Alaska Alaska Alaska: March 9, 2015

Hello hello!

Pretty much the saddest thing ever happened this week. I got my trunky papers in the mail. Trunky papers are a letter from the mission president thanking you for your service in the mission and inviting you to have a departing missionary interview with him. It also includes your flight itinerary and luggage rules. Oh man. It was just so sad. I cannot believe these amazing 18 months are coming to and end.

This week I attended my last transfer meeting since I am leaving half way though this transfer. Man that was sad too. I got to hang out with Sister Dall all day, so that made me super happy. Normally departing missionaries have to bear their testimonies on how their mission brought them closer to the Savior. Thankfully, I dodged the bullet and didn't have to. Not that my mission hasn't brought me closer to the Savior, but I would have been a blubbering mess up there guaranteed. I just saved the mission a few dollars on the tissues that I would have used up at the stand. I have always known that I mission would help me progress spiritually, but I had no idea it would impact me this much. I would not change it for the world. I have come to truly love this gospel, my Savior and my Father in Heaven! It's the best. Okay, sorry for going sappy. All of these crazy emotions are going through me right now. I feel like it happens to most missionaries.

Okay, for the bad news first.. our only investigator A dropped us this week. I seriously wanted to cry. I felt like she was so prepared, but sadly Satan got to her and told her that she didn't need it in her life right now. Oh so sad. Hopefully, we can maintain friendship with her and she will become interested down the road.

Okay, now for the good news. Sister Strong had to go and get her license this week. While she was taking her test I was sitting surrounded by tons of people. I looked at all of them and with a super strong act of faith I decided that I was going to make one of them my investigators. Boy oh boy did that happen. I started talking to everyone and finally this lady D started talking back. Turns out she has read the Book of Mormon and went to church last Sunday down in Soldotna. We started talking about family history. I invited her to come with us to the family history center with us. She happily agreed. This week we will set something up. At the end of our conversation she said, "I know God brought us together today." I was grateful for the courage that I had to talk with everyone. When you show the Lord and act of faith he will shower blessings upon you :) I love miracles!

This week I have felt very strongly to boldly invite people to repent and come back to church. It has been incredible. I have really come to realize the power that we have missionaries. When you boldly invite with love and by the spirit amazing things start to take change in people's lives. I had an impression one night at dinner that someone was being prepared to accept the gospel and that if this family would pray about who they should invite to attend church they would find that person. I told them the prompting that I had and invited them to act upon it. The room went silent and they all started to cry. They accepted the invitation. I am excited to see who the Lord has prepared. Oh how I love feeling the spirit.

This week we challenged three different less actives to read the Book of Mormon. They all accepted the invitation. I love seeing people's lives change as they read the Book of Mormon. I am excited to see the progression that they make over the next few weeks.

Well! This week has been good! Hope you all had a great week :) Look for opportunities to share the gospel :) If you find them, they will help your testimony grow stronger than you ever thought it could!

Love you all!

Sister Morrison