Ship Up and Shape Out‏

The Subject really has nothing to do with the email; I just thought it was a funny play on the old and familiar shape up or ship out. Te-he-he.

I don't really remember much of what happened to me this week before Wednesday.... basically I think we looked up a lot of church media referrals and referrals from other missionaries. We also looked up referrals we got from our street sweep a while back where I sung for like an hour strait on the corner of Woodhaven and Jamaica. If you look at that on Google you will know how much of a miracle it was if anyone heard "my good words and came unto Christ". lol. I hope so.

Tuesday Elder Larsen got sick. We thought it was food poisoning because Elder Torres got sick just that night and was sick Wednesday morning. Elder Lim and I thought that we just had Iron stomachs or something... but there is no was it was food poisoning because like you found out Thursday I got sick. What you don't know is how bad it was. Probably one of the most intense 24 hr type viruses I’ve had. For some reason it made me hiccup and burp a lot which was uncomfortable when I was so nauseous. It got to the point where I just called for the elders and told them to "heal me". After the blessing things improved but I had to take Thursday to recover, I didn't want a relapse or anything. I will spare you the details on my poop, but just know things are solid now. LOL.

Hears the crazy part, Saturday afternoon Lim caught my bug. It must have mutated before it got to him because this is how things went down. 1. Started with a feeling like he got punched in the stomach really hard (symptom that Larsen had) 2. Then when we got home from our missionary efforts he wondered around the house looking confused, sad, and mad (he remembers none of this) He got in warm cloths and went and lay in bed with a space heater and started to writhe. 3. Not long after that he began to barf more than I ever did. 4. His whole body went numb (like when your leg or arm falls asleep) he couldn't feel it when the other elder was touching him. 5. He started crying and talking in Korean (his childhood language). So, we gave him a blessing. All he had running through his mind was "heal me" but he never told me that until later. He asked me to give him the blessing... when I did I kept having the words faith and heal come to my mind. I had no other thoughts so I fumbled until I basically said, according to the faith the Lord knows you have you can be healed....... um.... Now.

Well, he was up and talking to me later that night although he still felt a little sick. Crazy huh! The priesthood is real! Who knows how bad that would have been for Lim if we hadn't have used Gods priesthood power. His whole body was numb! That sounds really bad! But now I’m looking at him and he is totally normal. :)

Anyway, I don't have much time left so I got to go. but I will wrap up with a few more things.

Thank you so-o much sissy for your special testimony and love, your letters and emails mean so much to me, you strengthen me from afar. I know that I have received strength and faith from Eden. I know that she truly is the amazing missionary you say, in our own family, in families all over, and even specifically here in NY. I love you so much.

There is a new email service for missionaries now supported by GOOGLE! FINALLY! So I will send you all my new address probably next week or something? Until I do, just continue to mail me hear. They will forward everything to my new account.

Keaun has a date! Right now we are looking for him to be baptized on the 21st. His parents told him that it was his choice and they would support him.

We were supposed to have 5 investigators at church, :( only one came. But that one is going to get baptized! YEA!

That girl I was telling you about last time. We taught her again she is great. I know she will accept the message. I'll fill you in on that later.

-Love Elder Morris Samuels lol. jk. Elder Sam Morris