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
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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
Monday, February 14, 2011
Hey mom :)
So todays email is truly going to be 1 or 2 lines :( Im sorry! But I actually got to skype with Dad today. We had been trying to arrange a day ever since Christmas! But we finally did it and it was really good to see him and to get to talk to him!
Thank you so much for your email! It made me happy. Especially to hear from Andy. Can you ask grandma if he has recieved my letter yet? I sent it to him last week or the week before I think but I loaded it full of pictures and well I am a little concerned that maybe hey wasnt allowed to recieve it. Anyways I have been REALLY good about writing letters! I am staying in touch with a fair amount of people though snail mail.
Tomorrow is the mission conference/training up in Belgium and it is also the day I have to give my talk :/ I am pretty nervous but we'll see how it goes!
I have talked to Elder Butel twice since he got transferred and I miss him a lot. He was such an awesome guy! Anyways I am glad you are keeping in touch with him!
But sadly I think this is about all I have time to tell you today! But I love you so much! Thanks again for your email!
Love,
Elder Morgan
So todays email is truly going to be 1 or 2 lines :( Im sorry! But I actually got to skype with Dad today. We had been trying to arrange a day ever since Christmas! But we finally did it and it was really good to see him and to get to talk to him!
Thank you so much for your email! It made me happy. Especially to hear from Andy. Can you ask grandma if he has recieved my letter yet? I sent it to him last week or the week before I think but I loaded it full of pictures and well I am a little concerned that maybe hey wasnt allowed to recieve it. Anyways I have been REALLY good about writing letters! I am staying in touch with a fair amount of people though snail mail.
Tomorrow is the mission conference/training up in Belgium and it is also the day I have to give my talk :/ I am pretty nervous but we'll see how it goes!
I have talked to Elder Butel twice since he got transferred and I miss him a lot. He was such an awesome guy! Anyways I am glad you are keeping in touch with him!
But sadly I think this is about all I have time to tell you today! But I love you so much! Thanks again for your email!
Love,
Elder Morgan
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