June 23,2011

MARSHALL IS HOME IN PASCO!!! He arrived in Pasco WA just after 3:30pm! Our family was accompanied by Grandma and Granddad Goodrich, Delbert and Mary and a few of the kids. We left for Rexburg ID the next morning to go spend some time with Shayanna, Steven and our new granddaughter/niece Naomi Brooke Barclay born a week before Marshall came home!!! We stayed nights with the Randy Smith family in Blackfoot ID. We got home yesterday afternoon and now we are getting into our summer routine. We enjoy having Marshall home, but know his staying home depends on the job he ends up with and which school he wishes to attend and when!!!

6-13-11

hey mom and dad

things r going pretty good here. we had a good week. we found this guy - we were just walking and he stopped us and asked if we were mormons and if he could get a book of mormon so we went and got him one and we taught him and he's prepared and interested in learning about the restored gospel. his ex girlfriend is a member and he went to church with her a few times and he really liked how the church is organized and he read everything that we left him and he said it all makes sense and he really likes wat he's learning; he's pretty awesome. we then taught a few other ppl. well the visit with the murrows was awesome; the farris's were also with them. it was pretty much like old times. it was great. we ate at a cuban restaurant and it was pretty good and it was good to talk with them, and lindsay and mindy were doing good as well. theyre both going to uvu so that should be cool. i miss them and huntersville but i'll visit them sometime soon after the mish - we'll see. they said the huntleys r doing great as well which is awesome to hear. i bet yall r finally excited school is done with - the girls seem really excited. well its good to hear that yall finally got the lawnmower fixed so u can finally mow the lawn haha. thats sweet that yall got to see t and ryan - how r they doing? so now that school is done, wat do u plan on doing with ur summer mom? dad, hows work been going for u? hey mom can u look into more stuff for uvu - im pretty sure thats were im gunna be going. wow thats crazy that scarlett is 16 now. when is she getting her license? so how is miles doing? hey mom, scarlett said she is getting her ipod before yall go to idaho. do u think miles can get my itouch before we go as well or soon? man its so weird everyone is talking to me about going home and it still hasnt hit me which is weird. i feel im at home here so its weird talking all this home stuff haha, but i'll be excited to be home. thats fine that we're going the next day i get home eventhough theres no time for me ur right haha jk. i would luv to see shayanna and steven and her baby. how long r we going to stay there? it should be fun to go to idaho and visit ppl there i know - me and miles have a few friends there so it should be alright. well hopefully shayanna keeps doing good and that everything goes well with her pregnancy. wow camping is the 1st thing i wanna do when i get home haha jk its a joke. thanx mom for the money and im going to get that stuff today. well, im really gunna miss this place. i luv the members here and theyre awesome and have helped me out a lot and ive become great friends with a lot of them. well im glad to hear everything is going great for yall back home. c yall soon

luv yall so much. have a great week

elder goodrich

5-16-11

hey mom and dad

those r some sweet pics dad. i hope u enjoy the yankees-orioles game. that should be fun. i would love to see the yankees play. thats sweet that tomasi got u great seats for ur flight. ya its been pretty warm here as well. we've had some big storms here lately and this week the storm knocked down a ton of huge trees. it was crazy. our week was pretty good. some of our investigators were outta town but we found a few new ones and i think they have a lot of potential. they were asking all the right ?s and see all the confussion in the world about religion and we told them that we're different from other churches and that they can come closer to their savior and find the truth if they pray and they seemed very interested, so it was neat to find them and teach them. we're still working with some investigators we've had for a while and they r coming along alright - still trying to get them to church. our l a (less active) teaching is going pretty good. a few of them r coming to church and one guy we're teaching we're really good friends with his family and he's way happier than he has been, which is awesome. dad, so wats this thing in baltimore again? wat r ur plans while ur there? thats fun that u get to skype with the fam and do all that fun stuff. technology is amazing these days, wat we can now do is awesome. thats sad about jims mom but it seems shes happier. tell the nielsens hi for me. well dad hope u have a fun week in baltimore and learn some new things for ur job. mom thanx for the updates. that's sad to hear about coach mac. he was a good guy and a good coach i guess. wow yall had floods. crazy. did anything get damaged? well hopefully karen gets feeling better soon. well it sounds .like yall r doing pretty good staying busy and all that fun stuff and working hard in school and all that. everytime u email me it seems that u and the girls always go shopping haha. i guess its just a girl thing haha jk. thats crazy that lewis leaves so soon. im gunna have to write him soon or something. im gunna miss that kid. well things here r going pretty good. we have a lot of ppl we're teaching and the work is going alright and theres awesome members here and the area is way sweet. wats ur tupperware party thing for? well hope u have a great week eventhough dad is gone. im sure itll be fine. hows miles and jordan doing?

