How many years will we be celebrting your 39th?Hope your day is as special as you are!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Happy Birthday Wendy !
How many years will we be celebrting your 39th?Hope your day is as special as you are!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Apple Cup 2008 Hockey Tournament
The advertisement at the end of the rink "you're in good hands" was not an invitation to join Tyler in his goalie crease. However that is the way it ended up.Ty played 4 games at Moses Lake's first ever tournament held in Wenatchee. The scores were 18-0, 13-0, 12-0 and 11-0. The team as a whole, walked away with new found appreciation for the game and a desire to get better. At the end of the tournament, the Moses Lake team was recognized during the awards presentation and given a standing ovation for their efforts in even attending such an event. Not only was this Moses Lake's first tournament, it was their first game together... ever!
In a 4 game tournament, a goalie will defend about 80 shots on goal. Tyler defended more than 250 this weekend. That helps explain the MVP award he received. Regardless of the scores, it was a wonderful time and certainly beat going to a baseball game.
Letter from Elder Morrison
well, here's another week. crazy. well, anyways, things are really good this week. i'm really excited about the work that's going on here. Julie and Sarah (you'll have a pic next week) are getting baptized this sunday. julie wants to go to the temple, and so we're really excited for her to be able to do that with baptisms for the dead, along with her sister sarah. we finished the lessons with them on saturday, and will have their interviews on Wed, a lesson (or video) about the temple, and why we have them, and then they'll be baptized. very exciting. also we're working with a part member family right now. the mom is a member as well as several of the kids (who have moved out on their own at the moment). we are teaching her son, Chase Maul, who has expressed his desire to be baptized. his date is set for March 2nd.
Wendy Copeland is a member referral who has a brother and a few neices that are LDS. she has done a lot of studying on her own, and has a small testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and is getting one of the Book of Mormon. She is currently pentecostal, so there's a few things we have to come down on with that, but there are things that all converts have to learn where their church taught them false doctrine. she has a baptismal date though of march 9th. so yeah, lots of good stuff happening here. i AM torn though. part of me wants to stay, part of me wants to get away from my comp. so, one of us gets transferred, or i'm gonna lose my mind. but that's enough about that.
so the stake got reorganized. sounds like a good organization. President Baker is going to do great in that calling. i'm pretty excited to report to him in a year and 3 1/2 months. as for being grateful to everyone, dont worry, i am. you guys raised me well. i see that now that i'm in the real world, where i see everything is really screwed up. thanks so much for raising me the way you did. i'm really blessed.
sounds like the teaching of Donna is going well, at least from a missionary standpoint. every appointment set is exciting to the missionaries. just dont tell her about stuff she's not ready to hear (baptism for the dead, kolob, bearing testimony forgives sin, etc.) it's really annoying when members do that, because the lesson then becomes unorganized, and they try to eat the meat before the milk. so please dont be like the idiot members.
12 days package....no. still havent gotten it. i've pretty much given up hope on that one. i'm looking forward to this one though.
did i tell you guys that i bought a keyboard at a thrift shop for 3 bucks?
now i can play piano in the apartment, and keep up on my skills. its really nice to have it. plus i can plug it into my ipod speakers for better quality and loudness. works out pretty well.
i cant really think of anything else really big that's going on around here, except it's been really cold for a while, although today is a high of 59 (stupid missouri weather).
remember to read scriptures as a family. remember to pray as a family.
morning and night. from what i've seen and experienced, you cant afford not to. remember to read the scriptures personally too. if you need something to study, read Alma 32 and Ether 12 back to back. they give great insight to what faith is, and how it can grow. if you do that, then go to Alma 7, which is deep into the Atonement. it's great. tyler, read preach my gospel. learn the lessons. if you have time, go on splits with the Elders, you and dad.
maybe on a sunday afternoon or evening. this work is really important, and in a few years, so the prophet has told us, north america will be very very hard to do missionary work in. do it while you can. you should have the blessings of sharing the restored gospel.
love you,
Elder Morrison
Wendy Copeland is a member referral who has a brother and a few neices that are LDS. she has done a lot of studying on her own, and has a small testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and is getting one of the Book of Mormon. She is currently pentecostal, so there's a few things we have to come down on with that, but there are things that all converts have to learn where their church taught them false doctrine. she has a baptismal date though of march 9th. so yeah, lots of good stuff happening here. i AM torn though. part of me wants to stay, part of me wants to get away from my comp. so, one of us gets transferred, or i'm gonna lose my mind. but that's enough about that.
