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I <3 SD! View from on top of the USS Midway!

Hey Everyone!

Us w/ Bret & Bro Stevenson

The Baptisms this past weekend went SOOO GOOD. It was almost too good...usually most of the time, baptism weeks are AWFUL. Satan just works so hard on our investigators and on us, to make the week as difficult as can be. But it's because he KNOWS of the amazing thing that they are about to do! But this week things went so smoothly. Saturday was a little frantic, but nothin' we can't handle! It was just so humbling to watch both Bret and Sarah enter into the waters of baptism. They both come from different backgrounds, are at different stages of life, and are both going to different sides of the country. But it was so cool to see how BOTH of them had come to the same conclusion: That the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the same organization and church that Christ established while on the Earth & is the ONLY church that has the Priesthood authority of God! Both of them have applied the Atonement in their life and they are SO grateful to now have the Gift of the Holy Ghost with them at ALL times. I truly love both of them with all of my heart & I can't wait to see how the Gospel continues to bless them in their lives!

Us w/ Sarah & her hubby David!

This week I have been pondering a bunch about the Atonement. As I have been on my Mission I have seen the Atonement be applied to so many different people, to different backgrounds & circumstances, to different sins & weaknesses, to different struggles & trials. I've seen it take place in my life everyday for the past 15 months and I just can't get over how truly AMAZING the Atonement is. It has completely changed me. It has changed my HEART and I am so grateful for that. Today for some reason I really don't have that much to talk about. (I know, this is UNUSUAL) I think it's just one of those weeks where I can't find any words within my brain to describe how I'm feeling. So this week, I'm going to let someone else's words describe to you all how i'm feeling :)



The first is from one of my favorite hymns, I Stand All Amazed

1. I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,
Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.
I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,
That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.
(Chorus)
Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me
Enough to die for me!
Oh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me!

2. I marvel that he would descend from his throne divine
To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine,
That he should extend his great love unto such as I,
Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify.

3. I think of his hands pierced and bleeding to pay the debt!
Such mercy, such love and devotion can I forget?
No, no, I will praise and adore at the mercy seat,
Until at the glorified throne I kneel at his feet.

If anything, I hope that all of you can see the love I have for my Savior Jesus Christ!

The Second is from a section in Doctrine & Covenants that I recently studied that I can't seem to get out of my head! It's D&C 18:10-15

10 Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God;
11 For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him.
12 And he hath risen again from the dead, that he might bring all men unto him, on conditions of repentance.
13 And how great is his joy in the soul that repenteth!
14 Wherefore, you are called to cry repentance unto this people.
15 And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!

THIS is the perfect description of what it is like to bring one of God's lost children back into His fold. THIS is my Mission!

The last one basically describes my testimony right now. It is from one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon- Alma 26:16

Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.

Ammon describes perfectly what is in my heart right now. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY. I will praise and glory in my God FOREVER for allowing me to be on this wonderful journey and to be molding me into the Daughter that HE knows I can become.

I love you all!

xoxo Sister Morgan

@ the USS Midway. Expect Wedding Announcements in the near future ;)