Saturday, June 30, 2012

Hello There 7/30/2012


Hey there family!!!

This week has been another GREAT week in the Oregon City 3rd Ward.

Missionaries have many wonderful experiences happen to them, but his week just seemed to be an all around great week. This week Elder Quinton and I were able to reach a few of our goals and beat some as well.

Our opportunities to teach are growing. I know that comes from finding as much as we can when we have time. Elder Quinton and I have found success from our area book and prayerfully looking at who we should visit. We were able to pick up a new investigator from that. We also strive to "teach when we find and find when we teach". When we go to some lessons nearby, we will walk to those lessons because we know there will be some people on the streets.

A few weeks ago we were street contacting and we ran into this man named Ryan. We shared our message and he was interested. Even more so he said he thinks he was a member and he wanted to come back to church, but he wasn't quite sure if he was a member or not because he thinks his parents left the church. We gave him the missionaries phone number for the area he lived in and I'm not sure if he was a member or not, but now the missionaries are teaching him! I have a personal testimony that street contacting and tracting is worth our time, even more than just that story.

We also have found a few less active members who were not on record that we are beginning to teach due to tracting, even "country tracting". Elder Quinton and I decided we would tract out in Beaver Creek. It is a lot more open and has farms, but we were able to find a new family to teach. The husband is a L.A. member but is eager to meet with us. The wife and kids are not members and we don't know too much about them, but we are excited to work with the whole family.

This week Elder Quinton, Debbie (our investigator), Bro. Westover (member) , and myself fasted for Debbie knowing what to do with her job situation. I know the adversary wanted us not have this fast. In just one day Elder Quinton and I were given 24 oatmeal raisin cookies, 20 dollars for lunch, and 48 eggs and 2 loaves of bread! We never get offered that much food in one day, especially when fasting!

The day previous we had a lesson with Debbie and she was talking about how she didn't know what to do with her job situation. Interestingly enough Bro. Westover asked us if we all would like to fast for Debbie (Debbie being included in this fast) and then meet the next day and conclude it. At the first lesson we of course talked about what a fast is and then we talked about how fasting and prayer go right along with each other. Elder Quinton and I actually prepared to talk about prayer that day. The Lord works in mysterious (but amazing) ways. At the last lesson, we talked about Alma 17, and how fasting and prayer (among others things) was how the Lord blessed them and gave them courage to face whatever trials they went through. It was a great fast. We all grew spiritually from it and we know God will bless Debbie is her job situation. He already is beginning to.

Thanks for all that you guys do for me!

Love,

Elder Trevor A. Morgan

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A Visit to the Columbia Gorge



It's P-day and time to explore the Columbia Gorge!
NATURE... GOD'S HEAVEN ON EARTH!



Missionaries and their guide by some AWESOME falls.



Some serious perspective... up close and personal!



ALWAYS prepared to teach the gospel and share the word of God,
 from every mountain, hill and climb.  :) 



BEAUTIFUL!!! Columbia River



Top view... 



Are you looking UP or DOWN???

Howdy, 6/25/2012


Hey family!

I hope things are going well in VA! How is summer going for you guys? Our summer is pretty much sunny some days, rainy most... especially on p-day. (ha-ha) But that's okay. Some nights our apartment is really hot, but Elder Quinton and I fixed that problem! We actually have a pretty big apartment so we decided to move our beds into the living room. The reason we did this was because our room was hot AND we have an AC unit in the living room. SO, we put our beds right by the AC unit and now we sleep great! We found this AC unit in our closet and it's pretty old, and maybe not in the best shape, but it works!

This week was an interesting week. We had a lot of our appointments fall through, but that's okay. Elder Quinton and I have set a high standard for ourselves. Even with that being said, we still made sure we stayed busy. We had a lot of potential investigators we needed to go visit so that gave us the opportunity to do that. We had a great weekly planning session, so next week (which will be this week is gonna be great!)

On Tuesday we had dinner at the Bangater's house (not related to the other Bangerters in my last area) and I got to sing some musical theater! Sister Bangater has a really nice, old, baby grand piano. I don't know exactly how it happened, but Elder Quinton and I were talking with her and the topic of music and singing came up. She has a TON of musical theater books so she picked "Bring Him Home" and I sang and she accompanied me. That was soooo fun! She also played some other Phantom of the Opera song that I have heard before but I can't remember it. That was way fun too! She wants me to come over some p-day and she'll practice some more songs so I can sing them. I thought that was pretty cool. It just felt so good to sing those songs. I haven't really sung musical theater in like 2ish years. It was fun to do.


