Letter from Elder Morrison

hey family. that's too bad that the computer is being retarded. i hope it gets fixed soon. this week has been pretty intense. i've had to deal with 3 car accidents this week. 2 of them were not serious and they were not in the car. someone hit their parked car. at least we dont have to do missionary medical stuff. the 3rd one, however, was definitely not just a fender-bender. it happened with 2 of our sisters that were coming home from poplar bluff, mo. they got to farmington and decided to get something to eat and to stretch and walk for a bit so they could stay awake. well, they pulled off the highway, and at the top of the intersection they were turning left. they looked twice and didnt see anything. as they were turning, they saw some headlights, and got hit. they took some pictures that apparently show they were in their own lane, and that the guy swerved into them in the left lane. i have to get that fixed up this morning. the car is undrivable and will probably be considered totaled. on the bright side, everyone is ok, and the car was actually one that we were going to get rid of next shipment anyways.
i bought me some shoes this week to play basketball. they worked really well. i am really happy with them, and they are so much better than playing in the adidas shoes. we play every wednesday night with some college students that go to Logan college of chiropractic, here in chesterfield.
last week, we got a new bishopric. yesterday was our first meeting and we also had a separate meeting with the bishop. he seems really motivated for missionary work and is wanting to take it the same direction as we are. we are going to try and get the families here to create 'family mission plans' so that they can have monitored goals. we should be starting this in a couple weeks. the bishop even wants to be the guinea pig for the new program.
i heard the byu game went pretty crappy. the people we live with had a couple families over for the game, and they were pumped up with their chicken wings, cheese cubes, and other snacks. when we got home after the game was done, brother tenney looked depressed. i asked how the game went and he said 'not good'. that was all he said. lol.
today we have to go get a 2nd estimate on one of our cars for body work. when we are getting ready to put a car up for sale, we fix body damage and make sure it will pass inspections. one car has so much body damage from missionaries being stupid that our first estimate was over $3,000! so we have to go there this morning. i'll probably be back in the office around 7:30 your time, and will be leaving the office no later than 9:30 your time. so if you want you can email me back before then. if i miss it, i'll at least check tomorrow for anything i missed.
love you!
Elder Morrison