Hello people. I know I'm the worst at keeping contact on here. I may just have my mom discontinue this. But I want to let you all know that the work is going AMAZING. We have quite a few people that we are teaching and many of them are keeping comittments, coming to church and changing their lives and truly understanding what their Father in Heaven would have them do. I love watching their faces when you tell them "listen, you are the daughter/son of God, a Heavenly Father who loves you sooo much and wants what's best for you. He wants you to be happy." Boy does that really astonish some people. They know it or maybe have heard it but then they truly begin to feel it and understand what that means everything changes. They stop smoking, drinking, having premarital sex, cursing, skipping church, neglecting the commandments etc and just trying to live the way God would have them live. HOW AMAZING IS THIS WORK PEOPLE!!!! You have not lived until you see the Lord's hand in His work. The power and dominion that He has ONCE people say "ok I believe everything you said what do I need to do. Just like when Aaron was teaching King Lamoni's Father of Christ in the Book of Mormon. King Lamoni says "What shall I do that I may have his eternal life of which thou hast spoken? Yea, what shall I do that I may be born of God having this wicked spirit rooted out of my breast, and receive his Spirit, that I may be filled with joy, that I may not be cast off at the last day? Behold, say he, I will forsake my kingdom, that i may receive this great joy." (Alma 22:15) This is what we want to hear as missionaries just like Ammon and Aaron and Alma in the Book of Mormon. We want the world to know there is better and they can have a better life. They dont have to settle for what the world has told them is "happiness" just like Alma told his son Corianton "wickedness never was happiness." Helping people understand that happiness is eternal is quite a challenge but when they grasp it they hit the ground running and I love it. One more scripture then I'm done with the overload. When the four sons of Mosiah had changed their lives and began preaching the word of God to the wicked Lamanites in Mosiah 28:2-4 this is how i feel each and every day im here in Maryland. "That perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers... that they might rejoice in the Lord their God, they they might become friendly to one another and there should no more contentions in all the land which the Lord their God had given them.
Now they (the four sons of Mosiah) were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human should should perish; yea even the very thoughts that any should should endure endless torment did them to quake and tremble.
And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon the for they (the four sons of Mosiah) were the very vilest of sinners. And the Lord saw fit in his infinite mercy to spare them;" Boy was I, and am I still like the 4 sons of Mosiah. God was so merciful to help me change and now i have the opportunity to invite others to come unto Him. To help the see the ways of truth so they wont have any contentions one with another. So they can see the traditions of their fathers CAN stop with them. I love it I know this is the truth! I love every second i get to testify of it. Sorry so long I guess im just making up for the ones I didn't write you all.

Oh man, so today was the official "De-Junk Day." All the missionaries in the Maryland Baltimore Mission were advised that we needed to clean our Apts from top to bottom. Oh, did I spend the majority of the day murmuring and complaining. I felt like Laman and Lamuel. I was like ughhh we just dont have enough time we only have one day to do all that we need to do and now were just spending it on cleaning... blah blah blah. My companion is just great she really keeps me in line. She just stayed positive partially bc she loves to clean. It's not that i hate cleaning but when there are things that need to be done the last thing i wanna do is clean. Anyways to make a long story short i sucked it up and cleaned my apt and what do you know the Lord provided a way for me to accomplish all the things I NEEDED to do, but not WANTED to do. He continues to show me that this is His work and His glory and what He says goes. I just have to learn that. On the other hand the work is going great we have a nice size teaching pool and people are just working hard to change their lives and so are we in the process. We can't call people to repentance if we're not right. Each and everyday we try to be better than the day before working harder and harder. I for sure feel like Daniel (im sorry Elder Naseath now) the harder you work the more tired you become. I'll say it every update. The work is tough but extremely awesome! I love it!

Oh my... where do I begin with the mission work. Let me start by just throwing out some random things.
1. Im loving the work as you all know. It's fun, tough, sad, joyful, challenging, but nonetheless no one ever said it would be easy.
2. I'm serving in a ward where there are two sets of missionaries because the boundaries are so huge. I'm not going to lie its been a challenge for me, maybe bc I'm territorial but I feel like every time i greet a member at church theyre like "Oh no, we're in the elders area." I'm about ready to kick the elders into another ward. Lol jk its not that bad but the division is kinda rough. You want to get in the homes of all the members but instead only half of them are yours... hmmm. Anyways
3. The weather here is awesome right now. Perfect for walking everywhere and greeting people like my comp and i have been doing. Its awesome. The trees the flowers everything is beautiful... I love it. There are a million kids playing outside all the time so i feel like im back on my street at home. Really cute. I love all the kids in the neighborhood and they love us. We talk to them all the time and have gotten to know them really well. They are all awesome!!!
4. My hair finally growing back from my AWWfullll haircut... So its looking nice again. Plan on going to the salon sometime soon.

