hey family. this week has been pretty slow. we've been finishing up on moving out of our old apartment, which we will spend the rest of today doing because it has to be clean for tomorrow. we met with one of our investigators this week and it was a really good appointment. we watched the restoration with her, and she said she was really excited about the book of mormon, and would come to church. she didnt come to church, but we will meet with her this week. she wanted to see general conference. hopefully she'll show up to that.
saturday we had the baptism of john o'rourke. it went really well, and was really spiritual. the confirmation was really great, and there were a ton of people in the circle. we were pretty close together. i think there were probably 10 people in the circle.
this week was really exciting for this reason:i fit back in my plaid suit!!!
i'm really excited about that.
also, i was talking to president turley and he's probably going to put me and goudie back together for my last transfer. he's going to be seeing the counselor too, and president wants us to schedule at the same time to save miles. i'm pretty excited for that.
so that's really all that has happened this week. i dont really know what else to tell you. i have not received the itinerary for my flight. the new mission secretary doesnt do it like they used to, so i havent heard anything at all. apparently 12:30 on the 21st is it.
well, i hope everything goes well in ML for those that are there, and in oakley for those that are there. which reminds me. our ward mission leader is from burley, and is going there in april. i'm going to have him take a tote of stuff there with them to oakley for me, so i have room to pack other things in my suitcases (which one is about to fall apart, might i add) it has a broken zipper in 2 places, which makes it difficult. but it should stay together for the flight.
alright, i hope everyone has a good week.
love you,
Elder Morrison
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Letter from Elder Morrison
hey family. this week has been pretty hectic as well. we are moving to our new apartment. between thursday and friday we got most of our stuff over to the new one. we stayed the night on thursday night, and then friday morning we realized we forgot some important things. we had no shower curtain, we had no toilet paper, elder tolman had no toilettries. major things. anyway, we had a member take us to walmart and to our other place for a little while to get a few needed items before we could shower that morning. then saturday, we helped some other people move. we have moved like 4 people this week. crazy.
we did get to go to the temple on friday, which was nice. it was kinda nice to get away from crazy everything and just relax and feel the spirit. it was our ward temple night, and there were like 4 people there, and we rode with someone who wasnt even going, but they were going that way, so we hitched a ride. the people that went to the temple didnt have room for us. i'm glad we got there though.
we are going to have a baptism this weekend. his name is John O'Rourke, and he is way solid. he married a member lady, and has gained a testimony of the truthfulness of the book of mormon and the church. i'm so excited for him.
there are a ton of members that ask us how the work is and we're like "there's going to be a baptism on the 28th" and they ask who, and after we tell them, they say "i thought he was a member!" pretty funny. he's a great guy.
we have been working with a couple other people we found tracting. one is darin, who is the christian scientist. he's really solid, and he's having us over tomorrow for dinner and a lesson. we're going to take a priest with us over there, who will be serving a mission within the next year. we're really excited about him.
we're starting to do some member work, which seems to be doing well so far.
we're kinda teachig people how to be member missionaries, and also getting to know members of the ward. i have found a few families that i really like.
also there are a few families that i knew from previous areas that moved here. one is from chesterfield and one from st. peters. there's one family that is way cool. the schmutz (said shmootz) family reminds me a little bit of our family. it's a place where missionaries can be themselves and get off of the pedestal that everyone expects them to be on. they have a son on a mission as well, and sister schmutz has been called as our dinner calendar coordinator, so she gets us dinner appointments. she's really fun.
other than that, there really isnt too much going on. things are getting better, though every day still has a down section to it. things are definitely getting better though.
i dont get to see alex because he's in a different zone, but we talk regularly, especially with questions about crystal city. elder goudie said that the mission wants him to go to the counselor and possibly the psychiatrist i went to. he'll probably be moved to this zone next transfer.
there may even be a possibility of serving with him again, which i would love.
so take this news with a grain of salt...but i weighed myself at our old place and was about the same as last week. but i weighed myself in our new place (which has a tip scale, which i think are really accurate) and it was totally different. the old one said 317, and the new one said 306. so i dont know which to trust, but i like the reading of the latter better. i can almost fit back into my plaid suit, which you better believe i'm coming home in. that is the goal, to be able to come home in that suit. hopefully i'll be able to wear it a couple sundays before i go home, but we'll see.
sister stokes says that the boys miss us a lot. they had the missionaries over for dinner, and the kids were so excited. when alex and his greenie showed up, the oldest got this weird look on his face and looked at his mom, and said "these arent the right ones". lol. i think they miss us a lot, but i miss them a lot too.
