First Email

Morgan sent her first email from the Missionary Training Center today. And I quote, "Hey, I'm super happy. Send me a letter." That was the entire email. She added a little more in the family email. It said, "I get the gospel puked on me every day all day so please just talk about stuff. I don't care what." Maybe if we all send her really good letters she will reward us with a good email. I wrote one on a sacrament meeting program, not for lack of paper, but because that's just how much I care. (I really do care, though.) It's going in the mail today!


One great way to write to her is through dearelder.com. It's free to mail to the MTC from this website, and she gets it the next day while she's there. All you have to do is create an account, enter her name, and know that she is going to the San Antonio Texas Mission. Once she is in Texas, you can still use dear elder, but you will have to pay for the stamp.


If you would rather send a hand written letter (maybe even on some stationary), here is her current mailing address:


Sister Morgan Heeder
MTC Mailbox 225
TX-SAN 1221
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT84604-1793

Sainara

We dropped Morgan off at the Missionary Training Center a week ago Wednesday. It was a bittersweet moment. The whole family is proud of her, but we’ll miss her too. She brings a lot of life to the part when we are all together, and will leave a void in her absence. To her credit, she kept us laughing until the moment she was gone. For her part, I know Morgan was excited and nervous. By the time last Wednesday got here, she was tired of all the long, drawn out goodbyes. Mostly, she just thought they were a nuisance, but there were those few that were sad and painful. That’s one reason I really respect her for going. Morgan is doing the hard thing. She knew what the right thing was for her and went at it will full force. That takes a lot of guts!

One thing I can say is that Morgan will be one of the cutest sisters at the MTC. When the family dropped her off we pulled up the curb and lovingly kicked her out of the car. (The curbside drop off is a much better method than the awful video missionaries and their families used to have to watch.) It was so fun to see her walk off in her cute pink coat and a line of Elders, each pulling a lime green piece of luggage, following behind.

Here are some pictures she took last Sunday. She is wearing the same coat she wore when we dropped her off. 

More pictures will follow.