For young men's activity tonight Tyler is going on a 6 mile run. As he was headed out the door he decided to pick up the ukulele and favor us with a special musical number.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tyler's New Sunday Suit
Deb took this picture as soon as we got back from church. He purchased the suit at the Senior Center for $5.99, yes prom is this weekend. I'm sure his date will be totally impressed.Letter from Elder Morrison
hey family!
this week has been a pretty good one. things have been about the same, though we've picked up a few new investigators. one of our investigators moved out on his girlfriend, so we dont know where he is, but we're going to teach his girlfriend. maybe we had to talk to him so we could talk to her? we'll see what happens.
i didnt get a note from dad. so i dont have any idea what you're talking about with the Jasmans. i'm guessing one of their kids passed away. that's really sad to hear. i hope they'll be comforted, and that you will do what you can to help them. i know you will.
That's exciting for Brett. tell him to be reading Preach My Gospel. he'll have a huge head start in the MTC.
i'll let you know what's going on for the Mother's day call next week. i'm assuming we'll be using the Ward's phone, since they're right next door. i'm really excited for it. who would have thought that i'm already coming up on the 2nd phone call home. almost a year out.
oh, by the way, i thought you'd find this interesting. everyone thinks my name is a girls name, well, there's a missionary in our district named Kelby. so is Kelby a girls name or a guy's name? lol i havent talked to jeanne too recently. i need to call her. she's been on my mind for a few days, but i havent found the time to call her.
i dont have any new pictures this week. i'll work on getting some this upcoming week. transfers are in a week and a half, and elder thomas will probably be transferred. i'll let you know what happens with that next week.
well, that's about all this week. sorry there wasnt much of great importance this week. we've been doing a lot of tracting, cuz you gotta find so you can teach.
love you all,
Elder Morrison
this week has been a pretty good one. things have been about the same, though we've picked up a few new investigators. one of our investigators moved out on his girlfriend, so we dont know where he is, but we're going to teach his girlfriend. maybe we had to talk to him so we could talk to her? we'll see what happens.
i didnt get a note from dad. so i dont have any idea what you're talking about with the Jasmans. i'm guessing one of their kids passed away. that's really sad to hear. i hope they'll be comforted, and that you will do what you can to help them. i know you will.
That's exciting for Brett. tell him to be reading Preach My Gospel. he'll have a huge head start in the MTC.
i'll let you know what's going on for the Mother's day call next week. i'm assuming we'll be using the Ward's phone, since they're right next door. i'm really excited for it. who would have thought that i'm already coming up on the 2nd phone call home. almost a year out.
oh, by the way, i thought you'd find this interesting. everyone thinks my name is a girls name, well, there's a missionary in our district named Kelby. so is Kelby a girls name or a guy's name? lol i havent talked to jeanne too recently. i need to call her. she's been on my mind for a few days, but i havent found the time to call her.
i dont have any new pictures this week. i'll work on getting some this upcoming week. transfers are in a week and a half, and elder thomas will probably be transferred. i'll let you know what happens with that next week.
well, that's about all this week. sorry there wasnt much of great importance this week. we've been doing a lot of tracting, cuz you gotta find so you can teach.
love you all,
Elder Morrison
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Anyone Can Play Softball !
Tyler, the official assistant captain of the Moses Lake 4th Ward Softball Team. He is the envy of all his team mates.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Letter from Elder Morrison
this week has been a pretty slow one, teaching wise, but a pretty good one. we spent a lot of time in columbia this week. saturday, we did a big service project for the Central Missouri Food Bank. Mizzou has a fundraiser called the black and gold game, which they split the team up into 2 teams (possibly 1st string vs. 2nd string) and play a game of football. entrance costed 3 dollars or 3 cans of food for the food bank. our job was to take the full barrels of food, and put them in a moving van. i was way tired after that. we did it for about 6 hours. yesterday we had a good day at church. we got a referral for a part-member, and we'll start teaching tomorrow. last p-day, we played basketball and football, and a member had all of us for a bbq, which was way nice. we've been getting out on the bikes a little bit this week. we biked to New Franklin on the Katy Trail. that was pretty cool except it was freezing. yesterday we biked to a richer neighborhood to tract because they're all home on sunday. we met a jewish guy that showed us his music collection. he has over 72,000 records, tapes and cds. it was ridiculous how much music he had. he is going to make us a few copies of some cd's by a group called the Deseret String Quartet, which i think dad will probably enjoy. i'll probably send those home to you once i get them.
i'm really glad to hear that ty is going with the missionaries. in St. Peters we had a kid getting ready to go on his mission that would always go with us, and it was really nice to be able to have a teamup anytime.
speaking of investigator prayer stories, recently we have been working with a guy who just isnt getting it. but he wants to learn about us. we threw down a lot of testimony and read 2 Nephi 29 with him (you should probably read that). at the end of the lesson the spirit was way strong, and then we asked him to pray right there if the book of mormon was true. he did, and the spirit was so strong. i dont know how he doesnt know if its true after that experience, but it built my testimony more, and allowed me to strongly feel the spirit.
our mission has recently started reading the book of mormon together. i'd encourage you all to read the book of mormon. i know 2nd nephi can get kinda tough. so can jacob 5. but when you read more than a verse or chapter a day, you get so much more from it. you know me, i hate reading, but i've been loving reading the book of mormon. we read 8 pages a day, and sometimes i read more than that. it really helps you feel the spirit, and ty, if you're going to be going on a mission, you need to have read and sincerely prayed about that book. i didnt realize that until in the MTC, which is too late. you really need to read the book of mormon, as a family, and individuals.
i didnt feel that earthquake from st. louis. and i havent talked to jeanne in a while. i need to call her. i was going to last night but things got pretty busy after we came in for the night.