I love you guys.


Elder Trevor A. Morgan

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Long Time No See...


Elder Morgan looking a little surprised!



Where do our investigators live???????



Ready to study :)



Chillin'... literally...



It's Elder Morgan driving a Ford Focus... 
"Beats those bikes ANY DAY!"
After 7 1/2 months on a bike...
LOVIN' IT!!

Hellooooooo! 6/18/2012

Hey there family!

This week has been another great week in Oregon City. We stayed very busy this week. We did lots of service and taught many lessons. There is a 94 year old lady in our ward and she hasn't (and cant, obviously) pick her weeds so we went and have helped over the last few weeks, to help make her house look better on the outside. We don't have much spare time, but when we have an hour or so, we will give her a call and see if we can come on over to help. It was a cool experience to help her. While I was pulling weeds I was thinking a lot about what my friends are doing right now and what I would be doing if I wasn't on a mission. Its summer time, so maybe I would be outside chilling at the pool. Maybe I'd be playing "COD" with my friends. Maybe I'd be watching TV or something. I feel like I have changed. Really not a huge difference because I would still be "Trevor", but I feel like I am more focused on the important things of life, one of them being service to others.

Right now, I don't have a desire to play video games, I don't have a desire to watch TV, or to listen to "regular" music. I don't have a desire to go to the pool. All I want to do is to help people. Missionaries are called to "invite other to come unto Christ". That is what we do. But I have learned there are so many ways to accomplish that task. Teaching, tracting, street contacting are some ways, but doing service, being a good example, saying "hey" to everyone, ...even playing basketball with guys, all are forms of "inviting people to come unto Christ". As missionaries, most people know what we do and who we stand for. If we can serve or teach them, and bring more happiness into their lives, we want to do this, because we know that it is not us bringing them that happiness, but it's the Lord giving them that happiness. As missionaries, we are truly just instruments by which this can happen.

Elder Quinton and I want to do all we can in the Oregon City 3rd ward to help, teach, serve, and love others...members or non-members. We are all sons and daughter of God and because of that we all need to show our love and sincere respect for each other. As missionaries we are called to SERVE. I have just begun to understand what "called to serve" really means. I try to follow King Benjamin's teachings and example from the Book of Mormon, which is, "For behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of you God." (Mosiah 2:17) This statement is so true.

The mission of Jesus Christ was the ultimate service anyone could have given. We are all called to follow him. As a missionary, we are representatives of Jesus Christ, there is no way I can come close to the amount of service he has given anyone, but I can look towards Him, serve anyone I can and testify of His divinity and power. I know that Jesus Christ lives. I know that God loves us and wants us to return to Him and that it is only through the grace of Jesus Christ by which that is possible. By entering into covenants, baptism being the first, we can feel our Saviors love more powerfully that ever. If we follow Him and use the atoning power of Jesus Christ in our lives, His grace will make up for all of our imperfections that we have, and one day we can stand before God with clean hands and a pure heart and have a fullness of joy for eternity.

Elder Quinton and I share this neat lesson, which we call simply "The Paper Lesson." It demonstrates the life of Christ and faith in Him. We use a piece of paper and we tell a story about 2 missionaries knocking on this man's door. The man says, "I know about you Mormons. You guys come knocking on my door all the time. I've never let you all in but I'll tell you what, If you can make this piece of paper (the old man hand a piece of printer paper to the Elders) into a cross by only ripping it once...I'll let you in.

Now I can't tell you IF the missionaries did it or HOW they did it...that would ruin the lesson. Make sure you remind me to show you this lesson when I'm back home! (Or ask one of the Elders and see if they know it. ha) They might or might not...ha.

In this lesson we talk about How important Jesus Christ is in our lives. He loves us so much. Our Father in Heaven loves us so much "that he gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the World to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." (John 3:16-17) I know this is true. I know He lives and He loves us.

I love you guys! Thank you for your prayers!