so the stake got reorganized. sounds like a good organization. President Baker is going to do great in that calling. i'm pretty excited to report to him in a year and 3 1/2 months. as for being grateful to everyone, dont worry, i am. you guys raised me well. i see that now that i'm in the real world, where i see everything is really screwed up. thanks so much for raising me the way you did. i'm really blessed.
sounds like the teaching of Donna is going well, at least from a missionary standpoint. every appointment set is exciting to the missionaries. just dont tell her about stuff she's not ready to hear (baptism for the dead, kolob, bearing testimony forgives sin, etc.) it's really annoying when members do that, because the lesson then becomes unorganized, and they try to eat the meat before the milk. so please dont be like the idiot members.
12 days package....no. still havent gotten it. i've pretty much given up hope on that one. i'm looking forward to this one though.
did i tell you guys that i bought a keyboard at a thrift shop for 3 bucks?
now i can play piano in the apartment, and keep up on my skills. its really nice to have it. plus i can plug it into my ipod speakers for better quality and loudness. works out pretty well.
i cant really think of anything else really big that's going on around here, except it's been really cold for a while, although today is a high of 59 (stupid missouri weather).
remember to read scriptures as a family. remember to pray as a family.
morning and night. from what i've seen and experienced, you cant afford not to. remember to read the scriptures personally too. if you need something to study, read Alma 32 and Ether 12 back to back. they give great insight to what faith is, and how it can grow. if you do that, then go to Alma 7, which is deep into the Atonement. it's great. tyler, read preach my gospel. learn the lessons. if you have time, go on splits with the Elders, you and dad.
maybe on a sunday afternoon or evening. this work is really important, and in a few years, so the prophet has told us, north america will be very very hard to do missionary work in. do it while you can. you should have the blessings of sharing the restored gospel.
love you,
Elder Morrison
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Apple Cup 2008 - MVP
Tyler took 81 shots on goal in a single game at the Apple Cup Tournament in Wenatchee this weekend. And, as a result ended up with the Most Valuable Player award!
More to come later...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Letter from Elder Morrison
well, this week i'm going to start off by telling all you idahoans to quit complaining about your snow. if i remember right, you DID have a 14 stake fast for this. that's a lot of people fasting, and with that much power with that type of request, the Lord answers and delivers. count the blessing of the snow, cuz if you didnt have it now, there'd be no crops this summer.
ok, now that i got that out of the way, things are going pretty well here in Sullivan. we had our zone conference this week, and president Turley gave us the baptism goal for this year. last year we got 313. President Hinckley has asked us to double that number. (626). our goal is 800. it will take nothing short of a miracle to get that number. if each companionship gets one per month, it will STILL leave us short. well, basically to do this, our mission president wants us to do what is called the purification process. the purification process is where you fast, and in the attitude of fasting, you ask Heavenly Father what He wants you to change in your life. President asked us to pick 5 things personally, and 3 things about our companionship.
after you have these things, you change them for 40 days, and repent daily as needed. this will only last till the end of the transfer though. so as we show our faith by this process, we're showing the Lord that we want to do this, and reach that goal.
the next day we were in owensville, a town of about 2500. pretty small. we have some good work there already, with less-actives and recent converts, but we decided to tract a little bit. i just drove, and we came to the last side-street on the road we were on. i turned down it, and we felt good about it. we prayed before we got out of the car (for added portion of the Spirit, plus it was ridiculously cold outside with humidity and wind, dad, you know) and we asked that we be led to someone ready for the gospel. we started on the side of the road we didnt park on, which is a little different, but we just did. about 4 houses into it, we met a couple named Marvin and Betty. it turns out that Marvin has been writing a Methodist churh in Kansas somewhere, and they told him that 2 messengers from God would visit him. and there we were in his front room. he kept saying 'im kinda shocked right now, but i guess i shouldnt be'. we left him with the message of the restoration of the gospel, and a copy of the book of mormon. we're visiting him this thursday.
