Final Week

Hello from the MTC!  It's my last week here and I'm really excited to go out into the world and to preach the gospel!  Unfortunately for all Brazil-bound missionaries, Visas are incredibly hard to get so I'll be reassigned to the states for a while.  Our district will receive our reassignments this Thursday and we're all really excited to see who goes where.  We've all put our guesses on a piece of paper and tacked it to the bulletin board in class and we're going to have a little party when we open them.  It's gonna be great!

Tomorrow we have the opportunity to host incoming missionaries.  That means that we get to show the new arrivals around tomorrow and help them get their books and things like that.  I'm really excited to do it, especially because I know how hard it is to leave everything behind to come serve the Lord.  I'm excited to help other missionaries ease into the transition and to help them feel comfortable here at the MTC.

Portuguese is still coming well, but I'll admit that it's harder to focus on learning it when you know that you probably won't be speaking it for the next couple months.  I still study everyday though.  In fact, yesterday the elders in our district only spoke Portuguese for the entire day.  It was difficult, but I was able to learn a lot of new words and to communicate fairly well with other Portuguese speakers.  It made me excited to proselyte in Portuguese in Brazil.

Well, due to the way email time worked out this week I don't have too much time to write.  This letter is pretty short, but I'm doing well here in Provo and I'm excited to serve in the mission field wherever that may be.

Your friend,

Elder Carter Morgan

Parting Words From Elder Morgan

I leave for the Provo MTC tomorrow at 6:00 in the morning.  I'm thrilled to be off serving the Lord and can't wait to get started.  Before I left I wanted to make sure that I share one of my favorite scriptures which is 1 Nephi 11:16-17.

"And he said unto me:  Knowest thou the condescension of God?

And I said unto him:  I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things."

If you'd like to write me here's the address:


Mailing Address:
Elder Carter David Morgan
SEP24 BRA-SPW
2013 N 900 E Unit 301
Provo UT 84602

Email Address:
carter.morgan@myldsmail.net

Thank you all for all the wonderful support.  I'll see you in two years!

One Week To Go

Today marks one week to go until Carter leaves on his mission to Brazil!  He will be flying out Wednesday, Aug. 14th to the Provo MTC for 9 weeks or until his visa arrives.  For anyone interested, Carter will be speaking in our ward this coming Sunday at 9:00 am at the Hearthwood Building--any and all are welcome.

With the church's encouragement we look forward to sharing Carter's letters, pictures and testimony with all of our friends and family here on his blog.  Exciting times ahead!