9/5/16... Bikeeeee Weeeeekkkk

Bikeeeee Weeeeekkkk

I thought this week was going to be so hard with biking and the heat and humidity and everything but it ended up being sooo good!

Basketball monday was so fun i almost dunked in the game it was so fun, there are some ballers in the zone I have not been able to throw yet besides in the mtc, I am going to wait until after winter to throw, just give myself a nice break, but i have been doing bands and stuff to keep my arm in shape. Today we are going to have a zone activity and have a cook out at the park it should be really fun!

TUESDAY
one of the worst experiences of my life happened this day. It happened at mcdonalds.......mcnuggets did me so dirty. After district meeting, which was really good, we all went out to lunch.......mcdonalds had a 50 mcnugget challenge so we all did it and it suckeddddddd so much. 400 NUGGETS between us. i almost threw up after about 40, then we had to get on bikes the rest of the day it was sooo bad. But it was a good time actually... i just felt the effects of it the rest of the week.

mcnuggets did me so dirty 

This week was mostly very hottttt so i was drenched in sweat for most of the day. But this weekend it cooled off a lot and it rained saturday. The thunder here is so awesome the clouds are really low so the thunder is so loud and lightning sounds like bombs its really cool.

We were able to talk to a lot of people because we were on bikes, we try to talk to everyone we see and it payed off. We gave out a lot of restoration pamhlets and got some numbers so hopefully they turn into new investigators this next week. We had some great lessons too. This old couple named the Brusters had some very strange beliefs in everything and he believed that all religions were true so it was tough to help him then he said he hated mitt romney and said he was scum and stuff, that if he walked in here he'd put a bullet in his back haha but they were really nice. A lot of people this week gave us water and stuff were really nice. 

Saturday night was really great also!  We did service for 3 hours earlier helping somebody move, which always takes longer than expected, but they told us theyd take us out to eat wherever we wanted this week so that is pretty exciting! Later saturday night we planned on stopping by 3 houses. We biked pretty far to get there and then we talked to a previous minister who was really nice, he said he did enough time in the church and hasnt been for years haha. Then we had a lesson with a less active. Then we stopped and talked to this nice indian guy who again believed in all religions so its hard to teach people like that but he was very nice, then his drunk buddy at his house wanted to talk with us and he was going off on some weird book of enoch stuff. But we just gave him some pamphlets and said read these when he's not drunk haha. 

Then our last house we talked to Leon who said he was looking for a new church which was perfect, so hopefully this next week he can come to church and we can have another lesson with him. 

This sunday was awesome.  Fasting was tough and i was super hungry but we saw a lot of miracles.  On sunday, Deizy Tellez, who is from Columbia Bogota, came to church, she hadnt been to church in 10 years came with her son who is 10 and i think they really liked it they're were a lot of great testimonies that were shared that were perfect for her to hear. Also her son is 10 and he is going to be baptized this month or early next hopefully which is super exciting. 

Sunday night we got dropped off from the other elders at the area we wanted to bike  and we had a lesson with a less active and a new investigator who we're trying to get to read the book of mormon more. Then later we were walking and i just wanted to turn around and walk the other way so we did and ended up running into a guy named frank who at first didn't want to talk then we introduced ourselves and he opened up and he is producing gospel music and sang to us in the middle of the street and he was actually very good and we are going to call him this week and talk more about the restoration.

Overall super great week had so much fun this week.  me and elder leavitt get along great and i love the other missionaries in our apartment it is so fun all the time!

Love you all so much, love you mom 

Questions........

Did you end up having a cook out at Byron's?  How is he? 
HAHA no byron is a G though haha he said we could drive his mustang the week we're on bike and we said we cant and he told us to break the rules haha he is awesome but not progressing much hopefully we can get him to church this month.

Take some pics of your apartment... You said people you meet are used to hearing gunshots ... Do you feel safe where you live??
Yes safe its just like any town there is ghetto parts and nice parts, i feel safe.

How is bike riding going for you???  Do your pants work ok for bike riding?  Is your booty SORE? 

Biking wasnt as bad as i thought it was going to be i actually like it and hopefully i build some leg muscle, i am now 165 so gained about 7 lbs since i left. Not getting fat though haha 

Have you been able to workout?  How is that going?  Are you throwing at all?
Ya we have wieghts in the appartment and we lift every morning and some nights its good. No throwing yet just working out and doing band work every couple days 

I want to send you a package this week... What are you craving?  And is there anything you need?
Yes please oreos double stuff. Just surprise the rest i guess.

Send me some like triple x mass gainer protien straight from amazon that would be the best!

Scripture / Quote of the week?

Ahhh perfect quote for the week, we listened to an old talk like night about baseball 

"There is no disgrace in falling down, the disgrace is in not gettin back up and laying there" Paul H Dunn
We all fail and especially in missionary work there is a lot of failure, comes with the job but the success brings me so much more happiness that the failures dont matter, i think baseball helped me realizing that failure is just part of life and its how you react and how you improve to the failure that matters. 

talks about baseball and babe ruth... great talk... listen to it for me!

Love Y'all so much 

didnt take a lot of pics... im sorry madre but here is the mcdonalds one, then just a random ghetto cruiser

ghetto cruiser

Excerpts from B's letter to Jeff:

I cant believe that about the branch!! that is such a miracle.
they call this mission the mission of miracles. There are miracles everywhere sometimes we need to open our eyes too see them, i didnt ever see them before my mission but now i see them everywhere! You've had so many miracles with your branch it is awesome...120 people...that is so good! 

Bike week was actually very good and i like it a lot more than i thought i would've. Im getting better everyday at talking to people and bringing up gospel truths that apply to their lives, elder leavitt is really good at it so im trying to learn as fast as i can. 

That is so awesome about the byu game--mom told me about that!
Too bad about the mariners though....so weird they choked at the end they dont ever do that before playoffs haha

It really has gone by fast and i totally noticed exactly what you said the days go by so much quicker if youre trying youre hardest to do missionarywork and loving it.

Send me some triple x mass gainer straight from amazon to here. Protein is so expensive i cant afford it for every month with the money they give us. I  have been eating well too i make eggs or cereal in the morning and then have a sandwhich and some other stuff for lunch and then dinner changes with our schedule and members.
Love you
Elder Morgan