Felines and Fellowshipping

Well the power was out again yesterday so here I am. I heard that it was super warm in Utah this past week. It got up into the 40s. Its been pretty cold here. I think one day it almost got down to like 80 degrees. I almost had to wear my long sleeved shirt. Haha jk. 

Well I got some bad news. That cat who keeps on steeling our bread got in last night and stole another bag. I am just going to poison the next batch I buy so I don't have to deal with this fool anymore! 

The work has been kind of stressful this week. We are really trying to focus on the less-active members now. It is super hard because the members of our ward are kinda lazy and not so nice to new members. My comp and I visited all of the less actives in our area last week and every time we would ask them what their reason was for not going to church anymore the stories are similar. There was another member that had offended them in someway. We just need to help them get back the testimony they used to have. Sometimes I really hate how Satin is really good at blinding people from the truth. 

One of the couples that were progressing pretty good randomly dropped us this week. We  think that their neighbor who is a preacher for a Evangelist church told them some things about our church and how it was all a lie. It just sucks. Well the news with Leonardo is that his wife is finally getting a divorce with her previous husband. We have to wait two months for the papers to process. 

I really think that going on a mission was the best decision that I have made in my life for my life. My testimony gets stronger and stronger every day. God has many ways to teach us what we need to learn. It might not be how we would expect it or how we would have wanted but in the end he knows all. It will always workout for your good if we just have faith. Check out D&C 14:7 if ya want. Well that's all for this week. I love you all!!!

Love Elda Morgan

                                          Nagua

Tender Mercies

Well dang. Another week that felt like a day... This week was a week full of tender mercies of the lord thank goodness!! First of all you all heard of all of the problems we were having this last week. About not having a fridge, the infestation of bugs and mice, no power and all of that good stuff. Well this week we finally got the office to bring us a new fridge. It probably wouldn't have come for another month or something because Nagua is the furthest area from the office. However I have the sickest mission president there ever was, and he called the office elders and told them that we better have the fridge this week or else haha. And the fumigator finally came after us waiting for him for like a month. Also about those dang mice, I caught 5 of them this week so I hope that was all of them. One problem that hasn't been resolved is somehow our bread is disappearing from out kitchen in the nights. I woke up this morning and stepped on a piece. I was like ¨What the??¨ then there was a trail of crumbs leading outside. After following it I fount in the corner of out porch all of the bread that has been disappearing with little bites taken out of every piece. I also found a little extra. There were little cat turds right next to the stolen bread. Now all of us need to come up with a strategy to get rid of this bread stealin turd poopin cat! It sneaks in our house every night and eats out food.... And suggestions?? i h8 kats. 

Dang i just wish that I could strap a go pro on to my head so you guys could see all of the crap that goes on here. 

Anyways other than all o that fun stuff. This week has been good for the most part. Leonardo (the one whose son died last week) is such an amazing example of one who is Christlike. So the next visit we had with him was awesome. He had all of these questions about what happens when we die. Now Leonardo isn't even a member right now but every week he comes to church. He pays tithing. He has even given money to people in the word who have had problems. The thing is, is that the people he has given money to probably have more than him. When we told him about all of the things that happens after death and how we can live as families for eternity if we go through the temple. He told us that he is determined to go to the temple one day and do all of the temple work for everyone that has passed away in his family. He has really been such a big example to me about what it really means to be selfless. I am now challenging myself and also all of you to follow the example of Leonardo in being selfless. I am going to try super hard this week to not thing about what I need but what others need. I am so lucky to be serving a mission right now and I give all of my thanks to God and my lovely parents. I really don't know why I have been so blessed in my life.

Love Elder Morgan

We are Given Trials..

Well this week has been straight crazy! Lots of good things and bad things have happened in this past week. So last week was transfers and we got two more missionary's in Nagua. They are really cool guys, one is from Brigham City and the other is a newbie from Arizona. I am really glad that they both speak English because its really nice to have good deep talks with them. It has been a little hard to fit them in our house because it is technically a two person house. 

