Week 4 - After the Thanksgiving hooplah!

Hola mi familia!!!! Espero que ustedes tuvieron un buen dia de accion de gracias!! (I hope you had a good day of thanksgiving!)

So...... Starting with Thanksgiving. We got to hear from Elder Nelson in the morning. It was pretty good. We sang in the choir too which was cool. I think my face made a quick appearance on the screen ;) Then we had a nice turkey and mashed potatoes lunch. We spent all day on main campus, which was cool, and makes me appreciate west campus! (West side....) Then we got to participate in a huge service project. What we did was we made pre-packaged soup packs for kids in Utah that don't have enough to eat. All you had to do was add water and microwave!! Our goal was to do 350,000!!! We did 350,208!!!!!  Isn't that insane? We basically made a whole bunch of human assembly lines. my job was to weigh the bag, and if it didn't weigh the right amount, I was in charge of fixing it. (probably the most crucial job... no big deal... haha) Yes, we did get to wear red lunch lady hairnets. We also got to hear a "classic" thanksgiving story. When we heard about it, I was kind of looking forward to taking a nap, but then it turned out being a joke and people dressed up and stuff. Much needed comedic relief! Then in the evening they gave us Junior Mints and we got to watch a real movie! Ephraim's Rescue. Go check it out! It's pretty good. All and all, it was a great thanksgiving. 

Nice look Elder's!

So, surprise of the week... We got the mail on last Wednesday and we had our travel itineraries to San Diego! We were stoked, but then we noticed they said we would be leaving a week early (the 9th of Dec.) We then were sort of freaking out because we weren't expecting that. Anyways, after like 5 days of trying to contact the travel office, they finally informed us that they had made a mistake and that we were still leaving on the 16th! pheeeew! So, that was fun. 

Elder Backus / Elder Morgan

This week we got baptismal commitments from both of our investigators! They are both progressing nicely. They both have there own issues, but we're working with them! Elder Backus and I are really doing well. 

Elder Backus / Elder Morgan

Thanks so much for the package Sheridan! Everything in there is awesome and those cookies were gone in a day! Love you. Thanks so much for the ties too! The guys love them and are very thankful!

Ties Mom Morgan sent to Elder Morgan's District!

This Sunday we were supposed to hear from Elder Ballard, but due to the half foot of snow we got here, he couldn't make it. 

Outside Elder Morgan's apartment

Something cool I learned this week. SYL here in the MTC stands for "Speak Your Language." This means that we should always been finding opportunities to speak Spanish. So, yesterday I put a whole bunch of sticky notes up around the classroom and bathroom that say SYL on them to remind us. One of the teachers here came up to me and she asked if I had done that. She told me it was a great idea and also told me that SYL can stand for more. "Show Your Love," she said. She told me that every time we speak Spanish, we are showing our love for the people of Mexico by learning how to teach them about our Savior and His Gospel in their own language. That hit me pretty hard and I have resolved now to speak even more and more Spanish.

Let's see, other than that, it's just been a regular week here. I can't believe this is my 5th week! Whoa. 

Answers to questions:

Time to veg out, what is that? No. We don't have that here. We're busy 24/7

Anything like the Best Two Years? Not really so far.

Elder Scholes / Elder Tobler / Sister Gregory

District is doing great! We wore the ties and can't even explain the joy it brought to everyone here at the MTC. We got so many comments and people started trying to match too! Haha

Spanish is pretty good. I can understand probably like 95% of the Spanish our teachers speak and about 50% of "real" Spanish - haha.

These are the gym bubbles Elder Morgan talked about before

Alrighty, well. I love you all so much. I want to share my testimony that I am so thankful for everything I have in this life. The Gospel of Jesus Christ has blessed me in so many ways. I know that we have a Savior who atoned for our sins. I have no idea how he accomplished it, but I am so very thankful for his love, example, mercy, and grace. I am so thankful for a wonderful family who surrounds me with support and love. I love all of you and I cannot wait to get to Mexico. 

Love you all!

Elder Morgan