Letter from Elder Morrison

hey there family!
well, this week has been an interesting one for sure. right now i'm in the mission office, getting ready to hit the road for fayette. we finally found a place to live. so i guess here's the story:
me and president turley went to sullivan to pick up the bag i forgot there. then we went straight to columbia (4 hours of driving by now) and then a little further to a place called booneville, a town of about 8,700. we stopped in a grocery store to look at ads and the little 'for rent' booklets. we sat down on the bench there and 2 members came up to us, and said 'hey, you guys look like missionaries'. we told them we were coming back into the area (it has been closed for 6 months) and we were in need of housing. the member said 'my brother lives just up the road. i think he might have a place. follow me there.' we followed them there, and that's where we're living. the Lord must really want us there. we hear that there are a few people waiting to be baptized there already. we're way excited.
ok, for the questions:
My comp is Elder Thomas. he's from Sandy, UT (yep, my first Utard) and has been out for about 14-15 months. he plays the guitar, and sings pretty well. he's really fun, and i'm going to get along with him well. i'm really excited for this transfer. alex is still in poplar bluff. he'll probably be moved next transfer. maybe he'll come out to fayette? lol.
thanks creesh and ty for the emails. creesh, you really brighten my day with your spelling. funny, funny.
here's my new Address:
Elder Morrison
c/o Brother Ward
711 E. Morgan St
Boonville, MO 65233
i got to see jeanne a couple days this week, since we didnt really have anything to do. we did go help with flood cleanup in Eureka. that was pretty cool. i didnt get any pics, because i couldnt carry a camera with me. it would have gotten destroyed if i had. it was a good opportunity. floods are pretty devastating. dad, what years did you serve again? there was a flood about 82 or so, but i couldnt remember. we also went to a baptism for a couple that Elder Thomas was teaching in Lake St. Louis. it was really good.
well, i better let Elder Thomas on here so we can get out to Booneville.
love you all. and no creesh, i'm not gonna kiss girls to come home. i'd like to, but i cant, so i wont.
pics should come next week.
Elder Morrison

Letter from Elder Morrison

well, beggars can't be choosers. the call has come, and we're getting whitewashed out. that means that both of us will be leaving, with a new 2 coming in. i'm pretty upset about leaving sullivan, in that i only had 1 transfer in which i could go anywhere without worrying about what my comp might have said, but i guess i dont really have a choice. i'm going to Fayette, MO, just west of Columbia. i'm going to be with Elder Thomas, and we're opening the area after it has not had missionaries for about 6 months. elder thomas is a cool guy though, and i'm excited to be working with him. it's going to take a couple weeks to get over the shock of probably wanting to be out here, instead of constantly wanting to be home. this week has been CRAZY though.
Tuesday, lots of rain. imagine a hefty rain in ML going for about 48 hours. this caused some crazy flooding. i'll email one from GMAIL to show you some pics. president turley told us on wednesday night not to go proselyting on thursday, and to wait for someone to call and need help. we just sat in the apartment, and did nothing, basically. friday we had a special zone conference with the area seventy out here. after that, we went with the washington elders to pacific, MO, where we helped make sand bags for the flooding. pacific got it bad. lots of stuff ruined there because of the river. saturday, we went to lonedell, MO to teach Ida, who we set a date of April 27th with. she also had us over for Easter dinner yesterday. her husband is a really good cook and made a delicious ham, and lamb roast. very tasty. we got the transfer call while we were there, and she was/is really upset. it's going to be hard for her to get new missionaries. she doesnt deal well with new people and large crowds, so it will be tough. also yesterday, we had lunch at Pam's house (pam is grama ethel's daughter). she cooked a really good ham too, and some veggies. it also snowed like crazy here yesterday. there were flakes the size of half your pinky falling so thick you could barely see for a couple minutes. it snowed a lot of smaller flakes throughout the day, but nothing stuck. getting another cold spell here for a little bit.
yes, i did get the package, and thank you. most of it's gone, but dont worry, there were plenty of people in the branch that kept it refilled. lol.
dad, thanks for giving me the crappiest picks for a bracket possible. really appreciate it.
as for keeping ty busy, tell him to go on teamups with the elders. have him and chandler go tracting. he'll need the practice.

well, i guess that's about it. i'll let you know how transfers go next week. love you all, hope you're doing alright.
Elder Morrison

MLHS "Sweethearts" Dance

Moses Lake Drill Team

We are real happy for the Moses Lake National Champs, however this isn't the reason I am posting this newspaper clipping.
Last night this photo was published on the front page of the Columbia Basin Herald (our local newspaper).
As a side note, Creesh just returned from her "tune-up" at the dyslexic clinic yesterday, and I am glad to report that with a little more work this spring she will be back on task.
I think that perhaps after her schooling she could even apply for the editor position at the Columbia Basin Herald.
The capshun undr the pitsur tels it al.

