President pushing the expectations of the Work!

GoedeMorgen!! Well I don't even know where to start! This week was really awesome! It did have it's ups and downs, but still was a very good week of learning from Temple Conference and also getting flu shots.. and Teaching our investigators! And I will tell you how my Companion almost killed me with Samurai Sauce!

I am going to start with Temple Conference! This Conference so far has been my favorite one! Not only just because of going to the Temple but of what was taught to us at the actual Conference! The temple was an amazing experience! It is the smallest temple, but so dang powerful! I understood the whole thing in Dutch! I was super grateful for the Spirit that was there and the time I had to spend in the Celestial Room and just feel that Peace and Spirit and just have my prayers be answered! It truly was cool! So in the conference I will just sum it up of what the biggest things were! 

So to explain the title of my Email, President Bunnell has bumped up our Contacting hours to 23 hours! and it was originally at 20! So it was really cool to see how President knows that if we follow these new hours, that we will see success and the work grow! My favorite talk had to be one of the AP's Elder Bonner! He spoke to us on our capabilities and it was flat out amazing how he just laid down how we need to be as missionaries and what the Lord expects from us! Our Heavenly Father knows our capabilities and he knows that he can help us magnify our work! 

Then after all that greatness of Spiritual growth, President Bunnell hits us with a bomb.. He announces over the pulpit, ' Oh and by the way Elders and Sisters after the meeting you will all be receiving Flu Shots. No exceptions. Okay lets do it!! ' :( as you all know I hate flu shots... but hey I survived! and I told President I am not angry with him anymore! haha just kidding!

Our investigators are doing really good! We have 4 progressing Investigators now! The hard part about this week though was that we had a lot of our lessons fall through this week.. and when I mean a lot I mean 4 out of 6 dropped... But hey we got to keep trying and help our Investigators grow! We also have two new investigators! so that is awesome! I finally know the First Vision in Dutch! We taught this girl named Ashley and I shared the Vision with her and it was crazy to feel the Spirit like that! 

And mom all is good with the Samurai Sauce story, I had an allergic reaction to this stuff called Samurai Sauce this week, Elder Woltjen hid some in my food and he knows that I don't like spicy stuff that much and right as I ate a big bite of it, my throat closed up! and I could not breathe! I hurried and drank like a whole thing of juice to relax my throat! hahaha! It scared Elder Woltjen to Death! But I am okay I promise!

I am grateful for this Church and the opportunity I have to be a missionary for this Church! I know that it is true and that Joseph Smith Restored this church and he did see our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and that Christ's Church is here on the earth today! I am forever grateful for the opportunity to wear Christ on my chest everyday! Thank you for all your support and prayers! Love you guys!


Love Elder Morey!

Dutch Pannenkoeken!! it is so good!!

Poffertjes!! Little pancakes in the 
Netherlands that are amazing!!

Beautiful morning ride to Temple Conference!

Selfie with Elder Woltjen at the Temple!

The Den Haag Temple! 
All the missionaries outside the temple!

Love Planting Seeds!

Hallo Iedereen! This week was a really good week and hard week! We did a whole lot of teaching and I was really busy all week with going on Exchanges! I will send pictures of the two Elders I was with! It truly is starting into Winter! It is getting so cold! The wind here just chills you to your bones! SO I am going to start wearing my good ole Thermal Garments, so I can save my life!!

This week did a whole lot of planting seeds! People aren't that interested in religion here period, So some days all we do is plant seeds, which is most days for sure! When I went to Haarlem me and Elder Troumbley didn't find a single person out of the Five hours of contacting we did, but what matters is that we planted those seeds! I had success in Den Haag with Elder Bishesar form Suriname! We ended up finding 2 potentials that day and it went really well! What was tough though was going on Exchanges two days in a row! that was really tiring! 

Our investigators are slowly making progress! We have recently working with this lady named Deborah! She is the sweetest lady and is really positive to what we teach! It is amazing to see such growth in the people we teach! It is truly cool to see the light of Christ in these peoples life! We are trying really hard to get them to come to church, because it truly is a huge difference when an Investigator comes to church to see the Sacrament and the Spirit that is felt there!

