Letter from Elder Morrison

well, transfers didnt happen exactly the way i wanted to, but i'm still here. me and elder grayson are both here in the fayette area for another 6 weeks. we have a baptism interview this week for brittany, who has a date of the 27th. she has to be interviewed by president turley because she is on probation. she has really come a long way though. it's amazing to see people progress and to change for the better.
things have been pretty hectic this week. we had to get all our moving done while juggling all our appointments. we were pretty tired by the end of the week, but we got it done. when we got moved in on friday night, we found that there was no running water. wow, that is definitely something i've taken for granted. we had to go back to the boonville house on saturday morning to shower and brush teeth. then we cleaned up in that house. we finally got the water turned on saturday night. i think someone in the office dropped the ball with that one. oh well, its all worked out now.
someone left a piano at our apartment, so we have a piano. it's pretty nice to be able to play again.
well, it's good to hear that grandma is doing alright getting everything together. i know what it's like to close up a house and move. i just did it.
lol. lots of work, and not very much fun.
oh, before i forget, here's my new address:
102 Sulphur St. Apt. D
New Franklin, MO 65274
mom, get used to speaking. yesterday at church, a speaker didnt show up until half-way through sacrament meeting, and i was the backup, which i found out about 2 minutes before the meeting. luckily i didnt have to speak, but i've had to do it before. you'll find once you get doing it, it's not that big of a deal. as for talks, i remember the talk that rolan lybbert gave at my baptism, when he took rocks (sins) and put them in a backpack i was wearing. it started to get really heavy, and then the 'baptism' was able to take off the backpack. just an idea. maybe it wasnt rolan lybbert, but it may have been. it's been a while...
well, sounds like coltin had his fair share of fun getting out of school. i dont recall doing that that early in life. i know i did it a couple times in high school. ( note from craig: this comment was in ref. to Coltin playing sick at school, heating up the temp to get out of PE)
i talked to Alex this morning, and he is still in Jackson, which is a zone leader position. he's doing well.
weather has been pretty crazy lately. it's been generally pretty mild, except the last couple days it rained a lot. the missouri is flooding again, and it was so bad last night that we couldnt even get to boonville from new franklin because there was water over the roads. we went into the lower parts of franklin and people were being flooded out of their houses. they werent even able to drive to their houses, so they were just out chilling in an intersection, waiting for the water to go down. crazy stuff.
well, i guess that's about it this week. i'll let you know next week how the interview went for brittany. love you lots, and drive safe, those of you that are driving.
Elder Morrison