Loving Brothers

Kevakin & Tyler played together on the same sheet of ice for the last time this year. I just couldn't help posting this picture.

Shut-Out

We are in Tri-Cities this afternoon celebrating Tyler's 10-0 Shut out against the Wenatchee Blades. The tournament this weekend will include two more games against Tri-Cities and Moscow. We hope that the winning momentum will continue.

Hot Buttered Rum

Saturday Deb & I went with Ruth & Spencer to a Hot Buttered Rum show in Seattle. The 6 hours at Ikea before the show did not do my back any favors. We arrived at the venue at 7pm and left at 1:45. It was a great show and fun was had by all. I gave out about 60 pass-along cards, more about that later.

For my own reference here is the setlist of the show:

1: Back On The Train, Flask, Alas!, Roll River Roll, Be Kind Boys, Right Between Your Eyes, Song In A Can, Immaculate Rain > Idaho Pines, Banjo Rock 'n' Roll, Sugaree*, Well-Oiled Machine*, Firefly, Swing & Sway, Sing Me A River, Sweet Honey Fountain > Silas > Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place) > Sweet Honey Fountain, Angeline The Baker > Cindy
E1: String's Breath, For The Longest Time^
* w/ James Nash (The Waybacks) on electric guitar^ first time sang (a capella at lip of stage)
- co-bill with The Waybacks (HBR closed)

March Madness

Since Tyler made the golf team last week he has been staying busy. It seems that if he doesn't have his golf shoes on it's his skates. He has practiced golf every afternoon and played hockey 3 nights a week. Hockey comes to an end this week and we are going out with a bang. Last night Kevakin & Tyler had practice. We have our last adult league game tonight. Tomorrow Tyler plays at 7 o'clock. Saturday Kevakin has a game in Moses Lake at 8am, Tyler has a game in Tri-Cities against Moscow at 1:30.... Yes it is March Madness and we haven't had time to watch one basketball game.

Letter from Elder Morrison

hey fam.this week has been an interesting one. things havent gone the best lately. investigators are not coming to church, so we've had to push back 2 of our 3 dates so far. probably will have to do the same with the other lady. not only are they not coming to church, but some of them we can only meet once a week, and one of them we havent met for 2-3 weeks. not good. we hopefully will have a better week this time around. we had our zone conference last week. it was really good. i got to see elder smith again, which was fun. Still struggling a bit with Elder Heath. i got in the habit of calling him "Herb", coming from a young member not being able to remember his name. he got really mad at me, so i'm trying really hard not to call him herb anymore. i'm just hitting a rough spot, that's all. i really look forward to district meetings and stuff so that i can get away for even just a few minutes with some other missionaries. i cant remember if i told you, but Elder Whitmore from the MTC is our district leader now. we have a great district, for the most part. saturday we had the annual Chili cook-off/ cookie bake-off. it was a fun event and several members invited friends that came, which was a good missionary experience for them. it was also a very non-threatening way to invite people to get involved with the church. we'll see what happens with some of these people.
sounds like everyone got to their hockey tourneys/games while you went to HBR. sounds like you had an enjoyable time too. that is pretty funny that Lucas didnt get to play, but ty did.
i hope creesh does well with her dealio. tune-ups are always good. sometimes i wish missionaries could just get a tune-up and keep going.
as for stucki, i dont know anything more about him. he never wrote me back after the few letters/emails i sent him. whatever, it's his life. if he wants to throw it away i cant stop him, apparently.
ty, you dont know how much i envy you for being able to have a guitar to play. i have my little keyboard, but it is nothing like a guitar, or a full piano. i really miss being able to just sit down and play a little guitar. get good, and we'll jam when i get home.
yes, i am becoming friends with some of the youth here. they seem to like me, but arent too fond of elder heath. they tell me stuff like that. but they're a good group of kids. i'm really glad i didnt grow up in a place like this with so little youth that are LDS and so spread out. it would be very difficult. they are like family and so to date each other is weird to them. yesterday we went to a member's house for a birthday party/dinner/lesson. it was really fun. we were over there from 4-9. maybe not the best use of time ever, but it was fun. i needed to have a release of some sort for the day. we've been starting to play basketball with the youth every now and then. helps us develop a relationship of trust. hopefully they'll start bringing non-members. this week we also played basketball in the park. it was about 60 and people were outiside all over. there were some kids playing in the park, and so we stopped, took things out of our pockets, and then played basketball in a white shirt and tie. it was pretty fun, although my feet and legs, and knees were killing me afterward, especially with Skechers thick boot-shoes.
well, that's about all for this week. love you all, and hope you're doing well.
Elder morrison