, Brother Pierce, in our apt complex. We met him before Christmas twice and the second time, he told us we could come back and see him again and gave us his address.  Then, last night, we went and knocked on his door and this older lady answers and says she doesn’t know him and come back a different time.  So we leave and start walking around again.  And then Brother Pierce catches up with us a few minutes later and told us about how confused he had been when he was told "two girls who smiled a lot were at the door asking for you" it took him a minute to figure it out, and then he knew it was us so he put on his jacket and came looking for us.  During our conversation, he asked us if he could meet with us and learn more about the Book of Mormon.  We are going to go see him tonight with Sister Dolly!
Anyway, I hope y’all have a fantastic week!
Sister Morris
we finally went to the taco truck!! :)

Sister Whitaker took us and it was really good!

Sister Shepherd was especially excited

Sister Shepherd super loves biking!

Helping Sister Whitaker make dinner




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