Hey mom!
Thanks so much for your email! I took a little bit of time to investigate the LDS Scripture app today and I think I am going to put it on my ipod next week. Unfortunately that means that to start off with I wont be sending a long email today, and it means most likely the same thing will happen next week.
I got an email from Max today. It was good to hear from him. I guess there is a problem and he has to move. But It was nice to hear from him.
Anyways, we had a good week. I feel like every week goes by faster and faster. Everytime I go to sleep at night I feel like my alarm clocks goes off after 30 seconds and when I wake up to turn it off it feels like I blink and I'm getting ready to get back into bed. Its WEIRD!
Anyways me and Elder Jomie are doing well. We get along pretty well. I am learning so much from serving with him. Patience perhaps more than anything else. I feel like I am constantly turning to the Lord to help me have the patience and the charity to help me handle situations as the Savior would. The books you sent me with Inspirational quotes and stories for missionnaries help out a lot as well. Its a wierd thing obedience. Now that I have been on my mission for a little while I can see that it takes a lot of faith to really devote yourself to this work. As I said before I know that I am not perfect but it has been liberating to TRY and devote myself. Its something that I work on each day to improve.
Anyway, we had a good week. Not a whole lot happened. We were able to teach a few lessons to both less actives and investigators which was fun. I have been reading the Book of Mormon quite a bit lately. I am currently in 3rd nephi and its really good. It really helps me to start off my day on the right step and I enjoy finishing my day with it as well. I have been writing in my Journal EVERY night, pictures on the other hand..... But I will try and remember to take more pictures. I feel like picture taking habits change as you switch companions. That is true for working out in the morning as well. In our Apartment there are two rooms, the bedroom and the kitchen/dining room. Its very very uncomfortable to work out in the dining room because there is a tile floor so I work out in the bedroom, however I feel comfortable working out when Elder Jomie is still in bed so I usually just read untill I eat breakfast and take a shower. However I did ask Elder Jomie to go on a run with me last week (saturday) and he went :) Anyways, Life is good, I exercised today and I took a little nap after studies so that felt nice.
I had a question though, can you do a little research for me and tell me when it would be best in the next few months to exchanges $200 into Euros? I still have some money from Atlanta and I have been saving it for a better exchange rate. I looked it up a while ago and I remember seeing a prediction that said October is the best time to do it but maybe you could help me out find that out!?
I think something that I would like for Christmas is a new suit. I would like one from the missionary mall because they are guaranteed for 2 years. Dont buy anything yet but maybe look into that for me. I have worn a pair of slacks that I got from there along with one pair of shoes everyday of my mission so far and both items are still in good shape. (I take good care of them) But the point is that the stuff is extrememely durable as well as comfortable.
I should probably get going. But I love you soo much mom! Oh Max told me he is not sure if he will stay in Hawaii after his move..... maybe you could hint something in there about Iowa. Thanks again for your email! Love you so much mom! Tell Brad thanks for his email as well!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Hey mom!
I hope you dont mind but I decided to write a letter to Grae this week! But I copy and pasted the letter below! I had a great birthday as you will see and am still enjoying the WONDERFUL PACKAGE you sent me :) I had a great week too! Thanks so much for your email! It made me so happy! I love you mom. You're the best mom in the world!! Everyone needs a mom like you :) Thanks for the facebook things too! That really made me smile as well!
Love you mom!
Elder Morgan
Grae!
Thats awesome! I am so excited for you! So when you say catering orders, do you ever get to leave olive garden to go and cater events or do you mainly stay at the restaurant? And what is your pay like? Is it consistent or is it based on your tips?
Anyways I have had a great week. I hope you dont mind but I think instead of emailing mom I will just right a long email to you today and I hope it doesnt bother you too much but I will forward the email to mom!
So yesterday was my birthday! I got a huge package from mom about a week or two ago and it was awesome. I have tons of cake mixes along with Jello and Pudding! Its awesome.
I had kind of a funny week though. You remember how mom used to always ask us what we wanted for breakfast on our birthdays and she would make us absolutely anything we wanted. Well mom had shipped me a package of Malt-o-Meal not to long ago and I was planning on making a big huge bowl of it for my birthday! So I got myself all excited for it and made the plans for "my birthday breakfast'. The funny part is while I knew my birthday would fall on a sunday this year.... I completely spaced the fact that is was a fast sunday!!! HA HA A I thought that was soo funny. You can immagine how silly I felt on saturday night before I went to bed when this finally hit me. Anyways I had another funny experience on Saturday.
We were invited by a non-practicing Catholic person to come to a big meal that was hosted by the catholic church (we came to help serve the food and clean up afterwords). Well, needless to say the catholic priest that I was assigned to sit next to durring the meal had no idea that the Mormom Missionaries were invited and was not very happy. But we ended up talking a little bit and I turned out to be a good experience. After words I was assigned to the kitchen to help do all the dishes.... along with 3 old nuns :) Ha ha They, too, at first were a little cold. But, I just went to work as hard as I could with big smile and did everything I could to help out. By the end they were asking me to help them speak English and in turn were teaching me new words in French. Right before I was about to leave they asked me how old I was. I told them that my 21st birthday was the following day and before I could say anything all three of these sweet old ladies came up to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek! Ha ha!! It was absolutely hilarious! Especially because here
in France it is normal for people to kiss each other on the cheek when saying hi or goodbye but for missionaries it is not allowed at all. However, as I wasnt expecting to be swarmed by 3 Catholic nuns I didn't think for one second that I would need to explain this rule. Ha ha!! But it made me feel happy.
Yesterday, when I was at church I didnt tell anybody it was my birthday. But I usually sit next to British Couple who lives here but dont speak French so that I can translate for them. They are the Caswells and Sister Caswell is one of my favorite members here. She reminds me a lot of mom and seems to have had many of the same difficulties as our family has faced, so I think I feel closer to her for that. Well long story short she must of "snooped" and looked in my planner when I had it out and found out that it was my birthday and she went around a told a few people and they sang happy birthday to me after church. It was nice. Anyways those are my funny stories for the week.
Well Grae, I am running out of time! The hour we have to do emails goes by sooo fast! But I just wanted to say thanks so much for your email! It made me happy just to see I had recieved an email from you :) I love you Grae! I hope you are doing well! Now its your turn to tell me what is going on with you! How are things in Seattle!? Tell me about your plans for school and what you want to study/major in?!
Okay Grae, I love you soo much! Take Care and write me back! Even if its just a little bit I would love to get another email from you next week!! Dont be overwhelmed with all the questions, just write what you can okay!? Love you, Grae :)
Love, your brother,
Elder Morgan
I hope you dont mind but I decided to write a letter to Grae this week! But I copy and pasted the letter below! I had a great birthday as you will see and am still enjoying the WONDERFUL PACKAGE you sent me :) I had a great week too! Thanks so much for your email! It made me so happy! I love you mom. You're the best mom in the world!! Everyone needs a mom like you :) Thanks for the facebook things too! That really made me smile as well!
Love you mom!
Elder Morgan
Grae!
Thats awesome! I am so excited for you! So when you say catering orders, do you ever get to leave olive garden to go and cater events or do you mainly stay at the restaurant? And what is your pay like? Is it consistent or is it based on your tips?
Anyways I have had a great week. I hope you dont mind but I think instead of emailing mom I will just right a long email to you today and I hope it doesnt bother you too much but I will forward the email to mom!
So yesterday was my birthday! I got a huge package from mom about a week or two ago and it was awesome. I have tons of cake mixes along with Jello and Pudding! Its awesome.
I had kind of a funny week though. You remember how mom used to always ask us what we wanted for breakfast on our birthdays and she would make us absolutely anything we wanted. Well mom had shipped me a package of Malt-o-Meal not to long ago and I was planning on making a big huge bowl of it for my birthday! So I got myself all excited for it and made the plans for "my birthday breakfast'. The funny part is while I knew my birthday would fall on a sunday this year.... I completely spaced the fact that is was a fast sunday!!! HA HA A I thought that was soo funny. You can immagine how silly I felt on saturday night before I went to bed when this finally hit me. Anyways I had another funny experience on Saturday.
We were invited by a non-practicing Catholic person to come to a big meal that was hosted by the catholic church (we came to help serve the food and clean up afterwords). Well, needless to say the catholic priest that I was assigned to sit next to durring the meal had no idea that the Mormom Missionaries were invited and was not very happy. But we ended up talking a little bit and I turned out to be a good experience. After words I was assigned to the kitchen to help do all the dishes.... along with 3 old nuns :) Ha ha They, too, at first were a little cold. But, I just went to work as hard as I could with big smile and did everything I could to help out. By the end they were asking me to help them speak English and in turn were teaching me new words in French. Right before I was about to leave they asked me how old I was. I told them that my 21st birthday was the following day and before I could say anything all three of these sweet old ladies came up to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek! Ha ha!! It was absolutely hilarious! Especially because here
in France it is normal for people to kiss each other on the cheek when saying hi or goodbye but for missionaries it is not allowed at all. However, as I wasnt expecting to be swarmed by 3 Catholic nuns I didn't think for one second that I would need to explain this rule. Ha ha!! But it made me feel happy.
Yesterday, when I was at church I didnt tell anybody it was my birthday. But I usually sit next to British Couple who lives here but dont speak French so that I can translate for them. They are the Caswells and Sister Caswell is one of my favorite members here. She reminds me a lot of mom and seems to have had many of the same difficulties as our family has faced, so I think I feel closer to her for that. Well long story short she must of "snooped" and looked in my planner when I had it out and found out that it was my birthday and she went around a told a few people and they sang happy birthday to me after church. It was nice. Anyways those are my funny stories for the week.
Well Grae, I am running out of time! The hour we have to do emails goes by sooo fast! But I just wanted to say thanks so much for your email! It made me happy just to see I had recieved an email from you :) I love you Grae! I hope you are doing well! Now its your turn to tell me what is going on with you! How are things in Seattle!? Tell me about your plans for school and what you want to study/major in?!
Okay Grae, I love you soo much! Take Care and write me back! Even if its just a little bit I would love to get another email from you next week!! Dont be overwhelmed with all the questions, just write what you can okay!? Love you, Grae :)
Love, your brother,
Elder Morgan
Monday, August 29, 2011
Hey mom!
I got your package on Wednesday! Well, actually, we were gone all day Wednesday and the post office left a note in our mail box saying that it had arrived and that I was free to go and pick it up on Thursday! But the package was super awesome. Even though I cant send you the video I did take one and I will send it to you as soon as I have access to a computer that will allow me to do it! I love the salsa! Well actually I love everything that was in the package! It made me soo happy!! There was so much food in there!!!! I couldnt believe how much was inside.
Anyways good news! We got the transfer email this past saturday! And me and Elder Jomie are staying together for another 6 weeks! I am excited. Things are going much better between us! And I really love the Branch here in St. Brieuc!
But Oh before I forget the shirt you sent me in the package was super cool! Is it from Mexico!? Anyways, thanks so much for that package!!
I just got a letter from Vincent Lucero! He seems to be doing well. Me and Julia have been writing back and forth. I have also kept in touch with Alex Church from school! Aside from that I send letters and pictures as often as I can to Max but I never hear anything back! What did you say in your email to him? Does his phone number still work? And yes, I actually got an email from dad today! I have talked a little bit since his wedding and he seems happy! He sent me 250 dollars for my birthday on a amazon card! I was prettty suprised! I havent heard from Andy in a while but I did get an email from Grandma not to long ago. That was really nice!
As far as being homesick goes..... I am not really homesick at all. Every once in a while I see something that reminds me of big wide open spaces or long road trips and that makes me wish I was back home.. I Think quite often of that road trip that you and me took to Oregon and then to Utah before I left on my mission. I really really enjoyed that trip. That was some really nice alone time and I dont think I will ever forget that trip that me and you were able to make together. I remember it quite vividly.
Anyways mom, I love you soo much! I really love getting your emails every week. That is something I always look forward too. But really I havent gotten any mail in a while, but it really hasn't bothered me. I have been able to really concentrate on my studies and the work here. I realize more and more each day what a special opportunity it is to be here and I think its been kinda nice not to have too many distractions. Oh I did get an email from Grae this morning :) It was a super nice letter. I replied all ready to that and to dads email! Because of that I dont have much time left - Sorry.
But I love you so much mom. Thanks for your emails. I read them all throughout the week. Tell Brad I appreciated his email as well. I still cant believe how fast time is going by. August is almost over! I feel like each month/transfer goes by faster and faster! Even though I know that eventually my mission will come to and end, its kind of fun to see how fast time is going by! Anyways I really gotta go! But I love you soo much!
I have started to make a christmas list! Thanks again for the package and for writing me every week. It makes me so happy to hear from you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
I got your package on Wednesday! Well, actually, we were gone all day Wednesday and the post office left a note in our mail box saying that it had arrived and that I was free to go and pick it up on Thursday! But the package was super awesome. Even though I cant send you the video I did take one and I will send it to you as soon as I have access to a computer that will allow me to do it! I love the salsa! Well actually I love everything that was in the package! It made me soo happy!! There was so much food in there!!!! I couldnt believe how much was inside.
Anyways good news! We got the transfer email this past saturday! And me and Elder Jomie are staying together for another 6 weeks! I am excited. Things are going much better between us! And I really love the Branch here in St. Brieuc!
But Oh before I forget the shirt you sent me in the package was super cool! Is it from Mexico!? Anyways, thanks so much for that package!!
I just got a letter from Vincent Lucero! He seems to be doing well. Me and Julia have been writing back and forth. I have also kept in touch with Alex Church from school! Aside from that I send letters and pictures as often as I can to Max but I never hear anything back! What did you say in your email to him? Does his phone number still work? And yes, I actually got an email from dad today! I have talked a little bit since his wedding and he seems happy! He sent me 250 dollars for my birthday on a amazon card! I was prettty suprised! I havent heard from Andy in a while but I did get an email from Grandma not to long ago. That was really nice!
As far as being homesick goes..... I am not really homesick at all. Every once in a while I see something that reminds me of big wide open spaces or long road trips and that makes me wish I was back home.. I Think quite often of that road trip that you and me took to Oregon and then to Utah before I left on my mission. I really really enjoyed that trip. That was some really nice alone time and I dont think I will ever forget that trip that me and you were able to make together. I remember it quite vividly.
Anyways mom, I love you soo much! I really love getting your emails every week. That is something I always look forward too. But really I havent gotten any mail in a while, but it really hasn't bothered me. I have been able to really concentrate on my studies and the work here. I realize more and more each day what a special opportunity it is to be here and I think its been kinda nice not to have too many distractions. Oh I did get an email from Grae this morning :) It was a super nice letter. I replied all ready to that and to dads email! Because of that I dont have much time left - Sorry.
But I love you so much mom. Thanks for your emails. I read them all throughout the week. Tell Brad I appreciated his email as well. I still cant believe how fast time is going by. August is almost over! I feel like each month/transfer goes by faster and faster! Even though I know that eventually my mission will come to and end, its kind of fun to see how fast time is going by! Anyways I really gotta go! But I love you soo much!
I have started to make a christmas list! Thanks again for the package and for writing me every week. It makes me so happy to hear from you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, August 22, 2011
Hey mom!
Thanks so much again for your emails! It was great! Things are going better here for me. I am really grateful for your prayers.
Wednesday we went to Brest for our district meeting. And then Thursday night we went and spent the night at Rennes so we could catch the train to anger for Zone Conference on Friday. All of that was very fun but we got very, very, very little sleep. All of that finally caught up with me on Sunday. Sunday at church was the most tired I have been since I first got here with all my jet lag! I was constantly falling asleep. I was excited to take a nap after church with my lunch hour instead of eating, but then, just as we were walking out the door, the Ravenau family invited is over for lunch! The members here dont live very close to the chapel so whenever somebody offers for us to come over we pretty much have to accept. The only problem is that because people live so far away the expect you to stay for the WHOLE Afternoon, which as you can immagine is very fun and relaxing but not TOO productive. Working out a productive way to visit members here is a puzzle I still havent figured out how to put together. Normally we arent supposed to stay at a memebers home longer than one to one and a half hours..... so you can immagine how I feel when the members drop us off after spending 5 hours at there house. Its kind of a bummer. But Oh well I am sure I will figure something out!
Anyways Life is great! Zone conference was good. It was our first REAL Zone Conference with President Poznanski and I really enjoyed it. I got to see Elder Butel and we talked for a little while which was really fun. He seems like he is doing well. He will go home in November. Its hard to believe how fast time is going by here!
Every equipe in our mission recieved a portable dvd player at Zone Conference which was pretty cool. I have been watch the Preach My Gospel dvds lately and they are super awesome! They really help me want to be a better missionary and help me see how things SHOULD be done.
On a different note I felt bad I didnt reply more fully to your email last week! I was really touched by what you said about Brad. I am also extremely excited to meet him when I get home. I am equally excited to spend some time talking to him on Christmas! Tell him I always appreciate his emails and that I am sorry I dont write him a seperate email! I expect that he reads these!
Well Mom, I should probably get going here! I still need to do my presidents email! Thanks again for your emails! They always make me so happy! I look forward to them every week. And I havent gotten you package yet but I AM SOO EXCITED! Thanks so much :)
Oh and speaking of christmas/clothes. I have already started to make a list. I was thinking about ordering some more stuff from missionary mall. could you maybe investigate and tell me how expensive it is for them to ship me stuff? Anyways I love you soooo much mom! Talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Thanks so much again for your emails! It was great! Things are going better here for me. I am really grateful for your prayers.
