Wasps...

Well one again I am writing super late in the week because of sucky power. IDK why but these past few months the power has been going out a ton here. All well... just don't take power for granted!!! We got to do some fun and crazy service this past week. My comp and I got to go with some members who own some land in the Banao mountains. The mountains here are super cool but very different than the ones we have at home. Everything is pure green on the mountains here. When we were hiking up it felt that I was an a tropical jungle with all of the birds chirping. We went to help gather up all of the fruits and vegetables they have growing there. His land had so much vegetation! The whole day we made super good fresh squeezed orange juice. I got stung by a dang  black Dominican wasp when I was up in a tree picking guanabanas. I freaked out like a little girl and almost fell out of the tree. All of the other guys were staring at me like I was a little princess who broke a nail. It freakin hurt though! As soon as I got down from the tree one of the guys had his pants half way down and told my to hold still... Yeah he tried to pee on my leg.. I kept on hopping around trying to do my best to stay away from this guy. He ended up peeing in a cup and dripped a few drops on the sting because he said that the venom of these wasps is very strong. My leg was swollen, numb and smelt like pee for the rest of the day. 

I also had my first Wendy's in six months and shaved one whole leg and stripes in the other because I was bored on Pday... yolo...not. In all honesty this week has been a very good and successful week with the missionary work but also one of the hardest weeks that I have had emotionally.We have found tons of new people to teach in such a short amount of time. Heavenly Father has really been answering mine any companions prayers. it seems that everyone that we have found in the past two weeks have lots of desire to know more. I have great faith and hope that they will keep on having us visit with them. Hearing about what happened last week to the amazing Trudy Budge really put me in a funk. Trudy Budge was truly the most Christlike person that I have ever known. She was practically my other mom growing up. I have so many memories of her turning boring or normal situations in to very fun and unforgettable memories. I feel like she has always been the greatest example to everyone, and has always had a positive attitude about everything in life. I have been so blessed in life by her and her family. I love the Budge family so much and know that they will all be strong through this. I know that God answers all of our prayers if we just have a little drop of faith. I love my mission and all of the great adventures I am having. I live my family and know that we can be together forever. I love you all!

Love Elder Morgan

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Fasting With Faith Really Does Work

I had a very eventful week  these past seven days. As always we had our English class on Saturday. It is full of little girls of our ward. Sunday we had super good attendance in church so I was pumped about that. We also got three really good references as well. I have been praying for something like this to happen for awhile. Fasting with faith really does work! I think that this was the first time in my life that I actually fasted with faith. All of the other times I think I was just starving myself without much meaning. Pretty dumb huh?

Anyways then on Tuesday I went to the farmers market to go get a Duck to eat. They didn't have any so then we just got a rooster instead. If you have ever seen rush hour 2 it was just like when the crazy Asian lady is trying to sell the chicken to the dude with a knife in her hand ready to cut its head off. Right when we came up to them they went and grabbed two live roosters out of the cage slit their throats, defeathered them and gutted them in less than five minutes. 

Anyways this past Wednesday we got to go to Samana again. This time there was a huge cruise boat that was full of white people. It was so weird seeing so many people the same color as me. It was so nice to talk to people in English, but I'm not going to lie, my social skills in English suck! It was fun though. We met an elderly couple earlier this week who were ex mission presidents of the Columbia mission. They live in Samana for the winter in a private condo on the beach. We went there and ate lunch. It was the coolest thing!. I am going to miss the beach when I get transferred. Transfers are this next Wednesday. I don't thing that I will be transfers out this time. I bet I will stay for one more. Lots of other great things happened this week but I am way to lazy to tell them. Sorry, you'll just have to wait until I get back to hear them. Well that's it for this week. I love my mission and this gospel that we have! I miss you all!

Love, Elder Morgan

Bleach Could be the Magic Remedy...

Missionary time is really the weirdest thing. The saying ¨Days feel like weeks and weeks feel like days¨ is so true. Actually only the part about the weeks feeling like days. Anyways everything is going great here. 

Two days ago big green chunks of moss started coming out of my shower head when I was showering. Its annoying because we have to clean the water tank frequently because it gets dirty fast. We went and visited that old guy with the catheter yesterday. I told him about the moss in my shower and he said that we need to pour bleach in the water tank to clean it. He also said that he likes to drink bleach to kill parasites in his stomach. He also pours it on all of his cuts. I guess bleach is his magic remedy for everything. We had a zone P-Day here in Nagua. It was super fun. 

We just spent the whole day chillin at the beach. I claimed a coconut tree and got two coconuts down to drink. I kinda wish that I could serve my whole mission here in Nagua. I know I will miss the beach when I get transferred out. We also had a ward talent show the other night. There were just lots of little dramas that people did. I was in one of them. I played a policeman who got to beat up some robbers. Haha I guess I did a good job at beating up the bad guys (one was my comp) that some of the little kids started crying. 

Our work still is mostly focused on reactivating less active members. Sometimes it is really frustrating because lots of people are just lazy. They don't think that they are capable of going to church once a week for three stinkin hours. That's one thing that I don't get, God gives us 168 hours a week and some people cant even give him 3. IDK its just something I have been thinking of. So yeah that was the little update of my week. I love my mission so much! It is an has taught me so much about myself. I love the gospel and that I am a member of this wonderful and true church. I love you all!

Love Elder Morgan