Love,

Elder Trevor A. Morgan

Friday, June 15, 2012

Well Hellooo! 6/11/2012

This week has been a great week! So many things have happened this week. I'll start off with a really sweet one. Okay, so Elder Quinton and I are really working with this semi-active family, the Rodriguez. They are such a nice family. The mother is from El Salvador and father from Peru. The mother loves us coming over to visit the family. Last week she even bought us a lot of fruit!. (We have been trying to eat quite a bit more fruit because it's healthy!) The kids, Stephanie, Caesar and Marvin are great kids! We have been trying to get the family back to church. Anyway, we were visiting with them hoping to read scriptures with them, but they wanted us to randomly flip through the Book of Mormon and stop on a random page and teach them a lesson...I was kinda nervous, I'm not gonna lie. I study the Book of Mormon every day, and I have read it from cover to cover, but I still was a little nervous, but, it turned out great! We landed on....Ether 12! Whooo! ha. We taught about faith, hope, and charity. It turned out to be a very excellent lesson.

So what I am about to say next was pretty dang sweet if I do say so myself! The next missionary activity we did after meeting with the Rodriguez's wasn't tracting, wasn't teaching lessons, wasn't service...it was BASKETABLL. Right next to the Rodriguez's house were two guys in their 20's playing basketball. They were in between us and our car. So when we walked by them we asked how there day was. They kinda snickered at us and then they said jokingly, "Do you guys wanna play basketball?" Elder Quinton and I looked at each other and said, "Okay". So while we were rolling up our sleeves, taking off our watch, but still keeping our ties, name tag and regular missionary attire on, they were kinda in disbelief that missionaries said yes to playing basketball with them. Now, these were the type of guys who if they weren't wearing their basketball clothes would be wearing flat brimmed hats, an earring, and some super nice Nike's. (One of the guys was even 6' 6.) But Elder Quinton and I were up for the challenge! As missionaries we play basketball every Tues, Thurs, and Sat morning for our workouts and we play a little on p-day, so we were excited to play ANYDAY, even if we were in our missionary attire.

They told us,  "We'll just play to seven." I guess they thought it would be a short easy game. BUT, Elder Quinton and I played REALLY well that game! Being on a mission has taught me a lot. The mission taught me how to be a better person, a better friend, a better companion, a better listener, a better teacher, but also a better b-ball player! So this was awesome! We were just playing every shot was one point, but eventually the score was 6-6!...They scored the last point, but then they totally wanted to keep on playing to 11 because it was close! We were all breathing pretty deeply and it was intense. I know I shouldn't be prideful, but Elder Quinton and I made some very good looking shots and lay-ups. Right in the middle of this game, their friends showed up in the cul-de-sac in there Escalades and nice looking cars with some music blaring.. I could only imagine what they were thinking. "Are those missionaries they're playing with? Wow. The missionaries are gonna get killed."...or at least they thought something like that. Haha.  Anyway as the game was ending it was 9-10. We had 9 and they had 10 and it was their ball. They scored....BUT that's okay! Yeah, we would have liked to have won, but for us that's not really what it was all about. We wanted all those guys to know that missionaries were alright and that missionaries are just regular people...and they can play sports too! It was an awesome experience. After the game, both of those guys said if they're ever out again, "Come play with us." Their friends would say stuff like, "That was a pretty good game. Good job." Our goal was accomplished. I know I just said it already, but we just wanted them to know we are regular people. We wanted to break down barriers. I love doing missionary work.

I know I am where I am supposed to be. I love missionary work. I love helping others come unto Chirst. I love you guys!

Love,

Elder Trevor A. Morgan
p.s. Tranfers are today. Elder Quinton and I are staying in Oregon City!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Did You Know????

