April 1st - Morgan Leaves for Czech Republic

Dear Family & Friends,

We heard from the Mission President in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 30, 2007. He called to let us know that Morgan would be leaving on Tuesday, April 1st to fly to the Czech Republic. He was very nice and said that once they met Elder Nowland, they prayed really hard to have his visa take a very long time because they really wanted to keep him. They said that Elder Nowland must have been praying for his visa to come quickly and for some reason the Lord saw fit to answer his prayer instead. He was very complimentary of Morgan's attitude and how excited he was to serve the Lord and his likeable personality. We did hear from Morgan yesterday via email. He also sent some voice files that he has recorded since he has been out. He really likes his companion in Las Vegas, Elder Thibideu, he said all the kids call him Elder Tiptoe. He is from Calgary, Canada (the same place our future son-in-law is from). Morgan leaves today at 10am on Delta 786 from Las Vegas to Atlanta and then has a 2 1/2 hr layover where a few of the other missionaries awaiting Czech visas were serving a temporary mission and they fly out this evening at 7:30pm on Delta 62 nonstop to Prague arriving there at 11am tomorrow morning. It will be a 16 hr flight for Morgan. It is 9 1/2 hrs from Atlanta to Prague. I hope he gets some sleep. He is so excited he probably won't sleep, but he should get a chance to call from the Atlanta airport. Jeff and I thought about going out to dinner tonight and we hear the Atlanta Airport food is great....haha, don't worry we aren't going but it is tempting. Enjoy the pictures I posted and use his new address now to write to him. He would love to get some letters.