Hermana Morgan's District...
Hermana Nelson
Hermana Flack
Her companions
The whole district all going to S. America!
Hermana Morgan and her companions
Writin' home while doing laundry.
Laundry time must be the popular time to write letters!
4.30.2012
4.26.2012
I'm an athlete.
Holllaaaa!!!
It is literally crazy how fast the weeks go by. ..granted, our p'day keeps moving so the weeks actually are shorter. o ya! p'day is now on Thursday. Our whole schedule changed a super lot and it is actually pretty awful.. Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have early gym at 6:35, Tueday we have early service at 6:25 and Thursday we have early temple at 6:30.... so.... Saturday and Sunday sleeping in until 6:30 is going to be a real treat. :) For once, I actually got your DearElders before email which was super nice seeing as noone emails me. Cyd - I know that you are probably exhausted every day but.. think about my schedule, be strong, and suck it up til the weekend. :) I love you.
Ha, anyways. This week was so great. Everyone hearing from Elder Ballard last week everyone kept telling us how we probably wouldnt see any more apostles but guess who came to our devotional on Tuesday! ..ok I`ll tell you. Elder Nelson. He spoke on the 9 points of the doctrine which is what we continually relate everything we learn to so hearing an apostle testify of it all was incredible. Can you believe that since being here we have heard from an apostle a week??? Nuts. We are so blessed. But everything that we have heard has strengthened us in ways that we didn't even know that we needed.
After the devotional on Tuesday we had a district devotional review. Two of our elders are leaving this week for the MTC in the Dominican Republic and it has really been sad. Our district is like our family and losing them after just having lost all of you will be.. no fun. But it'll be good. I'm secretly super jealous that they are able to leave. ..able being the key word. I'm in no way ready to leave yet but when I am Argentina may be like... psych!
O my gosh! So this week I have ran 2 miles every day (mas o menos). That's not the cool part of the story though. As I was in the cafeteria, the random elder came up to me who has my same gym time and said "hermana.. you. you are an athlete." ....!!!! is it going to my head? haha ya probably a little bit but it's probably also true. :P Also, at the temple this cute little old man called me Repunzel. Haha like I said, it's been a good week.
well I can't think of anything else right now.. I need to start keeping a list throughout the week of things to write. haha
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
-Hna. Morgan
p.s. Mom - don't worry about distracting me or anything. We do to much during the day to get too distracted outside of when we're actually reading.
p.p.s. Dad - I will write you next week! ...I spent too much time trying to get a accent over an o... the computer was broken though so... i gave up.
4.20.2012
Not the babies anymore! :)
Hey family,
Thanks for all of your wonderful e-mails this week. It was so great signing in and seeing so many! ;) just kidding.
Anyways, this week has been pretty great. The highlight was definitely last Sunday. For our fireside Elder M. Russell Ballard came to speak to us. It was the most wonderful suprise ever and on top of that he had Elder Archuleta sing. At first I was excited just to get to hear him but he ended up singing "The Spirit of God" and I can not even describe to you how strong the Spirit was especially when he sang the second verse in Spanish. We were told that he is going to be serving in Chile and that he would leave the next day for the MTC down there. Apparently Elder Ballard and him are quite close as he served as a sort of mentor/counselor for him. Anyways, Elder Ballard went on and talked about missionary work and the Doctrine of Christ. He ended by reading to us 3 Nephi 11. I have never felt more power and testimony in those words than when I heard an apostle of the Lord read them aloud to all of us.
On Sunday nights we get to watch a movie after the fireside. They show things like "The Testaments" and the Joseph Smith movie that was on the BYU channel the week before I got here. The movie we picked was called "The Gift of Teaching" by Elder Holland. Holy cow, I literally was just blown away after that day as a whole. It's an older movie but so good and the perfect thing to maintain the strong Spirit that we felt after the fireside and church meeting.
