Working Hard and Renewing Visa

Brother and Sister Anderson of Sandy, UT

Another week came and gone way too fast.  Even though I felt like I just wrote I will write what I remember of this week... Me and my comp are still working super hard. We have lots of people who little by little are progressing. I think it is possible that we have around 4 baptisms within a month of Me leaving. My main goal now is to leave my area prepared for whoever will be coming in. I really feel like I have learned a lot in these past few weeks about sacrificing my will and being as obedient as I can until the end. 

On Monday me and all of the guys that will be going home had do go down to the capital, Santo Domingo, to renew our visas. It was a super fun trip. We got to sleep in the MTC building. We were all just walking down memory lane remembering our first days in the mission. We saw the new Elders and they all looked the same, scared and clueless.. haha They have no idea what waits for them in the next two years. We were all talking about how crazy fast the time went by and all of our different stories. Man, I realized that I really am going to miss the mission. The next day we spent the whole day waiting to go through and renew our visas. 

Today was an awesome last Pday. We went to this multi-millionaire's house and just chilled. From their house, you can see the ocean right behind this super pretty pool. It looked like something off a movie. I played tennis for the first time in three years and totally sucked it up.. Haha but it was super fun. Then the maids of the house made us super good food. Chicken rice and beans. I am going to miss it.. haha Well that's all that is going on with me. I can't wait to see you all and give you all a huge hug! Much love! 
TTYL.

Elder Morgan

Saying Final Goodbye to Naugua

Heyo! Well, it is so crazy to think that after today I will only get to write only two more times.. Crazy. This past week was awesome. My companion, Elder Cabrero and I are super good friends.  It is weird but he has been my only American comp in the mission field.  We are working like crazy. At the end of a missionary's mission, the missionary either dies, which means they just don't work and sit at home thinking about home.. Or there is the missionary who is alive who works harder than ever before. I am proud to say that I am very alive. We have a few investigators who are progressing a lot. I know that I probably won't be here to see them get baptised, but I at least want to prepare this area as much as I can before I leave. 
Everything is going good. Wednesday was a bittersweet day for me. Elder Quesenberry and I went down to our first area, Nagua, to say our goodbyes. It was so great to see all of these people that I hadn't seen for over 14 months. Our time there was super short because we had to be back in Puerto Plata before 6 so we only were there for about 6 hours... It sucked because there were so many people that I wanted to see but didn't have the time to see them. Sister Dulce who was pretty much my mom cooked enough food to feed an army just for us two missionaries... She made rice, chicken, beans, spaghetti, avocado, bananas, salad, a 2 liter of natural cherry juice, and another 2 liter of sprite.... soooo much. No wonder I got fat in Nagua... haha But it was fun walking down memory lane with Quesenberry. We remembered all of our firsts. Our first lesson, our first dinner, our first shop where we bought our food. Two years has gone by super fast and in these last few weeks of me preparing to come back to the real word, it will all be bittersweet. I love the mission and all of the many things that I have seen and learned. I am so blessed in every aspect of my life and I have no idea why. I love you all and will see you soon!

Luv Elder Morgan

My First and Last American Companion

July 16, 2015

Well, only four weeks left.. Today was transfers and we found out that yesterday that my companion was changing areas. We were both pretty surprised because he only had about 2 months here. But we both know that wherever that we are sent to serve that is where the lord wants us to be. 
Now I am with my new and last companion. His name is Elder Cabrerro and is my first American companion. We have only been together for a few hours and are already good bros. He is from Cali so you can tell by that that he is a chill kid. I learned a lot from my last companion and am grateful for the time that we had together. 
This week was a pretty normal one. We are trying to work hard with the less actives that we have and also with our investigators. But at the end of it all you have to respect the person's agency and not force it. 
The American dentist came back this week so we have been helping them out again with translation and other things. It is so awesome for me to see people like these dentists who have plenty and come down here to share with the needy. I really hope that in my life I can also do the same and follow their example. One of the great powers is putting Jesus Christ as our perfect example. We start to always focus on others and not ourselves. Sometimes it is hard to be selfless sometimes but that is the great test, to fight and control the natural man. 
Well, again I feel like my battery has been recharged one last time so I can just go all out and give it my all these last four weeks. I know that this gospel changes the lives of the willing and humble. I love you all so much.

Luv Elder Morgan

UPS and DOWNS

How are all of my RM bruthas doing?  Man, I love you all. 
This week was pretty good even though it was full of ups and downs. It is crazy that President Douglas ended his mission yesterday. He really was the perfect President for me. I learned so much from his and Sister Douglass teachings and examples. They really helped me become a better person. I am going to miss them a ton. Our new president's name is President Castillo. He is Dominican and is super young. He is in his low forties and has a young family. It is going to be weird to being use to an older couple and having it changed you a young family. I am going to meet him on Friday in the zone leader meeting that we will have. I have heard that he is a cool guy. 

So as for those ups and downs. Last week was really a miraculous week. Out of nowhere we just started finding people that were golden investigators and others that we have been working with were also doing great. Yesterday was one of the weirdest days that I have had on the mish. We had a meeting with a golden investigator in the afternoon that I have been looking forward to since the last time we met her. Then right before we went to her house we got a message from her saying that we couldn't teach her anymore because her grandpa doesn't want us to teach her. I was so bummed... Then we also had permission to go fishing from President and were going to go today, something that we have planned for weeks. The last minute the guy canceled... Soo bummed.. But, on the other hand, we do have lots of other investigators progressing. We also had a super fun Pday today at the beach. I felt like it was spring break 2012 all over again because there were so many youngins... 

I really love the mission because every day I see the power of God in the many mini-miracles that happen. I feel so blessed to be in the best mission in the world with so many awesome members. #BLESSED Well,  I love you all so much. As always enjoy your summer! HAGS

Love Elder Morgan