HELLOOO! 8/6/2012

Hey there family!

This week has been another great week in Oregon City!

This week was BUSY. We were able to get a lot done this week which was great!

We have been working with our investigator Debbie since about 3 weeks before I got to the OC. She has been progressing, but in her own time, which is okay! She has been gaining a testimony of so many things! She loves reading the Book of Mormon and she knows everything in there is good and for her benefit. She has been gaining a testimony of the gospel blessing her life. One of the fundamental things she has learned is that living the gospel makes a person positive. It doesn't mean that there aren't mountains to climb, or obstacles in our way, but that the gospel of Jesus Christ can make us have a positive outlook on our life and what is/was/ and will be going on in life. All this stems from following the example of our Savior and using his atonement for us. Her phrase that she uses a lot is, "I give this one to You, God." She is learning to put her trust in God rather than just talking about it. We had a opportunity to fast with her last week and that was great! Every since we discussed what "tender mercies of the Lord" have been with her, she has told us she has begun to recognize those tender mercies in her life. We actually fasted a few weeks after we talked about tender mercies, but she and we have seen the tender mercies of the Lord come from the fast...and there are more to come! She still has more learning to do as well, but she is a solid investigator!

We tried to find people, and to teach as much as could this week. Elder Quinton and I had set transfer goals as well as our weekly goals. Our goals are to get at least 30 working hours a week teaching lessons (not including dinners or member referral lessons) and finding (tracting or street contacting). Our first week we got 27 hours and this week we were able to get 33 hours. It is great that we always have something we can be doing.

This week as we began sacrament meeting, the attendance by our investigators was not the best at first, but then it turned out to be awesome! We were planning on having at least 4 investigators show up, but none of them did. THEN, Pablo Leon-Rodriguez (one of our investigators) showed up late! (like 50 minutes late) but he stayed for all the two other hours! And he said he really liked it.

We have been working with the Leon-Rodriguez family and they are doing great! They are a less active/ part member family that are definitely  making their way to becoming more active in the church and in the gospel!

The Young Men (YM: boys age 12 to 18) have really been a help in fellow shipping the Leon-Rodreiguez boys and many other less actives. We just recently got a new YM's pres and it so cool because he is kinda like a grown up version of me! He likes the same music, TV shows and he's pretty relaxed. He loves working with us (not cause we are similar) but because he knows how important missionary work is. Were trying to go on splits with the priests too, which is going pretty good. We want to help them gain a testimony just as much as the next person.

Thanks you guys for all you do for me!

Love,

Elder Trevor A. Morgan