New District Leader

What up y'all? Yeah so this week was super fun but stressful! As for the chicunguya.. I'm not sick anymore but still can feel the effects...I have no energy.  
Tamboril has been awesome. It is on the boarder of Santiago but isn't in Santiago. It is on a mountain side so it is kinda sucky to walk with so many hills but its okay because I need to loose some weight.. haha jk I'm not fat... This place is the tobacco capital of the DR. I get to smell it 24/7 here.. smells like Vegas. Haha everyone here also smokes, so I am guessing that I will be teaching the Word of Wisdom a ton. It has been a good experience meeting new people. 
Also I have to learn tons of new things being a new district leader... I had to go to like 4 meetings last week. I feel the same way as I did when I first got here.. The sisters in our district are so great. They are super hard workers and love everyone! They are teaching me a lot. My comp and I are doing great. He has told me so many stories about his life before the mish and the crazy things that he did. He is super smart and humble. He knows 7 languages and knows how to cook and clean and just about everything else haha. He cooks super weird food for me. He is not the type that does all of his food shopping at Walmart... He is more of the type who goes out and looks for it in the fields. He knows just about every plant and its uses. That's one of the fun parts of the mission is getting new comps and learning about their culture. 
The branch here is super great, and a little different than the ward that I had in Nagua. The members actually help the missionaries with the work haha. We have a super cool ward mission leader who is an RM. Every day gets better and better because I am gaining the trust of the members. I have already been stuffed full 5 times... They love the missionaries here. I have been so blessed to have been put here with my comp. I am grateful for so many things in the life, all of which God has given me. I love my mission and the gospel. I also luv u all so much!

Love Elder Morgan

Tough week- Transfer and Chikungunya!

Well after nine months in Nagua, here I am in my new area. I'm in a countryside part of Santiago. Tamboril. This week was super sad for me, being my last week in Nagua and having to say goodbye to all of the people that I loved so much. 

On Sunday I got sick with the new dengue like sickness.... Chikungunya. It was terrible.. My comp got it also. We had to call the bishop to take us to the hospital because we couldn't walk, but... his car was broken. He calls everyone else in the ward who all had cars but they were busy. So we walked to the hospital. For some reason they made us go to the public hospital because it was free... They don't understand there is a reason why the service is free. It was so dirty! I saw blood on the ground, tons of used needles lying around and lots of people dying like me. We waited for like 20 minutes to get checked. Then like last time they just started stabbing me with all of these needles. I freaked out. Everyone was staring at me and laughing at me. After them doing all of these tests and stuff they let me go because the results wouldn't come back until the next day. My comp was in there for about 3 more hours because he had it worse. After the longest wait of my life we finally went home. We walked and I had no energy. I almost fell over like 3 times but the bishop caught me. Then we stayed in the house the whole next day. 

I had planned to go to get my teeth cleaned by American dentists in Puerto Plata, but I was sick. I was bummed because I hat tons of things planned with the members like goodbye party's but couldn't go to any of them. Then yesterday I spent the whole day packing and saying goodbye to all of the people that I could. I am really grateful for the 9 months that I had in Nagua. I am excited for the experiences that await me in the future as well here in Tamboril. My new comps name is Elder Estayul. He is from Guatemala and is from the Mayan tribes that live there. I love and thank you all for everything. 

Love Elder Morgan

At the Medical Clinic

                                                      Saying goodbye to the Bishop

My Final Week in Nagua

Hi! How are you all doing this week? I hope that you all had a great first week of summer, I know that I did.  Well it is just starting to hit me that my year mark is just around the corner... I really cant believe how fast the time has gone. Today my mission president pretty much told me that I WILL FINALLY BE LEAVING MY FIRST AREA... Transfers are next Wednesday so I am excited to see where my new area will be. My time in Nagua has been wonderful! I have met so many amazing people who love the gospel. I have had made so many new friends and good memories that will last my whole life. I would say that I have learned more about life and everything in these 9 months than any other time in my life. I have seen the love of god with my own eyes helping the humble people of Nagua. I have mixes feelings about going, I feel like I am ready to leave, but at the same time I don't want to. Nagua is my home. Well its all part of the mission life... I am also kind of sad to leave because I was starting to see real progress in a few of our investigators. I feel like they will be baptized in time, but I wont be here to see it. 

I have put the personal goal to try to learn creole. It the language that they speak in Haiti. There are tons of Haitians who live in the DR so I think it would be a cool skill to have. Well there isn't much more to say. This week was great and fast. I hope it was the same for you. I just want you all to know that I love you all. I also love our savior, Jesus Christ. I am learning more and more every day about him and feel like I will be learning more and more for the rest of my life. I feel so blessed to have the restores gospel in my life. It is a huge blessing that we have been given. I love my mission so much. Its great fun!

Love Elder

June 3, 2014

Hola everyone! This week was a super good one for my comp and I. We had so many spiritual moments for some reason. We have really been praying and working super hard to help a few people that are going through some hard times right now. It is so cool to see how the spirit can open the hearts of people.  We really have 5 people who are going through super hard times in their life. Things that I hope that I will never have to go through. Before I could tell that something was wrong, they were acting different than usual. I tried to be a sincere friend to them, gaining their trust and letting them know that I really cared for them. After awhile they poured out their hearts to me, just because I was listening to them. I found out what ways that I could help them but it wasn't that much. I also I really wanted them to know that Jesus Christ really is their savior and that he is the one that is always there for us. It wasn't until after they put their trust in the lord with faith, that their problems started getting better. Prayer really is a necessary tool in our lives. How can the lord help us with our problems if we never ask for help. In less than a week every one of those 5 people that I love so much, have seen there problems get better. 