Monday to now has gone by faster than ever. We have two new "investigators" and we also got to teach in the TRC which is just were students from BYU or whatever can volunteer. It is all so nerve wracking especially the more we learn and more we want to share... it makes me feel like my Spanish skills are regressing. haha it is all good though and I know that through the Lord's help I will be able to learn what I need to before I go out to Argentina. We also got a new district in our zone on Wednesday! It's pretty cool not being the babies anymore -- old veterans of 2 weeks. gosh, it's not a lot but if I was an english speaking missionary I would be leaving in 3 days! There is so much I still feel like I need to learn.. As coordinating sister though I got to take the new district on the tour around the MTC and talk about little things like planning and study with them. I kept trying to remember how it went with us but it seems like it was a lifetime away. Our district jokes about how the MTC has brainwashed us and just like our investigators we have no clue where we came from or where we are going/if we will even get there.. but they never let us forget why we are here. :) I love this work so much and I know without a doubt that it is truly inspired.
please write, it would be great. :)
Love, Hna. Morgan
Thanks for all of your wonderful e-mails this week. It was so great signing in and seeing so many! ;) just kidding.
Anyways, this week has been pretty great. The highlight was definitely last Sunday. For our fireside Elder M. Russell Ballard came to speak to us. It was the most wonderful suprise ever and on top of that he had Elder Archuleta sing. At first I was excited just to get to hear him but he ended up singing "The Spirit of God" and I can not even describe to you how strong the Spirit was especially when he sang the second verse in Spanish. We were told that he is going to be serving in Chile and that he would leave the next day for the MTC down there. Apparently Elder Ballard and him are quite close as he served as a sort of mentor/counselor for him. Anyways, Elder Ballard went on and talked about missionary work and the Doctrine of Christ. He ended by reading to us 3 Nephi 11. I have never felt more power and testimony in those words than when I heard an apostle of the Lord read them aloud to all of us.
On Sunday nights we get to watch a movie after the fireside. They show things like "The Testaments" and the Joseph Smith movie that was on the BYU channel the week before I got here. The movie we picked was called "The Gift of Teaching" by Elder Holland. Holy cow, I literally was just blown away after that day as a whole. It's an older movie but so good and the perfect thing to maintain the strong Spirit that we felt after the fireside and church meeting.
Monday to now has gone by faster than ever. We have two new "investigators" and we also got to teach in the TRC which is just were students from BYU or whatever can volunteer. It is all so nerve wracking especially the more we learn and more we want to share... it makes me feel like my Spanish skills are regressing. haha it is all good though and I know that through the Lord's help I will be able to learn what I need to before I go out to Argentina. We also got a new district in our zone on Wednesday! It's pretty cool not being the babies anymore -- old veterans of 2 weeks. gosh, it's not a lot but if I was an english speaking missionary I would be leaving in 3 days! There is so much I still feel like I need to learn.. As coordinating sister though I got to take the new district on the tour around the MTC and talk about little things like planning and study with them. I kept trying to remember how it went with us but it seems like it was a lifetime away. Our district jokes about how the MTC has brainwashed us and just like our investigators we have no clue where we came from or where we are going/if we will even get there.. but they never let us forget why we are here. :) I love this work so much and I know without a doubt that it is truly inspired.
please write, it would be great. :)
Love, Hna. Morgan
4.13.2012
week two!!
Holaaaa!!!!!
Can you believe that a whole week has passed already?!?! Ha the first few days went by soo slowing and people kept telling me that if I could make it through Sunday it would speed up from there and holy cow they were right. Just as last week we have spent our days in class and personal study and companionship study and language study and... eating. haha its kind of funny because everyday it literally feels like all we do is eat and sit and eat and sit. O, and we get gym time. Ive been starting to jog around the track everyday. I've been doing a little over a mile a day so far.. who knows maybe one day I really will run a marathon haahaha.
We got to meet with the Argentine Consulate this Thursday. She flies down here from L.A. to finish up our visas which is super nice so that we don't all have to go there. Some elders and hermanas have already been here for 5 weeks so I am super glad that we got to meet with her so early in the mission. Apparently they are really under staffed at the visa office so everyones are getting delayed... pray for me (and my district!)
We finished teaching Carlos this week too. All the teachers that we will teach take on the role of an actual person that they taught or knew on their mission and I guess there have been multiple stories of elders leaving the MTC and actually meeting the people that they had "already taught." The Lord works in mysterious ways. Even if I never actually meet Carlos it was amazing to teach him and feel the love that the Lord has for him. We are slowly being taught how to actually teach which is incredibly helpful as you can imagine. One of my teachers explained to me yesterday that here at the MTC they actually teach us how to learn -- and gosh to I see the difference. It was super frustrating in the beginning because for my entire life I have been taught one way.. teachers focus on little details so that we pass tests etc but when we go to Argentina.. little details won't matter. People will still understand what I am saying even if I use the wrong tense of a verb, ya know? Getting used to that will be hard but I am prayign for help and I know the Lord will listen and answer my prayers as I focus on beign able to teach the doctrine of Christ. It's also hard for me because since I have taken so much Spanish I know when I am saying somthing wrong even though the teachers nod like I am perfect. haha its great.
