Elder Carter Morgan: Farewell California--Hello Brazil!

Greetings and farewell from Southern California. That's right, folks. After a long wait, Elder Morgan will be boarding the plane tomorrow for Sao Paulo, Brazil to begin his service in his original call. I'm super excited, although a little numb to it tat the moment. I don't think it's quite hit me what I'm about to get into, haha. I will say, though, today has been one of the most relaxing of my mission. After coming down the hill from Hesperia I got to say goodbye to a lot of my good friends at transfer meeting and then I've gotten to chill at the office all day without a companion. It feels nice to just rest for a bit. On top of that, I got to go out to eat with the Abitos, some members I'm really close with from Chino! It's been great!

Things couldn't have ended better in my last area. We found three families to teach in one week and they're all doing super well. We had an awesome lesson with a woman named Marcy and her daughter and they took really well to the message of the Restoration! A lawyer from down the hill referred them to us and we were able with him and our bishop give her a priesthood blessing. She's fallen on hard times recently. I have high hopes for her.

Our investigator, Lesley, continues to do well. She came to a session of General Conference and enjoyed it. She gets a little antsy sitting through long meetings so we were really proud of her for doing a whole session. She's progressing well and she told us she wants to be baptized soon! I'm excited for that.

Met a man wandering through the desert yesterday. As we went to talk to him he flagged us down and yelled "Mormons!" and we had a good discussion. He was taught in Chino a while back and wanted to be taught again.

The Porider family is still doing well. We brought our bishop to a lesson with them and the father took well to the message of the Restoration. He seemed really interested. My favorite thing about him is the fact that usually when we tell people that there's a prophet on the Earth they respond, "Oh, that's nice." Not this guy. He said, "Wait. You're telling me that there's a guy like Moses on the Earth today who speaks to God?" Yes sir, there is, and you can know for yourself. It was great to see him take such an interest.

I'm sad to leave California but excited for Brazil. What a wonderful year it's been serving in this beautiful state. I look forward to many return trips with my family, kids, and grand kids one day. And oh, what a day it will be.

Your friend,

Elder Carter David Morgan