the next day, we received a media referral for a bible in St. Clair. we called her up and she said to bring it by. we shared the message of the restoration with her as well. she is a recovering drug addict of 7 years, and has become pretty spiritual. we said, at the end of the lesson, "well, we want to give you the opportunity to find out if what we've told you is true", and she said, "i already believe it". thus we're going to meet with her this friday, if not before.
there's 3 investigators, but Daylene's (the referral) could be a family.
we're way excited about that. the only question is, will i stay to see them baptized? transfers are only in 3 weeks, and i dont know that i can do another transfer with Elder Heath. he really is quite annoying, and he doesnt take jokes very well. i freaked him out by saying an appointment was for when he scheduled a dinner appt. and he freaked out on me when i told him i was kidding. this was saturday, and yesterday, the only words spoken between us before we got to the church at 9 was me saying the car milage when we got in the car. pretty awkward. plus the members and some of the investigators dont like him much. Grama Ethel is letting us back over on wed, so i'm really excited about that. hopefully Heath doesnt screw it up.
well, that's enough of that...
now to answer the mother questions...
it was really good to see Jeanne. she gave me a ninja turtle toy and a sum of money. the fruit pizza on top of that. i was really happy to see her, even if for just a short time.
got the pants, a little small. you know how it is to buy pants for me. i have to buy them to fit the legs, not the waist. i dont know how or where to send them back to... so you'll have to email me that next week.
this one's from the grandparents. i'm about an hour away from the temple in st. louis. we are allowed to go if a member drives us on p-day, but it's really out of the way to go there for most of the members here, who are mostly in humble circumstances. the last time i went was last month for christmas zone conference. but i have been several times on my mission thus far.
well, i guess that's pretty much all from me this week. love you all, miss you, and i guess i'll type to you next week!
Elder Morrison
ok, now that i got that out of the way, things are going pretty well here in Sullivan. we had our zone conference this week, and president Turley gave us the baptism goal for this year. last year we got 313. President Hinckley has asked us to double that number. (626). our goal is 800. it will take nothing short of a miracle to get that number. if each companionship gets one per month, it will STILL leave us short. well, basically to do this, our mission president wants us to do what is called the purification process. the purification process is where you fast, and in the attitude of fasting, you ask Heavenly Father what He wants you to change in your life. President asked us to pick 5 things personally, and 3 things about our companionship.
after you have these things, you change them for 40 days, and repent daily as needed. this will only last till the end of the transfer though. so as we show our faith by this process, we're showing the Lord that we want to do this, and reach that goal.
the next day we were in owensville, a town of about 2500. pretty small. we have some good work there already, with less-actives and recent converts, but we decided to tract a little bit. i just drove, and we came to the last side-street on the road we were on. i turned down it, and we felt good about it. we prayed before we got out of the car (for added portion of the Spirit, plus it was ridiculously cold outside with humidity and wind, dad, you know) and we asked that we be led to someone ready for the gospel. we started on the side of the road we didnt park on, which is a little different, but we just did. about 4 houses into it, we met a couple named Marvin and Betty. it turns out that Marvin has been writing a Methodist churh in Kansas somewhere, and they told him that 2 messengers from God would visit him. and there we were in his front room. he kept saying 'im kinda shocked right now, but i guess i shouldnt be'. we left him with the message of the restoration of the gospel, and a copy of the book of mormon. we're visiting him this thursday.
the next day, we received a media referral for a bible in St. Clair. we called her up and she said to bring it by. we shared the message of the restoration with her as well. she is a recovering drug addict of 7 years, and has become pretty spiritual. we said, at the end of the lesson, "well, we want to give you the opportunity to find out if what we've told you is true", and she said, "i already believe it". thus we're going to meet with her this friday, if not before.
there's 3 investigators, but Daylene's (the referral) could be a family.
we're way excited about that. the only question is, will i stay to see them baptized? transfers are only in 3 weeks, and i dont know that i can do another transfer with Elder Heath. he really is quite annoying, and he doesnt take jokes very well. i freaked him out by saying an appointment was for when he scheduled a dinner appt. and he freaked out on me when i told him i was kidding. this was saturday, and yesterday, the only words spoken between us before we got to the church at 9 was me saying the car milage when we got in the car. pretty awkward. plus the members and some of the investigators dont like him much. Grama Ethel is letting us back over on wed, so i'm really excited about that. hopefully Heath doesnt screw it up.
