Merry Christmas everyone!
We had another great week this past week, full of lessons, walks, service, and Christmas!! We continue to teach members and our friends Nikko and Aiden who are still on date to be baptized Jan 2nd and Jan 3rd. We are continuing to plan their baptisms so that has been fun! We helped out Brother Taylor with his deck again, and we are now ready for the decking to go on top. We had a ward activity this past weekend in which the ward had dinner for everyone and the ward members drove around the church to pick it up. The bishop and us two elders were outside in the cold giving people their food. It was actually really fun! It was nice to get out and to see some members of the ward. This past Sunday was very nice, the Sunday before Christmas. We went to three sacrament meetings and they all had Christmas programs with musical numbers and such. The spirit was so strong, and reminded me of Christmas back home.
Christmas was a bit different then being at home, but hey what can you expect when you're on your mission during covid. Our mission president changed our Preparation day to today (Christmas). He asked us to share the message of Jesus Christ with those who would be home alone on Christmas. and then the rest of the day was just a day to relax and call the family. We still aren't able to accept anything from members, so Elder Morrissey and I made crepes this morning and will attempt to make something tonight for dinner. We will see how that goes. It was nice to call the family, and to see them open their presents. It sounds like all y'all are having a great Christmas.
Oh ya I almost forgot! I got some pretty big news two days ago. I got a call on Wednesday night from my mission president, and he asked me if I had gotten an email for my itinerary. I proceeded to tell him that I didn't know what he was talking about and an itinerary for what? He then said, well Elder Morgan I guess I am the first to tell you.....I just got word today that you will be going to Ghana February 4th. It totally caught me by surprise, and president literally just said alright Merry Christmas and have a good night and hung up! I was like what the heck just happened haha. I had totally pushed the idea of being able to go out to Ghana away, so I could focus on the work here in good old Roy Utah. I don't think I have fully processed it yet, but I am so excited! So when I leave February 4th I will have been in Roy Utah for 6 months and Ghana for a year and a half. But that is the big news I got this past week, so I got one more month in Roy and then I will be off to Ghana!
I hope you are all celebrating with your families right now, and having a good old time. I hope you are all staying safe, love you lots
Love,
Elder Morgan
Hey Malachi, congratulations! You finally get to go to Ghana.
ReplyDeleteI love getting your emails and learning of your experiences.
By the way, if you happen to run into a family called Manning (Bart and Karen) 6062 West, 5700 South, Hooper. Stop by an say hello for me. We were in Pharmacy school together and friends.
You may not need such heavy clothing when you get to Ghana, LOL!
Bro. Bruce Williams