Wednesday we went to Brest for our district meeting. And then Thursday night we went and spent the night at Rennes so we could catch the train to anger for Zone Conference on Friday. All of that was very fun but we got very, very, very little sleep. All of that finally caught up with me on Sunday. Sunday at church was the most tired I have been since I first got here with all my jet lag! I was constantly falling asleep. I was excited to take a nap after church with my lunch hour instead of eating, but then, just as we were walking out the door, the Ravenau family invited is over for lunch! The members here dont live very close to the chapel so whenever somebody offers for us to come over we pretty much have to accept. The only problem is that because people live so far away the expect you to stay for the WHOLE Afternoon, which as you can immagine is very fun and relaxing but not TOO productive. Working out a productive way to visit members here is a puzzle I still havent figured out how to put together. Normally we arent supposed to stay at a memebers home longer than one to one and a half hours..... so you can immagine how I feel when the members drop us off after spending 5 hours at there house. Its kind of a bummer. But Oh well I am sure I will figure something out!
Anyways Life is great! Zone conference was good. It was our first REAL Zone Conference with President Poznanski and I really enjoyed it. I got to see Elder Butel and we talked for a little while which was really fun. He seems like he is doing well. He will go home in November. Its hard to believe how fast time is going by here!
Every equipe in our mission recieved a portable dvd player at Zone Conference which was pretty cool. I have been watch the Preach My Gospel dvds lately and they are super awesome! They really help me want to be a better missionary and help me see how things SHOULD be done.
On a different note I felt bad I didnt reply more fully to your email last week! I was really touched by what you said about Brad. I am also extremely excited to meet him when I get home. I am equally excited to spend some time talking to him on Christmas! Tell him I always appreciate his emails and that I am sorry I dont write him a seperate email! I expect that he reads these!
Well Mom, I should probably get going here! I still need to do my presidents email! Thanks again for your emails! They always make me so happy! I look forward to them every week. And I havent gotten you package yet but I AM SOO EXCITED! Thanks so much :)
Oh and speaking of christmas/clothes. I have already started to make a list. I was thinking about ordering some more stuff from missionary mall. could you maybe investigate and tell me how expensive it is for them to ship me stuff? Anyways I love you soooo much mom! Talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Hey Mom :)
I really enjoyed your email today! Thanks so much! It is always so great to hear from you. We had a good week. It was tough, really tough but its better now. Exchanges were good. We do them twice a transfer right now. The district leader typically goes on exchanges with all the elders in the district once a transfer. Each one lasts for about 24 hours. It really helps a lot.
It was actually kind of a blessing in disguise that I didnt get an email from you last week. I was able to spend some good time explaining to president my current situation and expressing my feelings was well needed. I am grateful for Elder Jomie because he does go out and work with me, and when he goes he doesnt have too negative of an attitude so that is really good. And he is funny and he likes to laugh. I have also been seeking revelation on how to improve in my personal studies. I read to really good talks from the October 2010 Conference. One was Pride and the Priesthood Dieter F. Uchtdorf and the other was Charity Never Faileth Thomas S. Monson. I felt like both talks really spoke to me and helped me realize my weaknesses. It was a very good study session.
Anyways mom, my time is pretty much up. I should probably go. I am gonna print out your email :) I also have an email from grandma that I am going to print out so I am extra excited. p.s. Yesterday was a French holiday and the internet cafe wasnt open so we couldnt do emails. However one of the members had a branch barbaque yesterday and we went and spent pretty much the whole day there. I even got to do some archery! It was a ton of fun!
Anyways, I love you so much. I cant think of anything else to ask you for in the package! Thanks so much for sending me that! I am sooooo excited!! Anyways I love you a ton and will talk to you next Monday!
Love,
Elder Morgan
I really enjoyed your email today! Thanks so much! It is always so great to hear from you. We had a good week. It was tough, really tough but its better now. Exchanges were good. We do them twice a transfer right now. The district leader typically goes on exchanges with all the elders in the district once a transfer. Each one lasts for about 24 hours. It really helps a lot.
It was actually kind of a blessing in disguise that I didnt get an email from you last week. I was able to spend some good time explaining to president my current situation and expressing my feelings was well needed. I am grateful for Elder Jomie because he does go out and work with me, and when he goes he doesnt have too negative of an attitude so that is really good. And he is funny and he likes to laugh. I have also been seeking revelation on how to improve in my personal studies. I read to really good talks from the October 2010 Conference. One was Pride and the Priesthood Dieter F. Uchtdorf and the other was Charity Never Faileth Thomas S. Monson. I felt like both talks really spoke to me and helped me realize my weaknesses. It was a very good study session.
Anyways mom, my time is pretty much up. I should probably go. I am gonna print out your email :) I also have an email from grandma that I am going to print out so I am extra excited. p.s. Yesterday was a French holiday and the internet cafe wasnt open so we couldnt do emails. However one of the members had a branch barbaque yesterday and we went and spent pretty much the whole day there. I even got to do some archery! It was a ton of fun!
Anyways, I love you so much. I cant think of anything else to ask you for in the package! Thanks so much for sending me that! I am sooooo excited!! Anyways I love you a ton and will talk to you next Monday!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, August 8, 2011
Hey mom,
Just wanted to send you an email really quick! I hope you had a great Fast Sunday. Ours was pretty good. We also had a good week.
Its been really weird to have a car. We have it until this thursday. We have been able to visit quite a few people already and hope to do much more with it before Thursday. This past Monday was a little weird we had a rendez-vous or two durring the day and didn't really get to take full advantage of our p-day.
It feels nice this week to not have anything planned. We are actually going to visit Cap Frehel. A really awesome lighthouse not too far from here. I actually wanted to tell you that last Christmas when you sent me my package I am not sure if you remember but there was a lighthouse calender that you sent me.... and well inside there is a picture of the Cap Frehel Lighthouse here in Bretagne. Whats even more weird is that the picture is for the month of August! So I get to go visit the place thats on the calender for this month. That doesnt happen every day!
We had exchanges this past week and have them again this week. Last week I went with Elder Whitney in Rennes and this week Exchanges will be here in St. Brieuc and I will go with District Leader Elder Smith. I am excited. Me and Elder Smith get along really well. But at any rate, life is good. I am so happy to be here on in France. I am learning so much (I'm sure I could be learning even more :)) and I am making such good friends. I really love the people here. Especially the members of our branch. They make me so happy. Church is definitely one of the highlights of the week.
With the car we have been working with less-actives more than anything. Its been a good experience. I am excited however to get rid of the car on Thursday for a little while and put my nose back to the grindstone without too many distractions. When we drive everywhere in the car sometimes its a little hard to feel like we are really working that hard. But oh well. We have Zone Conference coming up on the 19th of August and I am excited to see what President Poznanski is going to talk to us about. We also have a few branch activities/barbaques coming up and I am really excited for those :)
Anyways mom, I should probably get going. But I love you soo much and I hope you had a wonderful week.
Anyways I will be excited to hear from you next week :)
Love,
Elder Morgan
Just wanted to send you an email really quick! I hope you had a great Fast Sunday. Ours was pretty good. We also had a good week.
Its been really weird to have a car. We have it until this thursday. We have been able to visit quite a few people already and hope to do much more with it before Thursday. This past Monday was a little weird we had a rendez-vous or two durring the day and didn't really get to take full advantage of our p-day.
It feels nice this week to not have anything planned. We are actually going to visit Cap Frehel. A really awesome lighthouse not too far from here. I actually wanted to tell you that last Christmas when you sent me my package I am not sure if you remember but there was a lighthouse calender that you sent me.... and well inside there is a picture of the Cap Frehel Lighthouse here in Bretagne. Whats even more weird is that the picture is for the month of August! So I get to go visit the place thats on the calender for this month. That doesnt happen every day!
We had exchanges this past week and have them again this week. Last week I went with Elder Whitney in Rennes and this week Exchanges will be here in St. Brieuc and I will go with District Leader Elder Smith. I am excited. Me and Elder Smith get along really well. But at any rate, life is good. I am so happy to be here on in France. I am learning so much (I'm sure I could be learning even more :)) and I am making such good friends. I really love the people here. Especially the members of our branch. They make me so happy. Church is definitely one of the highlights of the week.
With the car we have been working with less-actives more than anything. Its been a good experience. I am excited however to get rid of the car on Thursday for a little while and put my nose back to the grindstone without too many distractions. When we drive everywhere in the car sometimes its a little hard to feel like we are really working that hard. But oh well. We have Zone Conference coming up on the 19th of August and I am excited to see what President Poznanski is going to talk to us about. We also have a few branch activities/barbaques coming up and I am really excited for those :)
Anyways mom, I should probably get going. But I love you soo much and I hope you had a wonderful week.
Anyways I will be excited to hear from you next week :)
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, August 1, 2011
Hey momma :)
Wow what a week! Thanks so much for your email! I loved it. I thought about your advice last week of printing off your emails. And I decided that it was dumb not to print them off. So I think I will start this week. :) Thanks so much for your wonderful emails. I look forward to them so much all week long.
Okay, we had a really good week. Me and Elder Jomie are working really hard. Potentially the hardest I've worked so far on my mission. We are doing hours and hours of contacting and porting every day! I think I might take it a little easier on Elder Jomie this week ;) I am trying so hard to be a better companion and a better missionary. In my experience whenever I havent gotten along with my companions its been because either one of us had been disobedient in some way or we werent working as hard as we should have. And well I think missionaries sometimes tend to misunderstand how true friendships are formed. I remember we learned about this in training we had a couple months ago. Sometimes missionaries think that when things are tough in the companionship that they should sit around the appartment and "bond" over music, games, movies, girls or whatever they might have in common to try and "fix" the relationship. But I have discovered that this is but a short term remedey and that the situation can oddly become even worse afterwords. I cant remember exactly what words were used but the just of the idea was that you create a special bond with somebody only after having endured some hardship or working towards a goal together. Often times it requires service for or with the person. Luckily as missionaries we serve others all day every day so you think our companionships would be perfectly happy all the time. But I suppose that our occasional pride or selfishness makes sure to ruffle a few feathers somewhere a long the way. At any rate, dont you worry, things are going just fine.
I feel like my french is improving.... maybe slowly but its improving. I am trying to do my best. Its my new thing. Everytime I undertake a new task I try to do it to the best of my capabilities. Sometimes its easier than others. Last week for example we were able to go do some service for a British couple in there Garden. It was so much fun. I loved every second of it. But I remember that all I wanted to do was work as hard as I possibly could while I was there so I could help the couple as much as possible with the time we had. While working and thinking about that, I related that desire to the mission. And how really, I should have the same desire for my mission, that I should work as hard as I possibly can to serve the people here while I have this special oppurtunity. I know that you have told me to do exactly that countless times along with many other people but I think that little experience I had really helped me to have a greater desire to WORK HARD.
I have some pretty wonderful news! We are going to start sharing a car with Brest! This transfer we will only have it for a week to a week and a half. But starting next transfer we will have the car for
3 weeks each transfer! I am so excited. We will be able to get so much stuff done! We are planning on visiting some old investigators along with active and non active members alike. I really do love this Branch here at St. Brieuc sooo soo soo much. I cant wait to bring you here one day. I still really want to come towards the end of June-July of 2013. Its the prettiest time of the year here and I know you are going to love it soo much! Who knows maybe there will even been a temple under construction at Versailles that we can go see. There has been a rumor or two going around where that could very well be the case!
I just cannot believe it is August already. Time is flying by. I cant believe my birthday is coming up. Its crazy to think I will be 21. Thanks so much for working on a package for me. I hope you dont send anything to crazy or too expensive. But whatever you do send I will be so excited for it! Just try and be reasonable :)
Okay mom, I think we better get going! Time is running out quick. I hope you have a wonderful week and I cant wait to talk to hear from you next week :) Anyways I love you! Tell Brad I say hi and I love him too. I am so happy that you are together. Tell everybody else that I say hi and I love them. Especially Grandma if you get the chance!
Love you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Wow what a week! Thanks so much for your email! I loved it. I thought about your advice last week of printing off your emails. And I decided that it was dumb not to print them off. So I think I will start this week. :) Thanks so much for your wonderful emails. I look forward to them so much all week long.
Okay, we had a really good week. Me and Elder Jomie are working really hard. Potentially the hardest I've worked so far on my mission. We are doing hours and hours of contacting and porting every day! I think I might take it a little easier on Elder Jomie this week ;) I am trying so hard to be a better companion and a better missionary. In my experience whenever I havent gotten along with my companions its been because either one of us had been disobedient in some way or we werent working as hard as we should have. And well I think missionaries sometimes tend to misunderstand how true friendships are formed. I remember we learned about this in training we had a couple months ago. Sometimes missionaries think that when things are tough in the companionship that they should sit around the appartment and "bond" over music, games, movies, girls or whatever they might have in common to try and "fix" the relationship. But I have discovered that this is but a short term remedey and that the situation can oddly become even worse afterwords. I cant remember exactly what words were used but the just of the idea was that you create a special bond with somebody only after having endured some hardship or working towards a goal together. Often times it requires service for or with the person. Luckily as missionaries we serve others all day every day so you think our companionships would be perfectly happy all the time. But I suppose that our occasional pride or selfishness makes sure to ruffle a few feathers somewhere a long the way. At any rate, dont you worry, things are going just fine.
I feel like my french is improving.... maybe slowly but its improving. I am trying to do my best. Its my new thing. Everytime I undertake a new task I try to do it to the best of my capabilities. Sometimes its easier than others. Last week for example we were able to go do some service for a British couple in there Garden. It was so much fun. I loved every second of it. But I remember that all I wanted to do was work as hard as I possibly could while I was there so I could help the couple as much as possible with the time we had. While working and thinking about that, I related that desire to the mission. And how really, I should have the same desire for my mission, that I should work as hard as I possibly can to serve the people here while I have this special oppurtunity. I know that you have told me to do exactly that countless times along with many other people but I think that little experience I had really helped me to have a greater desire to WORK HARD.
I have some pretty wonderful news! We are going to start sharing a car with Brest! This transfer we will only have it for a week to a week and a half. But starting next transfer we will have the car for
3 weeks each transfer! I am so excited. We will be able to get so much stuff done! We are planning on visiting some old investigators along with active and non active members alike. I really do love this Branch here at St. Brieuc sooo soo soo much. I cant wait to bring you here one day. I still really want to come towards the end of June-July of 2013. Its the prettiest time of the year here and I know you are going to love it soo much! Who knows maybe there will even been a temple under construction at Versailles that we can go see. There has been a rumor or two going around where that could very well be the case!
I just cannot believe it is August already. Time is flying by. I cant believe my birthday is coming up. Its crazy to think I will be 21. Thanks so much for working on a package for me. I hope you dont send anything to crazy or too expensive. But whatever you do send I will be so excited for it! Just try and be reasonable :)
Okay mom, I think we better get going! Time is running out quick. I hope you have a wonderful week and I cant wait to talk to hear from you next week :) Anyways I love you! Tell Brad I say hi and I love him too. I am so happy that you are together. Tell everybody else that I say hi and I love them. Especially Grandma if you get the chance!
Love you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, July 25, 2011
Hey Mom!
Thank you so much for your emails. They are perfect. I love everything about them. Even the length. We had a wonderful week.
Elder Jomie is from Guadeloupe. He speaks French and does not speak English. This is kind of a blessing for me. President sent me an email and asked me to Speak ONLY FRENCH with him at ALL TIMES. I am so excited. I am really going to try and take advantage of this opportunity to learn french that the Lord has given me. I am so lucky. Elder Jomie actually comes from the Swiss mission. I think his old mission might have been a little different that the one here in Paris.
I am so lucky to have been called to this mission. I absolutely love it. Elder Jomie has been on his mission for a little over 7 months I think. He is a good guy. I really tried to do what I told you I was going to do with him. I explained to him my ideas and really just sat back and let him talk. and boy does he like to talk :) But it is going well. I have really been trying to be humble and look at things from his perspective.
We have been working really really hard. I am sincerely starting to enjoy the work. It just feels good to go out and work now. I love it. I had always loved teaching and certain parts of the work, but I feel as though something has clicked and allowed me to really love the people here, and to love going out to find those people who the lord has prepared. Arlette has been a big part of that I think. To see so clearly how much the gospel has helped someone gives me so much motiviation. I am so lucky.
I am glad to hear you are doing well. I was a little worried about you last week. But it sounds like you are doing much better.
Mom, thanks for being so understanding about not picking me up from my mission. It was such a relief to come in and read my email from you this morning. I was so afraid that it would disappoint you. But your email really help put me at ease. Thank you so much again. I am really looking forward to finshing my mission with the rest of the missionaries in my group. I think that last night that we all spend in the mission home will probably be one of the happiest moments of my mission. Not in the sense that my mission will be over. But in the sense that I will be with the people with whom I labored and served the Lord.
Mom I have to go and write my presidents email. But thanks again for your email! (P.s) I cant really print off your emails because it costs me 50 centimes for one page! its kinda crazy. But I enjoy reading them here :) Thanks again mom :)
Love,
Elder Morgan
Thank you so much for your emails. They are perfect. I love everything about them. Even the length. We had a wonderful week.
Elder Jomie is from Guadeloupe. He speaks French and does not speak English. This is kind of a blessing for me. President sent me an email and asked me to Speak ONLY FRENCH with him at ALL TIMES. I am so excited. I am really going to try and take advantage of this opportunity to learn french that the Lord has given me. I am so lucky. Elder Jomie actually comes from the Swiss mission. I think his old mission might have been a little different that the one here in Paris.
I am so lucky to have been called to this mission. I absolutely love it. Elder Jomie has been on his mission for a little over 7 months I think. He is a good guy. I really tried to do what I told you I was going to do with him. I explained to him my ideas and really just sat back and let him talk. and boy does he like to talk :) But it is going well. I have really been trying to be humble and look at things from his perspective.