I am so excited to go to the Temple tomorrow! I have been so anxious to go to the Temple again since the MTC! The only hard part will be understanding the Endowment session in Dutch! But hey the Spirit will play a huge role! I would like to share a video with everyone! It talks about Faith and how we need to grow! It is called the Butterfly Circus, it is about 22 minutes long but I encourage you to look at this video! It truly was amazing! 

Thanks for all your support back home, I love you guys very much and wish everyone a good week! Talk to you all soon! Tot ziens! 

Love Elder Morey!

Waiting at the Bus Stop in the Rain

Exchanges in Haarlem with Elder Troumbley!
Greenie city Takeover!

Elder Troumbley in his Bear Wumsy!!!!

Elder Bishesar from Suriname!
On Exchanges with him in Den Haag!

Elder Bishesar made me some Suriname Eten!

Spiritually Fed with Conference!!

GoedeMorgen iedereen (Good Morning Everyone)! This week was an awesome and crazy one in Leiden! So grateful for the opportunity we had this weekend to hear from the Prophet and the Apostles! and to see the new called apostles Elders Rasband, Stevenson, and Runland! It will be cool to see how these Apostles grow with there new callings! 

Crazy week here in Leiden! Lots of chaotic people! So the 3rd of October in Leiden is practically like our Independence Day back home in a way! It is called Feest! and trust me Nederlanders are very serious about this day! It is like a huge Fair that everyone just drinks a whole lot and is just absolutely crazy! So it was very interesting walking through the Centrum late at night with all the crazy people drunk!

So we now have 3 progressing Investigators! our newest one is Deborah! She is super awesome and really into what we teach and she really feels like this is what she has wanted for herself! But there is a few complications, she isn't married and her Husband is Atheist. So we are going to be working with her a whole lot! Super Excited to see how she will grow in the Gospel! Maneer Van Heyst didn't get put on date, Elder Woltjen and I felt that we shouldn't put him on date because we did not want to push him, We will know when the right time will be! Hopefully he will increase his reading and praying about the Book of Mormon!

Now on to Conference! This Conference was flippin amazing to see and hear! There was so many great talks given! And many prayers for sure were answered on my part! But now it is time for us as members to do our part and act upon these messages that were given to us! I hope everyone will see the guidance that were in the messages of the Apostles and our Prophet! I know that this church is true and that we have a prophet here on this earth! I know as we follow the Commandments and the Lord's counsel, we will see the blessings that come from following and acting upon what we are taught! Review these talks and you will truly see the personal messages that are there for each one of us! 

Thank you for all your prayers and support! I feel your Love everyday out in the field! Keep being the amazing people you are! I will talk to you all soon! Love you all! Tot ziens!

Love Elder Morey!

Video Made by the Missionaries and President and Sister Bunnell for a Zone Conference: 

https://drive.google.com/a/myldsmail.net/file/d/0Bw9ykMTOzFKVbG9qcmp1YnRZLWs/view?pli=1

Elder Harrop's Awesome Drawing from District Meeting!!
I Am of Course Captain America!!!

Waiting for Investigators to come home with Elder Woltjen

Feest!!! Nederlands Octoberfest!

Conference at the Church with Elders Andrews, Cook & Evans

Transfers, Staying in Leiden!

Hallo! GoedeMorgen, GoedeMiddag en alles!! This week was an awesome one! Saw the Lord's hand more than anything this week! Had Zone Training this last week and had a lot of success and had some sad parts of this week, but it truly was an awesome week for sure! Transfers are in, and I am staying right here in Leiden with Elder Woltjen! He also just became District Leader! SO really excited for this upcoming transfer!

Elder Woltjen and I hit the contacting really hard this week! We knew we would have to drop some investigators, so we went out to go find some more potentials and we ended up dropping about 4 investigators.. but we ended up finding 10 potentials this week! so that was a huge blessing and miracle that we saw!! SO hopefully out of those ten we get some new investigators! 

Our investigator Maneer Van Heyst is really progressing, we just taught him the 3rd lesson and he is really receptive and a very humble man! We invited him to be baptized and he didn't want to be on a date until he fully knew if baptism is right and is the next step for him, so hopefully this next week he will know that he needs to take this next step and become baptized! Can't wait to see how he grows and his decision! 

