Living Up to My Potential

Hey everyone! So this past week has been pretty great! It was super hard to leave the Valley........a lot of tears and dreaded goodbyes.....but I know that I will see a lot of them again!

Sooooooooo where in San Diego is Sister Morgan now?????? I'll give you some clues

• I'm in a large Family Ward
• My area covers some pretty large Lakes
• I'm about 30 mins away from the Mormon Battalion and the San Diego Temple
• I have been able to see a lot of previous companions and friends that I haven't seen in forever!
• I get mail EVERY WEEK
• I'm still just as close to the Border as I was in El Centro
• My Ward is pretty famous to Missionaries...........it's where they filmed "The District 2" (training videos for Missionaries that has also become a reality TV show on BYU-TV)
• My Ward is the Otay Lake's Ward....

Can you guess it yet??

I'm in CHULA VISTA BABY! Woooohoooo! Back in the Citayyy! And I love it here! My companion is Sister Roberts who is actually my Grandma (she trained my trainer Sis Sorensen) and I get to kill her off this transfer! (Translation: She ends her Mission at the end of this Transfer!) She is super awesome and I'm excited to help her end her Mission w/ a BANG. (Thankfully, she isn't trunky!)

It's SUPER weird being in the same area as the District! For those who have never see it before, go check it out on BYU-TV online! I have already taught one of the Part-Member families that was part of the show and that was super fun, I love them! Our Ward is young, super missionary minded, and great fellowshipers! Everyone I have met so far I have already been able to feel Heavenly Father's love for them. It is an amazing feeling!

Sister Roberts and I at the MoBat!

So this week has already been pretty eventful. We took one of our investigators to the Mormon Battalion and watched the Joseph Smith Restoration video with her and had a really powerful lesson. Then 2 days later we went back to the MoBat and she brought her kids along for the free tour! They are a wonderful family and I know that the Lord has truly been preparing them to receive this Gospel!

San Diego Temple!

Also today, I got to do something that I have been dreaming about for 8 MONTHS! I FINALLY was able to go to the House of the Lord and be spiritually rejuvenated and strengthened!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, being in the Temple is seriously the best feeling ever. Over the past few months I had been studying the scriptures and reading some pamphlets to help me remember what Covenants I have made in the Temple and I am SO glad that I did! Today as we went through I understood so many new things and I truly felt the peace and comfort that can only come from the Spirit of the Lord. I have gained a whole new appreciation for the Temple and I will never take it for granted again!

I am so happy and truly LOVE being a missionary! All this talk w/ my companion about her mission ending has truly put things into perspective for me. This week I reach my 9 month mark! I have thought about the person I have become so far on my mission and it truly amazes me to see how much I have grown. But then I look at the person/missionary that I know I can become and I realized that I still have a loooooong journey ahead of me. This week in our Zone Meeting we talked about Living up to our Potential and I know that there are a lot of things that I can improve upon. Goal setting is a skill that I still lack, but I am starting to realize how important it is! But I know that through the Lord I can become the person that He knows I can become and that has provided me with so much faith and hope!

I KNOW this Church is true. I hope you all have a wonderful week!
xoxo Sister Morgan

Final goofy pic w/ Jeremy & Jared