This week lots of crap happened in the house..... First our fridge went out and the office wont be able to give us one until next Wednesday. Then the power has been going out a ton ( the reason I am writing this so late). Then we have been infested with mosquito's,spiders and mice this week. And the struggle goes on... but anyways something super sad happened this past week. So we have an investigator who is more than ready to get baptized but the problem is that he needs to be married to his girlfriend who  he has been with for twenty years. She was married to another dude who left to the states and never came back. So to get married they need like 60000 pesos to pay for a divorce. Well this past Sunday at church they said that their prayers have been answered because they found a guy who could do the divorce for only 7000 pesos (like $180). This was wonderful news! But something always happens... This past Tuesday we got a call from Leonardo saying that his son was sick in the hospital. We wanted to go visit them later that night. Then about 30 minutes later we got another call from Leonardo. He told us that his son Moroni had died. Moroni was 22 and suffered from sickle-cell disease. This was devastating news. That night we went to the house to help comfort the family. They had the viewing that night and the funeral was the next morning because they don't do anything to preserve the body. It just made me really think about our Heavenly Fathers plan for us, and that we really can be with our families for the rest of eternity. We are so blessed to have this knowledge in our lives. I love my family so dang much and am so excited to spend forever with them. I love my mission and am so grateful for all of the lessons it is teaching me about life. I love you allz!! 

Luv Elder Morgan

Feliz Navidad and Happy New Year

Wow where do I begin? What a crazy few weeks it has been. I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season full of love, fun, family and snow... First of all I want to thank everyone who sent me a little care package or letter. It made my day when I got to open all of them. Two days before Christmas we got to go around to every members house and sing Christmas Hymns. Its a shame that I don't have the voice of Justin Bieber... My Christmas here was different but good. It was a wonderful privilege being able to talk to my family on Christmas day. There were tons of party's on the streets and a happy atmosphere. The only thing that I wish I could have had was a white Christmas haha. But instead I got a warm blue sky Christmas. That night it was like thanksgiving. We went to the ward mission leaders house and feasted. There were lots of weird traditional food that they had made. Most of it was delicious. 

We had kind of a lazy week of work. It was hard to make appointments with all of our investigators because most of them had left town to be with their families. So my comp and I just visited members to see how they were all doing. We went and partied at the grandparents house of the ward mission leader. His grandpa it the funniest guy. He is strait crazy! He has no teeth, four toes in total and has a catheter. Yeah he showed me it... all of it.....OUCH! And his grandmother is the most caring person that I have met down here. She was always asking if we were doing okay. It was a great and memorable night. 

Then last night was new years of course. I was so dead tired from not getting any sleep from the night before that I went to bed early and slept through it. I am finally done with my training and today is the first day of a new transfer. I am still with Elder Henriquez which is chill but we are getting two new missionary's in our house today. yay.. IDK how it is going to workout because our house is pretty small. Anyways that is my short update for these past weeks. I love my mission more and more every week. I am so lucky to have this gospel in my life. I know that family's can be together forever and that is just the sickest thing ever!! I love you all!

Love Elder Morgan

Weird and Awesome Things

Wow this week was easily the craziest week that I have had in my mission. So many weird and awesome things happened. We had two full days of meetings last weekend for Christmas. It was like my first time actually eating good safe food. We had a Christmas program with the Mission President and his wife. They are the coolest couple in the world. I want to be like them as well as my parents when I grow up. They are just so wise but I guess that's what happens after you have lived awhile with the same person. 

Yesterday was crazy... We were running around the streets in the morning. We heard some yelling and went to go see what was going on. Some guy had a machete and wanted to fight this other dude. I literally thought that the dude with the machete was going to chop the other dude up. It was crazy. 

Today was the sickest  Pday that I have had by far. We got permission from the Mission Pres to go to a beach that is a few hours away. The town was called Samana and it was amazing. It felt that I was on vacation. There were the most that I have seen in awhile. We went and walked around for a little bit then we got to walk on this temple run looking bridge. There I saw a kid fishing. I asked if I could have a go. Unfortunately it wasn't my day, I got nothing. But he let me kiss one of his fish. The island was so cool. It was super small and we were the only ones on it. It was our personal paradise. We had a district picnic on on a little dock. Then out of nowhere it started to rain. I love the weather here. It is bipolar but it is always warm so I'm fine with it. Gosh I am realizing how much I love this place. I don't think that I will want to come home  when the time comes.