How are all of you???!!! It is so great hearing from you throughout the week with DearElders and what not. Know that those things can never be too long ... except when you run out of characters or something. Also, dont worry about taking up my email time. I can print them in the mornign so reading doesnt cut into my writing time. :)
I know that this church is true with all of my heart. Study the Doctrine of Christ -- it is aboslutely amazing.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
-Hermana Morgan
p.s. Jefferson!! -- if you read this, Happy (Belated) Birthday!!!!!!!! I hope you had the most incredible day ever ever ever. We got to hear from President Packer for Easter and despite the fact that it Sanday was far from relaxing with all the meetings I went to, it was wonderful and I though of you.
p.p.s. Sorry for all the typos. ...I figure its better than wasting my time fixing them...
p.p.p.s. tell nana I got her DearElder and thank you soo much! lol
Can you believe that a whole week has passed already?!?! Ha the first few days went by soo slowing and people kept telling me that if I could make it through Sunday it would speed up from there and holy cow they were right. Just as last week we have spent our days in class and personal study and companionship study and language study and... eating. haha its kind of funny because everyday it literally feels like all we do is eat and sit and eat and sit. O, and we get gym time. Ive been starting to jog around the track everyday. I've been doing a little over a mile a day so far.. who knows maybe one day I really will run a marathon haahaha.
We got to meet with the Argentine Consulate this Thursday. She flies down here from L.A. to finish up our visas which is super nice so that we don't all have to go there. Some elders and hermanas have already been here for 5 weeks so I am super glad that we got to meet with her so early in the mission. Apparently they are really under staffed at the visa office so everyones are getting delayed... pray for me (and my district!)
We finished teaching Carlos this week too. All the teachers that we will teach take on the role of an actual person that they taught or knew on their mission and I guess there have been multiple stories of elders leaving the MTC and actually meeting the people that they had "already taught." The Lord works in mysterious ways. Even if I never actually meet Carlos it was amazing to teach him and feel the love that the Lord has for him. We are slowly being taught how to actually teach which is incredibly helpful as you can imagine. One of my teachers explained to me yesterday that here at the MTC they actually teach us how to learn -- and gosh to I see the difference. It was super frustrating in the beginning because for my entire life I have been taught one way.. teachers focus on little details so that we pass tests etc but when we go to Argentina.. little details won't matter. People will still understand what I am saying even if I use the wrong tense of a verb, ya know? Getting used to that will be hard but I am prayign for help and I know the Lord will listen and answer my prayers as I focus on beign able to teach the doctrine of Christ. It's also hard for me because since I have taken so much Spanish I know when I am saying somthing wrong even though the teachers nod like I am perfect. haha its great.
How are all of you???!!! It is so great hearing from you throughout the week with DearElders and what not. Know that those things can never be too long ... except when you run out of characters or something. Also, dont worry about taking up my email time. I can print them in the mornign so reading doesnt cut into my writing time. :)
I know that this church is true with all of my heart. Study the Doctrine of Christ -- it is aboslutely amazing.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
-Hermana Morgan
p.s. Jefferson!! -- if you read this, Happy (Belated) Birthday!!!!!!!! I hope you had the most incredible day ever ever ever. We got to hear from President Packer for Easter and despite the fact that it Sanday was far from relaxing with all the meetings I went to, it was wonderful and I though of you.
p.p.s. Sorry for all the typos. ...I figure its better than wasting my time fixing them...
p.p.p.s. tell nana I got her DearElder and thank you soo much! lol
4.07.2012
week 1!
Hola Family!
How have you been!? Hopefully this week have been great for you and that the Spirit has blessed you. :) The MTC has been so great! Honestly. I was a bit worried before I came in but everyone is so friendly and nice and the Spirit is everywhere. Spanish is going really well. I can understand everything that the teacher says which is a huge blessing because he only speaks to us in Spanish. ..actually that is a lie. He spoke to us for the first time in ingles yesterday and it was actually super weird. We've been asking for that all along and when he finally did we were like "ok ok ok ok sttoopp" haha. My district is so great. There are 4 companionships total and 3 disticts in our zone right now. In a couple weeks we will have 5 which will make it full. We found out that there can only be one companionships of hermanas in each zone so we are it until we leave. I have 2 companions which is actually a lot of fun. Their names are Hermana Flack and Hermana Nelson. I was going to send pictures but that is not possible on the computers here in the MTC so... I guess by snail mail.
