A God Wink

Hey y'all! 

I hope my East Coast people are surviving Florence & all of its disturbances. Fortunately the hurricane dodged Beaufort, but what a warm welcome to the hurricane season!

This week was wonderful! Several experiences come to mind as I pondered what I wanted to share with y'all this week. So last week while Sister Stacey & I were planning we were pondering what we could do to gain more trust from the members here. Two days later in church a member was asked to speak on the tender mercies of the Lord. After she began speaking, I noticed she was glorifying specific people around her who have acted as the Lords hands in helping her since moving to Beaufort. I thought her language was beautifully aligned with how Jesus Christ taught everything for the sole purpose of leading others back to heavenly Father. She transitioned to commenting on how even several random texts from individuals have shown just how aware the Lord is of her. She concluded with an example of one text in particular from the Sister Missionaries. Her husband had been away for something with the Marine base & she was home alone with her 2 little boys for a few weeks. She said one night she had heard a noise that frightened her & she crawled into bed & played the general conference talk "Am I A Child Of God?" By Brian K Taylor. One specific sentence stood out to her that brought her the comfort she needed. The very next day, the Sisters (us) had texted her the exact quote from the talk and she felt an even greater confirmation through the Lords tender mercy. I was in awe, through her recognition of us we have gained so much more trust! We have some wonderful members here. :)

On Friday, after traveling to Statesboro the second time, we had a dinner appointment with a member there who I knew from Cochran. She invited us to dinner with 6 of her college friends, on condition that we wouldnt be weird and we could only share a Mormon Message video. Haha! We agreed. Missionaries go often and some of her friends know that we share a little video before we go and it was getting near that time, so one of her friends actually initiated it. Haha well fun fact about me, I know when God is working through me because I completely forget our game plan and run on solely Spirit. We introduced ourselves and explained how we came to serve a mission. Then I pulled out a Book of Mormon and testified that it is the most special book to me because it answers my real life questions. I shared a recent experience with them that helped me. Toward the end I told them we like to pray with people before we leave, but we like to pray for them by name. Haha y'all, I have never been great with names but I have gotten better on my mission. In that moment, I could remember 1 name and that was the Sister who invited us! I looked at my companion & felt so much confidence that God would bless her, so I invited her to offer the prayer. God works through both of us, y'all, she said every single persons name! They were amazed, I was impressed, and I knew that God had blessed her. Sister Stacey is incredibly faithful. 

Someone else we had brunch with said, tender mercies are just a wink from God. I loved that, I imagine heavenly Father winking at everyone who looks up to Him in their time of need & Him saying, "don't worry, I've got ya!". Haha in so many words anyway.

I love y'all! Have a great week!!!

Sister Morrill