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