This morning we taught seminary. ty, a class of 15 in seminary is nothing. try teaching 2 people, one of which doesnt really care to be there. and then add to the fact that we were teaching old testament, which is hard to understand a lot of the time anyways. we got up a half hour early to do that.
one of the youth in the branch (1 of like 7) has loaned us a guitar, and so me and Elder Thomas play pretty often. i bought a pair of drumsticks a while ago, and i set up some thick books and binders that make a really lame, but fun, drum kit. every now and then we rock out. maybe i'll make a video and send it to you.
well, that's about all i have this week. i hope you all are saying your prayers and reading the scriptures, especially the book of mormon. i love you all, and i'll send some pictures next time. i hope you got pictures of the minigolf in the church. i want to see that.
love you,
Elder Morrison
i'm really glad to hear that ty is going with the missionaries. in St. Peters we had a kid getting ready to go on his mission that would always go with us, and it was really nice to be able to have a teamup anytime.
speaking of investigator prayer stories, recently we have been working with a guy who just isnt getting it. but he wants to learn about us. we threw down a lot of testimony and read 2 Nephi 29 with him (you should probably read that). at the end of the lesson the spirit was way strong, and then we asked him to pray right there if the book of mormon was true. he did, and the spirit was so strong. i dont know how he doesnt know if its true after that experience, but it built my testimony more, and allowed me to strongly feel the spirit.
our mission has recently started reading the book of mormon together. i'd encourage you all to read the book of mormon. i know 2nd nephi can get kinda tough. so can jacob 5. but when you read more than a verse or chapter a day, you get so much more from it. you know me, i hate reading, but i've been loving reading the book of mormon. we read 8 pages a day, and sometimes i read more than that. it really helps you feel the spirit, and ty, if you're going to be going on a mission, you need to have read and sincerely prayed about that book. i didnt realize that until in the MTC, which is too late. you really need to read the book of mormon, as a family, and individuals.
i didnt feel that earthquake from st. louis. and i havent talked to jeanne in a while. i need to call her. i was going to last night but things got pretty busy after we came in for the night.
This morning we taught seminary. ty, a class of 15 in seminary is nothing. try teaching 2 people, one of which doesnt really care to be there. and then add to the fact that we were teaching old testament, which is hard to understand a lot of the time anyways. we got up a half hour early to do that.
one of the youth in the branch (1 of like 7) has loaned us a guitar, and so me and Elder Thomas play pretty often. i bought a pair of drumsticks a while ago, and i set up some thick books and binders that make a really lame, but fun, drum kit. every now and then we rock out. maybe i'll make a video and send it to you.
well, that's about all i have this week. i hope you all are saying your prayers and reading the scriptures, especially the book of mormon. i love you all, and i'll send some pictures next time. i hope you got pictures of the minigolf in the church. i want to see that.
love you,
Elder Morrison
Monday, April 7, 2008
Letter from Elder Morrison
well, it's been a week in Boonville now. i'm really liking it. there's a lot of work already happening. we have the potential of setting 3 dates this next week. we're way excited for that. we got 4 referrals last week, all from members. there's so much to do that we havent even contacted everyone that we need to. things are going really well though. we're in Columbia, MO today. we were up here for conference, since the Fayette branch doesnt have a church building, we couldnt watch it there. there are about 30 active members (so we're told) that go to church. they meet in a hall that splits into 2 rooms, so they only meet for 2 hours, Sacrament and Sunday School. hopefully by june they're going to be moving into a bigger building, but not an actual church building. i think it's more of an office building, but that's fine. Conference was really good. i especially like Elder Holland's talk, as well as all of President Monson's talks. It was pretty cool to be in a Solemn Assembly. that doesnt happen very often where you get to be part of one. we stayed the night friday, saturday, and sunday with other missionaries in Columbia to save miles on the trip to and from boonville. it's about 25 miles either way, 50 roundtrip.
I did get to visit Jeanne, being so close to her place when we were in the mission home. it was really fun and we got to visit with her, ron, and her son Chad's family. we had a really good time. i'm really liking where i am though, now, and me and elder thomas are getting along really good. i feel a little like an outcast here, just because the other missionaries talk about things i dont know much about, like music bands that i've never heard of. today we're going to play flag football at the Missouri University practice field. it's a nice campus. I dont have pics this week, but i'll send some next week, probably.
yes, i did get the cd from Grandma. things have been really hectic lately, but i do love it. i listen to it when i go to sleep. tell her thank you for me.
Well, i guess that's about all thats happening here. i hope you are all doing well. i love you all and miss you tons. i'm almost half way done though.
Elder Morrison
I did get to visit Jeanne, being so close to her place when we were in the mission home. it was really fun and we got to visit with her, ron, and her son Chad's family. we had a really good time. i'm really liking where i am though, now, and me and elder thomas are getting along really good. i feel a little like an outcast here, just because the other missionaries talk about things i dont know much about, like music bands that i've never heard of. today we're going to play flag football at the Missouri University practice field. it's a nice campus. I dont have pics this week, but i'll send some next week, probably.
yes, i did get the cd from Grandma. things have been really hectic lately, but i do love it. i listen to it when i go to sleep. tell her thank you for me.
Well, i guess that's about all thats happening here. i hope you are all doing well. i love you all and miss you tons. i'm almost half way done though.
Elder Morrison
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