LDS Missionary Program

The Church's missionary program is one of its most recognized characteristics. Mormon missionaries can be seen on the streets of hundreds of major cities in the world as well as in thousands of smaller communities.
The missionary effort is based on the New Testament pattern of missionaries serving in pairs, teaching the gospel and baptizing believers in the name of Jesus Christ (see, for example, the work of Peter and John in the book of Acts).
More than 50,000 missionaries are serving missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at any one time. Most are young people under the age of 25, serving in nearly 350 missions throughout the world.
Missionaries can be single men between the ages of 19 and 25, single women over the age of 21 or retired couples. Missionaries work with a companion of the same gender during their mission, with the exception of couples, who work with their spouse. Single men serve missions for two years and single women serve missions for 18 months.
Missionaries receive their assignment from Church headquarters and are sent only to countries where governments allow the Church to operate. Missionaries do not request their area of assignment and do not know beforehand whether they will be required to learn a language.
Prior to going to their assigned area, missionaries spend a short period of time at one of 17 missionary training centers throughout the world. There they learn how to teach the gospel in an orderly and clear way and, if necessary, they begin to learn the language of the people they will be teaching. The largest training center is in Provo, Utah, with additional centers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, England, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Spain and South Korea.
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Male missionaries are addressed with the title “Elder” and women are addressed with the title “Sister.”
A typical missionary day begins by waking at 6:30 a.m. for personal study. The day is spent proselytizing by following up on appointments, visiting homes or meeting people in the street or other public places. Missionaries end their day by 10:30 p.m.
In some parts of the world, missionaries are sent only to serve humanitarian or other specialized missions. Those missionaries do not proselytize.
Missionary work is voluntary. Missionaries fund their own missions — except for their transportation to and from their field of labor — and are not paid for their services.  
Contacts with family and friends during this time of service are limited to letters and occasional phone calls to family at special times. Missionaries avoid entertainment, parties or other activities common to this age-group as long as they are on their missions, so they can focus entirely on the work of serving and of teaching others the gospel of Jesus Christ.
(http://www.mormonnewsroom.org.nz/topic/missionary-program)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

To my AWESOME FRIENDS... I miss you!


Today, Elder Morgan dedicated his email writing time (1 hour on Monday) to writing his friends. He wants to share his daily mission experience with you. Unfortunately, he does not know that only half of his email came through, so here is his explanation of the first and most structured part of his day... ENJOY!

Helloooo from Portland!

I first have to apologize on my lack of writing letters back. I have been very busy. I always want to write you all letters on my preparation days (Monday), end up not getting to it. Super sorry. Please forgive me. We also have to do all other things that "regular" people do. On p-day (that's a nickname for our preparation day), that's when I email my family, get my groceries, wash the car I drive (2012 Ford Fusion!), get my laundry completed, clean my apartment, and chill and play sports with everyone. Our p-day starts at 10:00 a.m. because we have studies everyday including p-day from 8:00 to 10:00. Our p-day also ends at 6:00 because we have dinner with some members from our ward. And to close the end of the day, after dinner we go and do missionary work until about 9:00. Consequently, I always run out of time to write letters...so I am writing this letter during my 1 hour of time to email my family (so I can write this letter faster on the computer)... and I'm sending this to my family too! So going to do my best to share how my mission has been for the last 8 1/2 months and update you all on what my mission is and where I am right now...besides the library I am at right now.

So let me tell you what the life of a missionary is...

I hear my alarm clock go off at 6:15 a.m. I am super tired from the day before. I am physically tired, but I am also spiritually tired. Teaching the gospel makes a person way tired in the morning. Anyway, my companion and I slide out of bed onto our knees and say a companion prayer together to start off our day and then we both say personal prayers. I start working out at 6:30 to 7:00. We then have until about 8:00 to get ready for the day. (shower, shave, brush teeth, put on our amazing white shirt, varying shades of black slacks and a very beautiful looking tie :)  I have been trying to eat more healthily lately so I have a granny smith apple with peanut butter, a banana, water, and my "Flintstones vitamins." (Thanks mom!)

By about 7:50 I go to my bedroom to say another prayer to start of my personal study which starts at 8:00. There are so many things that I can do for my personal study. My favorite thing to do is to study the Scriptures (Book of Mormon, Old Testament, New Testament, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price) along with "Preach My Gospel: a Guide to Missionary Service." With using these resources together I can learn about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Plan of Salvation for all people, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Christ like attributes (charity, faith, hope, repentance, obedience and many more) that I strive to make part of my life. I also strive to read from the Book of Mormon every day. I love the Book of Mormon because I know that my faith has grown in Jesus Christ because of it. I feel my Heavenly Father's love for me every time I read it. I know it's true. After every time I read it..I just feel great!