well hope yall have a fun and good week. ttyl

luv yall

elder goodrich

Great Mothers Day Phone Calls!!!!

We all had a wonderful time talking with Elder Marshall! We were able to use Skype so we could see and hear him! It was extra special, too, because Grandma and Granddad and Uncle Delbert and his 3 kids were all here and were able to say hello to Marshall, as well!!! We had our desk computer going with Skype talking to Cameron and our laptop going with Skype talking to Marshall. At one point we got both Elders Goodrich to see and talk to each other!!! We enjoyed taking the laptop around our house to show both of them our house, since neither of them has seen it. We also showed them Miles's "man cave" in the playhouse in our backyard that he has been working so hard on with Jordan. It was a wonderful day spent with family and our missionaries!!

Here is Marshall's email sent on Monday 5-09-11

hey mom and dad

thanx for ur testimony and the pics. those pics were really cool. well it was good to talk to yall yesterday. it was fun and i enjoyed having gma and gpa and delbert and the kids there. it looks like yall r doing really well. the house looks really good. hows work going for the both of yall? well we had a pretty good week. we taught quite a few ppl and we're working with some really sweet peeps and theyre working hard and hopefully they can come to church and get baptized soon but we're working hard to find the elect. well we pretty much talked about everything lastnight. any ?s u got for me?

well hope yall have a great week. luv ya a bunch and thanx for being the awesome parents u r and all the things uve helped me with

luv, elder goodrich

5-2-11

mom and dad,

ya i had a pretty good week. we found a few more ppl to teach and one guy, his name is fat fred, thats just wat he goes by. hes way cool. he has always been friends with missionaries and likes wat we do. he talked with them a lot in california and is a way cool guy. he invited us to have a bbq with him this week - good mexican food:) we then taught elizabeth, that lady i think i told yall about last week and it went good. shes really interested in learning more about the gospel. we taught some pretty good lessons and on saturday we had our day of service and we went around collecting food for the food bank and that went pretty good. good things r happening and its great to see wat comes from hard work:) u watched miles for 3 hrs trying on shoes. wow that must have been so much fun haha. so is schroeder off his mission? thats good that miles got to visit with him and got close to him. haha, a normal day is we study, go out for a bit, tract or teach, come home for lunch and then go back to tracting and teaching and then come home for dinner (usually with a family in the ward-this ward is awesome) and then visit l.a. members or investigators - thats a normal day for me:) haha, dad with his head shaved. ur gunna have to send pics. i had to wing our gospel principles yesterday, like usual, and it was on baptism and it went pretty good, ive had to wing so many lessons in church, so hopefully we get a new teacher. no we're alright but there has been a lot of storms going on lately and we've been blessed to not be effected by them and cameron probably gets more storms than i do. it was sad to see all the stuff that happened in raleigh and alabama. sounds like yall had a pretty good weekend hanging out with each other and playing bocce ball. miranda sounds like shes doing really well in softball and having a fun time and scarlett is turning into a great singer. she told me about hopefully making chamber choir. thats sweet that cameron got to have a mtg with elder oaks. hes a great guy and apostle of the lord and it was great to meet with him. that would be cool if elder oaks remembers our last name and when he talked to cameron, say i met ur brother in charlotte haha that would be way cool. gma and gpa r so lucky that they went to hawaii. a member here went and she said that everybody NEEDS to go to hawaii cuz its such an awesome place. im sure they enjoyed their trip to visit with them. how long have they been living in hawaii? dad, i feel ya. im always tired, so its all good. i will hopefully skype and i'll call hope fully in the evening time maybe around 8 here so it would be 5 there. would that work? that would be sweet to see them. i cant wait to talk to yall either. so how is shayanna doing? hopefully shes doing good. i havent heard from her in forever. hope her and the baby r doing great. haha that would be a great investment for gma and gpa and he could take it every where and u can even print stuff through wifi so that would work great for him. he'll get into the 21st century before long :)

