NOOOOOOoooooo

{Don't read this email if you're faint of heart... of a judger.}

Dear Family,

This week has been so amazing; too bad that it totally sucked. Mount Bonnell was on fire! We were so crazy busy teaching people, and we had three baptisms coming up in the next month... and then all of our investigators moved away. We said goodbye to Justice on Wednesday when we showed up for our lesson and ended up helping her family move out:( Oscar lost his job and is on his way back to El Paso as we speak. We taught him last night and said our final farewells and we did...not both give him a hug.  Cassidy is on her way to the airport. She’s flying back to Phoenix to be closer to friends and family. She has really good fellowship in Phoenix already and has some friends that are going to hook her up with the missionaries out there. We just went over and said goodbye to her this morning. NNOOOOOooooo......  I love them all so much and it breaks my heart to see them go. I hope their new missionaries know how lucky they are. The Lord is sending them some amazing opportunities. Our ward mission leader is going to buy us some ice cream today. Comfort food...

So family, you know how I'm kind of stubborn and don't like people telling me what to do? yeah... I hate my district leader. HE IS A BUTT. There is so much drama flying around the mission right now, and Sis Sorenson and I seem to have made our way to the middle of it. I don't mean to be preachy, but there are some missionaries and some of our leaders who would do well to remember the 9th commandment. I am ready to kick someone. I was going to do the Book of Mormon share in District meeting and share the 9th Commandment and put out a hypothetical situation and see what happens. I think it would be hilarious. You know what happens when someone assumes something? It makes an ars you and me. (It's not swearing if you say it with an accent.) I am really frustrated because I know the zone leaders, the district leader and the mission president have been talking about us and none of them will talk to us about it. They’re just hear-saying and I'm ready to kick someone in the shin. If you can't tell it's been a rough week and I'm a bit frustrated, which makes me even more frustrated because we saw so many miracles this week. In all honesty this was an amazing week and there were just a few sad choices made and a few sad comments said and Elder Hernandez is gone. Noooooo...

So anyway, here are some pics of our farewell/friendship and some other things.

Also, can we stop putting unattractive pictures of Morgan up for her facebook profile? Yeah, I saw that nasty "I'm falling off a stone sloth" picture you put up. I have some friend requests I would like you to accept. (and I guess I don't really care what pics you put up...kind of)

Is that Jacob Black? We’re we taking pictures of some random guy outside of our apartment? No, that is way too creepy to be something I would do. Ok we were, but only because he's ripped, and I thought he might be a werewolf. Then I saw the rosary beads around his neck and decided he must not be. Too bad. 

I finished my third journal of my mission. It was pretty exciting.

I also caught a toad :)

It's Elder Evan's last transfer and I love how he decorated his planner. Bahahaha

Good Times!

 I love you all. I don't know what else to write. If I get sent home early it will be because I hate my DL and may do something to harm him, but that's ok. He goes home with Elder Evans and Sis Sorensen, so I just have to make it 5 more weeks.

I love you. Hope you have a good week and that I hear from y’all again soon. I'm praying for you always.  Anna, I loved your email. I need a Texas and an Ecuador flag. Jessica, your story just about made me wet myself. hahaha. Dad, glad to year that you're super excited about...everything :D Rachel, I love you! Camilla, have a blast at EFY.  Mom is the BEST EVER. Love you all!!!

Love,

Morgan

p.s. DFTBMA :)

Real, Bearded, Backpacking Friends

Dear Family,

It has been a crazy, frickin' awesome week. Here are a few pictures...

I wish I could do individual commentary with each of them, but, unfortunately, that's not how email works. So, I'll just say some stuff and you can match it with the pictures yourselves :)

#1 (before I forget) Snookie and Sitch makin' out in church. haha. It was Stake Conference this Sunday and they sat right in front of us. Our poor investigator, Oscar, was a little distracted by them. But I think he really liked church. Heck, everyone was a little distracted by them, and the speaker sounded like the clear eyes guy. So we decided to get an adrenaline rush and snap a few pictures (The Sitch and Snookie are what the Walnut Creek elders nicknamed them. I will refrain from using their real names in order to protect their identities :)

#2 Snookie's wedding ring. I know it doesn't look like a wedding ring, but it is.

#3 Orange face!

#4 Fat kid orange face!!!

#5 Fake noses in the car.

#6 We caught a lizard and named him Spalding but he wouldn't eat anything and we didn't want him do die so we let him go. Funny story: The Walnut Creek Elders (aka the Walnut creeps) were there to witness the release. It was 9:10 at night and who should drive by but the zone leaders. hahaha. I'm just going to say that there have been some hilarious misunderstandings between us and the creeps and the Zone Leaders. It was fun. We just told them we had a pet lizard and were releasing it into the wild. He was so cute. I miss him. 

#7 Sooooooo tired

#8 Bubble gum blowing contest with Walnut Creek. I always lose this kind of contest. My mouth is too small. I kept having to leave so I could shoot pink loogies out of my mouth because there was no way I was going to swallow them. gross.

#9 Cow tongue

#10 Texas sugar cookies

#11 Transfer calls were this week. Sis Sorenson and I are staying here and so is Elder Evans, but Elder Hernandez is headed to the border :(

That's all I have space for. Apparently there's an attachment limit. Oh well. You got to see the important stuff.( and some of the not so important-y, yet-still-fun-or-entertaining-in-some-way-or-another stuff) I know that should be hyphenated, but I was too lazy to do it so use your imagination. {I fixed it!}

Remember how I told yall about that creepy boy texting Sis Sorenson? Well, he's at it again, so we went and talked to the bug boys (aka Ryan Golding and JD Doyle) about it, and they said they'd take care of it. :/ I hope they aren't too mean to him. Well...actually, they'll probably be a whole lot nicer to him than I would be.

Jessica, if a beautiful brown boy friend requests me on Facebook, please say yes.

The work is amazing right now. We have seen so many miracles this transfer; the kind of stuff you hear about in the movies kind of miracles. It has been awesome. We are teaching a bunch of people and are hoping to have a few baptisms in the coming six weeks. Sis Sorenson is going home in July which makes me so sad. The good news is, though, that someday we'll be real, bearded, backpacking friends and we're going to travel around the world together. I'm excited. I love Mount Bonnell so much! I love the people here and I love our investigators and the members are awesome. Yeah... We're all going to be real, bearded, backpacking friends someday. 

I love you all and I hope y’all have a fantastic week and a good summer. I'm going to go check up on my Mormon.org profile and see if it's gone through yet. I will leave you know as soon as it does and y’all should make profiles too and send me your url's so I can refer people to them :) Mormon.org is awesome and so are you. DFTBMA. Love y’all a ton.

Love,

Morgan