Kevakin Catches a Turtle with his Fishing Pole!

Letter from Elder Morrison

the guitar is SUHWEET!!! thank you so much! i dont hve any pictures yet. but i am enjoying it greatly! my fingers hurt really bad, but im getting used to the feel again haha. really, thank you.

so i have quite a bit to tell this week so it might seem as though im rambleing on. so here i go:

first off, red robin was sweet, but on the way there, and back, we drove by the bank of america. there were a bunch of cop cars and cops with assault rifles outside of it. i guess that someone was dumb enough to try to rob the bank. but i also heard it was supposed to be a distraction so they could rob an armorred truck. pretty nuts huh. we waved to the ghetto bird (helicopter) hoping we would get on tv. haha. blew my mind. i guess one of our recent converts was stuck at a store in that same parkinglot and they watched the whole thing. they said they saw the security guard being moved into the ambulance. crazy.

the next day, we had a tie burning party at sister ratliff's house. she invited a couple people from the ward and i burned a tie. i have been in california for 6 months. holy moley. it was kinda a bummer because my tie wouldnt light on fire. it was like a flame retardant tie! it was soaked in alcohol (rubbing alcohol) ;) and as soon as that burned, it just kinda melted the tie a bit. it was frustrating but it was way nice of sister ratliff to throw the party for me. she made a bunch of sallads and cakes and all that jazz. she reminds me a lot of Grandma burch.

We got transfer calls on saturday. e. ayers and i are both staying here. 6 more weeks. ready set go.

they did some pretty big changes however. there are no longer zone leader companionships. each zone has one zone leader, and a junior companion. there are some pretty big changes. one of our zone leaders, elder ottens, is now the AP. he is a great guy. i liked him a lot. he really knows how to lead.

church was amazing yesterday. in the singles ward, they had to samoan or tongan or hawaiian guys speak. all of their family came and it was a packed house. they did a musical number, 4 guys about 18 years old, with a uke. needless to say, it was the very best musical number i have ever heard at church. it went by way to fast. dang good. after church, we had a baptism of Claudia Carbajal. she is the 22 year old that chose english over spanish so we got the baptism into our ward. all week long she has been getting anti-mormon books and such from a co-worker. she said she never once questioned the church, she was just curious about what her co-worker was saying. she knew it was all a bunch of bull butter. her baptism was amazing and katie dellenbach sang as the musical number. top two musical numbers i think i have ever heard. just for the record. ;)

ok one other thing. the other day we ate at this hole inthe wall mexican place and oh my, i got so sick. i had flash backs of peru. the good part was i didnt have to pay to use the bathroom. how tragic.

well, im getting hungry and i gotta figure out a way to print some chords off from kenz. i love you all. thanks for the pics in the mail.

love ty ty

ps. next week, i will email on tuesday.

Farewell Elder Byington

Tyler's best friend, Chandler Byington catches the 6:30 a.m. Flight out of Pasco, Washington tomorrow morning headed to the MTC and then on to SanJose,CA. We love you Chandler! We will miss you we will pray for your success!

Letter from Elder Morrison

thats right, another week down. we are starting the 5th week of the transfer. that means a total of two more weeks and transfer calls are coming in. Elder Ayers keeps filling my head with all this nonsense about him being transfered and me training a greeny. dont know about all that.

sounds like there is another wave of missionaries comin out to kick satan in the...bum. ;) we sure do need them. could you get chandlers mtc address for me? i have a card for him but i dont know what his address is.

ok while im thinking about it, we will prolly be calling around 4. elder ayers has to do it around then because his parents are 3 hrs different than here. so plan on 4 in the pm.

i got a couple stories for you. first off, this one is for mom. it should make you laugh, it made me. well, there is a kid in the singles ward named brian bills. he has red hair and a raspy voice. one day he was trying to sell a sail boat. everyone asked where he got it from and he said he won it on the price is right. then i asked him if he was wearing a yellow shirt and he said yes. I REMEMBER SEEING HIM ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!!!!!!!! it was pretty dang funny, i thought anyway.

ok for papa. there is a guy in the auburndale ward here that is big into ham radio. he would like to talk to you if you could get on. the info he gave me is :

call sign; AF6UI

8 am saturdays
7178 hf 40meters
(unofficial Salt Lake ban)

do with it what you will. i gave him your call sign as well.

ah, poor christy and jeff. Please send them my love. i will continue to keep them in my prayers. i think i have been very sheltered, because i didnt really realize how much crap goes on in the world. not only that, but the number of trials and the size of trials different people have to go through. its been a big eye opener for me. thats for sure.

sounds like all is getting better with the wedding? haha and when the flip did kenz get accepted into byu. last i heard that was a deny stamp. and why isnt he living with isoa and becky? ooo he prolly pissed him off. you dont wanna piss off a brotha, now he gotta live in some appartment. haha just kidding.

so last week, well i guess yesterday, the spanams(spanish missionaries) asked to go on exchanges so one of their investigators could try the english ward. she came, is way awesome, and is getting baptized on the 16th of this month. how great will that be. i feel bad that we are just walking into a baptism but, the fact that she is poking satan in the eye, means a whole new life for her. i sounds like she is getting a lot of crap from her family and friends. i was just saying to elder ayers how sweet it is that when you find those people that are so prepared, that nothing can stop them from coming into the gospel. speaking of that, remember jeannie reyes? the one that got baptized a few weeks ago? well, her husband took her to her moms house where unfortunately, an anti-mormon female of doom, decided to pump as much anti-bull crap as she could into them. ray, her husband took it to heart and will not allow the missionaries to come to their home at all. jeannie has made arrangements and will be transfering jobs and continuing her fight, kicking satan in the....shins....:D and spitting in his face. isnt she so great? yeah i thought so.

welp, get pumped, 6 more days and i will be on the phone. 8 more days and i hit my 6th month mark. can you believe that time just wont stop? we were talkin and were wondering if it continues to go this fast even after you get home and change the pace. i think it will, what would you two say? you are the experienced ones in age....hahah ah i love you all, talk to you shortly,

love ty