So grateful for Elder HerrHi Mom!
Thank you so much for the email. I really look forward to reading how the family is doing and what all is going on at home each week. I think about the family at home all the time and pray for you all with all of my heart. This week ended up being a lot different than I expected it to be. Two Elders that I feel very close to are now in the process of receiving medical releases. Elder Lega is a really big and fun Samoan Elder that has been living in the same house as me for about two months. Last night we had a really emotional farewell dinner with him. Today he is flying from Tarawa to Fiji and form there to Australia where his family lives. Elder Herr, my MTC companion, will also be receiving a medical release. He got pretty sick on Kiritimati Island and when he wasn't getting any better he was flown to Tarawa and taken to the "hospital." I got to spend a pretty substantial amount of time acting as his primary caretaker in the absence of senior couples. A lot of times that just meant making sure he was drinking and eating and also pestering forgetful nurses to do their job. At one point it meant holding his weakened body down to his bed with him screaming in pain as the doctor administered to him, which was a really hard thing to do. Our mission president President Larkin came to the hospital while I was with Elder Herr and told him that he would be released as a missionary and taken to the Hawaii hospital as soon as possible so the doctors there can try to figure out what exactly is wrong with him. After President left Elder Herr and I were taken from the hospital to a future senior couple home on the Moroni High School campus. We had some really meaningful and spiritual conversations together in the time that I got to stay with him that I have made sure to record in my journal. I have come to love Elder Herr so much. I'm so grateful for his friendship and Christ-like example and want to be more like him every day. The work this week has gone well. Bobai(I spelled his name wrong the past two weeks) and his family are committed to being baptized. We have several people who are to be baptized this upcoming Saturday, so I'll be excited to report on how that goes next week. I love you so much Mom! Please send the family my love! Elder Morphonios
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About MeI'm Elder Joseph Morphonios, and I've chosen to serve a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Join me as I share my adventures about serving the good people of the Marshall Islands, and sharing the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ with them. Archives
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