We have been working really really hard. I am sincerely starting to enjoy the work. It just feels good to go out and work now. I love it. I had always loved teaching and certain parts of the work, but I feel as though something has clicked and allowed me to really love the people here, and to love going out to find those people who the lord has prepared. Arlette has been a big part of that I think. To see so clearly how much the gospel has helped someone gives me so much motiviation. I am so lucky.
I am glad to hear you are doing well. I was a little worried about you last week. But it sounds like you are doing much better.
Mom, thanks for being so understanding about not picking me up from my mission. It was such a relief to come in and read my email from you this morning. I was so afraid that it would disappoint you. But your email really help put me at ease. Thank you so much again. I am really looking forward to finshing my mission with the rest of the missionaries in my group. I think that last night that we all spend in the mission home will probably be one of the happiest moments of my mission. Not in the sense that my mission will be over. But in the sense that I will be with the people with whom I labored and served the Lord.
Mom I have to go and write my presidents email. But thanks again for your email! (P.s) I cant really print off your emails because it costs me 50 centimes for one page! its kinda crazy. But I enjoy reading them here :) Thanks again mom :)
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, July 18, 2011
Hey Mom!
So, lots of good news this week! Sorry I wasnt able to really check my email until today! But I loved BOTH of your emails! Before I forget: DO NOT PUT THE ITUNES CARDS into my package! I cant use them here. I have to create a new "european" account and use itunes cards that were bought with euros. But yes, I am staying in St. Brieuc! I am super excited. Elder Carter is going Zone Leader in Lille! Isnt that awesome! We have really had a blast together. My new companion... I
have no idea who he is. We actually just inherited 2 new stakes into our mission, Luxembourg, and Nancy (Strasbourg) I am really really, really excited. And well I tell you this because my new companion comes from the Nancy Stake so he was originally in a different mission. However I think he is a francophone which will be cool. His name is Elder Jomie and I will probably give him a call later today. He will come here on Wednesday. I called Elder Butel and asked him about Elder Jomie and he said he is a really funny guy so we should get along just great!
President Poznansky is kinda cracking down on some rules. Which is most likely a good thing.. But one of the rules is to only spend an hour doing emails each week. The new rules will be a little tough but oh well I am sure it will help us. But just so you know I dont have a ton of time to email any more.
Anyways its sounds like you have had quite the crazy week.. I am sorry to hear you were having a tough day last week :( I hope you are feeling better now! I am really loving the i-touch and I appreciate it very much. I have been listening to the Yellowstone Soundtrack almost non-stop.
As for St. Brieuc, I have lots of ideas for this next transfer. I think the first day my new companion gets here were are gonna spend planning and setting goals for what we want to accomplish. I really want him to feel like we are both brand new in this area and anything is possible. I find that when you come into a new area, the new missionary has TONS of good ideas but the missionary who has been there for a little while tells the new missionary that such and such isnt possible because of this or that. Which really isnt a good excuse. So I am really excited! I find that planning is such an important part of missionary work that frequently gets overlooked. I also find that good planning helps companions get along much much better. There is nothing worse than waking up in the morning after not haveing planned together the night before, and having different ideas of what you want to accomplish that day. That is something I really learned this last transfer. Anyways I am really really excited for this transfer. It will be my 6th transfer in the mission.
I will see if I can forward the new mission map that I recieved today. Its pretty cool. Our mission is HUGE!!!!! And its just keeps getting bigger. My friend Elder Blackham who was in Brest this last transfer (we also served together in Villeneuve d'Ascq) is going to Strasbourg this next transfer and it will take hime over 10 hours by tgv to get there... Its crazy!!!!!
Not sure if you remember him, but my old friend Blake Lively emailed me today. It made me really happy. Blake was always such a good guy. He was a good example to me. But it was really nice to hear from him.
Kinda worried about you. You need to take better care of yourself.
Kidney Stones do not sound pleasant and the tree pruners in the eye doesnt sound much better!
There is one last thing I wanted to talk about with you. Missionaries who go to foreign countries are discouraged from staying in there country after there mission is over. It makes it harder for the church to get visas for their missionaries approved. I really sincerely love the idea of coming to France with you. However due to this little rule, and the fact that I would much rather come back when I am not a missionary is something that I have thought a lot about. I would really like to be released before I tour around my mission. I have talked to quite a few missionaries who have done this and they say they wish they would have been released beforehand also. If you are not released and you choose to stay after your mission is over, you still have ALL the same rules! I have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while now but I have been unsure of how to do it. This does NOT mean in any way that I dont want to visit France with you. It just means that I would like to be released before I do it. I had also realized how much prettier France is durring the summer.
The idea I came up with was that we could come back in June or July of 2013 and maybe even catch a part of the Tour de France and or be in Paris for the 14th! I cant imagine coming to Bretange in the Fall, I just dont think it would do this place Justice! Its beautiful here! I am however completely aware that is a dream you have to pick me up from my mission and well I wanna hear what you have to say about this. Keep in mind that it is NOT Forbidden to tour your mission before being released, but just discouraged. There are positives and negatives to both choices. For example it would be more expensive to come back because I would have to buy my own plane tickets. But I just want you to think about this and tell me what you think. Its not something we have to decide on right away, but it is something I wanted to mention!
Anyways mom, I really gotta go. But I love you so much! I hope you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
So, lots of good news this week! Sorry I wasnt able to really check my email until today! But I loved BOTH of your emails! Before I forget: DO NOT PUT THE ITUNES CARDS into my package! I cant use them here. I have to create a new "european" account and use itunes cards that were bought with euros. But yes, I am staying in St. Brieuc! I am super excited. Elder Carter is going Zone Leader in Lille! Isnt that awesome! We have really had a blast together. My new companion... I
have no idea who he is. We actually just inherited 2 new stakes into our mission, Luxembourg, and Nancy (Strasbourg) I am really really, really excited. And well I tell you this because my new companion comes from the Nancy Stake so he was originally in a different mission. However I think he is a francophone which will be cool. His name is Elder Jomie and I will probably give him a call later today. He will come here on Wednesday. I called Elder Butel and asked him about Elder Jomie and he said he is a really funny guy so we should get along just great!
President Poznansky is kinda cracking down on some rules. Which is most likely a good thing.. But one of the rules is to only spend an hour doing emails each week. The new rules will be a little tough but oh well I am sure it will help us. But just so you know I dont have a ton of time to email any more.
Anyways its sounds like you have had quite the crazy week.. I am sorry to hear you were having a tough day last week :( I hope you are feeling better now! I am really loving the i-touch and I appreciate it very much. I have been listening to the Yellowstone Soundtrack almost non-stop.
As for St. Brieuc, I have lots of ideas for this next transfer. I think the first day my new companion gets here were are gonna spend planning and setting goals for what we want to accomplish. I really want him to feel like we are both brand new in this area and anything is possible. I find that when you come into a new area, the new missionary has TONS of good ideas but the missionary who has been there for a little while tells the new missionary that such and such isnt possible because of this or that. Which really isnt a good excuse. So I am really excited! I find that planning is such an important part of missionary work that frequently gets overlooked. I also find that good planning helps companions get along much much better. There is nothing worse than waking up in the morning after not haveing planned together the night before, and having different ideas of what you want to accomplish that day. That is something I really learned this last transfer. Anyways I am really really excited for this transfer. It will be my 6th transfer in the mission.
I will see if I can forward the new mission map that I recieved today. Its pretty cool. Our mission is HUGE!!!!! And its just keeps getting bigger. My friend Elder Blackham who was in Brest this last transfer (we also served together in Villeneuve d'Ascq) is going to Strasbourg this next transfer and it will take hime over 10 hours by tgv to get there... Its crazy!!!!!
Not sure if you remember him, but my old friend Blake Lively emailed me today. It made me really happy. Blake was always such a good guy. He was a good example to me. But it was really nice to hear from him.
Kinda worried about you. You need to take better care of yourself.
Kidney Stones do not sound pleasant and the tree pruners in the eye doesnt sound much better!
There is one last thing I wanted to talk about with you. Missionaries who go to foreign countries are discouraged from staying in there country after there mission is over. It makes it harder for the church to get visas for their missionaries approved. I really sincerely love the idea of coming to France with you. However due to this little rule, and the fact that I would much rather come back when I am not a missionary is something that I have thought a lot about. I would really like to be released before I tour around my mission. I have talked to quite a few missionaries who have done this and they say they wish they would have been released beforehand also. If you are not released and you choose to stay after your mission is over, you still have ALL the same rules! I have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while now but I have been unsure of how to do it. This does NOT mean in any way that I dont want to visit France with you. It just means that I would like to be released before I do it. I had also realized how much prettier France is durring the summer.
The idea I came up with was that we could come back in June or July of 2013 and maybe even catch a part of the Tour de France and or be in Paris for the 14th! I cant imagine coming to Bretange in the Fall, I just dont think it would do this place Justice! Its beautiful here! I am however completely aware that is a dream you have to pick me up from my mission and well I wanna hear what you have to say about this. Keep in mind that it is NOT Forbidden to tour your mission before being released, but just discouraged. There are positives and negatives to both choices. For example it would be more expensive to come back because I would have to buy my own plane tickets. But I just want you to think about this and tell me what you think. Its not something we have to decide on right away, but it is something I wanted to mention!
Anyways mom, I really gotta go. But I love you so much! I hope you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Hey Momma!
I actually didnt have time to reply to your email on monday. Sorry :( However, I was able to print it off while I was in Angers for a Zone Meeting. We also got to meet the new President! He is pretty great!
The Zone Meeting was tuesday but we took a train to Angers monday afternoon (St. Brieuc is 5 hours away by train). There we spent the Night with Elder Guillmore (One of my old Zone Leaders from Lille and his junior comp Elder Saguibo) The Assistants were also there so me and Elder Butel got to talk all night and catch up. It was a ton of fun. We had Raclettes for dinner which are super tasty. All it really is potates with a special cheese and cooked meat over them. Kinda hard to explain but you should look it up or something. There are super good. The next day we got to meet President Pozinansky and his wife. They are actually orginally from the Angers ward so we had our zone meeting in their home chapel.
Oh and Yes I did get your package! There was Malt-0-Meal and the Ipod inside. I am actually uploading conference talks onto it as we speak! Its great! I am so excited! Was that a different package than the one that Grandma sent or was it the same one? And about the package that you have ready to send. I think maybe we should wait a couple more days. The transfer email is on Saturday so I figure I will just email you then and you can send it on Saturday afternoon or something. I will most likely stay and Elder Carter will most likely leave. But we never know and it would be better to play it safe and just wait a couple more days.
Oh! I did want to ask you if you could send the hair clippers. That would be something that would be really nice to have here on the mission. Even If I have to carry them around everywhere!
Well I am afraid that the email might be a little on the short side today! But It was sure nice to hear from you. I am glad that you are home and getting settled in! I hope everything continues to go well for you!
Oh I almost forgot! The Baptism of Arlette! It was pretty good. Unfortunately there was a problem with the font and the water only came up out our knees!!!! It was not deep enough at all! It was
incredibly tough to get her completely submerged- Ha! ha! and I ended up having to do it twice. So, that was a little embarrassing, but I guess the Lord never ceases to give me oppurtunites to become more humble Ha! Ha! But it was a great great great weekend. After the baptism we
all went to a Chinese Buffet with the Branch President and Arlette! It was really good.
Anyways I'm sorry I wasnt able to tell you more but I hope you have been able to relax a little and enjoying being at HOME. And please do send me some pictures of all your projects. I always love getting pictures :) Anyways I really gotta go but I Love you soo much! Take care!
Love you!!!!
-Elder Morgan
I actually didnt have time to reply to your email on monday. Sorry :( However, I was able to print it off while I was in Angers for a Zone Meeting. We also got to meet the new President! He is pretty great!
The Zone Meeting was tuesday but we took a train to Angers monday afternoon (St. Brieuc is 5 hours away by train). There we spent the Night with Elder Guillmore (One of my old Zone Leaders from Lille and his junior comp Elder Saguibo) The Assistants were also there so me and Elder Butel got to talk all night and catch up. It was a ton of fun. We had Raclettes for dinner which are super tasty. All it really is potates with a special cheese and cooked meat over them. Kinda hard to explain but you should look it up or something. There are super good. The next day we got to meet President Pozinansky and his wife. They are actually orginally from the Angers ward so we had our zone meeting in their home chapel.
Oh and Yes I did get your package! There was Malt-0-Meal and the Ipod inside. I am actually uploading conference talks onto it as we speak! Its great! I am so excited! Was that a different package than the one that Grandma sent or was it the same one? And about the package that you have ready to send. I think maybe we should wait a couple more days. The transfer email is on Saturday so I figure I will just email you then and you can send it on Saturday afternoon or something. I will most likely stay and Elder Carter will most likely leave. But we never know and it would be better to play it safe and just wait a couple more days.
Oh! I did want to ask you if you could send the hair clippers. That would be something that would be really nice to have here on the mission. Even If I have to carry them around everywhere!
Well I am afraid that the email might be a little on the short side today! But It was sure nice to hear from you. I am glad that you are home and getting settled in! I hope everything continues to go well for you!
Oh I almost forgot! The Baptism of Arlette! It was pretty good. Unfortunately there was a problem with the font and the water only came up out our knees!!!! It was not deep enough at all! It was
incredibly tough to get her completely submerged- Ha! ha! and I ended up having to do it twice. So, that was a little embarrassing, but I guess the Lord never ceases to give me oppurtunites to become more humble Ha! Ha! But it was a great great great weekend. After the baptism we
all went to a Chinese Buffet with the Branch President and Arlette! It was really good.
Anyways I'm sorry I wasnt able to tell you more but I hope you have been able to relax a little and enjoying being at HOME. And please do send me some pictures of all your projects. I always love getting pictures :) Anyways I really gotta go but I Love you soo much! Take care!
Love you!!!!
-Elder Morgan
Monday, July 4, 2011
Hey,
So I had a couple of people I wanted to email today and so I spent most of my time doing that. I told a could differnent stories to each person so I figured I would just copy and paste all of the emails onto this one so you can have some news for this week. Sorry there won't be much personal stuff from me but I hope you enjoy these other emails :)
We have a wonderful week ahead as you will find with the Tour de France on Wednesday and Arlettes Baptism on Saturday! I am really excited. We have also recently found and started teaching an entire family! Nancy is the mother and has come to church twice now!
And yesterday she brought all of her kids (there are three of them Noah (9) Christopher (12) and Adelaye(13). They are a wonderful family and we have had a blast teaching them. The loved church and are all coming back next Sunday. They are also coming to Arlette's Baptism on Saturday! Oh and something else that is fun is we do have a baptismal font here but Arlette has said that if the weather permits she would prefer to be bapitzed in the Ocean! I think thats awesome.
I love her she is the best!
Anyways, I really have to go and do my presidents letter but I sure do love you! Sorry your email this week consists of 4 or 5 other emails that I sent to other people. But this is the only way I could really accomplish all that I was hoping to do this week. But I love you Mom! I hope and Brad have a wonderful 4th of July and I was so excited to hear all about your trip to Utah! I should Elder Carter the picture of you, Brad and his family and it I read him a little about what you said in your email! It really was fun to see! Thanks so much for being the best mom ever! I love you soooooo much :) Have the best week ever!
Love,
Your son, Elder Morgan
Hey there Grandma!
Thanks so much for your emails! I sure do love them. And actually your email was the first one I read so I had no Idea that the pictures from the wedding were up until you told me about it! So thankyou for that! I am super glad you had a great time back east! I dont have a ton of time today to email you as I still have to email my mother! But I just wanted to email you and tell you I love you! I have a bunch of pictures of you and Andrew on little cork board that sits on my desk and I love looking at them and thinking about you! You are the best grandma ever! I sure cant wait to give you the biggest hug ever when I get home! I also wanted to wish you a special happy 4th of July! I hope you are able to do something fun today to celebrate. Ideally there would be a bar-b-que and fireworks at Jacobs house that you could go to :) At any rate please tell Jacob that I say hi and I love him and I am always thinking about him!
Hopefully you have gotten my postcard! And hopefully Andrew has gotten my letter! But if not be on the look out! I mailed them a week or two ago! Please also tell Nate that I say hi and that I love him. Tell him one of the favorite things about the wedding pictures I get tot look at is the pictures of Nate Smiling. He looks happy and I miss him! And of course there is you Grandma!
How I miss you and love you! I hope you are doing just great and that you arent having too many knee/health problems! Please know that I am always praying for you as well as the rest of the family!
As for myself I am having a great time here in St. Brieuc! You should look up some of the beautiful pictures of the coast here in Brittany France. It is absolutey amazing. We actually spent part of the day on a little walk at the beach with about half of our branch here yesterday after church. It was very very nice and relaxing. Without a doubt the most relaxing day I have had on my mission yet, and it was on a Sunday!!!! It was just the best!
However I am excited to get back to work now! I wish I could tell you more about the missionary work here but I just dont have enough time to tell you all the wonderful things that are happening! However, I will tell you we are baptizing a lady named Arlette this saturday. She is about 55 years old and she is the sweetest lady ever. She has no husband and her only son died at age 25 of a drug overdose and was extrememly difficult for her. It has been such a blessing to share the gospel with this woman and see the difference in her face as she comes to chruch each week. Everybody around her notices it and the best part about it is that she notices it too.
Oh Grandma, its great, the church is true and we are really so blessed to know so much about Heavenly Fathers plan for us. I wish I had more time But I have to get going. I sure do love you soo much and I hope you are having a wonderful summer! Please Tell everybody that I say Hi and happy 4th of July and that I love you all sooo much!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Hey Grae!
I just wanted to email you and tell you Happy 4th :) Hopefully you dont have to work to much and you get to relax and celebrate today a little bit.
