Letter from Elder Morrison

sounds like things are going a lot better up there. i am a little sad that coltin was goin for can. i think that he should have been rootin for the us. but i miss the olympics so much! i keep hearin about all that is goin on and i am like come on! it was pretty sad aboot that guy that died on the luge. i keep tellin people i wish i could watch curling and they all just make fun of me. haha oh well.

well do i have some news for you.

transfer calls came in saturday night. we all knew burton was leaving, but there is a pretty big twist. the elders in the perris ward got doubled out. me and my new companion, elder kidman, are now coving the lake perris ward, as well as the perris ward. that covers all of perris, mead valley, nuevo, and romoland. its safe to say that our area has bout 60,000 people in it. and i get a car. burton is going to murrieta and is on bike,,,,again haha.

im pretty worried, about takin on 2 areas, but we will do fine. this is what the Lord wants, im game.

i got an anouncement from zack. that was so cool to hear. let him know that i say congrats!

so i felt my first earthquake!!!i was going to tell you last week but i forgot,. it was so sweet. just a small one but hey, i felt it. one other cool thing i have forgot to mention. there is an airforce base here and fighter planes fly around all the time. it is so cool seein them in formation.

not much has gone on here. we keep tractin, and we have 4 investigators. 2 of which are not progressing, but are probably the coolest people i know here. one is in her late 60;s and her mom (97) lives wither her and has alsheimers or however you spell it. we walked in and she said who are you boys?

i said"mormon missionaries"

she-" oh i was mormon a long time ago!"

5 min later*

she said who are you boys?

i said"mormon missionaries"

she-" oh i was mormon a long time ago!"

so flippin funny!

one other investigator is recovering from cancer. he is stuck on the pain pills, and his parents dontknow so he has been having a rough time. i think that he talked to them a couple days ago so i hope that went well, everytime we go to see him, he is sleeping. we will keep tryin.

miracle experience- a while ago elder burton set up a return appt with a J-Dub and i knew it was just going to be a bash. so we went there on that day and he wasnt there, so we tracted in that area. we went to a door, opposite side of where we were tracting, to one house, at that house ashley answered. she was very very excited and wants to learn a lot more. i hope that feeling continues onto tomorrow when we have our appt.

well that is about it. a less active in our ward works at In-n-out and gave burton and i shirts. suh-weet! haha they love us. it always seems like the less actives love the missionaries way more. haha.

i know you dont hear much from kenz but how is that whole situation goin? sounds like he is doin fine. i havent heard from cole or marshall or chandler in a long while. but thats ok, they got lots of things goin on. im so glad to hear everyone's papers are in. i am very glad to hear josh is gettin his papers goin.

well i love you all family. take care, i will be calling in only 3 more months. *crazy*

much love

Elder Morrison

Go Canada !

Coltin can't remember being born in Moses Lake, Washington... USA!

He has Olympic Fever tonight getting ready for the USA vs CANADA hockey game.

Letter from Elder Morrison

Hey family!

well lets start off with what we did today. we just got back from another amazing hike. if you look at my old pictures, the mountain that is right next to the one we climbed last time, the much bigger and more crazy mountain, is the one that we climbed this time. we made really good time, but my legs are super dead and tired. i still have to bike all week. we have been averaging 17 miles a day or so.\

well sounds like coltin is getting better. that is way cool. i hope creesh is starting to feel better. elder anderson is sick and he has been sounding really bad. he had to do a confermation sunday as well. he is a great missionary. we wont hear about transfers until saturday, but there is a very good chance i will stay and take over the area and burton will leave. elder worthen will most likely leave because he has been here for a very long time.

well idk i f you remember me talking about Juanita and Nick, a couple investigators that we had. well we went over to there house thursday for our appt. and they dropped us like a hot rock. OWCH!!!! MY LEG JUST CRAMPED UP!!! ok anyways, that was pretty hard. so now we have 3 investigators. none of which i see getting baptized any time soon. we continue to tract, and yeah. keep on keepin on, just like dad said.

