Week 98: The Weatherfords

June 25, 2018

Hello family and friends! This was a great week, couldn't have been better! We found a few more people to teach this week and I really just had fun being out and about. It is definitely starting to get pretty warm, lots of sweat, that's all I will say about that haha. It feels good to work hard and especially to work hard for an eternal purpose.

The first new and exciting development was being able to teach the Weatherfords. They are a couple in their mid 80's who decided that they need to come back to church. They haven't been in quite a while but Brother Weatherford especially felt that he needed to get the Melchizedek Priesthood and be sealed to his wife. So we are running through the lessons with them and they are so cool. They also really like us so that makes it fun. They always give us some candy when we leave haha.

Also yesterday we found a new guy to teach. His name is Alexis and he is a young guy that we tracted into and he took a Book of Mormon and said that we could come back and teach his family. So hopefully that will go well when we come back and teach him.

Other than that nothing too new is happening. It is the last week of the transfer so there will probably be some changes in the next week.

Love,

Elder Morgan

Picture is of our new investigator and I. He is such a good listener! And yes my pants are getting very tight from all the biking...if you were wondering

Week 97: Mission Tour with Elder Martinez

June 18, 2018

Wow this week has been so awesome! We had our mission tour with Elder Martinez and just had a pretty bumpin week, good times.

Mission tour was great! Elder Martinez of the 70 came with his wife and spoke to us and it was so cool! He and his wife spoke to us about finding more people to teach and about how you can't be too obedient. There is no such thing as a "too obedient" missionary. All in all it was very inspiring and made me want to be better! They were a very funny couple so it made the conference a lot of fun.

Biggest news of the week is that my brother Eli was assigned to serve in the Sierra Leone Freetown mission in Africa!! I am beyond proud of and excited for him! He will be the best missionary Africa has ever seen!

Also wanted to say Happy Father's Day to all the daddys out there! Not to brag but I have the best Dad in the world and owe everything I am to my wonderful parents. I really did win the parents lottery!

Love,

Elder Morgan

Jonah's MTC Companion, Elder Ketring

Jonah as an Urban Snake Hunter

One of the Youth in the Ward Jonah is serving in.

Week 96: 22 Months!

June 11, 2018

This was a great week! We had specialized training for our smart phones and facebook. We also did a lot of finding this week and were able to make some awesome connections with people.

Specialized training was great. We learned more about how to use our phones in proselyting and how to transfer our paper area book over to the phones. We also were trained on Facebook and how to use that effectively. We have Facebook to keep in contact with investigators and don't go on the actual Facebook site too much. Mostly we will just use messenger with our investigators. Also we can post uplifting messages once or twice a month to help spread the gospel. It will be a great resource!

Texas Roadhouse after training

It was really cool this week because on our way to district meeting we started talking to a lady we saw on the street and she took a book of Mormon. Then her sister came out and we had actually talked to her about a month ago and said that we could help them take out a tree stump. In there yard later that day and that they would feed us dinner. So that evening we went and cut down a stump and had dinner with their family. They were super nice but unfortunately they are moving to Texas so we won't get a chance to teach them. 

Other than that, not too much has been different this week. Just having fun with the work and all that is going on. Thanks for all the support and love!

The City Sign

Love,

Elder Morgan

Week 94: Interviews and Ending in Park Meadows (probably)

June 4, 2018

     Well, just another great week! It went by so quick. We had interviews this week and did some fun service and had some great lessons. The weather is also perfect here so there is nothing to complain about!

     Interviews with President went really well. He practically told us that Elder Niu will be leaving next transfer and I will be finishing my mission in this area, which is awesome! Anything could happen but I am pretty dang sure that I will finish here, which is awesome, I love serving in this area.

After Interviews with the Mission President

     We did service for a couple people this week. We started by helping Carol with her garden and we have a really good relationship with her. We have been able to talk a lot about religion and have read the Book of Mormon together. We set up a time for this week to tour the church building to maybe help her want to come a little bit more. We also helped a member's neighbor dig out some of his yard this week and had a good conversation with him. We will have to stop by again sometime soon.

     Other than that we are just plugging away and loving it. There are a lot of potential people to teach here and we are going to go around this week and try to teach some of them pretty soon here. 

Anyways, hope everyone has an awesome week and reads the scriptures!

Love,

Elder Morgan