I have been thinking about all the fun memories me and you have lately. Right now Im thinking about when we lived in Idaho and how close we were when we lived there! Do you remember all the forts we would build and the walks/adventures in the fields and the barns! I remember spending hours playing donkey kong with you mom and dad! Sometimes I wish we could go back and enjoy those happy times once more. But I am so grateful that I still have those wonderful memories of me and you spending time together. I have pretty much always said that Idaho was my favorite place that we had ever lived because me and you were so close then and we spent so much time with the family! When people ask me here what I want to do after the mission they are quite confused when I tell them I want to have a farm. They are even more confused when I tell them that I wasnt a farmer before the mission! But its true that my goal in life is to have a family as close as we were when we lived in Idaho.
I really do love you Grae! Once again I am so grateful for the happy memories that me and you have together. Another fun thing I have been doing is thinking about all of my 4th of July memories. I will never forget watching the Stadium of Fire and eating licorice with you. Or going swimming and lighting off fireworks with you!
Sorry this email isnt longer :( But I hope you are having a wonderful time! Please email me back and let me know whats new and how you are doing okay? :)
Love, Your Brother, Elder Morgan
Hey Dad,
Just wanted to send you an email and tell you happy 4th. I think it was always one of my favorite holidays. I have so many good memories about you and fireworks and balloons! You remember that one time we set the Hattons yard on fire!? Or how about how we used to get up super early when we lived in Lehi and go follow around the fire truck setting off the big explosions! And of course there is the big Dinasour Hot Air Balloon and Einstein Bagels! I wont ever forget the the tasty barbaques! But my absolute favorite was being with you and Mom watching the Stadium of Fire eating Licorice (have no idea how to spell that)! And of course we would always bring a few of our own fireworks to set off in the street right next to us! I realized that I have almost always gotten to celebrate the 4th with you!
Dad I love you! I miss you! I wish I was there to celebrate today with you and let off some fireworks! But at the same time I absolutely love it here too! I am in St. Brieuc but last week I got to go to Rennes. While I also met a member there that lived in Nantes while you were on your mission there! His name is Jean T. Paul. He is a little on the crazy side as he has had multiple coma's and random accidents and he didnt say he remembered another Elder Morgan. But I think its pretty cool to think that its possible that you may have met each other one day! I love looking at your little pocket dictionary and thinking about you! The mission is a lot of fun! And the food here is amazing! ha ha!
Anyways Dad I sure do Love you! Thanks for all the wonderful 4th of july memories! I hope you have a great 4th of July today! I'll be thinking about you and Jean! Tell her that I say hi and I'm thinking about her too! Love you Dad!
Love,
Elder Morgan
To Max
Dear Dragon,
Hey man, I dont have a ton of time, But I thought I would just email you and say whats up! I am still in St. Brieuc and I really really love it here. I am having a total blast! Sorry its been a little while since my last letter but my free time has been quite small.
There are actually a ton of repairs that need to be done in our apartment and I have been doing those lately. For example I spent a couple hours this morning culking our shower because there has been water that leaks through into the room right next to it (the bedroom) and well we have quite the mushroom forest coming out of the rotted baseboards. Its too bad the missionaries before me didnt try and fix the problem before it got to such a horrible state. Now I think all the carpet has to be replaced (it smells like mold and a little like cat pee). But anyways enough of that. Not a whole ton is new here.
I actually got to spend most of the day relaxing yesterday! It was a rare experience to have a relaxed Sunday! But We went over to a member of the church's house after church and had lunch. Well after that they invited us to go on a walk on the beach with them and their family! It was awesome. I made me kinda homesick. But we got to catch crabs and mess around in the tide pools! It was awesome! Oh and something else that Is cool is the Tour De France is coming right through St. Brieuc on Wednesday and we are going to go and watch it! I am very very excited!
Oh and just so you know the new computers I use for emails on Mondays dont really allow me to upload pictures or videos so dont be worried if you havent seen any new ones lately!
Anyways I should probably get going! But I hope you are doing good! Oh and Happy 4th of July! I just remembered it was the 4th! Wow, thats weird. But yeah talk to you later man!
Man Love,
Nighthawk
P.s. Me and Elder Carter were talking about the office this morning.
More Specifically the episode where Toby comes back and Michael just
starts yelling NOOOOOOO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOO! ha ha You should
watch that episode for me!
So I had a couple of people I wanted to email today and so I spent most of my time doing that. I told a could differnent stories to each person so I figured I would just copy and paste all of the emails onto this one so you can have some news for this week. Sorry there won't be much personal stuff from me but I hope you enjoy these other emails :)
We have a wonderful week ahead as you will find with the Tour de France on Wednesday and Arlettes Baptism on Saturday! I am really excited. We have also recently found and started teaching an entire family! Nancy is the mother and has come to church twice now!
And yesterday she brought all of her kids (there are three of them Noah (9) Christopher (12) and Adelaye(13). They are a wonderful family and we have had a blast teaching them. The loved church and are all coming back next Sunday. They are also coming to Arlette's Baptism on Saturday! Oh and something else that is fun is we do have a baptismal font here but Arlette has said that if the weather permits she would prefer to be bapitzed in the Ocean! I think thats awesome.
I love her she is the best!
Anyways, I really have to go and do my presidents letter but I sure do love you! Sorry your email this week consists of 4 or 5 other emails that I sent to other people. But this is the only way I could really accomplish all that I was hoping to do this week. But I love you Mom! I hope and Brad have a wonderful 4th of July and I was so excited to hear all about your trip to Utah! I should Elder Carter the picture of you, Brad and his family and it I read him a little about what you said in your email! It really was fun to see! Thanks so much for being the best mom ever! I love you soooooo much :) Have the best week ever!
Love,
Your son, Elder Morgan
Hey there Grandma!
Thanks so much for your emails! I sure do love them. And actually your email was the first one I read so I had no Idea that the pictures from the wedding were up until you told me about it! So thankyou for that! I am super glad you had a great time back east! I dont have a ton of time today to email you as I still have to email my mother! But I just wanted to email you and tell you I love you! I have a bunch of pictures of you and Andrew on little cork board that sits on my desk and I love looking at them and thinking about you! You are the best grandma ever! I sure cant wait to give you the biggest hug ever when I get home! I also wanted to wish you a special happy 4th of July! I hope you are able to do something fun today to celebrate. Ideally there would be a bar-b-que and fireworks at Jacobs house that you could go to :) At any rate please tell Jacob that I say hi and I love him and I am always thinking about him!
Hopefully you have gotten my postcard! And hopefully Andrew has gotten my letter! But if not be on the look out! I mailed them a week or two ago! Please also tell Nate that I say hi and that I love him. Tell him one of the favorite things about the wedding pictures I get tot look at is the pictures of Nate Smiling. He looks happy and I miss him! And of course there is you Grandma!
How I miss you and love you! I hope you are doing just great and that you arent having too many knee/health problems! Please know that I am always praying for you as well as the rest of the family!
As for myself I am having a great time here in St. Brieuc! You should look up some of the beautiful pictures of the coast here in Brittany France. It is absolutey amazing. We actually spent part of the day on a little walk at the beach with about half of our branch here yesterday after church. It was very very nice and relaxing. Without a doubt the most relaxing day I have had on my mission yet, and it was on a Sunday!!!! It was just the best!
However I am excited to get back to work now! I wish I could tell you more about the missionary work here but I just dont have enough time to tell you all the wonderful things that are happening! However, I will tell you we are baptizing a lady named Arlette this saturday. She is about 55 years old and she is the sweetest lady ever. She has no husband and her only son died at age 25 of a drug overdose and was extrememly difficult for her. It has been such a blessing to share the gospel with this woman and see the difference in her face as she comes to chruch each week. Everybody around her notices it and the best part about it is that she notices it too.
Oh Grandma, its great, the church is true and we are really so blessed to know so much about Heavenly Fathers plan for us. I wish I had more time But I have to get going. I sure do love you soo much and I hope you are having a wonderful summer! Please Tell everybody that I say Hi and happy 4th of July and that I love you all sooo much!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Hey Grae!
I just wanted to email you and tell you Happy 4th :) Hopefully you dont have to work to much and you get to relax and celebrate today a little bit.
I have been thinking about all the fun memories me and you have lately. Right now Im thinking about when we lived in Idaho and how close we were when we lived there! Do you remember all the forts we would build and the walks/adventures in the fields and the barns! I remember spending hours playing donkey kong with you mom and dad! Sometimes I wish we could go back and enjoy those happy times once more. But I am so grateful that I still have those wonderful memories of me and you spending time together. I have pretty much always said that Idaho was my favorite place that we had ever lived because me and you were so close then and we spent so much time with the family! When people ask me here what I want to do after the mission they are quite confused when I tell them I want to have a farm. They are even more confused when I tell them that I wasnt a farmer before the mission! But its true that my goal in life is to have a family as close as we were when we lived in Idaho.
I really do love you Grae! Once again I am so grateful for the happy memories that me and you have together. Another fun thing I have been doing is thinking about all of my 4th of July memories. I will never forget watching the Stadium of Fire and eating licorice with you. Or going swimming and lighting off fireworks with you!
Sorry this email isnt longer :( But I hope you are having a wonderful time! Please email me back and let me know whats new and how you are doing okay? :)
Love, Your Brother, Elder Morgan
Hey Dad,
Just wanted to send you an email and tell you happy 4th. I think it was always one of my favorite holidays. I have so many good memories about you and fireworks and balloons! You remember that one time we set the Hattons yard on fire!? Or how about how we used to get up super early when we lived in Lehi and go follow around the fire truck setting off the big explosions! And of course there is the big Dinasour Hot Air Balloon and Einstein Bagels! I wont ever forget the the tasty barbaques! But my absolute favorite was being with you and Mom watching the Stadium of Fire eating Licorice (have no idea how to spell that)! And of course we would always bring a few of our own fireworks to set off in the street right next to us! I realized that I have almost always gotten to celebrate the 4th with you!
Dad I love you! I miss you! I wish I was there to celebrate today with you and let off some fireworks! But at the same time I absolutely love it here too! I am in St. Brieuc but last week I got to go to Rennes. While I also met a member there that lived in Nantes while you were on your mission there! His name is Jean T. Paul. He is a little on the crazy side as he has had multiple coma's and random accidents and he didnt say he remembered another Elder Morgan. But I think its pretty cool to think that its possible that you may have met each other one day! I love looking at your little pocket dictionary and thinking about you! The mission is a lot of fun! And the food here is amazing! ha ha!
Anyways Dad I sure do Love you! Thanks for all the wonderful 4th of july memories! I hope you have a great 4th of July today! I'll be thinking about you and Jean! Tell her that I say hi and I'm thinking about her too! Love you Dad!
Love,
Elder Morgan
To Max
Dear Dragon,
Hey man, I dont have a ton of time, But I thought I would just email you and say whats up! I am still in St. Brieuc and I really really love it here. I am having a total blast! Sorry its been a little while since my last letter but my free time has been quite small.
There are actually a ton of repairs that need to be done in our apartment and I have been doing those lately. For example I spent a couple hours this morning culking our shower because there has been water that leaks through into the room right next to it (the bedroom) and well we have quite the mushroom forest coming out of the rotted baseboards. Its too bad the missionaries before me didnt try and fix the problem before it got to such a horrible state. Now I think all the carpet has to be replaced (it smells like mold and a little like cat pee). But anyways enough of that. Not a whole ton is new here.
I actually got to spend most of the day relaxing yesterday! It was a rare experience to have a relaxed Sunday! But We went over to a member of the church's house after church and had lunch. Well after that they invited us to go on a walk on the beach with them and their family! It was awesome. I made me kinda homesick. But we got to catch crabs and mess around in the tide pools! It was awesome! Oh and something else that Is cool is the Tour De France is coming right through St. Brieuc on Wednesday and we are going to go and watch it! I am very very excited!
Oh and just so you know the new computers I use for emails on Mondays dont really allow me to upload pictures or videos so dont be worried if you havent seen any new ones lately!
Anyways I should probably get going! But I hope you are doing good! Oh and Happy 4th of July! I just remembered it was the 4th! Wow, thats weird. But yeah talk to you later man!
Man Love,
Nighthawk
P.s. Me and Elder Carter were talking about the office this morning.
More Specifically the episode where Toby comes back and Michael just
starts yelling NOOOOOOO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOO! ha ha You should
watch that episode for me!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Hey Mom, :)
We had a wonderful week here In St. Brieuc! I finally got to see some of the pictures from the wedding! There are soo many and they are all soooo good! I have already spent 45 mins or so looking at them! I didnt even realize how much time had gone by! But thank you so much for putting those up! You looked gorgeous at your wedding! And Brad looked pretty handsome as well! Everything looks like it was so much fun! Thanks so much for letting me see all those pictures!
A couple of quick announcements here! First off is Arlette! Oh my goodness, do I love this woman! She is about 55 years old, and actually her parents are Jewish. She originally met the church through the geneaolgy program! Well last week we set a baptismal date with her for July 9th! We felt really really good about it. It got even better when she announced it herself at church yesterday! The branch here is amazing. They are like a tight night little family and accepts every new person that shows up to church and makes them feel right at home as well! Anyways me and Elder Carter are both very excited for Arlette! She has already agreed to follow the word of wisdom and we will continue teaching her the commandments this week! Please pray for us and her, that our rendez-vous will go well and that the spirit can testify to her that our message is true.
Our other miracle of the week is Nancy. Me and Elder Carter passed her by a couple weeks ago. We finished teaching her the plan of salvation this past week and then very casually invited her to church! She said that she would come! And guess what! SHE DID! She absolutely loved church and to make things even better, the whole branch ate together after! Nancy had such a great time she didnt want to leave when everything was over! She has 3 kids and she says that she is excited to bring them next week!
3rd miracle!
We are not quite sure what is going on yet, but we recieved a refferal from church headquarters telling us that there is a young woman who was taught by the missionaries in Ireland and is ready to be baptized. But she was only there for a nanny job and wanted to get baptized in France! We haven't made contact with her yet as we recieved the referral today but we are extrememly excited!
Plenty of other miracles are happening here in St. Brieuc and we are very very excited for our action packed week that we have coming up! I will do my best to keep you up to date!
Well mom I should probably get going! Sorry for the short email! It just seems like there is never enough time to tell you all the wonderful things that are happening.
By the way your French is great! I wish I could write in French that well! I suppose I can speak and read alright now but I dont think I could put together a sentence on a piece of paper as well as you can!
Alrighty momma, well I gotta get going! But I love you! Take care! Tell Brad that I say hi and I love him! Love you!!!!
Love,
Elder Morgan
We had a wonderful week here In St. Brieuc! I finally got to see some of the pictures from the wedding! There are soo many and they are all soooo good! I have already spent 45 mins or so looking at them! I didnt even realize how much time had gone by! But thank you so much for putting those up! You looked gorgeous at your wedding! And Brad looked pretty handsome as well! Everything looks like it was so much fun! Thanks so much for letting me see all those pictures!
A couple of quick announcements here! First off is Arlette! Oh my goodness, do I love this woman! She is about 55 years old, and actually her parents are Jewish. She originally met the church through the geneaolgy program! Well last week we set a baptismal date with her for July 9th! We felt really really good about it. It got even better when she announced it herself at church yesterday! The branch here is amazing. They are like a tight night little family and accepts every new person that shows up to church and makes them feel right at home as well! Anyways me and Elder Carter are both very excited for Arlette! She has already agreed to follow the word of wisdom and we will continue teaching her the commandments this week! Please pray for us and her, that our rendez-vous will go well and that the spirit can testify to her that our message is true.
Our other miracle of the week is Nancy. Me and Elder Carter passed her by a couple weeks ago. We finished teaching her the plan of salvation this past week and then very casually invited her to church! She said that she would come! And guess what! SHE DID! She absolutely loved church and to make things even better, the whole branch ate together after! Nancy had such a great time she didnt want to leave when everything was over! She has 3 kids and she says that she is excited to bring them next week!
3rd miracle!
We are not quite sure what is going on yet, but we recieved a refferal from church headquarters telling us that there is a young woman who was taught by the missionaries in Ireland and is ready to be baptized. But she was only there for a nanny job and wanted to get baptized in France! We haven't made contact with her yet as we recieved the referral today but we are extrememly excited!
Plenty of other miracles are happening here in St. Brieuc and we are very very excited for our action packed week that we have coming up! I will do my best to keep you up to date!
Well mom I should probably get going! Sorry for the short email! It just seems like there is never enough time to tell you all the wonderful things that are happening.
By the way your French is great! I wish I could write in French that well! I suppose I can speak and read alright now but I dont think I could put together a sentence on a piece of paper as well as you can!
Alrighty momma, well I gotta get going! But I love you! Take care! Tell Brad that I say hi and I love him! Love you!!!!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, June 20, 2011
Hey Mom,
Thanks for the email :) It was so much fun to read all about your vacation there in Mexico! It sounds like you are having so much fun!
I actually didnt have time to read it all, but I was able to skim over and get the basics of what happened. I think I will print out the email and take it to read on the bus ride when we go shopping. I really do appreciate your emails!
I got an email from Grae today :) It sounds like she had fun back east. It was the first email I have gotten from here since October I think! So that was a nice suprise. I will try and copy and past the email at the end of this one!
Today is my 8 month mark! Hard to believe I have already been on my mission for 8 months! Today has been a very productive p-day. I woke up and wrote a few letters to a couple friends and I also wrote a letter to Andy! I then did a deep clean in the appartment! It was good.