Thanks for the Package! i already ate all the potatoes and candy. it was dang good. i havent tried on my pants but im sure they will be just grand! i also got a package from christy, grandma and jen and kaitlin put one together for me as well. all the other missionaries are getting mad because i get a ton more mail than them. but they never write anyone back so its is there own fault.

well i had a couple things i was goin to tell you but i dont have my planner that has my list in it....hmm....oh yes, i was wondering if you could talk to brother bruce and see if you could get my physical theropy exercises so i can do those in the morning. if not, i guess i will just make it up.

yesterday while tracting, we tracted into an inactive member and she wanted her baby blessed because it was pretty sick. we couldnt go in because no male was in the house. so we did it right there on the door step. that was pretty crazy.

hmm. well i think that is all. i cant really remember, and im tired beyond belief so i cant really think. i hope all is well, cant wait for those copies dads gunna send me. i love new stuff. haha. wellp, i love you all. cant wait to hear from you again,

Love Tuh-Ty

well hey fam,

crazy how fast this week went by. we are now starting our 5th week in this transfer and that means i have almost been out for 3 months. just like mom said, where has the time gone? i cant believe that grandma is almost done. ya think she is getting "trunkie?"

sounds like the football game was good. superbowl sunday might as well been christmas. elder burton and i went tracting for a few minutes but found out quickly people were busy and upset we were even there. so we knocked on some doors a and quit. i did however knock on a door to hear the score haha.

sounds like the house is a lot different now. you will have to send me some pics of their rooms. toy story is so sweet. every p-day we listen to disney music. and i wanna watch disney movies so bad!

i hope kenz is doin well. forgot all about you huh? i cant believe that he would leave before the super bowl. how terrible.

well lets talk about the investigators real fast. Stephanie = bum. haha she dropped us and doesnt want to learn. she got antied pretty bad.

"new suit Ray" and his wife jeannie came to church yesterday. they stayed for all 3 meetings and are very close to baptism. i am so excited. she signed up to feed us dinner on the 20th and i think we are going to ask her to be baptized on the 21st. still prayin for a date though.

i didnt get to teach the russians because we were on zone leader exchanges that day and i went with elder worthen to his spanish area and anderson went to the lake perris ward. it made it nice to live together still. hahah didnt have to pack up or nothin.

on that exchange day elder worthen had to go get his truck fixed. we dropped it off and went to district meeting. after district meeting we decided to start walking to lunch. we were in sun city so yeah. we walked a couple miles and happened to walk past red robin. what went though our heads? "just got the msf cards refilled, RED ROBIN<> YUM!" haha so bonzi burger it was. then we walked and walked and walked. until 530 when we got a corola because the truck was gunna be there over night.

Elder anderson's birthday was two days ago. while he and elder burton were studying, elder worthen and i snuck out the back door, in the pooring rain, and went to a gas station to get some drinks and a hostes birthday pie. haha he is a great guy and i hope he had an enjoyable birthday.

so do you remember that guy Wiley Fulmer i was talkin about a while ago? well he rides pro freestyle motorcycle. he is way cool but in-active. he said he wanted to come to church last week but he was in panima and he jumped 165 feet. insane. when we walked in his house that day his bike was just in his living room haha. he signed a poster for me so i will send you a pic of that.

so on a random note, i had a realization that The Lord has really blessed me here in perris. because there is not one good looking girl here hahahahahahahahahahaha. it was a good way to get me into missionary mode. ;)

my steak was actually pretty good, considering i had no bbq to use, no seasonings besides salt and pepper. it was really juicy and it was a ribeye. turned out pretty good.

well i love you guys, thanks for the support. just keep on keepin on.

Love

Elder "maverick" Morrison

Letter from Elder Morrison

Well hey there family,

sounds like you guys had a crappy week. i cant add much to that statement. elder burton and i have tracted everyday for ever. been tryin but all those days and tracting wears on elder burton pretty bad. but we will keep on keepin on. so i dont remember if i told you about stephanie. last saturday we met her tracting and she wanted to come to church. she came the next day and stayed for all 3 meetings and cried during sacrament meeting. she even signed up to clean the building. we had an appt with her on thursday at 2. however at 9 she called us and said she wasnt ready to learn about the church. poopie. oh well. we did however get 2 new investigators this last week, from russia. we just ordered 3 russian BOM's. pretty sweet. ok im sure i have talked about ray and jeannie. ray was going to come to curch for the first time last week (Jan 24). him and jeannie didnt show up. monday jeannie called us and told us that ray had something to tell us next time we met. so we were freaking out because we thought they were going to drop us. we got there and found out that ray went and bought a suit for church, was all ready to go, but couldnt tie his tie. i was like what the HECK!!!! hahah but they invited us for dinner this last week and everything. they are by far my favorite to go see now.

Heads up for kenz and julie. i started listening to "julies church mix's" and elder anderson got ahold of em. that cd is on its way to circulating around all the mission. pretty tight.

i was wondering if you guys had gotten coles address yet so i can write him back. it has been a while.

also i have something to send to gary armstrong so i was wondering if you could get me his address as well.

at the store this morning i bought a steak to cook. dunno how it will turn out but im hoping it goes well haha. well fam, that is about all i can think to write. i hope things go better for you all. happy birthday mom.

LOVE YOU FAMILY

Elder Morrison