I am so excited to talk to my fam next week! I hope that you are all doing well in freezing Utah! ha ha suckas! Well i hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas season. I miss you all like crazy! I love this church and I love my mission. Most of all I love my family!

Love Elder Morgan 

Crazy Things Now Seem Normal...

Well this week felt like it was a day long. We have been doing lots of work with people that live far away in our area. There are so many crazy evangelists here that don't really know much about the bible. Its funny when they try to bible bash with us because we usually shut them down with their bible. Its weird because I don't know what to write about. All of the things that I thought were crazy are just the norm here so I see it every day. 
This past week there was a death here in Nagua. The funerals here are so crazy. There  are a million people at the house of the person that passed. They just have the coffin in an open area so everyone can go see the body. It is a very sad thing here. Everyone is crying and there are a few crazy Lady's that get a little out of control and people have to hold them down. This makes me so glad that we have the plan of salvation. When someone dies it shouldn't be sad, it is a part of the plan of salvation. We will get to see everyone again. I feel bad for those crazy Lady's here because they think that life ends after death. I am not saying that death is awesome and that everyone should go try and kill themselves. I'm just saying that everyone will die at some point in time but It is all part of the wonderful plan of happiness. 
I had a cool experience this last weekend. We had the chance to visit a small city about an hour away from here because we had a member who had 42 references for us. He is a teacher who teaches about the gospel after his classes. We went and shared our purpose and a little about the gospel and gave out BOMs. I really hope that our visit will spark something in someone there. 
The Spanish is still coming but slow. It is difficult because the way that the sentences are structured is different and all of the stinkin conjugations. It is a great test of patience and focus. Sometimes I get down and sad but then I realize why I am out here and who I am here for. God really does answer prayers. It might not be exactly how we think they will be answered but we all know that God works in mysterious ways. I am so glad for this opportunity to be here to help others. I am learning so much everyday. I love and miss you all so much. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas season with snow... 

Love Elder Morgan

The English Teacher

The weeks are starting to feel like days. I cant believe how fast the time is going bye. Well for all of you who got to stuff yourselves last week be grateful! I had the wonderful opportunity to eat chicken rice and beans... again. It kind of stinks that the DR doesn't celebrate holidays like we do. Thanksgiving was nothing here, but I still had time to think about what I am grateful for. There are countless things that I could think of. Being here where people don't have a lot I have realized all of the things that I took for granted. The number one thing that I am thankful for and miss so much are my family and friends. I love and miss you guys so much. 

We had lots of cool experiences this week. Each week we are having a bigger and bigger turn out to my English class. It is really fun to teach them. We have been working really hard with new people who live far away. We take one day a week to visit people who live at least 45 minutes away in the country side. Two times this week we had people stop us in the street and tell us that they used to be members a long time ago but not any more (as they were sipping their beers) and both of them said that they miss the church and want to try to be reactivated. I don't know how dedicates they are but if they really want to, it is possible. We also have an investigator couple right now who smoke and drink a lot and asked us about the word of wisdom. I could tell that they both want to quit so bad but they just sat that it will be too hard. I know anything is possible with the lords help. They just need to have faith that they can overcome their addiction. 

My Spanish is alright. I have good days and bad days with it. The hard thing for me is conjugating my words. I can practically understand everyone but when I try to speak back sometimes I get mixed up. I know that it just takes time and hard work to receive the gift of tongues. I apologize if none of this is making sense because I think that I am forgetting English... I heard that it snowed a ton back in Utah. It just seems so weird because to me it feels like it is the middle of June and not December...  Haha one last weird thing that happened last night was we were buying empanadas with the ward mission leader, and out of no where there was a frog on my head... Yeah. I don't know how either... haha Well that's my update for this week. I love you all and am so grateful for the opportunity to know every single one of you.

Love Elder Morgan

Frog on my head

Mission comps

I'm driving