the bike made it, in good shape, and i really enjoyed the pictures and candy and stuff. i have heard of sunblock and i would have used it if i had thought about it and had some at the time. it's all better now though, and i'm sure i have a sweet tan now. actually, my missionary tan is coming along pretty nicely, although, it will take until the end of the summer to have it done. the dark forearms and 'half-n-half neck". gotta love those fat collars. last week i picked up a couple new ties, which i was pretty happy about. good old polyester ties, probably from the 70's. that's the way to go. as far as other service...this week we did painting. that's about all for brother ward, and then we mowed a couple lawns and fixed a guy's computer (hardware problems). last week we moved some boxes of books, and the lady got us a care package with some food in it. we were really grateful for that.
the new building for the branch here is scheduled for August 7th. of course a week ago it was scheduled for july 24th. before that it was scheduled sometime in june. they're hoping to get in by labor day. lol. the building is actually already built. it used to be the county hospital, but now it is rented out for buisinesses, or in our case, churches.
this week we had some intense weather. we had lots of rain and thunderstorms. in fact one day we had flash floods. i have a video of it from a car, which isnt the greatest, but it gives you an idea. the video was taken about 5 minutes after it started raining hard. i'll send it through gmail.
this week we also had a festival out here, in boonville. it is called heritage days, and it reminds me of spring fest in ML, but like half the size. it was still good though,and we saw their parade. after the parade, we started contacting like crazy. it was pretty fun.
as far as the work goes, it's still pretty slow, but we're making progress.
we're finding people through the members. we've received a few referrals.
we've gotten a couple things going on through the members, and we're just advising. hopefully something comes from that.
well, i guess that's about it. love you!
Elder Morrison
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Catch Up
I was going to post some pictures along with commentary, however KK said it all...
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Letter from Elder Morrison
well, i guess there's another week gone. this one went pretty fast. lots of service this week. we sprayed weeds for a family that has about 30 acres. that was pretty fun, but we got sunburned in the process. sunburn with a regular shirt mixed with the collared shirt the rest of the time is no fun. it's getting better though.
i know you'd like to hear a bunch of spiritual experiences with investigators, but you gotta have investigators first! the work is still really slow, but we're trying to work with the members, and hopefully in a couple of weeks, we'll have a few solid ones. brother reynolds's dog died this week. it got hit by a car. we can tell he's really torn up about it. he's now living with the wards, because his house has been just torn apart with our remodeling. we're almost to the point to where we can paint now in the living room, and we got a new door in also. it's been a bit of work, but it's kinda been fun too. transfers were this week, and we had only one change in our district. he's a tongan guy, elder va'enuku. he's pretty cool.
last night we got a chance to go to the Methodist church here in town. every sunday night they have a service, that's just music. this one was special because they had it outside, and they had a bbq, so we figured since we were invited, and there was going to be food, we'd check it out. it wasn't as exciting as the lady made it up to be, but it was pretty good. we took a member with us, ben elmer, who just turned 18. he thought it was pretty interesting too.
well, that's all that's happened this week, really. i hope you all are doing well. although i have to say that if i'm going to answer your questions, you should answer mine. lol. where is your missionary from in missouri?
love you!
Elder Morrison
i know you'd like to hear a bunch of spiritual experiences with investigators, but you gotta have investigators first! the work is still really slow, but we're trying to work with the members, and hopefully in a couple of weeks, we'll have a few solid ones. brother reynolds's dog died this week. it got hit by a car. we can tell he's really torn up about it. he's now living with the wards, because his house has been just torn apart with our remodeling. we're almost to the point to where we can paint now in the living room, and we got a new door in also. it's been a bit of work, but it's kinda been fun too. transfers were this week, and we had only one change in our district. he's a tongan guy, elder va'enuku. he's pretty cool.
last night we got a chance to go to the Methodist church here in town. every sunday night they have a service, that's just music. this one was special because they had it outside, and they had a bbq, so we figured since we were invited, and there was going to be food, we'd check it out. it wasn't as exciting as the lady made it up to be, but it was pretty good. we took a member with us, ben elmer, who just turned 18. he thought it was pretty interesting too.
well, that's all that's happened this week, really. i hope you all are doing well. although i have to say that if i'm going to answer your questions, you should answer mine. lol. where is your missionary from in missouri?
love you!
