Pictures!

 Morgan and Sister Hierche

 My life savers during allergy season....nose spray and chocolate.

 Picnic with Sherry and Melba before I left Kenn Park.

 Playing in the curtains on the stage on P day

Sister McCullough who we lived with in Kenn Park

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

Hello Family and Friends! So I want to start by saying how much I
love Vancouver! I am loving this new ward. It is a big ward land wise
but an average size ward people wise. Our first week here was great.
We had quite a few lessons and we got to meet some really awesome
people. Its amazing what being on the East side of the mission then
coming back to the West side does to someone. I was cautious to talk
to most of the people on the street because in Kennewick we got yelled
at but luckily I have Sis. Hiersche with me and together we had the
courage to go with me, and we were able to talk to some really nice
people. I have to get back into my Vancouver frame of mind, where
people for some reason are generally nicer here. No offense to anyone
from the Tri-Cities. :)

     Sister Hiersche and I have hit it off well together. Like I said
before, she is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is super sweet. She is
the oldest in her family and she has 2 younger sisters. She has had a
few adventures and many trials in her life. She is so strong and she
amazes me. She is a great missionary. I am excited to be working with
her. My only fear is that I will over-power her and she won't be able
to jump in to teach and testify where she wants/needs to. Being quiet
in lessons and other situations has been my problem in the past and it
is something that I continue to work on. She has been out for 6 months
and she is a hard worker. She is crafty, likes to sew, is friendly,
and talkative in one on one settings.  She is deathly allergic to
treenuts and mushrooms, so because of this she has shown me how to use
her epipen in case of emergency. Lets hope she never needs it!  We
often joke about how this transfer is a blessing from Heavenly Father
so that we can both have a calm transfer before the next storm. She
has been doubled in to every area she has ever served in and this is
her 3rd area. Her skill in this has helped me remain calm and kept me
from stressing out too much. She tells me all the time that I am going
to train again because every single one of her companions has trained
after she has been their companion. I wouldn't mind that considering I
only have 2 transfers left after this one and I would like to spend
them here in Salmon Creek.

     The ward here is fantastic. We are living with Sister Morris, a
widow woman in the ward. She is the mother of our bishop (who is being
released on this coming Sunday). We live in a really big house in a
really big room upstairs. Seriously, this house is like a museum. She
has lived in SEVERAL different countries and her deceased husband was
a former mission president in Thailand. She has pictures and shadow
boxes of stuff everywhere! And next to each of them is a note
describing what it is and why it is important. Just like in a real
museum. haha! Its awesome! Our RS Pres is super excited to have us as
well. We were asked to bear our testimonies in church on Sunday and
during mine I mentioned that "I never thought that such a dreary place
would steal my heart" and everyone laughed. :)

     I am really missing Kennewick Park though. I never though I would
love people this fast. It is so annoying! haha! I can't wait to come
up to be able to visit everyone again! I am the 3rd longest serving
sister in the mission. The two that have been out longer than me are
Spanish speaking sisters. It is so crazy! It feels like I don't know
any of the new sisters. I am so excited but so nervous to be the
"oldest sister" in the mission. I don't like it because then everyone
will be looking to me for information and I don't think that I know
enough for that. I love being way over her in the Couve because I feel
like I am not being spied on all the time. I can do the Lord's work in
peace. haha! Anyways, I am running out of time as usual. I love you
all and I miss you. I hope you have a great week! Please write
me...its April in Vancouver. which means RAIN and Darkness (even
though its pretty today).

Love, SISTER MORGAN BROX

Transfers Are In!

