Wow. I can't put my
feelings into words. There is just a storm of thoughts raging in my head. I am
completely excited, anxious, and a little freaked out. But there is no room for
doubt and faith in the same place. I am completely confident that this next
step into the unknown will be an adventure! You know what they say, a
"Leap of Faith".
This week was great.
Our investigator, Andreé is doing really well. She won't be able to get
baptized for another month because of her schooling on Sundays, but she is
seeing a lot of blessings in her life. She asked for permission to miss a Sunday to
come to church and her teacher gave her a ton of projects and a test on stuff
that she hadn't even heard of. So she did all the projects. She did the best
she could on researching and studying the test material and went to take the
test. She got 100%. She is seeing a lot of blessings. She is reading and
praying a lot. She actually does her homework!!! It is great!
This is probably the
last update I will send home. I just want to express my thanks to all the
people that have supported me. My family, ward and friends. There have been
countless moments when an email, letter or prayer have made the difference to
me. Thank you SO much! I don't really know what I can say that could sum up
these last 2 years. I could go on and on about how spiritual it was, how difficult
it was, or about how I have grown. But all that I can say or express is
gratitude. I wouldn't trade the blood, sweat, and tears that have been shed on
the mission for anything. I am eternally grateful for the person that the Lord
has molded me into. I know that it was only possible to get to where I am by
going through the fiery furnace of affliction and heartache. I have been
greatly blessed, I have been protected and guided. The Lord let me be able to
have great experiences and He let me learn. I feel like the "inutil"
servant that Kind Benjamin spoke of. I can't do anything to pay him back, and
luckily he doesn't ask for payback. He just asks for a dedicated life. That, I
can give. And that, I will give.
As this is the last
week of my mission, I just want to end it so that I can look back and say that
the Lord can be proud of my service to him. I know that I have given it my all.
I know that I have done all that I could to serve the people of Monterrey and I
know that the Lord has been with me to help me and guide me. I want to end my
mission looking back on it and being able to say that what the Lord tells Nephi
in Helaman 10:4 "Blessed art thou, 'Elder Morris', for those things which
thou hast done; for I have beheld how thou hast with unwariness declared the
word, which I have given unto thee, unto this people. And thou hast not feared
them, and hast not sought thine own life, but hast sought my will, and to keep
my commandments."
I will be forever grateful
to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the opportunity that He has given me to
serve him. He took a young man, with little experience, and He molded him into
a servant "worthy of his hire". I know I have done nothing. "As
to my strength, I know that I am nothing" But the Lord is strong. I have
just been blessed to have been a witness of the power of the Lord. A tool in
His hands. I am forever grateful.
I know that this
church is true. I add my testimony and witness, that this gospel changes lives.
And I add my testimony to the thousands of representative of Jesus Christ
serving him, that He Lives. That he died for us and took up his life again. He
lives, and because He lives, we can too. We have hope. I know He lives. Look
for Him, and He is there. Knock and ye shall receive, ask and it shall be given
unto you. I so testify in the name of our Lord and Savior, even Jesus the
Christ, Amen.
-Elder Morris
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