7/16/18... We have been having a ton of fun in the trio still with Elder Talgo and Elder Anderson

 

Hey everyone!

A lot happened this week so I'm going to try and just give y'all the best parts and remember some details. We have been having a ton of fun in the trio still, Elder Talgo and Elder Anderson are so funny, so we have a good time together. I'm really glad I get to finish with both of them and glad Elder Anderson and I haven't wanted to kill each other since we've been together the last 4 months. 

 

Earlier this week we had met a guy who was just sitting outside on a chair and talked to him a little about the Book of Mormon and what it was. He didn't speak very good English but he told us he was from Chuukee which is never heard of before. So we told him we'd get him a Book of Mormon in that language, not knowing if we'd even be able to find one. And we got one and we brought it back to them the next night and had a lesson with him and his son. They were so grateful the we would take the time to bring them this that could help them come closer to Jesus Christ and bring them peace. This other guy we met in the same complex later this week we stopped and talked to and he said he was from Nepal. He told us how he needed peace in his life. We told him a little about what we do and how we help people gain more peace and purpose in life and set another appt with him for the next day. We went to go teach him and he had been waiting for us...which is kind of rare sadly lol.  And again he mentioned he needed peace and comfort in his life, and while he was talking, I felt so much love for him and I was just so excited because I knew the gospel is exactly what will help him in his life. I just wanted to give it all to him and help him. These are the things I will miss so much about being a full time missionary and having little experiences like this all the time. I know with all my heart that the gospel is the answer to our trials and hard times in this life that the Savior will lead us if we just turn to him and humble ourselves, he will do so much more with our lives than we could ever imagine. 

Another miracle that happened this week, we were walking out of a lesson with Jeanette I think back to our can and a guy pulled over in his car and got talking to us a little bit. He said he wanted to know who we were and he wanted us to come teach him something. So we got his info and set an appointment with him. We went by for our appointment and we realized the apartments were numbers and we had a letter...we were like great he scammed us haha. But we walked around for a minute looking for something and he walked out with his dog right then and asked us what we were doing....we told him we were looking for him but had the wrong address and he said he'd been waiting for us. He invited us in and we had a pretty good lesson with him. He too just expressed how much chaos was in his life and he needed some peace. It was a miracle we were able to find him again though. 

Something funny that happened..... So one night I think It was Monday we were walking to an appointment I think and we saw this guy laying in his van with the seat laid back and he was sleeping...and his window was rolled down. We told Elder Anderson we'd each give him a dollar if he walked up to him tossed a pine cone at him through the window and gave him a pass along card.....He did it! He walked right up, hit this guy with a pine cone and gave him a pass along card. It was so funny, the guy was probably super confused what was happening. We've really been trying to talk to everyone lol. 

We had a really good lesson with Jill this week, idk If I've mentioned her before but she's a referral from a member here. And we had a really good lesson with her on the restoration and a little about the Book of Mormon. It was really solid and she even asked us about baptism at the end of the lesson on her own. So we talked to her a little about it, didn't feel like we needed to set a date yet but we probably will do that this week hopefully. It has been a huge blessing though getting to teach so many great people lately. Sandra is still doing well we are a little nervous for this week with her baptism coming up because both of out lessons this week fell through but I think she'll make it, she is really great. We are going to teach her tonight so that'll be good. Quenisha is doing really great... well as far as we know. She was supposed to come to church with her 5 kids yesterday but we haven't been able to contact them recently. So hopefully things go well this week and we get to teach her more. All of our people we are teaching are so great though and it's a blessing to get to work with them. 

Q's 

Did you get the SD card for your tablet?
Why do they wipe it clean??
Hey yes I got them! I had already bought a drive for it that I put everything on just before you sent me the email about it, so I probably won't open them. They have to get the software off that they installed at the beginning so they factory reset it. 

Is there anything else you need? Another duffel bag?
No I'm all good I think I might try and ship a box home just to get rid of a few things so I can be under the 50lb mark.

Is there anything we can do to help anyone out there?
No it's under control down here 
Have you gotten any type of practice schedule for August? We really want to have a short MORGAN FAMILY REUNION with just us somewhere and are trying to coordinate everyone’s schedules. It’s been a bit tricky!!!

I sent you the emails that he sent me that have some info on them. Not sure calendar-wise yet and days off though. 

Love y'all!

Love you mom!

Elder Morgan