You don't have to face temptation alone, and you never have. Just remember that He is with you, and when a temptation comes, imagine Him being right by your side, and you'll immediately feel added strength and power. John Bytheway

This week, we met an amazing lady named Tracy!  When she answered the door, she was wearing a Yellowstone shirt!  So we talked about that and then started talking about the gospel.  She invited us in and we taught her the restoration!  She was so excited to get a copy of the Book of Mormon, and she was excited that we wanted her to find out if it was true for herself because she feels like that is important.  She also agreed to be baptized though she said she would have to think about the 20th some more. Also, she has lots of dogs and cats!  So I was sitting with a cat on my lap the whole lesson! :)

Also this week, we are sitting in the front office checking Facebook and a random man walks in and goes, I didn't know we had sister missionaries here!  I have someone for you to go see!  Turns out we now have another ward member in our apt complex!  And he wanted us to go see someone we already teach... but still, we have a fellow-shipper now!

We went and visited a couple named Jason and Christina and the house is in a very wooded area.  So we both got like 30+ mosquito bites!  Even though we had used bug spray that morning!

Also, on Saturday, we got the call that I am being transferred.  Sad day!  The same day, we were biking along a road that has maybe three inches between the white line and the grass.  So it was a very narrow road and I was feeling really nervous because the cars aren't very nice sometimes and pass way too close and really fast.  Also, we were going downhill and I was getting left in the dust so I didn't want to break and slow down cause I had to make it up the hill.  So a car was going past and I felt like I was going to get hit so I instinctively jerked the handlebars and ended up in the grass.  The next thing I knew, I was in the middle of the road with my bike on top of me.  First thing I remember thinking was, "I am in the middle of the road! I need to move!"  So I pushed my bike off me and got to the side of the road and then I realized that my water bottle was in the road.  So I grabbed that and tried to put it in my water bottle holder.  Except my water bottle holder was smashed.  About that time, I realized my hand was really hurting and bleeding, as was my elbow and the side of my pinky finger.  So I shoved the water bottle in my bag and stood my bike up.  The car did come back and the man was asking if I needed a ride, but I told him no. So I started walking my bike.  Eventually sister Loosle came back and we walked our bikes the rest of the way home.  When we finally got there, I was feeling really dizzy and sick and ended up throwing up (gross!)—poor sister Loosle was trying to clean my wounds out and didn't really know what to do.  So we called our district leader, but he didn't answer.  We called Dr. Ross and he said he would be over in about a half an hour with his wife.  So then we called our ward mission leader, no answer.  So brother Miles came over to give me a blessing with brother Ross.  And brother Miles re-bent my water bottle holder for me! :) Brother Lindsay (Ward Mission Leader) and his family came over too and gave us Klondike bars.  Once brother Ross got me all bandaged up, sister Ross took us to our appointment with Amy and Grayson.  And then she bought us Wendy's for dinner at like 9pm since we hadn’t gotten dinner.

And then at church the next day...yeah...everyone wanted to know what happened!  Especially since brother Ross wrapped my right hand to keep the bandage on so it looks all dramatic. So my right hand is bandaged, my left pinky, left elbow, and left knee.  So packing is taking forever!  And so do a lot of other things!  I also can't write!  I was trying really hard to write in my journal with my left hand but it looks like chicken scratch!  The good news is my mosquito bites don't bug me…

Anyway, thanks for all your prayers!  Cause a broken bone would have been awful!

Love y'all!

Sister morris

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 Here is my district- We had lots of fun!

Found out I was being transferred 

right before we met sister Jessup!

Kind of gross--At least I waited until it

was all cleaned up before taking a picture!

gospel principles class!
I made the elders take the pic

 Sister Ross is so sweet!

sister spokowski feeds us at least twice a month!

sister Koch (pronounced cook)

sister Lawrence and Penelope

sister Loosle making popcorn at the Lindsay's!

 me and sage-I will miss her!

When the winds of adversity come remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind! Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly because of opposition. In fact, they couldn't fly without opposition! John Bytheway

So I am pretty sure this week was the hottest and most humid so far!  Of coarse, the elders had the car...  I am sure the poor people opening their door were staring at us like we were crazy cause we were dripping sweat like crazy… yep good first impression!  haha.  We even changed for dinner to try and look less crazy, but that did not work cause as soon as you walked outside, you were wet again.  But it makes you appreciate being indoor with air conditioning!

This week, a sweet sister in our ward introduced us to her friend Heather.  So we all went out to lunch and had a great conversation about the church.  My favorite part was how all the members who live up there by Heather and Sister Bellows knew about it and were all talking about fellowshipping her further!  Also, the ward has been doing fantastic with fellowshipping Amy and Grayson!  We were trying to get an appointment with her and she was like, not on Wednesday, I am having dinner with the Lindsays, on Thursday- Sister Hardy (relief society president) is coming over, on Friday my visiting teachers are coming over, etc etc.!  We had to set up an appointment for Tuesday!  Yay for the ward!  Summerfield really is a great ward!

So funny moment of the week.  I ran into a mailbox.  Okay, so it was really more of an epic sideways fall... But It was at the top of a really steep hill and I was pedaling, but pretty much going no where at that point since I had used up all my gears.  I like to think that I hit something in the road, but in any case, I just toppled over into the mailbox.  Luckily I didn't manage to hurt it or anything but I am sure it looked pretty comical! J

Anyway, I hope y’all are having a great week!  (free of mailbox-crashes!)

Love ya!