well, that's enough of that...
now to answer the mother questions...
it was really good to see Jeanne. she gave me a ninja turtle toy and a sum of money. the fruit pizza on top of that. i was really happy to see her, even if for just a short time.
got the pants, a little small. you know how it is to buy pants for me. i have to buy them to fit the legs, not the waist. i dont know how or where to send them back to... so you'll have to email me that next week.
this one's from the grandparents. i'm about an hour away from the temple in st. louis. we are allowed to go if a member drives us on p-day, but it's really out of the way to go there for most of the members here, who are mostly in humble circumstances. the last time i went was last month for christmas zone conference. but i have been several times on my mission thus far.
well, i guess that's pretty much all from me this week. love you all, miss you, and i guess i'll type to you next week!
Elder Morrison
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Happy Birthday Brooklyn Roads !
Have a happy 9th Birthday! Just 5 more days until you can celebrate Neil Diamond's birthday and sing Brooklyn Roads.We love you Bonka... may your day be filled with spoiledness!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Letter from Elder Morrison
well, another week goes by, and 3 days until i turn 8! that snow fort looks pretty sweet. it's probably one of the best i have ever seen. i love how everyone is saying 'its weird changing times for church'. so far i've changed times 3 times in the last 8 months. 4 if you count the MTC. this week has been pretty good. we set 2 baptismal dates this week, with Julie and Sarah, who are the 16 and 12 year old sisters. we taught them the plan of salvation, and i think they got it pretty well. they're going to make great members of the church one day. the others we're working with are going a little slower, and things keep coming up. so we're going to have 2 baptisms this transfer.
things are going pretty well besides that. Elder Heath claims Frazier Park, CA, but moved to Linden, UT before the mish. i dont know what else to tell you about him. i'm kinda wondering how transfers will play out, but that's another 4 weeks away.
i havent gotten the pants yet. but i've put on a little weight again, so i dont know if they'll fit. hopefully they will. we're starting a diet today though, so hopefully i'll be dropping some here in a while. it's basically a 'limit portions and get rid of bad stuff' diet. we can pretty much control that since we're only getting fed like once, maybe twice a week. well, i dont really have any other pictures to send this week, havent taken many. i am getting all my pictures put on cds for you though, so you can have them all.
as far as dad's questions, already answered the comp and pants ones, and yes i talk to jeanne every 1-2 weeks. we have zone conference in Chesterfield on wednesday, and we're going to stop by to see her real quick. she said she has a birthday present for me and i have her Christmas present, so i'll have to give that to her.
sounds like the hockey is still going really good. i'm really missing playing, and even just skating. there's not a rink in my district even to my knowledge. but since there's been too much p-day disobedience (like people going from columbia to warrenton in a mission car, look at a map) we've been restricted to our areas for p-day. so it's just me and Elder Heath for every day except zone conference and combined district meetings. and of course district meetings.
it's really really really good to hear that Donna is taking the lessons. i hope you take every opportunity to go over with Elder Roholt and his comp to teach her. she'd make a great member,and she (just like everyone else) needs and will greatly benefit from the Gospel.
well, i guess i'll sign off now. love you much, and pray for you all daily.
Elder Morrison
things are going pretty well besides that. Elder Heath claims Frazier Park, CA, but moved to Linden, UT before the mish. i dont know what else to tell you about him. i'm kinda wondering how transfers will play out, but that's another 4 weeks away.
i havent gotten the pants yet. but i've put on a little weight again, so i dont know if they'll fit. hopefully they will. we're starting a diet today though, so hopefully i'll be dropping some here in a while. it's basically a 'limit portions and get rid of bad stuff' diet. we can pretty much control that since we're only getting fed like once, maybe twice a week. well, i dont really have any other pictures to send this week, havent taken many. i am getting all my pictures put on cds for you though, so you can have them all.
as far as dad's questions, already answered the comp and pants ones, and yes i talk to jeanne every 1-2 weeks. we have zone conference in Chesterfield on wednesday, and we're going to stop by to see her real quick. she said she has a birthday present for me and i have her Christmas present, so i'll have to give that to her.
sounds like the hockey is still going really good. i'm really missing playing, and even just skating. there's not a rink in my district even to my knowledge. but since there's been too much p-day disobedience (like people going from columbia to warrenton in a mission car, look at a map) we've been restricted to our areas for p-day. so it's just me and Elder Heath for every day except zone conference and combined district meetings. and of course district meetings.
it's really really really good to hear that Donna is taking the lessons. i hope you take every opportunity to go over with Elder Roholt and his comp to teach her. she'd make a great member,and she (just like everyone else) needs and will greatly benefit from the Gospel.
well, i guess i'll sign off now. love you much, and pray for you all daily.