Aloha! So I know that everyone is dying to hear about what is
happening for the upcoming transfer...We got the transfer call last
night and to be honest I was a little surprised that we hadn't gotten a
call from President asking one or both of us to train. We have 14 new
sisters and 11 new elders coming in tomorrow. :) Anyway, without the
training call I thought President was just too busy to do it, but we
listened and neither one of us is training a new sister. Sis McMurtrey
will be staying here in Kennewick Park Ward and a sister from her MTC
group will be coming to serve with her. She is so excited, she almost
started to cry. I am excited for her and I think that they will great
here. This is such an awesome ward and fantastic things are happening!
As for me, my new companions name is Sister Heirsche (I think that's
how you spell it). She came out 6 months ago with Sister Mecham and
Sister Ireland both of whom I dearly love. So it should be fun getting
to know her and working together. I have never served around her so I
don't know much at all. She is petite and blonde and she is from Baton
Rouge Louisanna. Now the question is where will I be serving, right? I
am so excited I almost wet myself, haha!  I am going back to
VANCOUVER! I must need to accomplish something there because I keep
going there. Its Spring so it should be nice and wet and dreary. I
will be in the Salmon Creek Ward in the Van West Stake. It has been
covered by Elders previously so we are being "doubled in" or both of
us are brand new to the ward. She has been doubled in before and so
have I, so this shouldn't be too difficult (fingers crossed). I love
being the first sisters to serve in the wards because everyone loves
us so much and is so happy we are there and we get a brand new clean
start at everything because we are new in the area! Love it! I only
have 3 transfers left so we will see what happens after this transfer.
I'd love to train one more time, just to see if I do it right this
time! haha! I am grateful for the break of training though. One time
straight to the next is pretty exhausting.

So lets change the subject now, wasn't General Conference amazing!? I
loved it so much. I love this church and how inspired the leaders are.
They teach me so much and I love it because as my knowledge increases
I become a better teacher myself. I just realized how much I repeat
the same words over and over again. Please forgive me for being
redundant. I just get so excited and use the first words that come to
my finger tips. Anyways, we watched both of the Saturday sessions at
the Kenn East stake center with a whole bunch of other missionaries.
Normally we would have watched it at our stake center (Kenn Stake) but
the building is being recarpeted so we couldn't watch it there. Also
because it was being recarpeted we couldn't have Tammy's baptism there
either. So we were having it at the Kenn East stake center where we
were watching conference. All of this was such a hassle, but well
worth it of course. We watched the Sunday morning session at a
different building and they fed us lunch like we always do back home.
It was nice. Then for the afternoon session we went and watched it at
a member's home (the Madison's) with our amazing investigator Jen! It
was so perfect! I love being a missionary and being able to see others
come to the knowledge of the truth. Its amazing! Jen really liked
conference and is planning on going back to the Madison's a couple
more times to watch the sessions that she missed. So exciting. I am
going to miss Jen so much! but I know that we will be great friends
after the mission. :)

So on to Tammy's baptism! It went so great! She was so happy! There
were a lot more people there than we though there would be which is
nothing to complain about. Sister Greer was there and sat next to us
on the front row which was fun! A lot of Tammy's family was coming
into town for her baptism so we got special permission from, President
Greer, President Meyer (stake pres), and Bishop Matheson. It was so
awesome that we were able to have her confirmed at the same time so
that she didn't have to wait till the 14th to receive the Holy Ghost.
I am running out of time and I want to make sure I get a couple
pictures sent...so I love you all and I hope you are having a great
week! I can't wait to see you all again. August will be here before we
know it. I am so sad and so happy at the same time about that
statement. :/ Anyways, keep up the good work, share the light of
Christ with everyone you meet and then get them to "Ask the
Missionaries, They can help you!" :) Bye!

Happy April Fools Day!

