The Lord Blesses His Servants Efforts..

I hope you all had a great week this week. Mine was good, no too much happened with us unfortunately, but hopefully next week will be better! We still had some good lessons and things happen to us, but nothing to exciting weet je?

Well this week we had the opportunity to meet with Grietje. She has been Investigating for some time now and has been struggling a little bit with the concept of God giving her trials and wondering why she has it so rough sometimes. On Tuesday we went over and shared a lesson with her about Peace. And how our Savior is there for us to offer Peace in our lives. We related this to the story of when Christ was asleep on the boat with the Apostles. You all know the story of how there was a huge storm and the Apostles knew that they were going to perish. So they turned to the Savior, Jesus Christ and he immediately woke up and calmed the storm. That is exactly how and what we need to do when we are in search of Peace in our lives, when we are in the boat(our lives) and we are getting tossed and turned by the waves of all these trials and hard times. But one thing we know for sure is, is that we always have the Savior in our boat. He will always be there for us in the time of need and Peace. All we have to do is turn to him and ask for his help and I know without a shadow of a doubt that he will embrace us with the Loving Peace he always has to offer.
It was a really good lesson with Grietje and she seemed to really take it and apply it, or at least think about it a little more how she can have that for herself!

We also had the chance to meet with Gaby again this week on Wednesday. We had a super good lesson about the Priesthood and how it is restored upon the Earth. We also answered some questions she had, which she has a lot of. I always feel the Spirit when we teach her, she always is intensive and always is willing to accept anything we teach her! She always shares her experiences with us as well and that is nice to know about! So things are going amazing with her, we have another lesson lined up on Wednesday!

It was super nice to talk to the family on Sunday and it is crazy to think that the next time I will see them is in 4 weeks! I hope and pray that I can continue to keep working hard and not getting too Trunky(Which is nearly impossible sometimes..) I love you all and will talk to you soon! Tot Ziens!

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Love Elder Noah Morey

Grandma & Grandpa Morey's Neighbors the Van Komen's
 who served in Noah's Mission met Noah at Church Sunday!!!!

Groningen is really pretty!

Last Transfer..

Goedemiddag everyone!! Well it is unbelieveable to think that I am on my last transfer.. I literally have about 5 weeks left of my mission.. I honestly feel like everyone is lying to me and that it is a joke that I am going home. But in all reality it is real haha!

This week was a really good one for us here in Assen! It was transfer week so it honestly just felt like a drag, but it still was very eventful and accomplishing.

First off I would like to tell you all a great story/experience we had with Gaby this week. So we had a lesson with her on Tuesday with Thies De Jonge. And when we got to her house, her boyfriend Felix was there and has sparked some interest as well. We taught them the Restoration and they took it very well and both were willing to pray about the Book of Mormon and to find out if this truly is Christ´s Church on Earth. Gaby ended up giving the closing prayer for the lesson and it was super sincere and I know that if they continue to investigate with a sincere heart that God will answer there prayers. Gaby ended up also coming to church, so she continues to follow up on our commitments and we have another appointment with them on Wednesday! OH and also She has saved up 2 years of Tithing. UNBELIEVABLE!! She has such a strong testimony of tithing which is mind blowing to me! SUPER COOL!!

We had the chance through the week to go and contact some referrals that we have gotten from the Easter Campaign. We ended up traveling to a place called Haulerwijk in Friesland. We had two referrals out there that we had to contact. We contacted the first one and he wasn't home, but his brother was, so maybe he will call us. But the second one was a very nice lady that was interested and said we could come back next week and share our message. So that was a nice miracle for us and hopefully she will be more interested going further!

Well I would like to also give a shoutout to my mother and mother figures in my life, I wish you all a happy mothers day and I love you all and am forever thankful for what you have done to make me who I am today and the influence you´ve had on me!

I hope you all have a great week and I will talk to you soon! TOT ZIENS!!

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LOVE Elder Noah Morey

Eating Some Sushi with the District!!!!

Elder Young and I in the Groningen Centrum

You believe in Tithing right? Yeah we do. Okay Amen.

Goedemiddag everyone!! Well this week was a super cool one. But first we got transfer calls on Saturday night, and I will be staying in Assen for my last Transfer with Elder Young, so I am pretty hyped to spend my last transfer here!

Well I believe I mentioned something about Kings day in my last email, that was on Thursday. It ended up being not what we expected it to be. We did not get up early enough to get a good enough spot.. SO all we ended up doing was walking around and trying to talk with people, but it was still a fun day!

