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Family!!!  

I would just like to let you all know that we found this itty bitty
kitty outside of the library.... I have taken it upon myself to find
it a good home. it is sitting on my lap looking cute now so
..hopefully it doesnt have fleas or something weird. Cyd, I think you
especially will enjoy the picture. Is this why you love Ali this
much?? I don't think she was ever this cute but.. who knows. 

Anyways, this week I have a wonderful story for everyone. I think I
will begin with the end and tell you that for the very first time on
my mission we had an investigator come to church!!!!! O my goodness,
I have never been so happy in my life and at the same time so like..
anxious! Haha I was constantly wondering what he was thinking or how
he was liking something etc etc. But back to the beginning of the
story... 

Last Friday night Sister Ferguson and I were planning out our
Saturday. We had a lot of things to do already and really only had to
worry about our 7 to 9 at night. We decided to look on a map of
Pleasanton and each find 3 streets that stood out to us and if any of
them were the same we would go there. We have done this before and
sometimes we will have one out of the 3 the same or whatever but after
thinking and staring we were ready. Sister Ferguson pointed and said
3rd, Market, and Uvalde. ...WHAT!? no way. seriously. those were
the exact three that I had thought about. wow. Needless to say we
were beyond excited for 7 o'clock to roll around so that we could
figure out why the Lord needed us on those streets at that time. 

We finally got there and started knocking...my favorite thing except
not really at all. Gosh though, I had faith and knew that there was
someone here that was ready and waiting so we didnt skip one single
house. We had reached the end of Market street and knocked on the
last trailer there. We had gone all the way down 3rd with no
noticeable success.. most people weren't there or weren't interested.
One lady was and let us in to say a prayer but kept talking about how
she was Catholic etc so we let her be. Anyways, we knock on this last
trailer before heading up to Uvalde and this scary looking guy answers
the door. He didn't have a shirt on and has tattoos all on his chest
and arms. He said he was getting ready for bed so I was exactly ready
to turn around and get out of there but Sis Ferguson kept talking to
him a little and asked if there was a time that we could come back by.
To our surprise he said and was actually really excited about it. He
told how he used to live in Vegas actually and had come in contact
with a lot of members of the church there and they were all really
nice and stuff. So we made the appt for Monday night and that was
that. 

So Monday comes around and gosh, we were struggling to find a member
to come to the lesson with us. I dont know if I mentioned this or not
but at the training we went to President was stressing the importance
of member presents and actually ended up I guess bribing us? haha the
first zone to get 65% member present lessons gets to go up to S.A. and
eat at Rudy's with him and his wife. gosh, it sounds so good.
Anyways, we ended up finding someone and went over to his place hoping
that he would be there. Gosh, I guess to make a long story shorter he
was there and he was so excited to learn. He kept asking us such
amazing questions which is all we could ever ask for because we know
what we need to teach etc etc. We went back on Thurs and finished the
1st lesson and taught more about the Book of Mormon and invited him to
come to church and be baptized. he said yes to both but it was just
perfect because we could tell that he understood and was actually
wanting it! 

At church he couldn't stop talking about how nice everyone was and
different it was from any other church he had been to. People knew he
was there and made him feel welcome. The Spirit was so strong and
after church we introduced him to the bishop and he said "you can
expect to see me around here a lot more often." .... :) I could
have melted with joy. 

There truly are people out there that the Lord has prepared and as I
do all that I can to work hard and be obedient He will guide me to
them. I love this work so much and am beyond grateful to be here in
this little town in Texas. Argentina will be incredible but there are
things I am learning here now that I don't know when I would have
learned there. Still no word on my visa but I have faith that it will
come when it needs to. 

I love you all.
Stay strong, work hard, and be happy all the time. You truly are
examples in everything that you do.

_Sister Morgan.