Elder Carter woke up, did his studies and then slept while I cleaned, I find that I enjoy my p-days more if I make them productive ones. I also sleep better on monday nights which helps me be better prepared for the remainder of the week. Speaking of which we had a pretty good week. Elder Carters year mark was this past thursday! So I baked him a cake that I Sister Staheli gave to me on Tuesday at Zone Conference because we were the only companionship who had cleaned our apartment before the zone conference. I was pretty excited about that. It was a devils food box cake and we also got 2 different kinds of frosting, one was a rich dark chocolate (the one we used) and the other was a german chocolate cake frosting wich I am excited to use! The cake was decilious! I also met Elder Saguibo at Zone Conference. He is serving with my old Zone Leader Elder Gilmour from Scotland. It was fun to see them.
We also found out that the Tour de France will be coming through St. Brieuc (not the city itself but just out side of it) on July 4th which happens to be a P-day! Me and Elder Carter are super excited. We are going to make plans with a member who lives near where it will be passing through to spend the day at their house so we can watch it! We are super Excited!!!!
St. Brieuc is pretty beautiful. I forgot my cable to upload pictures today but I hope to do that next week.....! I also think because the computers here are rather slow that sending videos will be tough! But I am gonna try it once next week and if it works it works and not, no big deal! St.
Brieuc has also got some really cool old ruins and is just surrounded in cool history I guess. I am excited to see more of the Old Ruins and explore a little bit. There are also some really pretty beaches not to far from here I guess. I will be sure to take pictures as I see cool things so you can see them.
I did have a random question though, have you heard anything from R.J.? You know Rapenna James from Hawaii? Did he turn in his mission papers again!? Is he on a mission already? Maybe you could send me his email address and send me a little update on what he is up to?
Sadly I think that I should probably get going! I still need to email dad and tell him Happy Fathers day. Speaking of which please wish Brad a Happy Fathers day from his new step son :) Tell Him that I say hi and that I hope he is enjoying his vacation in Mexico! I am so so glad I don't have to serve my mission in Mexico. It would be way to hot and humid for me! I think St. Brieuc is the perfect area for me!
I love it! Anyways, I love you so much mom! I hope you are having a great time. It sounds like you have a wonderfully fun summer ahead of you. Please keep me up to date on what you have planned and make sure and tell everybdoy that I say "Hi!" at your receptions! Please Tell Jarom that I say hi! Alright, momma I love you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Hey Momma :) Just about to take off here! I hope you have a wonderful week! :) Thanks so much for being the best mom ever! p.s. I gave a talk yesterday in church and I bragged about you the entire time :)
Thanks for the email :) It was so much fun to read all about your vacation there in Mexico! It sounds like you are having so much fun!
I actually didnt have time to read it all, but I was able to skim over and get the basics of what happened. I think I will print out the email and take it to read on the bus ride when we go shopping. I really do appreciate your emails!
I got an email from Grae today :) It sounds like she had fun back east. It was the first email I have gotten from here since October I think! So that was a nice suprise. I will try and copy and past the email at the end of this one!
Today is my 8 month mark! Hard to believe I have already been on my mission for 8 months! Today has been a very productive p-day. I woke up and wrote a few letters to a couple friends and I also wrote a letter to Andy! I then did a deep clean in the appartment! It was good.
Elder Carter woke up, did his studies and then slept while I cleaned, I find that I enjoy my p-days more if I make them productive ones. I also sleep better on monday nights which helps me be better prepared for the remainder of the week. Speaking of which we had a pretty good week. Elder Carters year mark was this past thursday! So I baked him a cake that I Sister Staheli gave to me on Tuesday at Zone Conference because we were the only companionship who had cleaned our apartment before the zone conference. I was pretty excited about that. It was a devils food box cake and we also got 2 different kinds of frosting, one was a rich dark chocolate (the one we used) and the other was a german chocolate cake frosting wich I am excited to use! The cake was decilious! I also met Elder Saguibo at Zone Conference. He is serving with my old Zone Leader Elder Gilmour from Scotland. It was fun to see them.
We also found out that the Tour de France will be coming through St. Brieuc (not the city itself but just out side of it) on July 4th which happens to be a P-day! Me and Elder Carter are super excited. We are going to make plans with a member who lives near where it will be passing through to spend the day at their house so we can watch it! We are super Excited!!!!
St. Brieuc is pretty beautiful. I forgot my cable to upload pictures today but I hope to do that next week.....! I also think because the computers here are rather slow that sending videos will be tough! But I am gonna try it once next week and if it works it works and not, no big deal! St.
Brieuc has also got some really cool old ruins and is just surrounded in cool history I guess. I am excited to see more of the Old Ruins and explore a little bit. There are also some really pretty beaches not to far from here I guess. I will be sure to take pictures as I see cool things so you can see them.
I did have a random question though, have you heard anything from R.J.? You know Rapenna James from Hawaii? Did he turn in his mission papers again!? Is he on a mission already? Maybe you could send me his email address and send me a little update on what he is up to?
Sadly I think that I should probably get going! I still need to email dad and tell him Happy Fathers day. Speaking of which please wish Brad a Happy Fathers day from his new step son :) Tell Him that I say hi and that I hope he is enjoying his vacation in Mexico! I am so so glad I don't have to serve my mission in Mexico. It would be way to hot and humid for me! I think St. Brieuc is the perfect area for me!
I love it! Anyways, I love you so much mom! I hope you are having a great time. It sounds like you have a wonderfully fun summer ahead of you. Please keep me up to date on what you have planned and make sure and tell everybdoy that I say "Hi!" at your receptions! Please Tell Jarom that I say hi! Alright, momma I love you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Hey Momma :) Just about to take off here! I hope you have a wonderful week! :) Thanks so much for being the best mom ever! p.s. I gave a talk yesterday in church and I bragged about you the entire time :)
Monday, June 15 2011
Hey Mom!
I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply today! I have had quite a few things I needed to do! I HAD to email back Corey Freebairn. I told him a few stories and well I just am not going to have time to re-tell them so I am just going to copy the email on to this on.
Anyways, thanks so much for the pictures! I love them! I was thinking about you ALL day and just imagining how happy and excited you were :) And oh boy Mexico looks awesome! I hope you are having a blast! Thank you so much for your email it was truly awesome. I am sincerely happy for you and Brad! I hope that you guys have a wonderful time there in Mexico together! Tell Brad to go swimming in that beautiful ocean for me!
Sadly, I dont have any time today to write a whole lot. All I can say is that I am really loving it here. I am not sure how fast the computers are here so we will see next week if a video-walk-around of the apartment will be possible. I sure hope so :) But, St. Brieuc is AWESOME! The branch here is AWESOME. Everything here is AWESOME! I will for sure email you more next week. And I hope you enjoy the email that I copy and pasted on to this one!
Thanks again for emailing me this week! I really enjoyed the pictures and what you wrote! You are just the best ever! Thanks so much momma :) I love you!
Oh quick question that I wanted to ask you! I am starting to get yellow stains underneath my arms.... Any ideas on how I can get those out??! I am going to try turning up the temperature of the water and I have already been using bleach but that hasnt done a whole lot. I feel like I remember you saying something about oxy clean but I am not sure! Anyways If you have any ideas let me know! thanks so much mom! Love you! Your the best mom ever and everybody needs a mom like you!
P.s. Yesterday was Zone Conference! It was the last time I will get to see President Staheli here on the mission! It was a bitter sweet moment! I just cant believe how fast time is going by here! It seems like just yesterday I was walking into the mission home! Anyways mom I love you! Have a wonderful time in Mexico!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Dear Bishop Freebairn!
So yes, after 6 months in Villeneuve d'Ascq I have been transferred to a lovely Ville named St. Brieuc here in Bretagne! Oh how I love it here! And oh how I love the mission! What a wonderful oppurtunity I have to be here, to learn, to grow, and above all else to share the wonderful peace and joy the gospel brings with those around us! My new companion Elder Carter is from Highland Utah. He hits his year mark tomorrow!
You may be asking yourself why I am emailing you on Wednesday! Let me tell you! Monday was a national holiday here. I am not sure exactly which one but it made emails impossible because the internet cafe was closed and shopping..... well that was an adventure. We had no busses and so we ended up walking to Carrefour (I'm sure you remember the wonderful Carrefour or Auchan supermarchés?) and then pushing a shopping cart full of our groceries all the way home! The walk home took nearly 2 hours and it started raining quite hard. It was a complete Adventure! Its so fun to create memories! Elder Carter on the other hand was...... well, not so amused. I guess living in Seattle kinda helped prepare me for that little bit.
The work here in St. Brieuc is going alright! Me and Elder Carter are both excited to see the blessings the Lord extends to us as we are obedient and work hard! We had a Zone Conference in Angers yesterday and now we are ready to go out and conquer the world! So I hope things are going well back home. I am glad to hear you have found a job! Can I ask where you are working and what you are doing! Anyways please say hello to everybody for me! Thanks again for the email!
Love,
Elder Morgan
I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply today! I have had quite a few things I needed to do! I HAD to email back Corey Freebairn. I told him a few stories and well I just am not going to have time to re-tell them so I am just going to copy the email on to this on.
Anyways, thanks so much for the pictures! I love them! I was thinking about you ALL day and just imagining how happy and excited you were :) And oh boy Mexico looks awesome! I hope you are having a blast! Thank you so much for your email it was truly awesome. I am sincerely happy for you and Brad! I hope that you guys have a wonderful time there in Mexico together! Tell Brad to go swimming in that beautiful ocean for me!
Sadly, I dont have any time today to write a whole lot. All I can say is that I am really loving it here. I am not sure how fast the computers are here so we will see next week if a video-walk-around of the apartment will be possible. I sure hope so :) But, St. Brieuc is AWESOME! The branch here is AWESOME. Everything here is AWESOME! I will for sure email you more next week. And I hope you enjoy the email that I copy and pasted on to this one!
Thanks again for emailing me this week! I really enjoyed the pictures and what you wrote! You are just the best ever! Thanks so much momma :) I love you!
Oh quick question that I wanted to ask you! I am starting to get yellow stains underneath my arms.... Any ideas on how I can get those out??! I am going to try turning up the temperature of the water and I have already been using bleach but that hasnt done a whole lot. I feel like I remember you saying something about oxy clean but I am not sure! Anyways If you have any ideas let me know! thanks so much mom! Love you! Your the best mom ever and everybody needs a mom like you!
P.s. Yesterday was Zone Conference! It was the last time I will get to see President Staheli here on the mission! It was a bitter sweet moment! I just cant believe how fast time is going by here! It seems like just yesterday I was walking into the mission home! Anyways mom I love you! Have a wonderful time in Mexico!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Dear Bishop Freebairn!
So yes, after 6 months in Villeneuve d'Ascq I have been transferred to a lovely Ville named St. Brieuc here in Bretagne! Oh how I love it here! And oh how I love the mission! What a wonderful oppurtunity I have to be here, to learn, to grow, and above all else to share the wonderful peace and joy the gospel brings with those around us! My new companion Elder Carter is from Highland Utah. He hits his year mark tomorrow!
You may be asking yourself why I am emailing you on Wednesday! Let me tell you! Monday was a national holiday here. I am not sure exactly which one but it made emails impossible because the internet cafe was closed and shopping..... well that was an adventure. We had no busses and so we ended up walking to Carrefour (I'm sure you remember the wonderful Carrefour or Auchan supermarchés?) and then pushing a shopping cart full of our groceries all the way home! The walk home took nearly 2 hours and it started raining quite hard. It was a complete Adventure! Its so fun to create memories! Elder Carter on the other hand was...... well, not so amused. I guess living in Seattle kinda helped prepare me for that little bit.
The work here in St. Brieuc is going alright! Me and Elder Carter are both excited to see the blessings the Lord extends to us as we are obedient and work hard! We had a Zone Conference in Angers yesterday and now we are ready to go out and conquer the world! So I hope things are going well back home. I am glad to hear you have found a job! Can I ask where you are working and what you are doing! Anyways please say hello to everybody for me! Thanks again for the email!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, June 6, 2011
Hey mom
Had a very wonderful week. However, I am really sorry, but I litterally have NO Time to write emails today!!! I am soooo sorry. However I will tell you really quickly why I am so busy today. So at the end of this transfer there are 8 missionaries going home and only 3 coming in. So President had to shut down so of the cities where there were missionaries. One of those cities was Villeneuve d'Ascq. Orginally there were 4 missionaries in Villeneuve d'Ascq and next transfer there will only be 2. So, that means we have to bring all the stuff from the other Villeneuve d'Ascq appartment to this ours, including the area books and all the other important records. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. The thing is we have so many other things to do besides that! SO hopefully you understand.
I wanted to tell you really quickly how happy and excited I am for you this week. I am so glad everybody is having such a good time over there. Grandma sent me a great letter telling me a little about what is going on. Please tell everybody I say Hi and I love them. Mom you need to know I have nothing but good feelings about you and Brad getting married. I am soo excited for you. I hope you trust me and know that I am honestly speaking the truth. I am SO happy for you. I am not worried at all. I have NO weird feelings about it. I AM HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! I have been praying so that you can have good weather on your wedding day! Please let me know how it goes.
Are you excited for your honeymoon? I sure hope so! I was thinking about you the other day as I knew you were going through the temple. I enjoyed hearing about that.
I am going to try and give you a quick list of things that I would like. You are always welcome to send more that one package :) ha ha. But there are a couple of books I would like from Utah here is the link with the two books I could find:
http://deseretbook.com/auth/683/V_Ruth_Jeffery
Elder Jensen had both of these and they are amazing books for missionaries! Here are some others that I think look really interesting!
http://deseretbook.com/Missionarys-Little-Book-Answers-Gilbert-W-Scharffs/i/4459330
http://deseretbook.com/Missionarys-Little-Quote-Book-R-Dale-Jeffery/i/3490551
If you have some time maybe look around the bookstore and see if you find anything else that is interesting that would help me on my mission. If it is just interesting then it can wait till after the mission. I am looking for stuff that has cool stories that I could share or things that would give me good ideas on how to improve my teaching and/or finding.
Some other things that would always be nice are the hair clippers, pictures, toothpaste, sonic care toothbrush head, deoderant. As of right now that is all I can think of. Another thing that I am realizing is that all the stuff that I collect on my mission I have to take with me when I move. So if possible, refrain from sending anything that was on sentimental value that if needed I would not be overly sad about leaving behing. Also try not to send things that are too big so that If I do decide to take them with me I can find room for them in my suit cases!
Anyways Mom, I sure do love you! Thank you so much for taking such good care of me! I really appreciate you getting the i-pod fixed for me and going the all the trouble to try ad send me these things. You are seriously the best. I will be thinking about you all week. And above all else on your wedding day! I really do love you and you know I would love to be there. But I think its important to really take advantage of my mission and the time I have here.
I love you momma! Have the best week ever. Know that I am thinking about you and I am so incredibly happy for you.. Please tell everybody I say hi! Anyways I really gotta go! I love you mom!
Take care! Talk to you next week when you are Married!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Had a very wonderful week. However, I am really sorry, but I litterally have NO Time to write emails today!!! I am soooo sorry. However I will tell you really quickly why I am so busy today. So at the end of this transfer there are 8 missionaries going home and only 3 coming in. So President had to shut down so of the cities where there were missionaries. One of those cities was Villeneuve d'Ascq. Orginally there were 4 missionaries in Villeneuve d'Ascq and next transfer there will only be 2. So, that means we have to bring all the stuff from the other Villeneuve d'Ascq appartment to this ours, including the area books and all the other important records. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. The thing is we have so many other things to do besides that! SO hopefully you understand.
I wanted to tell you really quickly how happy and excited I am for you this week. I am so glad everybody is having such a good time over there. Grandma sent me a great letter telling me a little about what is going on. Please tell everybody I say Hi and I love them. Mom you need to know I have nothing but good feelings about you and Brad getting married. I am soo excited for you. I hope you trust me and know that I am honestly speaking the truth. I am SO happy for you. I am not worried at all. I have NO weird feelings about it. I AM HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! I have been praying so that you can have good weather on your wedding day! Please let me know how it goes.
Are you excited for your honeymoon? I sure hope so! I was thinking about you the other day as I knew you were going through the temple. I enjoyed hearing about that.
I am going to try and give you a quick list of things that I would like. You are always welcome to send more that one package :) ha ha. But there are a couple of books I would like from Utah here is the link with the two books I could find:
http://deseretbook.com/auth/683/V_Ruth_Jeffery
Elder Jensen had both of these and they are amazing books for missionaries! Here are some others that I think look really interesting!
http://deseretbook.com/Missionarys-Little-Book-Answers-Gilbert-W-Scharffs/i/4459330
http://deseretbook.com/Missionarys-Little-Quote-Book-R-Dale-Jeffery/i/3490551
If you have some time maybe look around the bookstore and see if you find anything else that is interesting that would help me on my mission. If it is just interesting then it can wait till after the mission. I am looking for stuff that has cool stories that I could share or things that would give me good ideas on how to improve my teaching and/or finding.
Some other things that would always be nice are the hair clippers, pictures, toothpaste, sonic care toothbrush head, deoderant. As of right now that is all I can think of. Another thing that I am realizing is that all the stuff that I collect on my mission I have to take with me when I move. So if possible, refrain from sending anything that was on sentimental value that if needed I would not be overly sad about leaving behing. Also try not to send things that are too big so that If I do decide to take them with me I can find room for them in my suit cases!
Anyways Mom, I sure do love you! Thank you so much for taking such good care of me! I really appreciate you getting the i-pod fixed for me and going the all the trouble to try ad send me these things. You are seriously the best. I will be thinking about you all week. And above all else on your wedding day! I really do love you and you know I would love to be there. But I think its important to really take advantage of my mission and the time I have here.
I love you momma! Have the best week ever. Know that I am thinking about you and I am so incredibly happy for you.. Please tell everybody I say hi! Anyways I really gotta go! I love you mom!
Take care! Talk to you next week when you are Married!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Hey Mom!