At 9:00: my companion and I start our companion study together. We start out by singing a Hymn from our church hymnbook. A little side note, but I always carry a pitch pipe in my scriptures that my high school choir teacher gave me. I love it! As missionaries, we sing all the time so I need that pitch pipe. (Thanks Mrs. Van Slyke!) So me and my companion always start singing a on the right pitch! After we finish singing we have another prayer together. The person who didn't say the morning prayer says this one. In this prayer we try and pray for everyone we are teaching. As a missionary, I have come to love prayer. The Bible dictionary says, "Prayer is the act of by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others the blessings that God is willing to grant, but that are made conditional upon our asking for them."  Sudden end to Elder Morgan's email.

So after, praying for every one they teach, the elders (missionaries) review their plan for the day and then set out to teach people. There are three major classifications for the people they will teach. The first group are called, "Investigators." These are people who are not members of the church but have expressed an interest in learning more about the LDS faith, church and/or people. Missionaries also spend a great deal of time "tracting" which is going from door to door and asking people if they would like to know more about Jesus Christ. Not too many people say, "yes," but when they do, the missionaries will teach them. The friendships that come from working with investigators are often very meaningful to both the missionaries and the investigators.

The second group that the missionaries (elders) teach are often labeled, "less active" or "inactives." These are members of the church who are not attending church as frequently as they once did, and the missionaries keep in touch with them. Some of these people don't find time to go to church, but often they enjoy having the missionaries over for dinner, and this keeps them in touch with the church. Missionaries will also look for the opportunity to provide service to the less active members because the missionaries really care about these people, and as representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ, they want to share His love with them.

The third group the missionaries teach are the active "members" in their ward (congregation); those who come to church on a regular basis. Often, when the elders go for dinner at a member's home, the missionaries enjoy the meal and then leave the family with a gospel centered message which often encourages the members to look for their own personal missionary opportunities.

The missionaries also schedule and devote time each week for community service, and of course missionaries attend church on Sunday. They also have district meetings, and meetings with ward leaders. I'm sure there is more that Elder Morgan would have shared in the other half of his email, but suffice it to say that the Elders are to be home by 9:00 pm and in bed by 10:00 pm and then ready to start again the next morning at 6:00 am. Elders have a little white handbook with guidelines and rules for missionaries. This is where the no T.V., no video games, and more are listed. Maybe another time he will share more about this. 

While it would be fair to say that the personal sacrifice of a missionary seems great: giving up home, family, education, computer, TV, a love life and more... nearly all LDS missionaries will tell you the blessings received are even greater, and will last for a life time or longer. This experience most often builds a foundation that will stand firm when the challenges and heartache of life come pressing in. These boys become men as they learn that, "where much is required of the Lord, much is given by the Lord."

To close, I would like to share the words of Trevor's cousin Elder Adam Glover who is returning home from his mission (Mexico City) tomorrow.

Email home from Elder Adam Glover, 6/4/2012

"This past week went really well. It is amazing that I only have this week left and then my time as a missionary has ended. I honestly don't believe it. Today we had a zone activity and I was talking with some missionaries and it just seems like a dream, that it isn´t going to happen. But this past change has been awesome. I have really loved my companion and have learned a lot from him. It is amazing how the Lord always knows who your
companion needs to be. We have seen a lot of fruit from our labors and have worked really hard. Everything is going well with Lucia and Horacio and they are going to get baptized on Saturday. We are also going to baptize two little kids, Rosa and Jesus, so it will be a great way to finish my mission.

But this past week I had a really good week. I did intercambios (swap companions for the day)  with the Zone Leaders and it was great. I got to go with Elder Whitlock from my generation (we've been out for nearly two years) and it was great to talk about all of the experiences we have had over these two years. And I also got to be on interchanges with someone from my district, Elder Schultz, and it was great to get to know him more and to be able to have some great experiences with him. I think that has been one of my favorite parts over this past
year, being able to help other missionaries become better through intercambios and district meetings. I really love teaching because I feel as I teach, I learn so much and grow so much.

There are lots of great experiences that I have had over these past two years and I know that I have served with no regrets. Now it is time to finish strong and put the icing on the cake, literally.

Love you guys and I hope that you have a great day and week. 
Keep praying for me and for those people that I am teaching."

