God Wins

Another transfer came & went in the blink of an eye. So much change around the mission. So many new missionaries. It is so special to be around them. I stayed!! Hermana Hoopes & I get to go at this again together. I am so very happy about that. This area is special, we have such sweet friends we are teaching & have built such lasting relationships with the members. I just feel so extremely blessed. I can’t really even put it into words. I get to serve the Lord. I get to be a part of this amazing work. I get to help our friends find Jesus. I get to help the members stay or come back. I get to help the missionaries do the same exact thing & it is beautiful. This week a new hermana came to our zone! It was her first day & they were with us. We sat at lunch & I saw her looking around with a smile on her face. That same smile I used when I didn't know what was being said around me but trying so hard to pick out just one word to make it click. I have been so in awe with the new missionaries & how hard they are trying. They are stretching themselves & it is special. I am excited for this transfer!!!


Melody got baptized!!! It has been beautiful to watch her sweet little conversion. She is so smart & so pure. She looked so happy in her little dress. Her dad & sister were there to support her & it was so precious. Her dad, always on the verge of tears & her sweet sister, who got to be the witness this time!!! Now we are working on their dad! He knows it to be true & he is feeling it, just has to decide to change his life & make that commitment. The members were just so cute about that special day, made her a cake & all. They will just be taken right in as family. Tonight we have a family home evening with them & some of the members in our ward & I am happy.


We had a sweet surprise as we were preparing things for the baptism! Our friends Silvia & Esmeralda came! We have been teaching them for a minute now but they're always out of town on the weekends! They had been reading through the Book of Mormon together!!! They loved the baptism! & then they came to church!!! They showed up during the sacrament & the ward let them come in to sit down so they could be there. I promise it made my day. Everyone was so smiley. Because not only was it Silvia & Esmeralda but her other son Max!!! A cute young little family! They all separated for the classes & were so happy the whole time. We have high hopes for them & will be praying a whole lot.


I love being a missionary. I love it for so many reasons, because I feel the spirit so often, because I feel the love of God for people, because I see people grow a testimony, because I get to read the scriptures so much, because I get to meet so many amazing people, because of so many more things. But I also love it because it's hard. It's hard because people reject this gospel, because it's tiring, because people fall away, because Satan is real. Just as much as God exists, Satan does too. It's a battle & I see it all around me. So many people who let Satan win, so many people trying to let God win, & so many who have God first. This week I found myself in prayer. I told God my testimony, shared that with Him. Even though I know He knows it all. I told Him, "I know this is the Church of Jesus Christ, I know that you are real, I know that my prayers are answered, I know that you love me, I know that Jesus Christ suffered for my sins, I know that He lives, I know." That list went on & on for a good amount of time & with tears. I know these things. I testify of them so often. I think Satan tries to win a lot in my life. He likes to make me feel like my testimony isn't that strong, that God doesn't love me for what I've done, or that Jesus doesn't understand. He tries to win, but he can't. He can't because I choose to let God win. I shove those thoughts out the door, I pray, & I keep on testifying of what I know. & these things I do know. I have felt it. Oh, have I felt it. If you are faltering in your testimony, look just a little harder, pray a little mightier, study a little longer. You’ll find it, & when you do, do not ever let it go. God will win every single time, if you would just let Him.


How much I love all of you. I do pray for you.


With all my heart,
Hermana Morley <3








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