My testimony of the lord gets stronger and stronger every week. I can say that I have seen how much he loves and wants to help us in our lives. I love the savior for all that he did for all of us. I really love my mission and everyone that I have met. Sometimes it isn't the easiest to be away from all of you, but I know that it will be worth it. I love you all and thank you for your support!

Love Elder Morgan

A Dog On My Head

Heyyo. Well this week went by super fast but was also pretty chilly. My comp and I get along very well. Whenever I am bored I tell him to tell me about an anime TV show that he liked. He is so cool because he likes weird things like me. Right now he is trying to learn how to read braille and Italian. I have hopes to learn a little of creole.  

Yesterday we went to Playa Diamante for Pday. I cant lie, that beach is the prettiest beach that I have ever been to. Ha ha man sometimes I forget that I am on my mission. We just had the most relaxed day. We played a little bit of beach baseball, then went on a little hike. I found a cute little puppy and but it on my head. It stayed there for like 10 minutes then gave up and jumped off and totally face planted in the sand. 

Well the work has been going good. We have one area that has been progressing a ton. We found a few new people to teach the other day. One of them is pretty weird. It is this little ripped Dominican man. All he wanted to talk about with me was if I knew lots of American girls and if any of them would be interested in him. Well if anyone is lonely, just call me and I will hook you up. Ha ha jk. 

I have seen a lot of how the lord works in these few weeks. Not in the mission work but working on strengthening other peoples testimony's. I have found out that it isn't always the easiest way. Lots of people that I have met down here have told me about their problems. It is always interesting to see how they deal with it. Some of them get mad at God and stop doing what he wants them to do, and from there it all goes down hill. But there have been others that I have seen where they humble themselves and accept that it is the will of God. It is always so cool to see what type of a person they are after their trial. It is so true that if we endure through our trials with faith, the Lord will always bless us. I know that we are all here for a reason. I know that we all have a purpose as well, it is to grow and learn from the hard things in life. I love you all so much!

Love Elder Morgan

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May 21, 2014

Well this week want as eventful as the others.. We really only left the house to preach like 4 of the seven days... We had lots of meetings and the other days we were stuck in the house because we had some guys over trying to fix the showers. We have been having to take bucket showers for the past 3 months.. but it was worth waiting! I forgot how nice it was to have running water. Well things are going good with me and my new comp. We get along well because we are the same in lots of ways. He is obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog, I know its kind of random but it is funny that he knows so much about one video game. We have been learning a lot together. We both don't have that much time in the mission so every day we learn lots. 
It has been raining like crazy here these past few weeks. Just as I left the house to write, the streets were flooding. I am soaked from head to toe right now... 

WE are teaching some awesome people right now. We have one who is a solid gold investigator. Last night we were teaching her about baptism. We have only taught her like 4 times and every visit we have made has been a full lesson each time. Now that is unheard of... So we were talking about baptism and how it is necessary to be baptized. Then my comp asked her if she had been invited to be baptized be me earlier.. She said no and kind of got mad that I hadn't asked her earlier, It was cool to see how easy she has been understanding everything. 
Last night for Pday eve we played the Santiago mission version of monopoly. There was an elder here that made it. It is so cool because it is so professional.It has all of the areas and everything. We also ate some good ol Dominican pizza that I am pretty sure had something bad in it because today has been a long day... lots of visits to the poop shoot... but yeah that's pretty much it for this week. I love my mission and how many cool experiences that I have had. I love you all so much!

Love Elder Morgan

Nagua Might Not Let Me Leave..

Hi home. Well transfers were yesterday, and I guess where I will be serving for the next six weeks? The beautiful beach town of Nagua!! Yay! Ha ha.. Yep so by the time I am done with this transfer, I will have nine months in Nagua. I don't think that President will ever take me out of Nagua...  My comp got sent out because he had a few problems with the leaders here. 

I am here with my new comp, whose name is Elder Soltelo from Argentina. He seems super chill and likes the same things as me. The best of it all is that he looks like Borat without a mustache. Ha ha I am really excited for this next transfer. I know that it will be super fun with him. 

This past week was a hard one for me. I lost one of my dearest friends that I have made on my mission. Remember the old grandpa who only had 4 toes and 0 teeth and drank bleach to kill parasites? He passed away last Friday. It was a very sad and unexpected death. The reason it was so hard for me, it that we would always go visit him when I had my old comp, but with my new comp, he was controlling and wouldn't allow me visit him. I finally told myself that I was going to visit him Saturday night without fail. Then I got the phone call on Friday... I just wish that I could say goodbye or something... Dang.. He was such a funny guy! 

I feel like I really have family here in Nagua. I will really miss them when I leave.  I really love the doctrine about the Plan of Salvation. It is so comforting to know that we will all be together after this life. I love our Savior Jesus Christ and what he did for us. My testimony is growing every day about his life and his sacrifice. I am so lucky to be a representative of him. I love my mission and everything it teaches me! I love you all just as much!

Love Elder Morgan

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