Morgan Elder in Magyarország

I've been here 4 weeks! Crazy! So there are 3 big items of news this week. 1. I was released as district leader  on Sunday . But Udy Elder and I were called to be the Zone Leaders. So now we have responsibility over the whole zone! Right now I think there are 30 members of the Zone/branch. The MTC currently has 43 branches. We get a flip phone, and we get to lead S unday  meetings and do interviews with the district leaders, and we get to welcome, love and support new members of our zone! 2. Last Wednesday we got 6 Albanian Elders. They are awesome! They are Elders: Burton, Werhli, Larson, Theobald, Richardson, and Ihasz. Elder Ihasz is actually a quarter Hungarian. And Elder Theobald is from Papillion, NE. In fact he lives within the area that my family is looking for houses, and the Theobald's only live 15 minutes from our old house in Omaha! It's fun to have another Nebraskan who knows all the cool Nebraska things. This evening we also get 3 Turkish speaking ...

Hello! This week as been pretty sweet! I'm go start this weeks email by answering the questions my mom sent me, maybe the answers will interest some of you too. If not you can skip this Q&A. QUESTION #1 : How is the church organized at the MTC? Do you have wards? Do you have callings in your wards like in regular wards? Do have you have all three hours of meetings on Sunday? Do you get to rest on Sunday? Do you ever get a Sunday nap? **For those friends and family of mine who don't speak "Mormon," A ward is what Mormons call their local congregations. There are also what we call branches, a branch is a local congregation smaller than a few hundred people. A number of wards and branches make up larger regional groups we call stakes, a reference from Isaiah... "Strengthen thy stakes..." Isaiah 54:2 . Stakes, wards, and branches of the church a re organized under "Priesthood" leadership. The Priesthood is that power Jesus Christ ga...

They say that the first few days at the MTC ( Wednesday   to   Sunday ) are the hardest, and take forever. After that each day is long but weeks fly by... its true. This last week was good. We went to the temple, which was so beautiful, and the spirit was so strong there.  Thursday   we did our weekly service hours. Udy Elder (Elder Udy in English) and I deep cleaned bathroom floors with an electric scrubber and a water vacuum, it was very cool!! Me and my companion Udy Elder Last Sunday I gave a talk in sacrament meeting  in Hungarian  ("Sacrament meeting" that's what we Mormons call the main congregational meeting we have on Sunday, we also have other meetings that are like Sunday school meetings.) My talk was about the Gift of the Holy Ghost , everyone with untrained ears said it was awesome, but that's because they don't speak Hungarian. That afternoon we had choir with Brother Eggett, we sang the hymn " Nearer My God to Thee ." As we ...

Hey! I hope you are doing well. Its so busy here. So much to do all the time. I've been sleeping wonderfully because I get so tired! Wednesday and Thursday, my first two days here, were especially hard. Me with the Hansen Family (-Brother Hansen of course) After I landed in Salt Lake City, the Hansen's pick me up and took us to temple square before going to the MTC (Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah). It was wonderful! Thursday was difficult because it was our first day of being exposed to Hungarian, and our teachers speak Hungarian 90% of the time. They told us that the next evening that we would be teaching a woman named Joli only in Hungarian. I was freaking out. But when Friday came, my companion and I gave a short testimony/lesson on Heavenly Father and how to pray. The Spirit was so strong, I only hope she felt it too.  My days here start at 6:30 a.m., then we get a sack breakfast, do personal study for an hour. At 8:50 a.m., we have an hour of gym time. ...