Letter from Elder Morrison

well, the transfer went well. everything went smooth. i'm now with elder goudie, from murray, ut. he is a pretty cool guy. we have a lot in common.
he has been out about 15 months. he had to go home for 3 weeks a while ago because of his knees, and he had to get surgery. then he came back out. i really like the new area. the people here are nice. from what i can tell, most of the members like me. there was one family that commented to elder goudie that they really like me. they are a really cool family. we went to the choir concert for their daughter, who is 15. they did well. we live with the Stokes family, who have 3 kids, ages 4, 3, and 8 months. they're pretty cool.
for my court summons, i have to drive about an hour or 1:15 and we will take the mission car. president told me that he'd take the miles off for that, because otherwise "we'd have to hide you some place in Africa if you dont go". i love president turley. i dont know what i have to do, except that i have to take the updated insurance card for the car, and then show up. they didnt tell me anything else. i would probably expect a ticket though. the mission will pay for the expired plates. everything has been fine as far as that goes. the sister who got in a wreck a few weeks ago also lost her driving priveleges. when that happens, you get a black dot next to your picture in president's office. we both got black dots so we call ourselves 'black dot buddies'. i have a picture of us giving our keys to elder dandoy, my last companion, who is now the vehicle coordinator. i'll send that with gmail.
today we're going to go play some volleyball with the zone leaders and some sisters. it should be pretty fun. i like to play volleyball.
i dont know what's going on with christmas yet as far as a phone call. we're going to stay the night at a members house, and have christmas morning with them. then we're going to a couple other members houses. i dont know when that will happen. i'll let you know when i have more details.
as for christmas, really all i can think of is some t-shirts that are tall, and underwear. i cant remember what i may have told you, but that's about it. i dont really need anything else. i'm going to be sending a package home with all my mail for the last year, plus a few things that i just dont have room for. it will also contain the family christmas present from me. it is in some pretty crude packaging, but you gotta do what you can with what you have.
well, i guess that's about it. i may get to email a little later today, so you can write back. if i dont answer, then i will next week.
love you!
Elder Morrison