You asked about my schedule... all I can really say is that it is crazy. Yesterday we were in our class room for 6 hours -- 3 in the afternoon and 3 at night (until 9:30). We also taught our first lesson yesterday!!! Our investigator's name is Carlos and we have been told that he looks a lot like our other maestro will look. haha It was great though. The Spirit was so incredibly strong even though our Spanish was broken and there were all sorts of silences. :) We will keep teaching him for the next week. After that they will start teaching us Spanish for reals I guess. Right now they just speak and tell us to memorize phrases without asking why or how or anythign like that. I'll admit that it is a little frustrating but ya know what? I prayed for humility in the language so that I could learn more and.. ya I got it. lol It's crazy though... remember how they called to see what level I would be in? I feel like they do it differently now and mix all levels in each district so that we can help one another. There are a few elders and one of my companions who have not had any Spanish at all. I am blessed to know what I know but I am for sure not used to being the one that everyone turns for how to say something.
Anyways, ya. I am doing great. This church is true and I have no doubt that I and all of the elderes y hermanas here are doing the work of the Lord. Stay strong and never doubt that the Lord answers prayers and is with you always.
Love,
Hermana Morgan
p.s. There are a few things that I will need eventually but I'll be here for awhile so I'll letcha know later I guess. But, I want some sort of shoulder bag/backpack thing if you want to be keeping your eyes out. They dont like the hermanas to have backpacks but I dont want to carry a purse... something like the princess one that I used in highschool? ..but black. with lots of pockets and pencils holders... etc. etc. haha let me know. :)
p.p.s. for the next 8 weeks, my pday will be on Fridays.
How have you been!? Hopefully this week have been great for you and that the Spirit has blessed you. :) The MTC has been so great! Honestly. I was a bit worried before I came in but everyone is so friendly and nice and the Spirit is everywhere. Spanish is going really well. I can understand everything that the teacher says which is a huge blessing because he only speaks to us in Spanish. ..actually that is a lie. He spoke to us for the first time in ingles yesterday and it was actually super weird. We've been asking for that all along and when he finally did we were like "ok ok ok ok sttoopp" haha. My district is so great. There are 4 companionships total and 3 disticts in our zone right now. In a couple weeks we will have 5 which will make it full. We found out that there can only be one companionships of hermanas in each zone so we are it until we leave. I have 2 companions which is actually a lot of fun. Their names are Hermana Flack and Hermana Nelson. I was going to send pictures but that is not possible on the computers here in the MTC so... I guess by snail mail.
You asked about my schedule... all I can really say is that it is crazy. Yesterday we were in our class room for 6 hours -- 3 in the afternoon and 3 at night (until 9:30). We also taught our first lesson yesterday!!! Our investigator's name is Carlos and we have been told that he looks a lot like our other maestro will look. haha It was great though. The Spirit was so incredibly strong even though our Spanish was broken and there were all sorts of silences. :) We will keep teaching him for the next week. After that they will start teaching us Spanish for reals I guess. Right now they just speak and tell us to memorize phrases without asking why or how or anythign like that. I'll admit that it is a little frustrating but ya know what? I prayed for humility in the language so that I could learn more and.. ya I got it. lol It's crazy though... remember how they called to see what level I would be in? I feel like they do it differently now and mix all levels in each district so that we can help one another. There are a few elders and one of my companions who have not had any Spanish at all. I am blessed to know what I know but I am for sure not used to being the one that everyone turns for how to say something.
Anyways, ya. I am doing great. This church is true and I have no doubt that I and all of the elderes y hermanas here are doing the work of the Lord. Stay strong and never doubt that the Lord answers prayers and is with you always.
Love,
Hermana Morgan
p.s. There are a few things that I will need eventually but I'll be here for awhile so I'll letcha know later I guess. But, I want some sort of shoulder bag/backpack thing if you want to be keeping your eyes out. They dont like the hermanas to have backpacks but I dont want to carry a purse... something like the princess one that I used in highschool? ..but black. with lots of pockets and pencils holders... etc. etc. haha let me know. :)
p.p.s. for the next 8 weeks, my pday will be on Fridays.
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