Zone Training was really awesome this past week! We learned so much on how we need to be confident with ourselves and with our Faith! Confidence is key! We also need to learn how to be good Listeners! sometimes all we need to do is just listen! and also how missionaries need to be like ants because they are Organized, Unselfish and United, Have Discipline, Great Planners, Persistent, Hardworking, Teamwork, and we are all ants farming for our dreams! and how we all have our talents and gifts and we need to use them and it will truly benefit those around us!

Elder Bishesar said a quote to me and it really touched me, especially for being out in the mission for just over a month. He said ' Use your stumbling blocks that you have on your mission and make them building blocks! ' I thought was awesome and was so true, even though we stumble, we have a Heavenly Father that is there for us to pick us up and help us make building blocks! I love this Work and the Gospel! Hope Everything goes well for everyone this week! Talk to you all soon! Enjoy Conference and truly listen to what our Prophet and Apostles say! 


Love Elder Morey! 

Windmill at Zuiderzee

Wearing some Klompen!!!!

Elder Harrop from Weber High My Twin!!!!

Beautiful Neighborhood in Voorschoten South of Leiden

How My Badge Looks On Most Days

John's House For Lunch (Jazz Fan!!)

Goedemorgen iedereen! Good morning everybody!

This week in Leiden was a slow one! We didn't see too much success! We had a lot of our investigators drop appointments on us! so that is kinda why it was a slow week and we didn't find that many people this week.. But this week is a new week and I am excited for this week and hopefully we can get an investigator on a baptismal date!

The start of my week on Tuesday we had District meeting in Haarlem, then I went on exchanges with Elder Harrop in Haarlem for that day! It was a great and fun time! Haarlem is a really cool city! and Elder Harrop is from Weber! His cousin is Branson Harrop! so I thought that was really cool! and We are both redheads! so what are the chances! Me and him are like brothers! It is pretty funny how much a like we are!  SO this past week was my 1 month in the land anniversary! It is crazy how I have been here a month already and am almost done with my first transfer! I am really hoping I stay here in Leiden with Elder Woltjen!

Our Investigators are doing well, we have two that are progressing! The others we need to make appointments with them and they need to stop cancelling on us! that is frustrating in the Mission! is when an investigator calls and cancels or they just aren't home and forgot! but we just have to keep making an effort to show that we care and want them to know of the truth that we teach and share with people! SO hopefully this week goes better! and Elder Woltjen and I think that we can get Maneer Van Heyst on a baptismal date! so we will see how that goes on Friday!

I am so excited for these upcoming weeks! We have zone training here soon this week! then General Conference will be the following week! for some reason I am excited to see who the next two apostles are! I think Whitney L. Clayton and Elder Rasband are the next Apostles! SO if that happens you heard it from me! Then we have temple Conference that next week! I am so excited to go to the Zoetermeer temple! I love the TEMPLE! I love the blessing that it is in my life and grateful for the blessing that I get from hearing the apostles speak to us! I know that if we listen to them we will receive guidance in our lives and I know that they are called of God and help us through there talks! I am grateful for missionary work and know that this gospel and church is true! I will talk to you all soon! Ik hou van Jullie (I Love You)! Tot ziens!

-- 
Elder Noah Morey

Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen

Touring and eating Frites!!!

Boat Ride at the Museum

Elder Neptune

Centrum in Enkhuizen

Enjoying some Ijsje (Ice Cream)!!!

Belgium Trip was Bomb!!!!!

GoedeMiddag! I had another great and hardworking week! Have District Meeting this week Tuesday and I realized that it was in the city of Haarlem! and if you have seen the movie The Best Two Years, This is the city that it is filmed in! and We have our Meeting in the church building in the movie! So if you ever watch it on a Tuesday, I am sitting in that church having a District Meeting! hahah! So just a quick update on the investigators! When Elder Woltjen and I came into the city we had only 2 investigators, Now from this past week we are now up to 8 investigators! so We have found 6 investigators in 3 weeks! President said that was a Leiden record he thinks!!

Out of the 8 investigators we have 2 are progressing very well, Frits and Maneer Van Heyst! They both are so close to Baptism! SO hopefully everything continues to go well with these two! We found a new investigator this week named Deborah! she investigated the Church 9 years ago and is willing to take the lessons again and she still has her Het Boek van Mormon from 9 years ago! So me and Elder Woltjen are excited to begin teaching her again! It is always good to find a person who is excited to be taught!

