kendall 10.16.10

I’ve spoken to some of you but in case you hadn’t heard…

I received a call yesterday afternoon from President Carter of the Toulouse, France Mission (Morgan’s Mission President), informing us that Morgan was involved in an incident on the way to a Zone Conference in Bordeaux (Bordeaux is approximately 70 miles west of Périgueux where he is currently serving). Morgan, along with three other missionaries were traveling by bus to the conference and a man who was also traveling on the bus took a disliking to the group and presumably Elder Wimmer in particular. The man exited the bus in advance of the group and as Elder Wimmer left the bus, the man attacked him with a knife. The altercation lasted only a few seconds but resulted in the knife leaving a cut across Morgan’s forehead. The man ran off and was not seen again. Morgan received some stitches to the forehead but is in otherwise good spirits. He attended the Zone Conference and is now back in Périgueux.

President Carter was very complimentary of Elder Wimmer stating, “I wish every missionary was an Elder Wimmer”—good to hear. He mentioned that the group of missionaries did not provoke the man in anyway and was not of French origin (possibly from Algeria or Morocco). He joked about Elder Wimmer’s brushing-off the incident while mentioning the act had really upset some of the missionaries attending the conference. President Carter described the event by stating “he was an evil man trying to destroy the work of the Lord by taking one of my best missionaries.”

There are several question and details that I wish I knew from questions I wish I would have asked. We’re just glad he’s ok. Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers on his behalf and we look forward to hearing more about the incident from his e-mail on Monday morning.

Kendall