Are you junking me??

Yeah so conference came, that was neat. AND I BROKE MY PR FOR INVESTIGATORS IN CHURCH, we got 15 baby!! It was so fun, we have been working so hard with so many awesome people and it is so nice to seem them progress little by little unto baptism!!

Perhaps the most impactful thing I heard this week was on prayer: Someone once asked President Eyring how to make their prayers like they were talking to a friend, and he said that it shouldn't be like if we were talking to a friend, we are talking to GOD. It is a privilege to pray and we should do so with much respect. Then he told of how Elder Neal A Maxwell would pray. Neal A Maxwell would go into a dark room, dressed fully in church clothes, kneel down without supporting himself on a chair or anything and would wait until he felt worthy to approach God in prayer.

So I have been doing it too, and wow I have been impressed by the results. The reality that God is my Father and He is listening to my prayers is becoming so apparent. Truth be told most nights I fall asleep when praying because I am so tired, but I won't anymore. Likewise, I have found that my prayers aren't necessarily longer or more detailed, but they are more sacred. God listens to my prayer and strengthens me through my humble supplications. I feel more connected to Him.

We should baptize the cousin of our recent converts Naydlin, Marlon and Marjlings, their cousin Selenia. And in a couple of weeks their other cousin. And a couple of people here and there, we just work like horses everyday and my kidneys ache from the work.

Really the kidney thing might be from the heat and literally everybody and their dog here has problems with their kidneys. One of our recent converts kids has 1 and a half kidneys and he is 7. 

Our Foster Child Elder Deere will be adopted to a permanent home, so proud of him, he will do special things in his life as a missionary! He is a super cool guy and we worked him like a horse, and every night we would hang out on our hammocks till midnight or til we fell asleep. It was a junking good time. And tomorrow we are going to the capitol for leaders council where Elder Deere will meet his new father Elder Chinchilla who is the man, he was in Zona Ocotal when I was there. I am pretty pumped for Council because we are always spiritually fed de viaje and we get to hang out with the coolest missionaries in the mission because, shocker, the coolest missionaries are the most obedient and hardest working and therefore leaders!! 

This week Elder Deere and us got to work in his area 4 hours in and yet still his weekly numbers were literally better than missionaries that work ALL WEEK in their area. Why is that? CONSECRATION that's why!! Hermana Poncio told us that 2 consecrated missionaries get done more than 100 regular ones, and that is so true!!

Love you all Love Elder Morrison