October Happenings

Fun days with Remington.  Making snow and swimming.  Day with the family at General Conference in Salt Lake City.

I went up and spent some time with Grandma and Grandpa Keller and Ellie to help Grandma Keller after she broke her shoulder.

Troy and I went on a date night to the local theater in Centerville and saw a friend in The Hunch Back of Notre Dame.  It was great and Brother Hansen did an awesome job as the bad guy.

I got a yummy surprise from Amy and Mary.  On their drive home to Alaska they picked up different flavors of Kit Kats along the way and then mailed them to me :) So incredibly sweet!  They know my love of Kit Kats, especially dipped in a little peanut butter.

We took a weekend trip down to my parents new home in St. George, Ut.  Troy took my on my second big mountain biking adventure.  Parts were a little bit scary for me, but it was really beautiful.  I found I enjoyed climbing up the rocks and hills on my electric mountain bike, but I still need a bit more practice on the going down hill part!  Took a bit of a tumble down some rocks.  I knew the back of my bike was going over my head as soon as a slowed a bit to go over a big rock.  I had slowed down too much and I face planted it right on the trail and my bike went over me.  I was fine, cut my mouth open a bit, but survived.  

We took a tour of a couple museums in small towns outside of St. George, one was in Hurricane, UT.  And then we returned home to a second flooded basement!  We had let friends stay at our house while we were gone, but they left a day early due to the plumbing not working.  We had a guy come and turn the sprinklers off while we were gone, but he closed off the sewer line instead of the water to the sprinklers so we had a little back up into the house!  Yuck!  

Ethan got his braces off!  Just in time for him to get Senior pictures and his last dance pictures without braces on!

Kat and Kyle were going to London and France on a trip, so Tricia and I decided to join them on the London half.  Neither of us had been to London before.  In the process my friend Becky decided to join the trip, after a bit of convincing that international travel was totally safe!, and Tricia's friend Linda decided to come along too!  It was so much fun.  We all traveled well and were good roommates.  We found a really great flat in the theater district that was perfect for us.  Part of the reason we wanted to go to London was to see the new Harry Potter play, tickets were cheaper in London than in NYC!  And it was so fun to go to, we also saw Mouse Trap by Agatha Christy, which has been on my bucket list forever.  It wasn't as crowded as Harry Potter and the cursed child (or whatever the exact name is), because it's been running forever, but still a fun twist and cute play in a cool old theater.

We saw so many fun and awesome sites.  We stopped at a building where Linds's nephew works and so we were able to go up and see london from the gardens at the top and it was beautiful.  We went through the Churchill museum of his offices underground during WWII, which was really amazing and interesting.  They were boarded up after the war for many years so they rooms are like how they were in the 40's.  

We took a bus trip to Stonehenge, beautiful, where we ran into Missionaries and had to send their parents some pictures!  We also stopped at Windsor Castle and saw the crown jewels and ended in bath and had lunch in a cute old pub.  Fun day excursion.

It was so fun to just be in the city of London.  We did lots of wandering and shopping and went to a couple markets to try food and look around.  I would love to go back again.

Sister Missionaries Sang as They Walked and Walked and Walked and Walked and Walked....

Fun fact of the week: preying mantises are considered a sign of good luck in Tahiti !

Hello friends, whanau, acquaintances, etc.,

It has been a bit of time! Sorry bout that sometimes p days get a lil hectic Haha. Some funny stories of the week:

We have been working with this 13 year old recent concert who the sisters before me helped baptize. We were explaining how there are many things that are good but the world makes fun of. We asked Noah if he had ever experienced kids teasing him for being a member. He replied "they used to..." Now as any normal missionary concerns at that response, we asked him to elaborate on what he meant. He proceeded to explain that "A few kids were making fun the church so I punched one in the face and threw the other to the ground". I was trying not to laugh and encourage him, and we explained that even if they're making fun of the church, you arent allowed to punch them. He looked a little sad, but said he wouldnt do it again. Kids these days crack me up :,)

All of the Spanish! So in the OTC (man havent talked about that place for a hot minute!) We have been getting little to no requests in English, so I've mostly had to reach out to people in Spanish. Which is always terrifying, but good! Looking back, out of my 5 online baptisms I've had, 4 have been Spanish speaking. I can truly see how the Lord has helped me use my talents even on a random island in the land down under the land down under! Also theres this Chilean(?) Woman living with a member and she made me speak to her in Spanish the whole time we visited hahaha... tiempos buenos!

We have been sharing a car recently so weve been doing lots and lots of walking. I know all my friends serving in biking missions are rolling their eyes at me, and I dont blame you at all Haha. But this is the first time I've been carless, (I just thought of a terrible joke: what do you call it when George Micheal talks softly while he takes the bus? A carless whisper hahahahahah) so weve been finding new ways to keep ourselves entertained while we walk and the best way so far has been singing! I didnt realize how many hymns I knew all the verses to...

This week I've also been feeling a feeling rebellious... in the White hand book It says that there are to be no pets. But one day we came back to our flat, and found a praying mantis chilling on our couch! So we adopted him and named him Lasagna Jr. :) we just let him roam around the house while we're out proselyting, and he always stays in relatively the same spot so we've decided to keep him. Will add pictures below.

Well hopefully this was a slightly entertaining update on the life of Sister Morgan keller! As always I love love you all and know the church is truer than the fact that I drink Milo for breakfast every morning!! Have a great week :)

Sk

Pics:
I have the most talented companion who can make flowers crowns??

A member has some pet birds and I love them :,)

Car selfies ft the red brake light which makes my face look like a sunburnt tomatoes and my companion look like a model...

Photo shoot w Lasagna Jr. My lil buddy

To Morgan From Dad

Morgan,
We enjoyed UEA in St George this weekend. Lots of adventures. Mom will have to send you a photo of her bloody lip following her bike crash. Ouch.

Last photo—decided to turn Ana and Ethan into westies for the drive down. Saves on space and they smelled better.

I thought I'd add a couple of pictures from St. George too.  Dad and I biking before I went over the handlebars and got a little whiplash and concussion :)  Me with my fat/cut lip after I crashed on my bike.  

Dad and the kids taking a little tour in the Museum of Hurricane.  We got home to some flooding in the basement due to the sprinkler guy closing the sewer valve instead of the water valve.