April 16th, 2012

Hey Everyone!

Had a pretty great week.  It was weird yesterday though cause nobody was able to make it to church.  They all had something come up but oh well.  Rolando and his family are still pretty solid.  As for the part member family we were working with we have kind of dropped them they just arent progressing.  We will still try and stuff but won't really give them too much time until they come to church.  We are teaching a few other people who aren't too solid but still have potential.  We did a church tour this week which was pretty cool and then taught a lesson in the chapel so that was neat.  Nothing really too exciting happened this week (ha ha).  That's crazy that its snowing over there; Utah always has a crazy spring.  But at least the snow melts fast.  But yeah mom you will have to send me that invitation from Rhett; thats pretty cool that he's getting married. But yeah chances are I am gonna get transferred.  So if Grandma or someone is going to send me something just tell them to wait until I find out what's going on.  I will know Sunday so I will tell you on the next Monday if I am staying or going and then I won't be able to give you my new address until the next Monday. But it's okay; I don't care if it's a little late.  But yeah this is a great ward; it would be nice to stay but I'm sure if I go I will be going to where I am supposed to be:)  That's crazy that Grandma and Raymond are almost leaving; I bet that will be weird.  I'm sure once they get there and get settled in they will love it.  I'm sure that everyone is excited to get out for the summer! Of course I will be down here dying in the heat (ha ha).  Well thats about all for this week.  As for my birthday I'm not too sure of what I need (ha ha)  Love you all so much!

Take care!

Elder Morgensen

April 9th, 2012

Hey Everyone!

Well the baptism of Shaun went really well on Saturday.  We had it at 5:30 and had an awesome turnout.  There were about 50-60 people that showed up for it and the whole thing went really well.  I was a bit nervous to do it but everything went smoothly (ha ha).  And then he got confirmed by Elder McMurray yesterday in Sacrament meeting.  It was a perfect edition for the Easter Sunday program.  He texted me last night and said to tell you thanks for the card.  I don't even know what it said (ha ha) but he liked it so thanks for sending that.  The other picture is of us helping a member do some yard work.  We did it Saturday in the morning part.  We spread out a bunch of dirt on his yard with all of us working it took like 3 hours.  It was a lot of work but we were happy to do it cuz the lady cuts our hair for us (ha ha).  She is actually in the Spanish ward so the missionaries there asked us to come help so that was a fun way to start out the day.  Church yesterday went really good; Rolando and his wife and son were able to make it this time and they really liked it.  Everyone was telling us how he just seems like a member already. Our ward mission leader keeps joking around saying he is gonna be the next bishop  (ha ha).  His wife really enjoyed it and the other boys were nice to Bradley and he said he really liked it.  He hardly ever leaves the house so I think it was good for him to go to church.  I guess the doctors only gave him about 6-9 months to live and that was a year ago so hopefully his health keeps up.  But I'm positive that those 3 will be baptized in a month or two.  I probably won't be here for it but you never know; I could end up staying here another transfer but it's unlikely.  Transfers are on the 26th of April and we get the calls on the Sunday night before so the email I send you on the 23rd will let you know if I'm going or staying.  But Rolando really likes church and has solid fellowship and likes us too (ha ha)  He used to work at a high end clothing store so he has a bunch of nice clothes; so he gave me a nice sports jacket that doesn't fit him anymore.  It's a nice tan one and it's brand new.  I won't be able to wear it out here but it will be nice for when I come home.  I will have to have the sides brought in a bit but other than that it fits nice.  He said it's about a $700 coat so that was really nice of him.  But yeah he is really great. We always stop in for cold drinks or a smoothie whenever we are in the neighborhood.  There is a family we are stopping by tonight; this will be our third visit with them.  He is a less active member and his wife and 2 kids aren't members so we are trying to get them to come to church.  There is a few other potential people we are working with but that pretty much sums it up.  So it sounds like you all had a fun Easter!  Thats really awesome; I thought about being down in St. George a couple of times (ha ha).  But thanks for the package and tell Tyson and Stephanie and Natalie's family for the easter packages.  I was just wondering I can't remember for sure but is Tyson the ward mission leader?  I couldn't remember cuz I was just going to write them back.  That sounds like a fun hike you all went on; we will have to do it when I get back; it sounds really intense.  I could see mom not going on the scary part (ha ha:)  Well hopefully Monkey didn't feel too bad having to work on Easter.  I think on holidays they usually make them all work a short shift or something.  Well I love you all so much and thanks for everything you do for me!:)

Elder Morgensen

April 2nd, 2012

Hey Everyone!

Glad that you all really enjoyed general conference cuz I know that I did!  It was really good; I just love to hear all of their talks.  Elder Holland was one of my favorites and so was President Uchtdorf's and a few others.  But yeah Dad you were right about watching Shaun really close for this last week.  He almost didn't come to conference with us and he was acting kind of weird.  So the member and us finally were able to get with him and he said that his family has been discouraging him from joining the church and stuff. So he wasn't sure so we talked to him and he is back on track!  We were kind of nervous for a little while but we have got him set up for this Saturday to be baptized!  So hopefully when I email you back next Monday everything will have gone smoothly.  But yeah Mom if you wanted to do that it would be really good.  I think he would like that and I'm sure it would get here on time. We can check the mail any day of the week.  But Rolando wasn't able to come to church but we have got a time set up with him for this week.  They think that the son's brain cancer is acting up again so they had to take him to the hospital to get some tests done.  I guess that what he has is terminal so it will eventually kill him and I guess the boy doesn't know that; which is pretty sad.  But they still seem interested and willing to learn.  I hope Chan will be able to finish up school. Well I bet it's a lot of studying right now.  That will be good when she can be done with that.  I got a nice easter package from Tyson and Stephanie so that was really nice of them.  I really liked it and they put in some pictures of Tyson's trip to Machu Picchu; it looked really cool.  Well mom I'm glad that your interview and audit thing went well. That's really cool that they were impressed with your department.  I bet thats a big relief to have out of the way.  Oh and Shaun's last name is Johnson.  I forgot to thank you for the cd you sent me; it was really good I liked it a lot!  In the package could you send me a blank cd also.  It's so crazy that it's already April and I get to call home in like a month and a half!  That will be really cool.  It sounds like everyone is going down to St. George again for Easter that will be really fun.  I still remember last years when Chan told us that she was pregnant.  That was pretty crazy.  Since my companion is a district leader he had to go to Austin for two days this week so I was on exchange with another missionary that had a car and I guess he wasn't cleared to drive yet so I got to drive.  It was really fun; it felt nice (ha ha).  The freeway was a bit scary but my TomTom got us to where we needed to go:)  Well have a happy Easter!  Thanks for emailing me each week I; always look forward to hearing from the fam!:)  love you all tons!

 

Elder Morgensen