# 65

Dear President, 

I hope you had a great week this week up in Georgia! Sister W and I had a great week :)

Our investigator's daughters came back from Georgia early! It was such a huge miracle when she called us! She said she had big news and called to make sure we were going to be at church on Sunday (where else would we be?) When we showed up to church she was there with her two daughters! We went to their house after church and she announced to her daughters that she wants to be baptized! She wants to be baptized this week, but since she works every other Sunday she is going to ask for work off this Sunday so she can get confirmed. If she can't get work off, then the baptism will be next Saturday.

Our other investigator who is also close to baptism came to church this week as well. She had to leave a little early thought because her tooth was lose and was almost going to fall out! (I bet you've never heard that reason before!) But she enjoys church and has been reading from the Book of Mormon and prays pretty frequently. Her date is for the 19th and I think she will be able to reach it! 

We are still trying to work with the little 8 year old and her family, and are just waiting on the father's permission for her to be baptized. 

We are also working with a less active lady and her friend in Yeghvard ( a village in our area). The friend said that she had a dream of a man in white last week and so she's interested in learning about our church. We picked her up as an investigator and will be going back this week.

We are also working with the young girl (13 year old) who wants to go to Youth Conference. We have been able to teach her the Restoration and the Plan of Salvation. We tried extending a baptismal date, but her mom wasn't there at the meeting we ask, so she was a little hesitant. So we are just waiting for our next meeting with her and her mom so we can talk to them both about it. 

We had another miracle this week! We visited a less active family who have 2 teenage girls and we talked to them about the Youth Conference. One of them is old enough to go, so we scheduled her interview with Bishop and told her she had to come to church this week. Well she showed up to church and brought her younger sister! She sat next to me in Sacrament Meeting and when people were bearing their testimonies she turned to me and asked "Does everyone have to do this?" I told her no, only if they felt like they should. She said (patting her heart) "I feel like I should." So she got up and bore her testimony! It was so sweet and tender! She hadn't been to church in over 9 months and said that she wants to come back. It was amazing.

My exchanges with Sister B went well this week. she has a good head on her shoulders. She was very open about things and gets things done. She said planning has been a little hard for her because she is new to the area and Sister B knows it better, but that she really likes meeting with the people. She's very down to earth and not afraid top be bold and loving. She's also doing well on the language and set some goals to have more effective language studies and to show more charity towards others. 

I've never felt so great a love for all of the missionaries in the mission.

While on the exchange with her I met a man on the street who does a 12 step addiction recovery program and helps those struggling with addictions. He was very nice and wanted to know if he could work with the church with this program. (He had heard about the church before and really respects it.) Do you know if we have any program like this going on right now in the church? Is there anyone he can talk to about it? He called a few days ago following up to see if I had found out anything yet.

I want to thank you for your interview with me on Thursday. You always know just what to say. Your question about where I find my emotional strength has stuck with me. I'm still not 100% sure where it comes from all of the time. But I know for sure it has been a special blessing from Heavenly Father given to me in times of need. Times I thought I would cry (or cry more) I didn't. I've just found reassurance in the fact that I know I need to be here and because I know that, anything that happens to me while I'm here or to my family back home while I'm away is just part of what he has in store for me and it will be okay. 

I saw a rainbow this past week, which is always been special for me to see in Armenia (since God made the promise with Noah about never flooding the earth again and the rainbows is a sign of that). I am reminded of the promises the Lord has promised me every time I see a rainbow. It's a very special sign to me.

Thank you for your love and all that you do. I love you and Sister C!

Love,

Sister Morreall