On Saturday we had the chance to see someone get baptized here in the Groningen Ward, his name is Marcel and he is a super lovable guy! So that is always nice to be a part of!

Okay I don't have that much time left before we have to leave, but I want to tell you all about the miracle we saw this week. On sunday between all the 4 pairs of missionaries in the Ward, we had 8 investigators in Church! Now that is amazing. And one of the investigators happened to be a lady that a member knew and had invited to Church! (Shout out to Thies De Jonge) Her name is Gabby and she is from Suriname and she was super touched by Church. I ended up sitting next to her and after Sacrament Meeting was over, me and her had a good conversation about her realtionship with God and Religion. Turns out that the Spirit really touched her and she feels like she should join the church and be baptized. We at first were like okay slow down a bit! We ended up taking her aside at church(Br. Keuter and I) and Taught her a lesson on the Restoration and practically what the Gospel and the Church can mean to her! She is super positive and we have an appointment with her Tomorrow and it is super cool to see that the Lord is blessing the Groningen Ward!! 

I love how one member is actively being a missionary and taking courage to invite people and look what has happened!! I don't know if she will get baptized or not, but that is amazing! I hope you all continue to look for people around you to serve and be an example to! I love you all and hope you have a great rest of your week! Talk to you soon! TOT ZIENS!!

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Love Elder Noah Morey

Kings Day!!

District

Living Mosiah 2:17 in Assen

Goedemorgen Everyone!! Well this week was SUPER tiring! but also at the same time it was worthwhile! I Always have to tell myself that it is good to be tired all the time! But overall it was a good week for us here in Assen!

SO the reason why I have the subject of the email about Mosiah 2:17 is because we Served a lot this week.. 3 out of the 7 days we did service! The first day was on Wednesday. Since the Assen Church was closed there was a piano there that needed to be taken to the Groningen Church. And who do you think got the opportunity to do that? The Elders te Groningen en Assen!!! So this Piano was needless to say the heaviest thing I have ever lifted in my life. I had a strap around my body so that we could lift it upstairs to where it needed to go and we did it!!! It took us an hour, but we did it!! On Friday and Saturday we did Service for some investigators and that went really well, everytime we do service for our investigators I Always feel the love of God and I can see that it means a lot to our investigators and will go a long way for them!

One of our investigators ended up coming to Church, so that is Always a super exciting feeling when you see them walk into the church building! Church was really good, they had some recent converts give talks about the temple and how much it means to them. It was a very special meeting.

We have been doing much finding lately and have found quite a few people, they just need to fully become investigators, we have a lot of referalls from the Easter Campaign, so hopefully this next week we will have some stories to share! Konings Dag(Kings Day) is on Thursday, so that will be exciting. It is a day where the Dutch dress up in Orange and get super hyped about Nederland. It is going to be fun!

I hope you all have a great week and I love you all! I will talk to you soon! Tot Ziens!

"Remember that Jesus Christ overcame the world, so that you could as well."

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Love Elder Noah Morey

Birthday Cake!!!!!

Nederland weather is super bipolar..

Goedemiddag everyone!! So i have like no time at all to email.. so that is super sad, but I will tr to type as fast as I can to explain a little bit about how the week was!

So we have been receiving a ton of referrals from the campaign that our mission has been doing and that should be really nice and hopefully some of them will be interested in listening to our message! This week we ended up finding 4 new investigators!! So that was a miracle and two of which are neighbors, so that is pretty cool!

Keukenhof on Wednesday was pretty awesome, last year was better just because the sun was shining and it made the flowers pop more, but of course it is still amazing to go there and see all the tulips and it was super fun, i got to hang out with Elder Croft the whole time so that was super nice for me! The conference and training was super good as well!

Easter Sunday was very nice, all the missionaries ended up having to sing and it was really good, my tenor voice is getting better, Mom you would be impressed! I have loved being able to come to recognize the Savior in my life and how much the knowledge of that He lives and how his atonement applies to my life. I am grateful for that special day and that I have been able to tell the people of the Netherlands about that they have a Savior that loves them and cares for them.

Well I hope to send a bigger email next week, but I hope you all have a great week and that the weather where ever you are is not as Bi polar as it is here in the Netherlands! I love you all and will talk to you soon! Tot Ziens!! 

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Elder Noah Morey

Keukenhof!!!!

Happy Easter Dames en Heren!

Goedemiddag everyone!! This week has been has been really good! I have been getting better from having a cold, and we just saw some good things happen this week! Also thank you to everyone that wished me a Happy Birthday, it means a lot!

