Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Letter from Elder Morrison (better late than never)

so do you remember the time i was getting packed to go to college and i was WAY STRESSED? well, here we are again. i think i've gotten in over my head. there's so much to know and so little time to know it. also, we've been WAY busy. i'm writing now because we didnt get a p-day this week. we were working in the office. i'm so tired all the time now. i was talking to the last elder that did the cars and told him i never thought he did any work, and that they never had to tract. well, now i'm finding that tracting is sissy work. lol. i'm really struggling with it though, and am trying just to keep up on top of things. at this moment there is stuff all over my desk that needs entered into the computer, and not coming in just one day will kill you in paperwork. we have zone conferences this week, and because i'm over cars i have to check all of them at zone conferences, so i have to go to all of them. so far we've done 2 and have 2 left.
so a week ago, i was playing basketball with some college students for church, and i sprained my ankle. ouch. it is still kinda sore, especially in the morning, but i think i'll be better soon. i can walk on it, so that's good.
for halloween, we went to a member's house for dinner. they had some good chili and some other stuff, but the cool part was that they had built a box maze in their basement. imagine being in pitch black, and crawling your way through a maze made of refrigerator boxes, but it's also multiple levels. CRAZY. it was a lot of fun, but it got really hot in there. this member has been doing a box maze for about 18 years.
we had to move a ton of cars around recently, and i had to go out to mt. vernon IL to swap a car. pretty long drive. then on the way back we had 2 cars (me and another elder) and he was following me and got lost. so i'm freaking out, and i figure the best way to find him is to pray. so i park the car on a residential street somewhere in st. louis, and pray. when i was done, i saw i needed gas. so i decided to get gas before i tried to find him. i turned onto the next street, and there was a gas station, and i just felt that was the one i needed to get gas at. i missed the entrance, so i circled around and went into it. as i pulled in, i saw the other elder standing outside looking for me. i knew that Heavenly Father was watching over us, and led me to find him.
thanks for the halloween. i really appreciated it.
as for tyler and the guitar, if there is a scratch on it when i get home...you're dead. but if you wanna chance it, go ahead.
my companion is Elder Dandoy. he is a pretty big guy, but not as big as me. i like him so far. he is from arizona. he's really good with computers and the like, and that's why he's been in the office since i was transferred to fayette and now he's still here. he's 23 years old.
well, i guess that's about it. as soon as i get a camera i'll try to send some pictures.
Love you!
Elder Morrison

2 comments:

mom Tolmanb said...

I'm thankful for your example of using prayer. That was a good story and so glad it turned out good. Think of you a lot. Aunt Sherie

mom and dad said...

Elder Mackenzie. That was a good letter. Sounds like you are really busy and that is good. We pray for you all the time so we know you are doing well. Take care, we love you, grandma and grandpa