I thank everyone for your prayers and support. And just to let you know I'm aware that my blog gets boring so if you all have any special request as to some things you'd like to know I'm up for that. Otherwise, its just good ol uplifting stuff, and you can only get so much of that... lol jk jk. Let me know people i love you all

Hello Hello Hello... from the great state of Md!!! Oh my this week has been fun. We have met a ton of interesting people and for some reason people are letting us in left and right. This area has truly been prepared by the angels of the Lord to receive this Restored Gospel. However, anyone who is familiar with missionary work knows this happens then the Lord needs to keep you humble and you'll go awhile with no one even giving you the time a day. But it's OK you always plan for the best and prepare for the worst. I have been having fun. My companion and i are teaching really well together and its amazing to learn and grow from one another. I dyed eggs for the first time in my life. I don't recall ever doing that. I have also done some other rare things like eat dry worms.. apparently they are a delicacy in Thailand or Taiwan or something and are suppose to taste like chips... Well that's absolutely false. I have also eaten a live worm. I dared an elder to do it and that i would give him 5 bucks (i didn't think he would do it), so when he did it i realized crap I'm a poor missionary and don't have 5 bucks so i had to eat one too. It wasn't that bad actually. Except for when i felt it crawling in my throat... HA HA I'm just kidding calm down people. But i did eat it. Anyways what else is going on. The mission is awesome i enjoyed general conference so much thats another story entirely and i will be here for days just thinking of all the things i liked. I love listening to the prophets and apostles speak. Its amazing for us to know that God loves us so much He gives us our own Noah or Moses to guide us and direct us. I love you all and i hope that if you did not get a chance to see General Conference that you will go to www.lds.org in order to view it. Well until next time i love you all and cant wait to see you all in a yr. lol

I've relocated

Well People,
Its about time I wrote you all, huh? Sorry but there has been so much going on that at times it is difficult to write you all and tell you what's going on. Ok so I have been transferred for the first time. I am now in Susquehanna ward and serving in the Baltimore Stake. Unfortunately, I think this is somewhat the closest I'll ever get to serving in/by/near Baltimore. My companion is Sis. Garbett. She is a Temple Square Sister and will only be here for one more transfer after this. I miss my last companion Sis. Faamoe but that's how the mission goes. You love em them leave em. It's sad but hey at least you have lifetime friends. I went to church yesterday and the ward seems pretty friendly. It's a lot more populated that my last area so im able to do a lot of street contact and we knocked our apts last week. Everyone was really nice, let's be honest you dont get that too much. It was really difficult last week when i was leaving my area because i had been in that ward for 6 months and when the members found out i was leaving they didnt help by calling and telling me all these really nice things. They were sad i was sad we were ALL sad.. lol. I took it kinda hard i guess. Your heart just grows so much for all the people then youre told you have to leave and start all over with a new area. It's tough but every part is worth it. Although none of you really faithful friends have sent me a letter in a while i guess i'll still post my address in case someone decides to be nice... LOL. I officially realized that i've been out awhile when no one remembers me. I would put LOL but im crying inside... lol JKJK. Anyways I love you all. And I'll be sure to keep you all posted and i promise next week ill add more pics. So dont worry

New Addy:
Sister Phylicia Norris
317 Stevens Cir apt 2d
Aberdeen, MD 21001

I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello EVERYONE!!! I know you guys thought I forgot about you and well maybe I did... Lol no i'm kiddin i'm kiddin. I miss you all and I've been so busy that i literally spend no time writing people on Monday I just hang out and try to do as much as nothing as I possibly can. Sounds crazy but you have no idea. By the time Monday hits I just want to sleep but instead we go play soccer of volleyball or something else and then do lunch and somehow by the time we do that P-day is over and were ready to go teach. So these past two weeks or so have been pretty tough. I didnt receive a letter or anything for about 2 weeks and that was really hard. I guess my greenie phase is over. I'm at the part of my mission where I get no love and everyone just forgets about you. LOL! It seems as if the world is getting smaller and smaller by the way every week or so i get an email or something saying they know someone who's serving in my mission. From Ozzie in Brasil to Susan in Washington to Bishop Seegmiller in Tennessee. I have come to realize that is a REALLY REALLY small world. I want everyone to know that the work is progressing and we should be having another baptism at the end of the month. I have been in the area since i got here so i dont know if i will make it another transfer without being transferred somewhere else unfortunately. I just love the people here and that would be so hard for me but i know its coming so i might as well "man up" and deal with it. On the other hand i love you all and will write again sometime. Hope everyone is doing well!!!

BURRRRHHHHH FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND !!!! Its been so cold here its unreal. We have had over 3 ft of snow since last fri and We have been grounded inside the house since basically last fri and now its Wednesday... UGHHH its horrible, the worst thing you can do as a missionary is nothing. You begin to go insane, An hour or two of down town is fine but after that you're just driving yourself nuts. So my companion and i have been reading the scriptures all day long you know kinda like we do everyday but this time from cover to cover in the Book of Mormon. We are having a load of fun actually learning from one another and understanding what we're reading its pretty awesome. We have had the amazing opportunity to help our neighbors shovel their intensely long driveways and talking to them has been fun, introducing ourselves and tell them that we actually LIKE to shovel yards... Its so funny seeing the looks on their faces they think we are absolutely crazy! And we probably are. but oh well its awesome!! Service is amazing!! I woke up the other day and i was sooo sore from shoveling it was unreal. I thought about Alma in the Book of Mormon when he was talking about his sins and he said "and oh what marvelous light i did behold; yea and my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain... there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy" thats exactly how i felt. i was in soo much pain but at the same time my joy exceeded everything that i was feeling knowing that i had helped someone. it was great. By the way i would like everyone to know i have missed more days of church on my mission than i have when i was back home. (I didnt miss any back home by the way). But since i have been here church has been cancelled about 5 or 6 times because of the weather. These Marylanders are trying to tell me that this doesnt happen every winter but i'll believe it the next winter when im here if it doesnt happen again. Ok well i dont want to make this long i havent been able to really teach to tell you all some good stuff but i miss you all and love you greatly. oh and a little ps our recently baptized convert is still not a member of the Church because she has not been confirmed since church has been cancelled ever since... Boy what an adventure i tell you. "FIND JOY IN THE JOURNEY NOW PEOPLE"- President Thomas S. Monson