This week we had a lot of things planned such as service and some lessons, and visiting some less actives and everyone to introduce the new Easter Campaign! Well I will begin talking about our really funny experience on Wednesday though. SO Elder Young and I had some time on Wednesday to go and knock some doors, because this was the only day that we had a chance to go find. And the level of wanting to knock doors that day was not so high. But as we were knocking, we had been just chatting about how knocking doors isn't the most effective way to find and were losing a little bit of faith. Well the very next door I told Elder Young. "Watch man, this next door is going to listen and be a potential." As a lady opens the door I tell her that we are missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ and that we are sharing a message and a book about Jesus Christ and it is called the Book of Mormon. She had never heard of the "Mormons" before and we had a nice talk about our religion and the Book of Mormon and gave her one and she was super positive and we were welcome to come back this week and talk to her a little more about the how and why of the Book of Mormon! all I have to say is God is real and has a sense of Humor.  We also ended up talking to a 9 year old about some religious subjects and he was a super smart and funny kid!

On Thursday we had Interviews with President Bunnell and that went well, He ended up talking about my last transfer and what I want to accomplish, so I think it is a possibility that I will stay in Assen! Friday and Saturday we had the chance to go do service with a part member family that we are involved with here in Assen, and we had to rip paint of the outside frames of there house, so that Eric could paint them a different color. It was a lot of work, but the weather was super nice. It was really nice to help them out, because they have two kids and are very busy and we ended up doing a lot for them. Gladys and Eric were super thankful that we came and did that for them and you never know! I just felt super good helping them out and I knew it meant a lot for them!

Sunday was super frustrating.. Our train to Church was late and that made us miss our bus and so we took a bus that I thought would get us there... but we ended up sitting on that bus for an 1 1.5 hours and yes if you guessed we missed the sacrament... so Elder Young and I are going without the sacrament for 2 weeks... Still trying to figure out what I am learning from this experience.. We still ended up having a great Sunday to say the least!

This week was good and hopefully this next week will be a good one as well! I love you all and hope you Enjoy Easter with your Families. I know that we have a Savior that loves us and most importantly that he lives. He is always there to offer peace to us in our lives. For that is the reason he was sent to this Earth. He is the Prince of Peace. I hope you all grow closer to him daily such as I do and try to do. I am thankful for him. And remember You never know how much good you can do.

I love you all and will talk to you soon! TOT ZIENS!!
P.s. We are going to Keukenhof this Wednesday!!
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Love Elder Noah Morey

Groningen Centrum!

Name in the Sand :)

Service with Eric and Gladys!!!

Do you all like how I rolled up my sweats into shorts? haha

Elder Morey + Head Cold = Not Happy Elder Morey

Well Goedemiddag everyone! I hope everyone had a great week this week and also had a great Conference Weekend! I for sure did! I know for sure a lot of Questions were answered and the Spirit was felt! This week we also had Zone Training and we were shown the new Easter Initiative #PrinceofPeace!! It is super exciting, so get sharing!!

We had the ability to meet with some of our investigators and less actives this week and that went really well, we have quite a few potential investigators so hopefully they will turn into new investigators! Exciting things coming this next upcoming week!

Well to start off this email, I probably should explain a little about why I have my subject up there. Wednesday we had the chance to do some service for a Family named Family Gout. We were cleaning up the outside and inside of there parents house to prepare it to be sold. Elder Mostoller and I had the opportunity to work outside in the rain and rake leaves and clean up the outside of the house. And at the end of the day I began feeling sick and I will let you all know that I NEVER get sick, but this time I ended up getting a really bad head cold.. From Thursday to Saturday It was pretty bad and affected the work on those days, we still went to appointments and did what I could, but to be honest I was super negative about everything and was honestly having some doubts about my missionary work and just feeling down as to why I was sick and just having a super rough time... BUT!! Elder Morey was humbled through conference!!

I want you to all know that I have a testimony of our Heavenly Father and that he answers our prayers and KNOWS his Childrens needs. His Apostles and Prophets are inspired through the Spirit. They gave many talks that were meant for me to hear, and especially were for my needs and time that I was struggling with fear, doubt, and negativity. Through Conference many of my questions, fears and doubts were answered. 

Everyone, I learn a lot and continue to learn and trust me I have a lot to learn! But I am grateful for a Heavenly Father that has corrected me at this time to be a better servant of him and to be better, all he wants for us is to become closer to him and his Son. I know that this is a true gospel! I love you all and hope you all have a great week and I will talk to you soon! TOT ZIENS!!
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Love Elder Noah Morey

Groningen

PDay in Groningen!

Service for Familie Gout