Went on Exchanges again this week with Elder Strikwerda! He is the funniest and coolest Elder! we always have a great time in Den Haag working together! We always run into the craziest people in Den Haag for some reason! But the next day was my Belgium Trip!! This place is absolutely gorgeous and just and amazing place! I had to go for my residency there and apply for it! so in 2 weeks I think I am heading back to pick it up! For Pday we are going to this place called the zuiderzee museum, it is an old dutch town and should be pretty cool!

I am super excited for this week and for all the teaching we are going to be doing! I hope and pray that our investigators will feel the Spirit and know that what we teach them is true and they can know for themselves the blessing and comfort that they will feel from this Gospel! I know that our Heavenly Father loves all of his children and wants the best for us. He wants to communicate with us everyday and I know that pray is real and works. I see my prayers answered everyday. I am so grateful for all the blessings that I see on my Mission and in my life! I know this church is true an that the Book of Mormon and the Bible together is the fulness of the gospel and the woord van god! talk to you all soon! Tot Ziens! 

Love,
-- 
Elder Noah Morey

Elder Croft and I in Belgium

Brussell's Central Station

Architecture in Brussell's is Amazing!!!! 

Elder Higham

Amazing Place

This waffle has changed my life!!!!

Mitrailette (Famous in Brussell's) for Dinner - Yummy!!!

It's all about the WORK!!!

GoedeMorgen familie en vrienden! I had a great and of course another wet week! It does nothing but rain here in the fall and in the winter! but I have to get use to it! Haha I have some great stories of some crazy things! The work has been very slow this week but, it was a lot better than last week! we found some potential investigators and 2 new investigators! there names are Gabby(18) and Jason(17)! they are a couple in College that hang out with a kid name Jordan in our ward that is going to webster university here in Leiden! They came to church and felt good about it, but we need to start teaching them this upcoming week! Hopefully that goes well!!

This week Elder Woltjen and I are teaching this girl named Tessa, she is dating this guy named John and he is a member in our ward. He fell away for a little while and got into some things that he regrets, but we are helping both of them. Tessa is going to be baptized!! Her and John just have to get married first! SO that is awesome!! And we have to help them quit smoking! We are almost there!
Then there is FRITS! He has been an investigator in the church for 3 years and his next step is baptism, he just has some things that he is struggling with in his life, like finding work and trying to have him and his girlfriend to get married! so he said he would be baptized when his life isn't to chaotic, but we know he needs to take this next step of faith! So we are working with Frits!

One of the potentials we found this week was some dude that we found near our apartment! I knocked on this door and a guy answered the door.. he was wearing a white shirt with red underwear on, smoking a cigar! it was flippin hilarious! I asked him if he was religious,( bent u geloofig) and he just looked at me and took a puff of his cigar and looked at me and I just laughed and said ' SO nee ja?' but we talked to him and got his information and he had a little interest so we will see how that turns out! haha!!

I am going to Belgium this Friday!!! going to Brussels for a trip to get our residency there if we ever end up serving there! I am so excited!! I will take a lot of pictures!! everyone says its a boring trip because its just all legality stuff and we don't get to see the city or travel around, but we are going in a couple weeks to get shown around and try real Belgium chocolate and waffles!!

I love being able to serve in Leiden! I truly have seen why I have been called here! I love the Ward here! I am building so many relationships with all of them! they are so loving and have an amazing spirit! I learn so much from them language and Spiritual wise! I am grateful for all the blessings that I receive from my Heavenly Father! I feel those blessings each and every day! I love studying from the Scriptures and from Preach my Gospel! I learn something new every time I read and study them! I know that this Gospel is great blessing in our lives! and that our Heavenly Father guides us everyday! and that he loves each and everyone of us! I love this work and know that it is truly helping me and those around me! This Gospel is true!! thanks for all your support and prayers for me!! Talk to you all soon! Tot ziens!! Love you all!!

-- 
Elder Noah Morey

Church in Amsterdam

Amsterdam Central Train Station

Looking down the Centrum in Amsterdam

Windmill in Leiden

Looking down the Centrum in Leiden

Oldest Church in Leiden

Rainy Day Look

Elder Strikwerda and Me at the beach in Den Haag!

Cool Car!!!