Elder Morrison
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Game Day For Kevakin
Purple VS Yellow. Kevakin held the yellow to one goal as the "All Mighty Purple" skates on to a 4-1 victory.Fort Morrison
After Kevakin's hockey game this morning, Creesh, Kevakin and I built a snow fort. I know it doesn't look like much but we spent several hours doing it. Luckily for us it started raining about 10 o'clock and helped pack the snow. We used one of Deb's Rubbermaid containers for a brick mold and made about 150 snow bricks. The kids haven't stopped playing since it was finished about an hour ago. Hope the snow is treating everyone well.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Tyler Makes His Mark
A beautifully painted school rock done in maroon and gold. The problem is that it's not in front of the Moses Lake High School.Before we left Oakley, Tyler painted this "Oakley Rock" with a message on the back that read, "I Love You Kylee".
I'm sure his next move is to paint the Moses Lake rock red and white with a big "O".
This just proves that Creesh is not the only one in the family with dyslexia.
To the relatives in Oakley: Please forgive our son, for we know not what he does.
Letter from Elder Morrison
well, sounds like the trip to oakley was fun. for new years we just worked, really. we did have a district meeting, which we made a couple sweet videos, maybe i can send those to you. we went to a function at the church for a little bit, but we got a referral there. we set up a time to meet with her, and taught her this last week about the restoration. the greatest part about this story to date is that she got up (yes, a nonmember) in sacrament meeting and bore her testimony that the church is true. how awesome is that? that's way solid. we also received 2 other referrals this week, and we taught them the restoration as well. they are 16 and 12 years old, both girls. its a really good situation with fellowshippers and everything. we had 3 people confirmed yesterday, which i gave one, Dennis. you saw a picture of him and the other kids that we baptized. its been a pretty crazy week with transfers and all. things are ok so far, but my new comp is pretty crazy. he reminds me a lot of stucki. Lexi, the 10 year old member here doesnt like him much, and she's started to like me a lot more now that anglesey is gone. its just kinda the way it goes. this monday p-day is still throwing me off. in fact, a member works at the library an they were like 'this isnt p-day' and we were like, 'yeah, it is'. kinda different. we helped an elderly couple move some things this morning, before p-day technically started. i did get the b-day package. thanks so much. those are some toasty socks, and i like them a lot. the cd is really great too. you should have copied it before, but oh well, your loss. still no sign of the 12 days package. maybe sometime.
weather has been crazy this week.it hit 75 yesterday, yes in january. it was 60's for my birthday. in fact right now we're in shorts and t-shirts because its so warm.
as far as the work goes, all of those referrals will have baptismal dates this week, and so we'll probably baptize 3 this transfer, if something else doesnt pop up. we're working with and 18 year old girl who is pregnant and a high school dropout. hopefully we can get her to understand how important our message is.
well, i'm kinda out of things to say now. sorry.
love you all and miss you. next week i'll be 3 days from 8 months. crazy.
stay close to the Lord,
Elder Morrison
weather has been crazy this week.it hit 75 yesterday, yes in january. it was 60's for my birthday. in fact right now we're in shorts and t-shirts because its so warm.
as far as the work goes, all of those referrals will have baptismal dates this week, and so we'll probably baptize 3 this transfer, if something else doesnt pop up. we're working with and 18 year old girl who is pregnant and a high school dropout. hopefully we can get her to understand how important our message is.
well, i'm kinda out of things to say now. sorry.
love you all and miss you. next week i'll be 3 days from 8 months. crazy.
stay close to the Lord,
Elder Morrison
Saturday, January 5, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MACKENZIE
No longer a teenager! Happy 20th Mackenzie -- we hope you have a wonderful day!Friday, January 4, 2008
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