Currently, Elder Trevor Morgan has five cousins on missions. All of them between the ages of 19 and 21.
  • Elder Adam Glover in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Elder James Densley in Wisconsin
  • Elder Wesley Morgan in Paraguay, Asuncion
  • Elder Calvin Kamalu in Kansas City 
  • Elder Scott Daly in Utah. (Yes, his cousin from Maryland was sent to the Ogden, Utah Mission.)
The amazing thing is that none of these young men were compelled to go. They each made the choice for himself. Not all LDS young men make the choice to serve a mission, and others can't go due to health challenges. Trevor and his cousins have made the choice to serve a mission because, individually, they love the Lord Jesus Christ, and they desire to serve him for two years with all their might, mind, and strength and then return with honor. No matter where they are in the world, these fine young men serve because they love the Lord.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Happy Day After Memorial Day! 5/29


Howdy Family!

It's been a great week out here in Oregon City! I'm glad to hear you are doing well in VA. Our weather here has been pretty nice. We actually had some rain this week which was surprising because since being in Oregon City we haven't had a lot of rain. This week when it rained, it poured. That was pretty cool to watch because I think I am getting sick of the rain that's pretty light, but always present. I like the hard rain and then sunshine better. I hope the weather in VA is not too bad for you guys.

Yes. I finally got my "real" license! I can't remember if I got it this week, or last week. I just want to say thank you so much for helping me out with the whole license situation. I know I'm glad that  it's done and here, so I can imagine that you are SUPER glad that it is taken care of.

Also, thanks for getting the new pants too. BUT, I will need a new charcoal black pant. Basically, I had 6 pants coming into the mission. Now I have only 3 pants that I can wear. I told you a long time ago about the light gray pants that I ripped on my knee. But this week I basically had to "retire" all my pleated pants because I made those my "biking pants". So now I am wearing my non-pleated pants, which is totally okay because I made those my nice suit pants AND I'm not on a bike. Because my pant material is thin, a bike seat and my pants don't get along real well. So basically, I know you are sending me some light gray pants back, and one other color back too. Eventually, I will need the OTHER of the 3 color pants as well because I just retired the other pleated pants too. ( When I "retire" pants that means that even though I get my pants patched they keep on ripping! Now, there are like 4 patches on each other. Well, the top one being the patched that is not ripped....ripped!... Hence I'm "retiring" them and not wearing them anymore.)

Anyway, this week has been great. It was just another week of good missionary work. We had great appointments, and then we had some cancel. We had great dinners, and then we had some cancel (which were filled in like 2 seconds. Our ward does a great job at feeding us dinners). A few weeks ago, an older couple got back from their mission and they moved back into the Oregon City 3rd ward. They are the Westovers. At first I was kinda nervous about meeting them for dinner. Not because they were senior missionaries, but because they were a former mission president (and wife) a few years back in Louisiana, and a former Temple President from some temple in California. BUT, they are really nice! They are willing to help out with the missionary work. It was pretty cool because Brother and Sister Westover are friends with tons of people in SLC, many who are in higher leadership positions in the church. They talk about them so nonchalantly. It's cool to talk with them about the Church.

I want to let you know that we passed our apartment inspection! WHOOO! We didn't get a gold star, but that's okay! (Cause it wasn't my fault...kinda) We DID forget to clean inside the oven. But Elder Quinton kinda forgot to clean the calking of this toilet...I won't go anymore in detail...to be honest, it wasn't even THAT bad. But oh well, we passed!

We also passed our car inspection! That wasn't as hard. BUT, funny story: The only car wash we could find, that we were allowed to use, was an old fashion car wash. We went to one of those car cleaners where you have to pay in quarters to get the water running out of the pressure washers. Well, we got $5 worth of quarters from Fred Myers across the street because the machine that was at the car wash that converted bills into quarters wasn't working. We both thought we would totally have enough to wash and rinse our car....it took longer than we thought. We had some place to be soon, and are car was still soapy and we were out of quarters. With the appointment pending, we didn't have time to walk to Fred Myers....SO, we had to drive back to Fred Myers in a soapy car, get more quarters, and THEN finish washing our car off....that was a fun experience! haha

Thanks for all your help and prayers! I know they are working.

Love,

Elder Trevor A Morgan