Elder Morrison
Monday, June 16, 2008
Letter from Elder Morrison
ok, so i just typed a whole email, and then something happened where i lost it. so i guess i'll just have to give you the rundown again. this week has been a little better. we seem to be teaching more, but not really having many more investigators. we are starting to teach members though, and then ask them to prayerfully develop a list of 5 names of people that we can either teach or do service for. we did service for brother ward this week scraping plaster off the walls of the house we put the roof on. it was definitely a chore. and to make it harder, we had the neighbor kid really wanting to help, and he was only like 10, so he couldnt do much but get in the way. oh, well, we got it done, after like 7 hours, and then the wards fed us dinner. that was nice. i think i told you how our miles got cut and so we have to use our bikes a lot. and then i got a flat tire, and then not even a week later, i got another one. we spent one day on foot, and my feet and knees were just shot by the end of the day. oh well, that's what happens.
i am not getting transferred, so me and elder parkinson are staying together another one. so you can send my bike to the wards. as for the card, i havent spent it all, but i was planning on getting some pants next week in columbia. i could probably get brother ward to check my email for me in the middle of the week. i'll probably have him do that on thursday, for whatever you wanted.
where is your missionary from in missouri? i wonder if i know the area he's from?
by the way, we are getting some nasty weather. the last couple weeks we've had thunderstorms, and the missouri river is actually flooding. another 3 feet and the RR tracks will be covered here in boonville. luckily we live on high ground, so i'm not worried at all.
well, i'm about out of time now, so i hope you're all doing well. love you, and i'll type at you next week!
Elder Morrison
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Letter from Elder Morrison
well, this week has been a pretty slow one. we havent had much go on. jason, who was the guy i was talking about last week has apparently gone missing or something. we cant contact him at all. i think the only reason he answered his phone ONCE was because he didnt know who it was that was calling. so we're still just trying to find. we're starting to work more with the members, and try to get some referrals out of them. i hope you guys arent like the people that when we ask them to do something as simple as give out 3 pass-along cards, it's like pulling teeth. people say they want to do missionary work, but i have yet to see it in action with most of them. we've done quite a bit of service though. we helped an elderly lady in the branch dig a trench type thing in her yard. that was some pretty good work. we also mowed her lawn and her neighbors too. she fed us lunch afterward, which was nice. after that we went and mowed another lawn of someone we found tracting. we'll see if she lets us come back to teach. everything else has kinda fallen through. we helped finish up the roof this weekend, which is good to be done. we also mowed that lawn, and used the weedeater. one thing about missouri...you dont have to work at getting things to grow! there was soooo many weeds and thick....stuff....it was like a jungle in there. its sad to hear that people i know have passed into the spirit world. but i'm sure they're doing just fine, and fulfilling callings elsewhere. we need missionaries there just as much as we do here.
we had our combined district meeting this week. that's like a zone conference but we have our interviews with president turley. he says he's not sure about what will happen at transfers, but we have a feeling we'll probably be staying together another one. things are going good though. i did get to see alex at cdm, since he's in my zone now. we also talk on the phone quite a bit, at least twice a week. it's nice to have some family to talk to out here.
we found some garage sale opportunities this week with some sweet ties. i picked up 5 ties for like 2 bucks. not bad at all. elder parkinson got some nasty ones, including an all leather tie (i didnt know that was socially acceptable, lol). it will be a good laugh at our district meetings though.
its fine if grandma uses my guitar. its not like i'm going to be using it any time soon. lol. that's the easier one to play too, as the strings are lighter and closer to the frets.
well, i guess that's about all from this week. glad to hear you're all doing well, and tell ty to save his money. he's gonna want it in a couple of years.
love you,
Elder Morrison
we had our combined district meeting this week. that's like a zone conference but we have our interviews with president turley. he says he's not sure about what will happen at transfers, but we have a feeling we'll probably be staying together another one. things are going good though. i did get to see alex at cdm, since he's in my zone now. we also talk on the phone quite a bit, at least twice a week. it's nice to have some family to talk to out here.
we found some garage sale opportunities this week with some sweet ties. i picked up 5 ties for like 2 bucks. not bad at all. elder parkinson got some nasty ones, including an all leather tie (i didnt know that was socially acceptable, lol). it will be a good laugh at our district meetings though.
its fine if grandma uses my guitar. its not like i'm going to be using it any time soon. lol. that's the easier one to play too, as the strings are lighter and closer to the frets.
well, i guess that's about all from this week. glad to hear you're all doing well, and tell ty to save his money. he's gonna want it in a couple of years.
love you,
Elder Morrison
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