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. I know that we
did. I love this gospel and my Savior so much! I love that He was
resurrected and that we have the opportunity to remember and celebrate
that blessed event. Yesterday at church we had two investigators
there. One was Tammy who is being baptized this Saturday and we are
all super excited!!!! :)

One was a guy who's wife and in-laws are less active members and his
brother was recently baptized as well. We taught, Bro. A, the first
lesson last week and we are going and teaching the second lesson
tonight. I am super excited to be teaching him. He is really seeking
the gospel. At our first lesson we were talking about the priesthood
and they talked about how his brother the recentish convert was able
to give Sis. A a blessing during her pregnancy. It was a really
spiritual time during the lesson and felt prompted to ask him if he
would like to do that for his wife someday and he said yes, he would
love that. We talked about how that would be possible after he was
baptized and received the priesthood himself. We then talked about how
he had thought about being baptized before but he didn't want to rush
into it. We told him that we would continue to teach him and that as
he acted upon the things that he learned that he would be ready to
make promises with Heavenly Father through baptism. It was such an
awesome lesson and Bro. and Sis. A and baby A were all at church on
Sunday which made Sis. McMurtrey and I a little giddy when they walked
into the chapel and sat a few rows in front of us. :)

After church we did what we always do and went and tried to find
people to teach and we attempted to visit a couple people/families. We
ended up going to try a certain less active couple in the ward. We
knocked and rang the doorbell and no one answered so we decided to
tract their street. A few people answered their doors but they weren't
interested in hearing an Easter message about Jesus because they have
their own religion (makes me wonder sometimes what people even think
about on Easter). Anyway, by the time we got back to our car which was
parked right in front of the less actives house, their garage door was
open but no one was in the car so we knocked on the door again and go
to visit with Bro. B for about 45 min on his doorstep. We had an
awesome time getting to know him and offering to teach him the
missionary lessons as he expressed his desire of "getting back into
church". We will go back again and help him regain/strengthen his
testimony and hopefully as we bring the Spirit into his home, his wife
will feel forgiveness in her heart and have the desire to return to
church as well. It was so cool to know that Heavenly Father inspired
us to go and see them even though they weren't home, and then to knock
on the doors around them for just the right amount of time until they
got home so we could visit. I love being a missionary and seeing all
the small miracles that are produced by an act of faith a simple
obedience.

We went on exchanges this week as well with Sisters Ireland and Funk.
They are so awesome. I went and served with Sis Funk in their wards
and Sis Ireland came here and worked with Sis McMurtrey. I loved being
able to be with Sis Funk. She is a brand new missionary, came out 5
weeks ago, and she is 19! We worked hard and long that day. The area
they have is big a spaced out and they don't have many investigators
(like 2) and they have very few less actives that like them to come
over. It makes me sad! We were talking about their wards and they
don't have wards that are supportive of missionary work. There were
sisters that served there in the past that totally ruined the members
trust. I can't blame the wards for being careful but they are acting
blind to the work that the sisters are trying to do now. They are not
helpful at all, even the bishop ignores them. All I can say is every
member of the church needs to get to know the missionaries serving in
their ward. Pray for their success everyday and do it by name! We need
that! We feel the power that comes from that! Even if you don't like
them after you get to know them, still pray for them! They are
sacrificing a lot to be there and you can't judge them.

It makes me so grateful for the wards that I have served in, in the
past, as well as now in Kennewick Park. I love this ward so much! We
may not have as many investigators as I want and we may not be able to
get into every less active home in the ward. But the ward LOVES us! We
were even asked to teach yesterday in the combine 3rd hour meeting. It
was all the adults and the youth. We talked about the Atonement and
how it affects missionary work. Its amazing! We get referrals often,
they aren't too productive, but we get them. We have a full report
every week. We have a baptism coming up and they see our investigators
at church. Our Bishop is amazing and everyone loves him. He is so
supportive of us and what we are doing. And he is funny! I love our
Relief Society President too! She is always asking us if there is
anything we need or how she can help us. She likes to meet with us to
give us more people to go and contact and tells us how we can help
her. Its great!

Anyway, today is my 14 month mark! Can you believe it??? Its crazy! I
am running out of time! Only 4.5 months left and only 3 transfers!
Transfers are next week! Can you believe that!! I can't! I'll let you
know what is happening next week!

Love you all! Have a great week!
~Sister Brox