ELDER BRAD MORGAN: 7/17/17... Wild Week! ... let me tell you why. BED BUGS!!!

Hmmm where do I even get started about this week it's been crazy. We've been running around all week.

.....let me tell you why. BED BUGS. Tuesday morning we woke up, got out of bed and get ready to work out and I look down at Elder Carroll's feet and there's all these red bites. I asked what they were and we soon found out they were bed bugs. I had a couple bites on my feet too. So we called the office packed up all our stuff and put it in trash bags, took as much food as we could and had to go move in with the elders in Sharon. It's been a crazy ride lol. I am living out of a suitcase and not much more than that. We could even be in here for 17 days, that's how long the last bed bug incident happened in the mission. It's terrible. But the Sharon elders are the best and it is fun spending more time with them.

We had a ton of miracles this week. Tuesday Elder Carroll and I were in an apartment complex and we walk up to a building with some teenagers and younger kids sitting around and we start talking to them and we end up teaching all these kids the restoration right there. It was hard keeping a bunch of teenagers interested in a lesson but 2 of them actually became new investigators so we are hoping we can continue to help them progress. Monyia is having a baby so we got in contact with her and she just said it would be better if we started meeting with her after she had her baby in about a month.

It might have been Wednesday Elder Carroll and I saw a lot of miracles this day too. One of them, we are going to see a former investigator and this lady opens the door and we start talking. She is from Peru and is so nice, she knew the temple there and some members. She was so open to our message and loved it. She asked for multiple pamphlets to give her kids. And she gave us inka kolas. And water. She asked if she could come to church... How elect is that? She was working this Sunday but she wants to come next. Then we go to our dinner appointment and it was good. We share a good message and we help him move some stuff. We get ready to go and he shows us his backyard and he has all these hunting waders up on his fence, like 15 pairs. We go look and he says to take one. We were hesitant but he insisted. He gave us free hunting waders! How crazy is that! So I'll be sending some of those home soon haha.

Wednesday we were just dead tired both Elder Carroll and I and we were working but just didn't have any energy. We had been getting some rejection that day and we got back in the car and we are figuring out where we were going. This man comes up to our window and says "are y'all the latter day saints? I love Mormons y'all should come visit me." We get his info and set a time for us to come back. It was so sweet. Then we go to the gas station and go in to get a drink and the lady goes y'all are out doing the Lord's work... I got your drinks. Much needed on a day we were dead tired... a guy comes to us and says he wants us to teach him and a lady gives us free drinks haha. What a day.

We had Zone conference on Friday and it was really great, we watched 2 talks from the mission presidents seminar by Elder Anderson and Elder Holland. People say that Elder Holland's talk was the best missionary talk of all time. Talked about the divine companionship of the Holy Ghost. He said some great things that made me realize just how important it is to always be doing the things that invite the spirit into my life. We also talked a lot about the basics, kind of using the tools that we overlook sometimes. It was really good.

Friday night Elder Grieve and I went on exchange! It was really fun. I had a good time being with Elder Grieve again and we were able to find a part member family and some potentials, so it was a good night. Saturday was so good. We were trying to see everyone that could come to church and we stopped by this lady's house named Georgette. She was asleep so her brother told us to come back another time. We go and knock on the door across the way and a 16 yr old kid came out and we got talking. We start teaching him the restoration and about halfway through the lady across the way opens her door. So I go and start talking to her while Elder Carroll continues to teach. We both are teaching the restoration and they both are super interested. We invited them both to church and Jo came to church!! It was a miracle!

We had a great week I had a blast. We just got word that we can move back into our apartment today, so that's what we'll be doing the rest of p day after we get some good ballin in.

Love y'all!

Elder Morgan