Sorry the church email service was working this morning so we couldnt let you know earlier!!! But just wanted to let you know all the crazy stuff that is happening! I am going to St. Brieuc in Bretagne as Junior Companion with Elder Carter who will be my senior companion.
Elder Carter and Elder Jensen came into the mission at the same time (they are in the same group/transfer) and I am really excited! And guess what else!? Elder Jensen went Zone Leader, and whats more, he is MY ZONE LEADER! He is only in his 8th transfer so it was pretty unexpected. But I guess there was another missionary who is going Zone Leader next transfer in his 7th transfer! So some pretty crazy stuff happening! But I am super excited. I will email you again on Monday:) Love you so much!
I will pray for your wedding to have good weather! But I if you have the time I would love to get another email from you on Monday! BUT I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE SO NO WORRIES IF YOU CANT MAKE IT! Anyways I gotta take off. Me and Elder Jensen have a lot of packing and preparing today. Go ahead and look at the transfer email if you want, but I will have to wait to tell you about the rest of the madness that is happening until tomorrow! I love you soo much!
Have a great fast Sunday! I will be thinking about you and praying for you and everybody back home!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Sorry the church email service was working this morning so we couldnt let you know earlier!!! But just wanted to let you know all the crazy stuff that is happening! I am going to St. Brieuc in Bretagne as Junior Companion with Elder Carter who will be my senior companion.
Elder Carter and Elder Jensen came into the mission at the same time (they are in the same group/transfer) and I am really excited! And guess what else!? Elder Jensen went Zone Leader, and whats more, he is MY ZONE LEADER! He is only in his 8th transfer so it was pretty unexpected. But I guess there was another missionary who is going Zone Leader next transfer in his 7th transfer! So some pretty crazy stuff happening! But I am super excited. I will email you again on Monday:) Love you so much!
I will pray for your wedding to have good weather! But I if you have the time I would love to get another email from you on Monday! BUT I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE SO NO WORRIES IF YOU CANT MAKE IT! Anyways I gotta take off. Me and Elder Jensen have a lot of packing and preparing today. Go ahead and look at the transfer email if you want, but I will have to wait to tell you about the rest of the madness that is happening until tomorrow! I love you soo much!
Have a great fast Sunday! I will be thinking about you and praying for you and everybody back home!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, May 30, 2011
Hey Mom!
am doing just great! We had a really good week. We didn't teach a whole ton of lessons but we found quite a few new people to teach. Me and Elder Jensen are trying REALLY REALLY hard to really get the work going here in Villeneuve d'Ascq. We have been doing a lot of finding and also passing by old investigators in the area book to try and bring them back to be solid progressing investigators. Both the finding and the Passbacks have proven to be very effective. Yeah, I'd say its getting to be time for me to get a new area and or a new companion. However I will be completely happy with whatever happens. But we find out the transfer info on Saturday! I cant believe that is already here. Time is really flying by here.
I think I am really starting to love and appreciate the mission. Its kinda sad that it has taken me so long to get to the realization but I guess later is better than never! My stomache has been just fine. I did go and see a doctor. He said he thinks I have ulcers but before I he can give me anti-biotics I need to be tested for the bacteria to prove that I NEED the anti-biotics so I went and had a test done. They gave me some weird drink and had me breathe into a test tube. And then they had me drink another glass of the same citrus tasting drink, wait a half hour and then breath into another test tube. The samples were sent into Paris and I should have the results sometime this week. Once I have the results I go back to the doctors office and If they come back positive I can get the anti-biotics. I will let you know next week what happens. Actually I can probably let you know on Saturday. BUT for the time being I am have absolutely NO PAIN. Which is very very very nice.
Me and Elder Jensen had a pretty cool experience yesterday. We were fasting, specifically to find people and set baptismal dates in our area. And yesterday when we were getting on the metro we noticed a guy getting on the metro that was looking curiously at us. However he got in at the opposite end of the metro car. So we sat down at opposite ends. Well after about one stop I got up and went and sat down by him. I pulled out the Boof of Mormon and started reading a little bit. After a couple minutes I felt like I should put the book away and as soon as I did the man started talking to me. He is a cool younger african man named Alex and he seems EXTREMELY interested. We were also able to set up a Rendez-Vous with him for tomorrow just before our English class. But I am really stoked about that.
That is soo cool that your wedding is so soon! I am SO EXCITED FOR YOU. I hope its amazing. I really wish I could be there for it. Of course you can count on the fact that I will be thinking about you on your wedding day! :) And I will be sooooooo happy for you! Ofcourse I will be praying for you and for everything to go smoothly with your wedding and your reception. By the way, I got your wedding invitations on Friday! Thank you soooo much! I loved it. I cant believe you are having so many receptions! That sounds like so much fun!
I am glad you had such a wonderful Sunday! Me and Elder Jensen had a pretty fantastic sunday as well! We had a great time at church. We had three people who said they were coming. Sadly we waited for them but nobody showed up :( But Church was still great! I am also glad you are making friends there AND you got you membership records moved! Your friend sounds sweet and I am glad you have a new friend there. Its a good thing she is on the younger side. That fits your personality better. You and I both know that no matter how old or young people are they have a hard time keeping up with your energy level/motivation and determination to get things done! Ha ha.
Thanks you SOOOO much for the No-bake Recipee! I am sooo excited to make those. I think we will make them on Saturday or next monday! YEAHHHHHHHH I AM SOOO EXCITED! I also appreciate you putting together that package for me. However can you hold off on it for a week or two? The end of the Transfer is coming up and I will get it sooner if we wait untill I know where I will be serving next transfer. Otherwise I have to try and organize some way to get it from Villeneuve d'Ascq or the mission home to my new area. I guess you probably want to do it this week since the next week is your wedding and the weeks following that are is your honeymoon and reception! However I think I would rather wait a few weeks even if you can just send it to my new area. There are also a couple books that I was hoping you could put in the package when you are in Utah! I will Make a list this week of the things I would LIKE to recieve in a package and send it to you on saturday when we check the transfer email okay?
Thanks so much for everything though! I appreciate you being so great about the package thing. You are the Best! Everybody Needs a mom like you :) Anyways I should probably get going. I will continue praying for the family! I love you MOm! thanks again for everything! I will email you on Saturday!
Love,
Elder Morgan
am doing just great! We had a really good week. We didn't teach a whole ton of lessons but we found quite a few new people to teach. Me and Elder Jensen are trying REALLY REALLY hard to really get the work going here in Villeneuve d'Ascq. We have been doing a lot of finding and also passing by old investigators in the area book to try and bring them back to be solid progressing investigators. Both the finding and the Passbacks have proven to be very effective. Yeah, I'd say its getting to be time for me to get a new area and or a new companion. However I will be completely happy with whatever happens. But we find out the transfer info on Saturday! I cant believe that is already here. Time is really flying by here.
I think I am really starting to love and appreciate the mission. Its kinda sad that it has taken me so long to get to the realization but I guess later is better than never! My stomache has been just fine. I did go and see a doctor. He said he thinks I have ulcers but before I he can give me anti-biotics I need to be tested for the bacteria to prove that I NEED the anti-biotics so I went and had a test done. They gave me some weird drink and had me breathe into a test tube. And then they had me drink another glass of the same citrus tasting drink, wait a half hour and then breath into another test tube. The samples were sent into Paris and I should have the results sometime this week. Once I have the results I go back to the doctors office and If they come back positive I can get the anti-biotics. I will let you know next week what happens. Actually I can probably let you know on Saturday. BUT for the time being I am have absolutely NO PAIN. Which is very very very nice.
Me and Elder Jensen had a pretty cool experience yesterday. We were fasting, specifically to find people and set baptismal dates in our area. And yesterday when we were getting on the metro we noticed a guy getting on the metro that was looking curiously at us. However he got in at the opposite end of the metro car. So we sat down at opposite ends. Well after about one stop I got up and went and sat down by him. I pulled out the Boof of Mormon and started reading a little bit. After a couple minutes I felt like I should put the book away and as soon as I did the man started talking to me. He is a cool younger african man named Alex and he seems EXTREMELY interested. We were also able to set up a Rendez-Vous with him for tomorrow just before our English class. But I am really stoked about that.
That is soo cool that your wedding is so soon! I am SO EXCITED FOR YOU. I hope its amazing. I really wish I could be there for it. Of course you can count on the fact that I will be thinking about you on your wedding day! :) And I will be sooooooo happy for you! Ofcourse I will be praying for you and for everything to go smoothly with your wedding and your reception. By the way, I got your wedding invitations on Friday! Thank you soooo much! I loved it. I cant believe you are having so many receptions! That sounds like so much fun!
I am glad you had such a wonderful Sunday! Me and Elder Jensen had a pretty fantastic sunday as well! We had a great time at church. We had three people who said they were coming. Sadly we waited for them but nobody showed up :( But Church was still great! I am also glad you are making friends there AND you got you membership records moved! Your friend sounds sweet and I am glad you have a new friend there. Its a good thing she is on the younger side. That fits your personality better. You and I both know that no matter how old or young people are they have a hard time keeping up with your energy level/motivation and determination to get things done! Ha ha.
Thanks you SOOOO much for the No-bake Recipee! I am sooo excited to make those. I think we will make them on Saturday or next monday! YEAHHHHHHHH I AM SOOO EXCITED! I also appreciate you putting together that package for me. However can you hold off on it for a week or two? The end of the Transfer is coming up and I will get it sooner if we wait untill I know where I will be serving next transfer. Otherwise I have to try and organize some way to get it from Villeneuve d'Ascq or the mission home to my new area. I guess you probably want to do it this week since the next week is your wedding and the weeks following that are is your honeymoon and reception! However I think I would rather wait a few weeks even if you can just send it to my new area. There are also a couple books that I was hoping you could put in the package when you are in Utah! I will Make a list this week of the things I would LIKE to recieve in a package and send it to you on saturday when we check the transfer email okay?
Thanks so much for everything though! I appreciate you being so great about the package thing. You are the Best! Everybody Needs a mom like you :) Anyways I should probably get going. I will continue praying for the family! I love you MOm! thanks again for everything! I will email you on Saturday!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Hey mom,
Soo just a heads up..... Dont think you are going to be getting a video this week. Sorry :( Things just didnt work out today and I dont see it happening. But I just wanted to say thanks so much for your email. Tell Brad that I appreciated his email as well.
Things are going really well here. Kinda frustrated right now with all the computers here in France. Its totally our fault. We wanted to start using the computers at the church instead of paying to use computers at an internet cafe because.... well they are free. But I dont think we are going to be able to do that anymore. I tried sending the video for this week, there were 2 actually, but because the computers are so horrible here, It ended up deleteing one of the videos off of my camera in the process. So in the end, I wasnt able to send either video and one of them got deleted. I will try to send the other next week. Sorry :/ Me and Elder Jensen decided that we are gonna just go to the internet cafe from now on so it should be easier to send the videos!
Anyways, on a happier note. Things are really going great here. Yesterday, church was great. I had promised myself at the beginning of my mission to bear my testimony every fast sunday, but yesterday there just wasnt enough time. And I figured since I had already shared it several times in this ward, that I would make sure that everybody else who wanted to share their testimony would have the time if they wanted to. And it ended up that honestly, I didnt have time! At first I was kinda bummed but then I realized there was no reason to be.
Grae..... Can you please make sure that she is there so I can have some time to talk to just her? I would really like that. I know she just got a job and she might not be able to make it so tell her I understand if she cant, but that I would really love it if I got to talk to her!
Andy! Oh man I am SOOOO excited for Andrew. I think about him and how happy he will be when he gets out quite often. I will continue to pray that he will be able to go to Ohio for the wedding! Have you gotten a video camera yet?????
The weather here has been pretty mixed lately. We had a week where it was pretty hot, and then a week straight of wind that led into thunderstorms and rain showers. Which I loved. It always smells so good right after it rains for the first time in a while! Yesterday and Today have been perfect. Not too hot, not too cold, and a nice little occasional breeze.
Me and Elder Jensen are working really hard. Yesterday gave out 4 book of mormons after church. It was a pretty successful day. But After all that sunlight, walking, and fasting, we were pretty tired at the end of the day! We have been trying to exercise more in the mornings and be EXACTLY obedient. Its not always easy but Elder Jensen and I are doing really well.
Some people can be a little tough to love sometimes. But the people that we get to stop and talk to I think its fairly easy to say that I start loving them right away. Its probably something I need to work on. But, occasionally there are people that well..... just make it a little tougher than normal.
Dinner with the Toulemonde family was amazing. Veronique is so sweet. She always makes a big HUGE meal whenever we come over. And because we were there on Easter Sunday she really went all out. Clem was not there but his little Brother Pierre was there and we had a great time all together.
As far as teaching and amies. We have been having lots of encounters with Jehovahs Witnesses here. Our one main super strong ami Li decided to invite us and the Temoin Jehovahs over for the same rendez vous. That was a little awkward but we must have done something right because he said he didnt plan on inviting them back. Other than that, church was pretty cool yesterday and I felt the spirit really strongly at a couple points. One of the members that we taught Li with bore her testimony on how it strengthened her own testimony and it was cool to see how much she enjoyed teaching with us. I am really loving this ward here. There are some great people. I am excited for you to meet some of them after my misison!
Anyways mom, I should get going. I am going to try and reply to Brads email really quickly. He asked some interesting questions and I am going to do my best to answer them. Hopefully he will let you read them :p anyways I love you so much. I hope you have a WONDERFUL time in Ohio and Iowa! Tell everybody I say Hi and that I love them and miss them. Feel free to share my email address with anybody who wants to send me and email or even my snail mail address if they want. But once again I love you and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, April 23, 2011
Hey momma!
Soooo guess what!!!!!????? Something absolutely crazy happened! I am staying a 4th transfer here in Villeneuve d'Ascq! It is completely unheard of for a missionary to spend more than 3 transfers in his bleu ville (first ville in the mission). And whats more, its even more rare for companions to go 3 together. And well this will be me and Elder Jensens 3rd transfer together!!! I cant believe it. Everybody was caught by suprise that me and Jensen are STILL together in Villeneuve d'Ascq as was I to be honest. However I asked president to stay in interviews. I will tell you more about those later but just know that they were wonderful and I learned so much and appreciated them so much.
I did talk to president and He gave me permission to Skype you the weekend Andy gets out. I am so excited. Do you think you could decide with Grandma a time and a place that we could skype? I could do it any day after 11 o'clock here and I would just need to be home by 9:30 pm. (other than sunday that is) And it doesnt have to be on P-day either. Anyways I will email you all about Interviews on Monday.
For now I just wanted to let you know that, unbelievably, me and Elder Jensen are staying together AGAIN in Villeneuve D'ascq.
Oh and something else. We are going to visit the Toulemondes on Sunday afternoon right after church. I will tell them you say Hi :)
I didnt get an email from Max. I'm not sure why I am so worried about him. I guess its because he hasnt emailed me back or written me for such a long time. But I am glad to hear he is alive and doing alright :)
Thanks so much for your email. It was great! I loved every bit of it! Anyways I gotta run. Love you and talk to you next week :) Have fun In Iowa and if you get the time I would love to hear from you again on Monday!!!
Love you momma :)
-Elder Morgan
Soooo guess what!!!!!????? Something absolutely crazy happened! I am staying a 4th transfer here in Villeneuve d'Ascq! It is completely unheard of for a missionary to spend more than 3 transfers in his bleu ville (first ville in the mission). And whats more, its even more rare for companions to go 3 together. And well this will be me and Elder Jensens 3rd transfer together!!! I cant believe it. Everybody was caught by suprise that me and Jensen are STILL together in Villeneuve d'Ascq as was I to be honest. However I asked president to stay in interviews. I will tell you more about those later but just know that they were wonderful and I learned so much and appreciated them so much.
I did talk to president and He gave me permission to Skype you the weekend Andy gets out. I am so excited. Do you think you could decide with Grandma a time and a place that we could skype? I could do it any day after 11 o'clock here and I would just need to be home by 9:30 pm. (other than sunday that is) And it doesnt have to be on P-day either. Anyways I will email you all about Interviews on Monday.
For now I just wanted to let you know that, unbelievably, me and Elder Jensen are staying together AGAIN in Villeneuve D'ascq.
Oh and something else. We are going to visit the Toulemondes on Sunday afternoon right after church. I will tell them you say Hi :)
I didnt get an email from Max. I'm not sure why I am so worried about him. I guess its because he hasnt emailed me back or written me for such a long time. But I am glad to hear he is alive and doing alright :)
Thanks so much for your email. It was great! I loved every bit of it! Anyways I gotta run. Love you and talk to you next week :) Have fun In Iowa and if you get the time I would love to hear from you again on Monday!!!
Love you momma :)
-Elder Morgan
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Hey everybody!
Sorry I dont have time to write you all Individual emails today but just wanted to give you an Update! I found out that I will be staying ANOTHER 6 weeks in Villeneuve d'Ascq up here in the North of France and will be serving With Elder Jensen again as well. If you want to mail me or send any letters do so to this email address or you can use my snail mail address which is still the same :
Elder Morgan
223 A05, Blvd de Valmy
59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Anyways I hope you are all doing well. Sorry to those of you who I have not yet mailed or returned your emails! :( I promise I will try and get those letters out as soon as possible.
-Elder Morgan
Sorry I dont have time to write you all Individual emails today but just wanted to give you an Update! I found out that I will be staying ANOTHER 6 weeks in Villeneuve d'Ascq up here in the North of France and will be serving With Elder Jensen again as well. If you want to mail me or send any letters do so to this email address or you can use my snail mail address which is still the same :
Elder Morgan
223 A05, Blvd de Valmy
59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Anyways I hope you are all doing well. Sorry to those of you who I have not yet mailed or returned your emails! :( I promise I will try and get those letters out as soon as possible.