Sister A. Morris

Keaton i caught a baby frog for you!

a random turtle in the middle of the road...

going to church

quick take the picture it is getting away!

"By the way, do not expect the world’s solutions to the world’s problems to be very effective. Such solutions often resemble what C. S. Lewis wrote about those who go dashing back and forth with fire extinguishers in times of flood -The Screwtape Letters. Only the gospel is constantly relevant, and the substitute things won’t work." Maxwell

So we had exchanges this week and I went to Guilford with Sister Kenyon.  And I have never knocked on so many doors of people who do not speak English!!  It was crazy!  The first one we knocked on, a man opened the door and we were trying to ask him questions like where he was from and he was saying something like Ospitel and we were like, ummm, where is that?  It took a while but we finally determined he was telling us his brother, the owner of the house, was in the Hospital! haha.  That was fun.  And then we knocked on another door with a lady who spoke Spanish.  So she was really sweet and let us in, but there was a major language barrier!!  And her two kids were sitting there eating and the little boy starts choking on his chicken!  So she grabs him and hurries him into the back.  So we are just awkwardly sitting there...After a few minutes, she comes back with him and he sits down, and proceeds to throw up in his bowl.  Yep.  That was definitely... memorable!   And then we went to a lesson where the grandma and the grandchildren are interested.  Only problem is, the grandma only speaks Zo (or however you would spell it.  They are from Burma).  So the oldest, a twelve year old, has to translate for us! We mostly used the pictures and short simple statements.  They are a really cute family! :)

Anyway, those were the three most memorable.  We talked to people from all over the world that day though!  And pretty much none of them spoke English!  There were a lot of Muslims though, so not at all interested in a message about Jesus Christ.

Also this week, we knocked on a door and a woman on the phone answered.  So we just gave her a Book of Mormon card and she says, "oh, thanks!  I have one of these on the visor in my car!"  Not going to lie, we were both like, no way!  So as we were leaving, we checked the cars in the driveway, and sure enough, there was a Book of Mormon card!  Nice to know that people don't always just throw those away!

      Another time, we found a sweet lady and ended up teaching her the Restoration.  As we were getting ready to leave, we asked if she knew anyone we should go see.  So she told us one of her neighbors and his name so we went and knocked on the door.  And the man who answered wasn't interested, but he said we should go see one of his neighbors. When we asked for a name, turns out it was the lady we had just finished talking to!  They referred each other!  I bet that doesn't happen very often!

And I made cookies this week!  They were yummy!  Though the dough consistency is different from ones in Utah...more sticky.

Anyway, I hope yall are having a spectacular week! :)

This is us pushing sister Jessup's car so that she
can burn a pile of brush without catching the car on fire! 

Sister Loosle leaving me in the dust! She is crazy fast!
Especially when i am trying to bike and take pictures at the same time...

Another kitty friend-When sister Loosle was looking at these pictures,
she goes "the cat was that close to me? I didnt even notice!"

Sister A. Morris

You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him to find it within himself. Galileo

     So last Monday, the sister training leaders picked us up to take us shopping at Walmart.  When we got there the summit sisters were also there.  We saw a random man riding his bike the other way.  I don't really know why, but I waved at him and said hi. Then all of the sudden, he turned around and came back asking us, "what are the badges?"  Apparently he had seen the elders before and was wondering why we were all wearing badges.  So we taught him the restoration right in front of Walmart.  And since he was in our area, we got a return appointment with him.  Anyway, his name is Jullien and he was born in morocco.  So he speaks Arabic, French, and English and was raised as a Muslim.  Then, when he moved to Europe, he converted to Christianity but he was never baptized because, though he tried out a lot of churches, he never found one where he felt God's approval. Good thing he met us!  :)  Anyway, he came to church this Sunday!  And he said that he liked it and will come next Sunday.  We are giving him over to the elders since he is a single male and lives really close to them.  

     We also met a girl named Caroline.  So we were at a street and decided we would knock the doors that had cars in the driveway.  So we started off and at one point were walking past a car-less house when a girl walked out.  We weren't sure how old she was so we just gave her one of the pass-along cards and kept going.  A few minutes later, we got a text saying something like "I was raised atheist and don't know who Jesus Christ is.  Two Mormon girls just gave me a picture of him and I want to know more." Yep.  That doesn't happen very often!  Anyway, we also got pretty wet this week since it was our bike week and it rained a lot on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (we got the car after church.  Of course, it wasn't raining then!).  Haha.  But it is definitely an adventure going downhill really fast cause you can barely see where you are going! -- We also have water all up our backs since the tires flick the water up... But it is nice cause people feel really bad for us and are more likely to talk to us. Oh and apparently I didn't say much about Sister Loosle?  Sorry about that!  I must have told Sister Morris about her but no one else... I keep doing that!  But she is from Austin, Texas though technically she was born in Utah and lived in Guam for two years.  She is addicted to M&Ms and went to USU before coming out here (apparently we were there at the same time...just didn't know each other).  She has four younger brothers and is lots of fun!

Anyway, hope that y'all are having a great week!

Sister A. Morris

This is Amy and Grayson!
Also, brother Lindsay who baptized them!
Such a great day for them!

Who says Girls can't follow instructions??  hehe.
We got new desks-only had to take things back apart a few times... :) 

This is my companion sister Loosle and Sage's
 (she and her mom are the members that live in our apt complex)
Her new kitty is soo cute!  

This is Sister Loosle and i with Amy, Grayson, and Gavin (7 years old so he will get to be baptized next year!)

The kitty likes mormon messages!