Lost Luggage: Trial of Faith

November 22, 2018 (Thursday)
(This is the email that Elder Fowler's mom received at 1:04am from him)

I have made it safely to the Ghana MTC, but my bags were lost so I only have my carry on bag.  I love you so much mom and miss you so much.  Last night here was a hard one because I'm in a different country with nothing I brought.
Love you and talk to you next week,
Elder Fowler

(In his carry on, he does have one extra shirt, one pair of pants, a set of garments, and some toiletries but no soap.  As soon as I read his email, I woke up his dad and we decided to call the Ghana MTC.  A really friendly man answered and asked what our son's name is.  When we told him, he said that he knows who he is and has been in touch with him about the matter.  He said he would follow up with it.)

November 24, 2018 (Friday)
(We felt like we needed to know if there was any update on the lost luggage because if we needed to work on getting him new things, we needed to start working on that.  His dad sent an email to the MTC President about the situation.  He wrote us back with the following:)

"Thanks for your email, Bishop and Sister Fowler. We are very aware of the luggage situation. After a couple of thousand missionaries this year, amazingly, we’ve always been able to find luggage—no permanent losses yet. In the mean time, we are loaning him basics. And he’s been a great sport about it. We’ll stay close to him and the situation. And continue to push. Thanks for sending us such a great young man. If we need anything special we’ll let you know."
President Allen

Elder Morgan's mom was so sweet to pass this picture of the missionaries that arrived at the MTC today. 

She got it from President Allen when they emailed him asking if their son made it there.

(Elder Fowler is the second from the right-tallest in the group, yet they all seem to be tall)