-Elder Morgan
Monday, April 18, 2011
Hey Mom :)
Thanks so much for the email. And please dont worry about last week.
I did get your email I just didnt have time to respond.
I have tried to send Grae countless emails and I have even sent her a video on her gmail. Can you please tell her I am sending her stuff.... But I am really really excited to hear she is doing better.
Thanks so much for looking after my money! 4.25 percent!? Thats awesome! Where/how did you find that? My invested money is locked in for a year but if I am still only making 4 percent interest on it and you can find a better account then of course we should move it!
Okay I am glad you got the package! I happy you liked it. Sorry again about the videos recently. Its been a little frustrating because some of the computers here in the internet cafe are not in the best of shape and If we dont get her early enough on p-day we end up getting stuck with the slow bad computers which just cant get the job done. Sorry about that!
Conference Talks..... To be honest with you I havent really studied any of them yet. It is so much easier for me to read them. I love listening to them but reading them makes it easier to remember for me. However I did listen and read a great talk by Jeffery R Holland recently that I really want you and Brad to listen or study! Not for any particular reason, I just think its a great talk. Here is the link below.
http://www.byub.org/talks/Talk.aspx?id=3403
It really is an amazing talk. One of my very favorites I think. Dont forget to tell me what you think/liked about it, okay?
I really am so excited for you and Brad to get married. And I am stoked about your job. What a blessing that job has been for you and for Me. But how are things between you and Brad? I seriously cant wait for you and Brad to get married. I just want you to be happy together.
So Sunday May 8th is Mothers day?! I cant believe its almost time to skype again!? I am so excited. I am not sure which day I will be able to talk to you. It will most likely be Saturday or Monday. But I wanted to start talking about it now. Another Idea I had was maybe we could wait one week so I could talk to you when Andy is there? Let me know what you think. Does Grandma have internet? I would really love it if I could skype Andy at the same time that I skyped you!!! Anyways let me know if you think we could get something like that to Work. We have interviews with President Staheli this week and I will ask him what he thinks about it. I love Andy a lot. I sent him a letter this past week. I hope he gets it soon. I cant wait to come home and spend time with him either. It means a lot to me what you said about us being brothers. I really respect and Love Andy a lot.
But that reminds me, Did you ever get ahold of Max?
I am excited for you and Grae to go on your exercise and diet program. I have a good feeling that it will be really good for you and Especially Grae. You are such a great mom. And yes I will pray for you and her. Maybe you could have her email me? I have been using the citrusyfresshh@gmail.com email address for her but I havent seen
any sign that she is reading or even recieving my emails....
Anyways Momma, I gotta go. But I love you sooooo Much. Thanks for the wonderful email this week. I hope you have a fantastic week.
One last question though. Do you use my ipod regularly? I think I am gonna ask dad to get me an Ipod for my birthday but before I ask him to go out and buy anything I wanted to make sure you are still using mine. People update their ipods all the time here and it would be really nice to have something that I could upload conference talks and Devotionals onto and music ofcourse too. Anyways If you are using it at all I want you to keep it, but if not let me know.
OK, I love you soo much. I will probably be sending you an email on saturday seeing as its the day we recieve the "transfer email" and I find out if I am staying or leaving. I will most likely be leaving. But at any rate I will email you on saturday. But I hope you have a wonderful week.
Please tell Grae that I say hi and that I love her and Miss her soo much. Tell everybody else that I say Hi and I am thinking about them and love them as well.
Alright mommma Love you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Thanks so much for the email. And please dont worry about last week.
I did get your email I just didnt have time to respond.
I have tried to send Grae countless emails and I have even sent her a video on her gmail. Can you please tell her I am sending her stuff.... But I am really really excited to hear she is doing better.
Thanks so much for looking after my money! 4.25 percent!? Thats awesome! Where/how did you find that? My invested money is locked in for a year but if I am still only making 4 percent interest on it and you can find a better account then of course we should move it!
Okay I am glad you got the package! I happy you liked it. Sorry again about the videos recently. Its been a little frustrating because some of the computers here in the internet cafe are not in the best of shape and If we dont get her early enough on p-day we end up getting stuck with the slow bad computers which just cant get the job done. Sorry about that!
Conference Talks..... To be honest with you I havent really studied any of them yet. It is so much easier for me to read them. I love listening to them but reading them makes it easier to remember for me. However I did listen and read a great talk by Jeffery R Holland recently that I really want you and Brad to listen or study! Not for any particular reason, I just think its a great talk. Here is the link below.
http://www.byub.org/talks/Talk.aspx?id=3403
It really is an amazing talk. One of my very favorites I think. Dont forget to tell me what you think/liked about it, okay?
I really am so excited for you and Brad to get married. And I am stoked about your job. What a blessing that job has been for you and for Me. But how are things between you and Brad? I seriously cant wait for you and Brad to get married. I just want you to be happy together.
So Sunday May 8th is Mothers day?! I cant believe its almost time to skype again!? I am so excited. I am not sure which day I will be able to talk to you. It will most likely be Saturday or Monday. But I wanted to start talking about it now. Another Idea I had was maybe we could wait one week so I could talk to you when Andy is there? Let me know what you think. Does Grandma have internet? I would really love it if I could skype Andy at the same time that I skyped you!!! Anyways let me know if you think we could get something like that to Work. We have interviews with President Staheli this week and I will ask him what he thinks about it. I love Andy a lot. I sent him a letter this past week. I hope he gets it soon. I cant wait to come home and spend time with him either. It means a lot to me what you said about us being brothers. I really respect and Love Andy a lot.
But that reminds me, Did you ever get ahold of Max?
I am excited for you and Grae to go on your exercise and diet program. I have a good feeling that it will be really good for you and Especially Grae. You are such a great mom. And yes I will pray for you and her. Maybe you could have her email me? I have been using the citrusyfresshh@gmail.com email address for her but I havent seen
any sign that she is reading or even recieving my emails....
Anyways Momma, I gotta go. But I love you sooooo Much. Thanks for the wonderful email this week. I hope you have a fantastic week.
One last question though. Do you use my ipod regularly? I think I am gonna ask dad to get me an Ipod for my birthday but before I ask him to go out and buy anything I wanted to make sure you are still using mine. People update their ipods all the time here and it would be really nice to have something that I could upload conference talks and Devotionals onto and music ofcourse too. Anyways If you are using it at all I want you to keep it, but if not let me know.
OK, I love you soo much. I will probably be sending you an email on saturday seeing as its the day we recieve the "transfer email" and I find out if I am staying or leaving. I will most likely be leaving. But at any rate I will email you on saturday. But I hope you have a wonderful week.
Please tell Grae that I say hi and that I love her and Miss her soo much. Tell everybody else that I say Hi and I am thinking about them and love them as well.
Alright mommma Love you!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, April 11, 2011
Hey mom,
Gonna have to go here pretty soon. I missed getting your email this morning but I know how CRAZY busy you are! I hope everthing is going good for you. I am gonna try and check my email again later today to see if you emailed me, but no worries if you didnt have the time. I am in the middle of sending you a video right now so hopefully that will tell you a little more about our week. Ive been thinking about you a lot lately and I hope you are happy as ever.
Please let me know if you have any new news on Grae and how she is doing! Anyways I sure Love you! Tell everybody that I say hi! Oh and have you heard anything from Max lately? I havent heard any news from him for a couple of weeks. Kinda worried about him. If you get a free minute and you feel like it. Could you give him a call for me?
If not its no big deal but I would sure love to hear how hes doing.
Alright momma I gotta go! But I love you soo much!!!
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Gonna have to go here pretty soon. I missed getting your email this morning but I know how CRAZY busy you are! I hope everthing is going good for you. I am gonna try and check my email again later today to see if you emailed me, but no worries if you didnt have the time. I am in the middle of sending you a video right now so hopefully that will tell you a little more about our week. Ive been thinking about you a lot lately and I hope you are happy as ever.
Please let me know if you have any new news on Grae and how she is doing! Anyways I sure Love you! Tell everybody that I say hi! Oh and have you heard anything from Max lately? I havent heard any news from him for a couple of weeks. Kinda worried about him. If you get a free minute and you feel like it. Could you give him a call for me?
If not its no big deal but I would sure love to hear how hes doing.
Alright momma I gotta go! But I love you soo much!!!
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, April 4, 2011
Hey Mom,
This email is going to be a little on the short side. Im trying to catch up on some of the Conference Talks that I missed or didnt understand! Ha ha!!
I just wanted to say that I was thinking about you ALL weekend. I hope you had a wonderful Birthday! I liked what you said about singing the Hymns in the Conference Center. I liked the same thing when I was in the MTC!
In conference, like you I noticed the focus on Service. However, above all else I noticed a focus on getting Married (in the Temple) and just Temples in General!
But General Confernce on the mission is AMAZING. I Loved every second of it. I decided I wouldnt take any notes but rather let myself Relax and soak in the words and take notes as I read the Ensign Later. I think its much more Enjoyable that way for me. All the missionaries from Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, and Valenciennes which is about 10 missionaries in Total. It was almost like a little party every session. Between sessions we brought lunches and snacks and ate together. It was great!!
And as for Jarom, yeah I sent him a letter! That would be great if he wrote me back!
And now the last the that I wanted to mention was our investigator Li. Li is AMAZING! He is so nice and sincere. I was thinking last night about how as me and Elder Jensen talk with him and how I feel like he sincerely brings the best out of me as a missionary. He is amazing to be able to help him along his path. He came to conference yesterday and took quite a few notes, and then we talked for a little with him about his questions afterwords. His baptismal date is currently set for Sunday April 24th. And in our talk with him last night he even mentioned potentially serving a mission after his baptism. He is 25 years old but I think its actually quite possible if he choose to
Sadly, I really gotta go But I love you so much Mom!! I am so excited that you got to go to Conference! It sounds like you had a wonderful time!
I havent thought of anything else that I really need at the moment, but no pressure about the package. Just send it whenever you can! :) Love you so much!
-Elder Morgan
This email is going to be a little on the short side. Im trying to catch up on some of the Conference Talks that I missed or didnt understand! Ha ha!!
I just wanted to say that I was thinking about you ALL weekend. I hope you had a wonderful Birthday! I liked what you said about singing the Hymns in the Conference Center. I liked the same thing when I was in the MTC!
In conference, like you I noticed the focus on Service. However, above all else I noticed a focus on getting Married (in the Temple) and just Temples in General!
But General Confernce on the mission is AMAZING. I Loved every second of it. I decided I wouldnt take any notes but rather let myself Relax and soak in the words and take notes as I read the Ensign Later. I think its much more Enjoyable that way for me. All the missionaries from Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, and Valenciennes which is about 10 missionaries in Total. It was almost like a little party every session. Between sessions we brought lunches and snacks and ate together. It was great!!
And as for Jarom, yeah I sent him a letter! That would be great if he wrote me back!
And now the last the that I wanted to mention was our investigator Li. Li is AMAZING! He is so nice and sincere. I was thinking last night about how as me and Elder Jensen talk with him and how I feel like he sincerely brings the best out of me as a missionary. He is amazing to be able to help him along his path. He came to conference yesterday and took quite a few notes, and then we talked for a little with him about his questions afterwords. His baptismal date is currently set for Sunday April 24th. And in our talk with him last night he even mentioned potentially serving a mission after his baptism. He is 25 years old but I think its actually quite possible if he choose to
Sadly, I really gotta go But I love you so much Mom!! I am so excited that you got to go to Conference! It sounds like you had a wonderful time!
I havent thought of anything else that I really need at the moment, but no pressure about the package. Just send it whenever you can! :) Love you so much!
-Elder Morgan
Monday, March 28, 2011 part 2
Hey mom,
Real quick, was wondering if you hadnt sent that package yet if you could add a few more things to it for me?? A couple things that would be nice is a copy of the most recent general conference on CD. I figured that might be easy to get in Utah. So yeah, I would really love that. And a cd case that could hold some cds would be great too!
It would be must easier to have one thing of cds rather than 12 0r 15 cd hard cases. I am also running low on ink for my Zebra F-301 Ball Point pen. I use it every night for my planner. I love it! You actually sent me two different types of pens last time but I like the one with a little bit of a sharper ball point. Its more precise and easier to write smaller with. And I never thought I would ask you to send my peanut butter on my mission but I think I finally understand why every missionary asks for it! So if you wouldnt mind I would really really LOVE some peanut butter. I wanna make some no bake cookies or something! Speaking of which, could you email me the recipee for the no bake cookies and the chocolate crinkles!
PLEASE!!!! Anyways I know thats a lot but I would really love it! But no pressure just whenever you get around to it. Actually, I am going to need a new Journal here soon. The one I have been using is this one: http://deseretbook.com/Classic-Journal-Covenant-Communications/i/4754607 The one I have right now is blue! Do you think you could possible get me the same one but in Red???? I would really really love to be able to keep the same kind of Journals throughtout my mission!
Anyways, I love you soo much and hope you have a blast at General Conference for your Birthday. Tell Brad I say hi! And everybody else too! And if you could swing by Deseret Book while you are in Utah and maybe checkout some of those things I would really appreciate it!
Anyways, I love you. You're the Best. Everybody needs a mom like you :)
Love you!
Elder Morgan
Real quick, was wondering if you hadnt sent that package yet if you could add a few more things to it for me?? A couple things that would be nice is a copy of the most recent general conference on CD. I figured that might be easy to get in Utah. So yeah, I would really love that. And a cd case that could hold some cds would be great too!
It would be must easier to have one thing of cds rather than 12 0r 15 cd hard cases. I am also running low on ink for my Zebra F-301 Ball Point pen. I use it every night for my planner. I love it! You actually sent me two different types of pens last time but I like the one with a little bit of a sharper ball point. Its more precise and easier to write smaller with. And I never thought I would ask you to send my peanut butter on my mission but I think I finally understand why every missionary asks for it! So if you wouldnt mind I would really really LOVE some peanut butter. I wanna make some no bake cookies or something! Speaking of which, could you email me the recipee for the no bake cookies and the chocolate crinkles!
PLEASE!!!! Anyways I know thats a lot but I would really love it! But no pressure just whenever you get around to it. Actually, I am going to need a new Journal here soon. The one I have been using is this one: http://deseretbook.com/Classic-Journal-Covenant-Communications/i/4754607 The one I have right now is blue! Do you think you could possible get me the same one but in Red???? I would really really love to be able to keep the same kind of Journals throughtout my mission!
Anyways, I love you soo much and hope you have a blast at General Conference for your Birthday. Tell Brad I say hi! And everybody else too! And if you could swing by Deseret Book while you are in Utah and maybe checkout some of those things I would really appreciate it!
Anyways, I love you. You're the Best. Everybody needs a mom like you :)
Love you!
Elder Morgan
Monday, March 28, 2011
Hey mom,
Had a good week! I loved your email! thanks for all the recipes.
Life is really good here. I am soo excited for you to finally have some time off work! And to go to General Conference! That is awesome!!!
I got a letter from Andrew last saturday! It was great!! He sent me a couple really cool pictures! I cant believe he has less than 7 weeks left. I have a count down on my calender just for the day he gets out. This Friday he will be just a few short weeks from getting out! I am soo excited for him!! Can you please remember to film as much as you can when he does get out and send it to me. I really want to see it. And
you can use the yousendit.com account.
I wanted to wish you an early happy birthday!! I wish I could be there to celebrate with you!
But thanks for taking care of my facebook! And thats great news about Grae! So is she moving to Seattle or what? Or how long will she be staying and where? I tried emailing her at her other email address you gave me but she has yet to respond :( Same with Mekel......
Anyways that is really cool you are going to be staying with Chris and Fi. Isnt that a long commute? And how is your van doing? I cant believe we still have that thing! And Fi broke her arm?!?! Is she alright? Please tell them all that I say Hi and I miss them!!
As for spiritual experiences here. We have had some really great meetings with Li. He is keeping all of our commitments that we give to him and even going beyond that. Its obvious he Loves the Book of Mormon. But the other day he actually took us out to dinner to Chinese! It was great!!!
I am not sure why but the computer will not let me send this weeks video. I dont know why. I have tried several different times but yeah... Sorry :(
Anyways aside from that me and Elder Jensen are still having a blast serving together. And Im getting good at Ping Pong ha ha. For morning exercise, nearly every day we Jog to the Church from out apartment, play ping pong (nearly all the churches in France have a ping pong table aparently) and then we jog home. Its great. I actually gained quite a bit of weight when I was with Elder Butel and before that In Atlanta, but I am finally getting back into shape. Me and Elder Jensen have been trying to Eat Healthy and exercise more and its working! Its hard not to eat all the good french desserts and stuff though!
But I guess its about time for me to go. Me and Elder Jensen are going to try and make some whole wheat bread, and some All Bran muffins for this week. Im actually not sure if they even have All Bran cereal in France but I will let you know how it goes next week!
Anyways I love you soo much! And I will talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Had a good week! I loved your email! thanks for all the recipes.
Life is really good here. I am soo excited for you to finally have some time off work! And to go to General Conference! That is awesome!!!
I got a letter from Andrew last saturday! It was great!! He sent me a couple really cool pictures! I cant believe he has less than 7 weeks left. I have a count down on my calender just for the day he gets out. This Friday he will be just a few short weeks from getting out! I am soo excited for him!! Can you please remember to film as much as you can when he does get out and send it to me. I really want to see it. And
you can use the yousendit.com account.
I wanted to wish you an early happy birthday!! I wish I could be there to celebrate with you!
But thanks for taking care of my facebook! And thats great news about Grae! So is she moving to Seattle or what? Or how long will she be staying and where? I tried emailing her at her other email address you gave me but she has yet to respond :( Same with Mekel......
Anyways that is really cool you are going to be staying with Chris and Fi. Isnt that a long commute? And how is your van doing? I cant believe we still have that thing! And Fi broke her arm?!?! Is she alright? Please tell them all that I say Hi and I miss them!!