well, i guess that's about it for this week. i hope that everything is going well for you, and know that you're all in my prayers.
love you,
Elder Morrison (59 days)
we did get to go to the temple on friday, which was nice. it was kinda nice to get away from crazy everything and just relax and feel the spirit. it was our ward temple night, and there were like 4 people there, and we rode with someone who wasnt even going, but they were going that way, so we hitched a ride. the people that went to the temple didnt have room for us. i'm glad we got there though.
we are going to have a baptism this weekend. his name is John O'Rourke, and he is way solid. he married a member lady, and has gained a testimony of the truthfulness of the book of mormon and the church. i'm so excited for him.
there are a ton of members that ask us how the work is and we're like "there's going to be a baptism on the 28th" and they ask who, and after we tell them, they say "i thought he was a member!" pretty funny. he's a great guy.
we have been working with a couple other people we found tracting. one is darin, who is the christian scientist. he's really solid, and he's having us over tomorrow for dinner and a lesson. we're going to take a priest with us over there, who will be serving a mission within the next year. we're really excited about him.
we're starting to do some member work, which seems to be doing well so far.
we're kinda teachig people how to be member missionaries, and also getting to know members of the ward. i have found a few families that i really like.
also there are a few families that i knew from previous areas that moved here. one is from chesterfield and one from st. peters. there's one family that is way cool. the schmutz (said shmootz) family reminds me a little bit of our family. it's a place where missionaries can be themselves and get off of the pedestal that everyone expects them to be on. they have a son on a mission as well, and sister schmutz has been called as our dinner calendar coordinator, so she gets us dinner appointments. she's really fun.
other than that, there really isnt too much going on. things are getting better, though every day still has a down section to it. things are definitely getting better though.
i dont get to see alex because he's in a different zone, but we talk regularly, especially with questions about crystal city. elder goudie said that the mission wants him to go to the counselor and possibly the psychiatrist i went to. he'll probably be moved to this zone next transfer.
there may even be a possibility of serving with him again, which i would love.
so take this news with a grain of salt...but i weighed myself at our old place and was about the same as last week. but i weighed myself in our new place (which has a tip scale, which i think are really accurate) and it was totally different. the old one said 317, and the new one said 306. so i dont know which to trust, but i like the reading of the latter better. i can almost fit back into my plaid suit, which you better believe i'm coming home in. that is the goal, to be able to come home in that suit. hopefully i'll be able to wear it a couple sundays before i go home, but we'll see.
sister stokes says that the boys miss us a lot. they had the missionaries over for dinner, and the kids were so excited. when alex and his greenie showed up, the oldest got this weird look on his face and looked at his mom, and said "these arent the right ones". lol. i think they miss us a lot, but i miss them a lot too.
well, i guess that's about it for this week. i hope that everything is going well for you, and know that you're all in my prayers.
love you,
Elder Morrison (59 days)
Monday, March 16, 2009
Letter from Elder Morrison
hey, it's weird that this came to my gmail, not my myldsmail account. oh well. things are doing better this week. we've had some pretty good days, and some not so good ones, but on average, the mood has been better. i'm happier most of the time.
today, we're going to play some ultimate frisbee or something. i dont know. but i weighed myself on friday, and i'm down to 317. at the rate i'm going, i'll be able to fit in my plaid suit again before i come home. which is good.
not much really happened this week. we did find one new investigator who we'll see tomorrow. she seemed pretty solid.
congratulations on completing the book of mormon. it's a great feeling of accomplishment when you finish it. the hard part is going back to the beginning and starting again.
man, i really dont have much else to report on this week. my main 2 things were that the medicine is starting to work, and i'm feeling better, plus the wight loss. i guess there's only 9 more p-days until i come home. that's pretty exciting. i guess goudie is having some stomach problems still and the mission doctor thinks its stress, so they want him to go to a counselor. with that info, it may mean that we end up near each other, if not together again. i would really like that.
oh, we're going to be moving into our new apartment this week. the new address will be:
1506 Savannah Circle
O' Fallon, MO 63368
so you can update that on the blog and whatnot.
also mom, i got your letter. thanks for everything that was in it. you know what i mean.
well, i guess that's really all this week. i hope everything gets better with coltin, and tell creesh i got her email, and thanks.
love you,
Elder Morrison
today, we're going to play some ultimate frisbee or something. i dont know. but i weighed myself on friday, and i'm down to 317. at the rate i'm going, i'll be able to fit in my plaid suit again before i come home. which is good.