As for spiritual experiences here. We have had some really great meetings with Li. He is keeping all of our commitments that we give to him and even going beyond that. Its obvious he Loves the Book of Mormon. But the other day he actually took us out to dinner to Chinese! It was great!!!
I am not sure why but the computer will not let me send this weeks video. I dont know why. I have tried several different times but yeah... Sorry :(
Anyways aside from that me and Elder Jensen are still having a blast serving together. And Im getting good at Ping Pong ha ha. For morning exercise, nearly every day we Jog to the Church from out apartment, play ping pong (nearly all the churches in France have a ping pong table aparently) and then we jog home. Its great. I actually gained quite a bit of weight when I was with Elder Butel and before that In Atlanta, but I am finally getting back into shape. Me and Elder Jensen have been trying to Eat Healthy and exercise more and its working! Its hard not to eat all the good french desserts and stuff though!
But I guess its about time for me to go. Me and Elder Jensen are going to try and make some whole wheat bread, and some All Bran muffins for this week. Im actually not sure if they even have All Bran cereal in France but I will let you know how it goes next week!
Anyways I love you soo much! And I will talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, March 21, 2011
Hey there!
So before I begin, I dont know if you have, but on lds.org there is a really cool feature called "study journal" and all you need is an lds account!!! So can you get one!? and will you let me know when you do get one!? So I sent you the two talks with some highlighting and some notes. Its one of the cool features on "study journal". Please let me know if you can see the highlights and stuff.
Anyways let me tell you really quickly about our week. First off, it was amazing. Secondly, me and Elder Jensen decided to have a special fast last Sunday to start off the Transfer "right". Well, let me just say that with in one week, we found 3 new investigators, all of which are progressing. One of them came to church, and the same one has a baptismal date. All three have a Book of Mormon in their own language and all three have promised to start reading. Shawn, our baptismal date, is from China. He is simply amazing. It is very easy to tell that he is looking for friends. We originally invited him to come play ping pong with us on Saturday night. Well to our suprise he showed up. While Elder Jensen was talking to another investigator who was at the activitiy, I felt impressed to invite him to church and once again to our suprise, He came. Talk about a lack of faith. Ha ha!! Well after he stayed for the entire 3 hours of church. He asked us if we could stay a little longer after church and answer some of his questions. Of course we were thrilled to do just that!! During our talk me and Elder Jensen both felt impressed to extend a baptismal invitation and he accepted. Right now the date is April 16th, and we are both fairly confident it will stay that way. Me and Elder Jensen are thrilled. Anyways That is really all I have time for this week, But I love you and hope you enjoy the videos and the talks.
Anyways, thanks for your prayers and your emails. I love you!!!
-Elder Morgan
So before I begin, I dont know if you have, but on lds.org there is a really cool feature called "study journal" and all you need is an lds account!!! So can you get one!? and will you let me know when you do get one!? So I sent you the two talks with some highlighting and some notes. Its one of the cool features on "study journal". Please let me know if you can see the highlights and stuff.
Anyways let me tell you really quickly about our week. First off, it was amazing. Secondly, me and Elder Jensen decided to have a special fast last Sunday to start off the Transfer "right". Well, let me just say that with in one week, we found 3 new investigators, all of which are progressing. One of them came to church, and the same one has a baptismal date. All three have a Book of Mormon in their own language and all three have promised to start reading. Shawn, our baptismal date, is from China. He is simply amazing. It is very easy to tell that he is looking for friends. We originally invited him to come play ping pong with us on Saturday night. Well to our suprise he showed up. While Elder Jensen was talking to another investigator who was at the activitiy, I felt impressed to invite him to church and once again to our suprise, He came. Talk about a lack of faith. Ha ha!! Well after he stayed for the entire 3 hours of church. He asked us if we could stay a little longer after church and answer some of his questions. Of course we were thrilled to do just that!! During our talk me and Elder Jensen both felt impressed to extend a baptismal invitation and he accepted. Right now the date is April 16th, and we are both fairly confident it will stay that way. Me and Elder Jensen are thrilled. Anyways That is really all I have time for this week, But I love you and hope you enjoy the videos and the talks.
Anyways, thanks for your prayers and your emails. I love you!!!
-Elder Morgan
Monday, March 12, 2011
Hey everybody,
Great news!!!!!!! Just got the transfer email and..... I am staying in Villeneuve d'Ascq for another transfer!!! I have already been here for 2 transfers (12 weeks) but this means that I have atleast 6 more weeks left here. I was really hoping that I could stay here so I am really excited. My companion Elder Jensen is staying too which I am also totally stoked about, we get along really well and are learning A LOT.
Anyways, I hope everybody is doing well back home! I will be back online checking my email on Monday morning. Also if anybody wants to write me a letter, you can send it to the Villeneuve d'Ascq address instead of the Le Vesinet address. Anyways I love you all and will talk to you soon!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Great news!!!!!!! Just got the transfer email and..... I am staying in Villeneuve d'Ascq for another transfer!!! I have already been here for 2 transfers (12 weeks) but this means that I have atleast 6 more weeks left here. I was really hoping that I could stay here so I am really excited. My companion Elder Jensen is staying too which I am also totally stoked about, we get along really well and are learning A LOT.
Anyways, I hope everybody is doing well back home! I will be back online checking my email on Monday morning. Also if anybody wants to write me a letter, you can send it to the Villeneuve d'Ascq address instead of the Le Vesinet address. Anyways I love you all and will talk to you soon!
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, March 7, 2011
Dear mom,
I am doing great! We had a little bit of a discouraging week. I had a cold on Monday and Tuesday, and then Elder Jensen has had intense random back pain that has been slowing us down a little bit. He hasnt been able to sleep almost at all. Its been really tough. But things are really looking up today.
What a great email full of great news. I am soo thrilled about everything. Your new wedding date and the fact that Grae is thinking of moving to Iowa. This leads perfectly into my spirtual experience I have had this week.
Yesterday was fast sunday. And well, lets just say there was a lot of things I prayed for. Last month I started doing this thing where I make a list of things that I fast for in my journal each month. This helps me not only to remember what I need to fast for, but after the fast I am able to look at the list and I have learned that most times I recieving the blessings I have asked for but I forget that I fasted for them in the first place. Its been a super awesome experience. Yesterday while I was in church, I spent a good deal of time not only making my new list, but also looking over my list from last month. It was truly awesome to see the results of my fast. Long story short, You should really keep track of the things you fast for, I believe it will make your fasts more meaningful and you will more easily be able to see how the Lord listens to our prayers and responds to them. I now LOVE fast sunday. Well yesterday as I was fasting I made my list. One of the things that was on my list was so that Max could find a job. Max hasnt been doing so well lately. I had been extremely worried about him, and actually the exact wording that I had on my list was "Max- That he kind find a job/motivation". Well this morning as I got online, at the very top of my inbox was an email from him. It turns out he had emailed me just minutes before I got online. What he said in the email was simply amazing. He told me how about 45 mins before mailing me the email he had randomly been called on the phone and OFFERED a job. I was so greatful for that. Too me that was A direct answer to my prayers. It was so cool. This was the best email I have recieved from Max since he moved. He already seems 10x's happier.
Thanks so much for the link to the talk. I LOVE conference talks. I read one each night before I go to bed. I really like to do this because he helps me end each day on a spiritual note. Its great. And I thinks it is so cool that you read a talk every morning. Great minds think alike. I read This talk this morning actually
“Come unto Me with Full Purpose of Heart, and I Shall Heal You”
PATRICK KEARON
Here were a couple quotes that I like
President James E. Faust taught:
“When obedience becomes our goal, it is no longer an irritation; instead of a stumbling block, it becomes a building block. … “… Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.”
"No one can find peace in a minefield."
Anyways, I really really loved this talk. But I love pretty much every talk. Another talk that I really Liked was The Transforming Power of Faith and Character by Richard G. Scott. This talk actually brought me quite a bit of peace about everything that is going on back home. I simply just cannot wait until General Conference In April. I am so excited for that. Anyways, I just wanted to say thanks for the Talk. I am going to print it off and read it today. Anyways, I gotta get going but I love you soo much! Thanks for the wonderful email and the wonderful news.
Love,
Elder Morgan
I am doing great! We had a little bit of a discouraging week. I had a cold on Monday and Tuesday, and then Elder Jensen has had intense random back pain that has been slowing us down a little bit. He hasnt been able to sleep almost at all. Its been really tough. But things are really looking up today.
What a great email full of great news. I am soo thrilled about everything. Your new wedding date and the fact that Grae is thinking of moving to Iowa. This leads perfectly into my spirtual experience I have had this week.
Yesterday was fast sunday. And well, lets just say there was a lot of things I prayed for. Last month I started doing this thing where I make a list of things that I fast for in my journal each month. This helps me not only to remember what I need to fast for, but after the fast I am able to look at the list and I have learned that most times I recieving the blessings I have asked for but I forget that I fasted for them in the first place. Its been a super awesome experience. Yesterday while I was in church, I spent a good deal of time not only making my new list, but also looking over my list from last month. It was truly awesome to see the results of my fast. Long story short, You should really keep track of the things you fast for, I believe it will make your fasts more meaningful and you will more easily be able to see how the Lord listens to our prayers and responds to them. I now LOVE fast sunday. Well yesterday as I was fasting I made my list. One of the things that was on my list was so that Max could find a job. Max hasnt been doing so well lately. I had been extremely worried about him, and actually the exact wording that I had on my list was "Max- That he kind find a job/motivation". Well this morning as I got online, at the very top of my inbox was an email from him. It turns out he had emailed me just minutes before I got online. What he said in the email was simply amazing. He told me how about 45 mins before mailing me the email he had randomly been called on the phone and OFFERED a job. I was so greatful for that. Too me that was A direct answer to my prayers. It was so cool. This was the best email I have recieved from Max since he moved. He already seems 10x's happier.
Thanks so much for the link to the talk. I LOVE conference talks. I read one each night before I go to bed. I really like to do this because he helps me end each day on a spiritual note. Its great. And I thinks it is so cool that you read a talk every morning. Great minds think alike. I read This talk this morning actually
“Come unto Me with Full Purpose of Heart, and I Shall Heal You”
PATRICK KEARON
Here were a couple quotes that I like
President James E. Faust taught:
“When obedience becomes our goal, it is no longer an irritation; instead of a stumbling block, it becomes a building block. … “… Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.”
"No one can find peace in a minefield."
Anyways, I really really loved this talk. But I love pretty much every talk. Another talk that I really Liked was The Transforming Power of Faith and Character by Richard G. Scott. This talk actually brought me quite a bit of peace about everything that is going on back home. I simply just cannot wait until General Conference In April. I am so excited for that. Anyways, I just wanted to say thanks for the Talk. I am going to print it off and read it today. Anyways, I gotta get going but I love you soo much! Thanks for the wonderful email and the wonderful news.
Love,
Elder Morgan
Monday, February 21, 2011
Hey Mom!
I know I really cant believe how fast time is going! Its crazy! I am sooo excited for you and Brad!
Things here are good. My talk went good!
Before I forget, I put up a bunch of new pictures. Most of them are from when we went to our Training In Bruxelles. But there are some cool pictures so you should take a look. Bruxelles was a really cool city and I really hope I get to serve there at some point. Sadly the video me and Elder Jensen made this week was too long, and well I cant send it now unless I pay 10 dollars to send it. So I think we will have to make another one and send it later.
But I will try and give a quick summary of our week. So tuesday and wednesday we had our training up in Bruxelles, we actually came home and slept in our beds both nights, but we wouldnt get home until 9 or later so that was all we did. Those were 2 long days though, we had to get up at like 530 and be on a train at 7 in the morning in order to get to the training on time. But it worked out. on Thursday we help Jaques Duez (2nd counselor in the Bishopric) move. Ofcourse he lived on the very top floor of an appartment complex so we got a pretty good workout and it took pretty much all evening. On friday we had 2 lessons with people who we have found recently. Aurore is a really cool woman and we had an amazing 1st lesson with her. Unfortunatly she lives in Lille and so we are going to have to pass her to the Lille Elders. But thats Okay. Next was Beryle. She was really cool also and we had a great 1st lesson with here as well. She seemed to have some concerns over the definition of a prophet and whether or not there was an apostasy. After that did some weekly planning. Saturday was a pretty fun day. We had samedi sports in the morning and then we had a mini district activity and had a burito fete. It was great. After that we went to Stake Conference. Sunday morning we went to Stake conference again and in the afternoon we did some pass backs to some less active families and old investigators. Nothing much come of it but it was a good day all the same.
This saturday night we have our big Melting Popotte Activity! We are really excited for it. The whole district is really coming together to make this work. I am really excited/nervous to see how it goes. Even though I am the youngest in the district, because this was originally me and Elder Butels idea, A LOT of responsability has been left on me and Elder Butel is now gone. But I am confident all will be fine.
Anyways last monday was very crazy and I was not able to write any letters to anyone. But I plan on setting some time aside today. I recieved Liz Tuppers package she sent me on Friday! It was SOO Great! It made me so happy! She sent me 3 magazines a couple of healthy candy bars and some chapstick along with a great letter! It really made me happy. I also got a letter from Grandma with some pictures of Andy! I miss Andy so much.
Tomorrow me and Elder Jensen are going to Versaille because a member of the 70 is going to be there. I am not sure who it is yet but I am excited to find out. Anyways this week is going to be super busy but I will tell you all about it next monday!
I do need to ask for a favor though! Can you send me you Chili Recipe? by tomorrow or Wednesday!? Each missionary is bringing a family tradition meal to the Food night that we have organized for this saturday night! If you have any other ideas for something that is cheap, and fairly easy to make I would love other ideas. Anyways I am gonna check my email on wednesday to check for those recipes sooo PLEASE! I should have asked you before but I COMPLETELY forgot. I am sorry :(
Anyways Its time to go but I love you soo much! I hope things continue to come together for the wedding! Please tell everybody I say Hi! and I love them! You can also tell people that if they dont have time to write me a letter they can always email me, just make sure to tell them to include their address and I will write them back. As it takes about 2 weeks for letters to get from the USA to here, its better if people who write often to send letters to the Mission home :
France Paris Mission
23 Rue du Onze Novembre
78110 Le Vesinet
France
Anyways I love you so much Mom! Take care!
Love,
Elder Morgan
I know I really cant believe how fast time is going! Its crazy! I am sooo excited for you and Brad!
Things here are good. My talk went good!
Before I forget, I put up a bunch of new pictures. Most of them are from when we went to our Training In Bruxelles. But there are some cool pictures so you should take a look. Bruxelles was a really cool city and I really hope I get to serve there at some point. Sadly the video me and Elder Jensen made this week was too long, and well I cant send it now unless I pay 10 dollars to send it. So I think we will have to make another one and send it later.
But I will try and give a quick summary of our week. So tuesday and wednesday we had our training up in Bruxelles, we actually came home and slept in our beds both nights, but we wouldnt get home until 9 or later so that was all we did. Those were 2 long days though, we had to get up at like 530 and be on a train at 7 in the morning in order to get to the training on time. But it worked out. on Thursday we help Jaques Duez (2nd counselor in the Bishopric) move. Ofcourse he lived on the very top floor of an appartment complex so we got a pretty good workout and it took pretty much all evening. On friday we had 2 lessons with people who we have found recently. Aurore is a really cool woman and we had an amazing 1st lesson with her. Unfortunatly she lives in Lille and so we are going to have to pass her to the Lille Elders. But thats Okay. Next was Beryle. She was really cool also and we had a great 1st lesson with here as well. She seemed to have some concerns over the definition of a prophet and whether or not there was an apostasy. After that did some weekly planning. Saturday was a pretty fun day. We had samedi sports in the morning and then we had a mini district activity and had a burito fete. It was great. After that we went to Stake Conference. Sunday morning we went to Stake conference again and in the afternoon we did some pass backs to some less active families and old investigators. Nothing much come of it but it was a good day all the same.
This saturday night we have our big Melting Popotte Activity! We are really excited for it. The whole district is really coming together to make this work. I am really excited/nervous to see how it goes. Even though I am the youngest in the district, because this was originally me and Elder Butels idea, A LOT of responsability has been left on me and Elder Butel is now gone. But I am confident all will be fine.
Anyways last monday was very crazy and I was not able to write any letters to anyone. But I plan on setting some time aside today. I recieved Liz Tuppers package she sent me on Friday! It was SOO Great! It made me so happy! She sent me 3 magazines a couple of healthy candy bars and some chapstick along with a great letter! It really made me happy. I also got a letter from Grandma with some pictures of Andy! I miss Andy so much.
Tomorrow me and Elder Jensen are going to Versaille because a member of the 70 is going to be there. I am not sure who it is yet but I am excited to find out. Anyways this week is going to be super busy but I will tell you all about it next monday!
I do need to ask for a favor though! Can you send me you Chili Recipe? by tomorrow or Wednesday!? Each missionary is bringing a family tradition meal to the Food night that we have organized for this saturday night! If you have any other ideas for something that is cheap, and fairly easy to make I would love other ideas. Anyways I am gonna check my email on wednesday to check for those recipes sooo PLEASE! I should have asked you before but I COMPLETELY forgot. I am sorry :(
Anyways Its time to go but I love you soo much! I hope things continue to come together for the wedding! Please tell everybody I say Hi! and I love them! You can also tell people that if they dont have time to write me a letter they can always email me, just make sure to tell them to include their address and I will write them back. As it takes about 2 weeks for letters to get from the USA to here, its better if people who write often to send letters to the Mission home :
France Paris Mission
23 Rue du Onze Novembre
78110 Le Vesinet
France
Anyways I love you so much Mom! Take care!
Love,
Elder Morgan
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