not much really happened this week. we did find one new investigator who we'll see tomorrow. she seemed pretty solid.
congratulations on completing the book of mormon. it's a great feeling of accomplishment when you finish it. the hard part is going back to the beginning and starting again.
man, i really dont have much else to report on this week. my main 2 things were that the medicine is starting to work, and i'm feeling better, plus the wight loss. i guess there's only 9 more p-days until i come home. that's pretty exciting. i guess goudie is having some stomach problems still and the mission doctor thinks its stress, so they want him to go to a counselor. with that info, it may mean that we end up near each other, if not together again. i would really like that.
oh, we're going to be moving into our new apartment this week. the new address will be:
1506 Savannah Circle
O' Fallon, MO 63368
so you can update that on the blog and whatnot.
also mom, i got your letter. thanks for everything that was in it. you know what i mean.
well, i guess that's really all this week. i hope everything gets better with coltin, and tell creesh i got her email, and thanks.
love you,
Elder Morrison
Monday, March 2, 2009
Letter from Elder Morrison
so i was almost done with my email, and then the computer messed up and closed the internet, so i have to write it all again.
this week has been really hectic. it's been very stressful for me.
frustrations of learning a new area when you didnt want to leave the old one, as well as getting a new companion when you didnt want to leave the old one, and living in an apartment when you wanted to stay with the family you were with. i kinda put up this mental block of "i dont want to do anything with anyone here. i'll be here for 3 months and then go home, and nobody's going to care". i have started to let that block down, but part is still up.
i went to a counselor at LDS family services, and he was a really nice guy.
he told me to write in my journal 5/7 days a week, and see if it helps. it's made me love writing in my journal. at least for now. in the last 4 days, i've written 12 pages, compared to the 3 i wrote for the previous week combined. i write in it in the morning, at lunch, at dinner if we are home for dinner, and at bedtime. it really helps. it's kindof a way to talk about my problems without talking to anyone about my problems. phone calls to mission friends help too.
my new address is:
132 Mystic Cove
O'Fallon, MO 63368
we will be moving this month, and will let you know the new address.
it sucks to hear about all the trials the family is facing at this point. i dont know that me being home would help anything, but i am really wanting to come home now. i just dont want to deal with it much anymore, which has a lot i think to do with the depression. hopefully in the next couple of weeks, i'll start turning around and the medication will help. i pray for the family all the time. know that i love you a lot!
my companion is Elder Tolman from Vale, OR. he's a very red personality. we started out a little rough, but we're getting better now. he'll probably only be here until the end of the transfer, and then i'll have one more comp before i come home. i'm almost to 2 hands on weeks left. how about that?
i sent the letter for paul lauzier. i hope it gets there soon. i printed off 2, just in case i did something wrong.
hope things are going relatively well for you this week, and i guess i'll type at you next week!
love you,
Elder Morrison
this week has been really hectic. it's been very stressful for me.
frustrations of learning a new area when you didnt want to leave the old one, as well as getting a new companion when you didnt want to leave the old one, and living in an apartment when you wanted to stay with the family you were with. i kinda put up this mental block of "i dont want to do anything with anyone here. i'll be here for 3 months and then go home, and nobody's going to care". i have started to let that block down, but part is still up.
i went to a counselor at LDS family services, and he was a really nice guy.
he told me to write in my journal 5/7 days a week, and see if it helps. it's made me love writing in my journal. at least for now. in the last 4 days, i've written 12 pages, compared to the 3 i wrote for the previous week combined. i write in it in the morning, at lunch, at dinner if we are home for dinner, and at bedtime. it really helps. it's kindof a way to talk about my problems without talking to anyone about my problems. phone calls to mission friends help too.
my new address is:
132 Mystic Cove
O'Fallon, MO 63368
we will be moving this month, and will let you know the new address.
it sucks to hear about all the trials the family is facing at this point. i dont know that me being home would help anything, but i am really wanting to come home now. i just dont want to deal with it much anymore, which has a lot i think to do with the depression. hopefully in the next couple of weeks, i'll start turning around and the medication will help. i pray for the family all the time. know that i love you a lot!
my companion is Elder Tolman from Vale, OR. he's a very red personality. we started out a little rough, but we're getting better now. he'll probably only be here until the end of the transfer, and then i'll have one more comp before i come home. i'm almost to 2 hands on weeks left. how about that?
i sent the letter for paul lauzier. i hope it gets there soon. i printed off 2, just in case i did something wrong.
hope things are going relatively well for you this week, and i guess i'll type at you next week!
love you,
Elder Morrison
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