well hope yall have a great week luv ya a bunch

elder goodrich

4-25-11

mom and dad,

i had a pretty good week besides the fact that i had flat tires on a bike i was borrowing and my bike was getting fixed so we walked everything and it wasnt too bad. we found this awesome lady named elizabeth and shes really good friends with this lady in charlotte and whenever she goes over there the missionaries r there so we talked to her for a while and she has a book of mormon and is reading it so things r looking up for us here. its been a while since we've found someone like that so i was happy and grateful to find someone whos ready. its awesome. um i decided i'll probably leave my bike here and sell it cuz i probably wont use it when i get home a whole lot. ya im so grateful for the atonement as well and we had a great lesson in church yesterday about hope and it was grate and how faith, hope and charity r all connected to each other and if we have faith, well have hope and charity and through that hope we can get through anything cuz we have that hope that christ did for us and lives and can make it through rough times in our lives. so yall got hail too? how big were they? well for easter we had a good program at church and then had dinner with a family in the ward and theyre a great family and we had ham and all the stuff yall had and it was pretty good. well sounds like yall had a great anniversary as well. mom how did u like shooting those guns? is that the 1st time ever? dad im sure ur were so happy haha. took u 23 yrs for mom to go shooting with u haha jk. its fun isnt it mom:) im glad yall have had a great 23 yrs and fun and im grateful for the awesome parents yall have been for us kids. yall r the best and i think about yall a lot too. so hows work and everyday life going for yall? im doing pretty good here. yall got my package right? thanx for looking up that stuff for me on uvu. my comp went to uvu and he said its a bit cheaper if u live in utah so we'll see. hopefully i could stay with shane if that would work. thats good that yall got to see billy for a little bit. hows he doing? well the last thing we did for service is last week we helped a member rake pine needles all day and it was fun and we're doing a lot more service here as of late and i enjoy doing it. well thanx for everything yall do for me. im so grateful for wonderful parents:) hope yall have a great week. ttyl, luv yall

elder goodrich

4-18-11
mom and dad
sounds like yall had a great week and fun with shay and steven. ya we heard about the tornados and we've had a couple tornado warnings here lately but thats it and nothing happened to us so we're safe. just that one thing i told yall was the closet thing and it was way freaky. thats great that yall got to go to the temple. i miss going there a lot. thats sweet that yall saw the bruneels - tell them hi for me the next time yall see them. mom, sounds like ur still pretty busy with ur callings - 4 hrs of vt stuff. so hows miranda doing in softball? i enjoyed the pics u sent me and it looks like miranda is doing really good. i sent a package home and it should be there this week. ur welcome for the letters mom - it was about all we could do:) so dad hows ur trip in baltimore going? have u made it to a yankees game yet? i would love to go to a yankee game. so how was miles's surprise bday party? hope he had a great time. yesterday a youth gave a talk about the sabbath and how it blesses us when we obey it. thats great that the baby shower turned out better than wat yall expected. i bet yall enjoy being close to costco now. i remember when we would take a big trip with the fam to go there haha. i bet its way nicer with everything alot closer. im glad shayanna enjoyed all her little gifts and seeing all her friends. thanx for reminding me mom haha, jk. its crazy that i dont have long left. i thought this day would never come but its coming quick. i got a new comp. his name is elder faust and yes hes realted to elder faust:) hes way cool and we get along good, im gunna miss elder smith though. he got transferred closer to charlotte for when his visa comes. hey mom or dad, can u look up stuff for utah valley university for me? that would be great, thanx. so when does steven get done with school? didnt shay mention something about when the baby is born and a while after she wants to go to school? do u know how long they're gunna live in idaho? well this week was pretty good. we found a few cool ppl to teach and we're still working with a few of our other gators and its going good. its starting to pick up again which is good. the ward here is great and theres alot of great members here that we're way good friends with. well hope yall have a great week, soon to be grandparents:) luv yall a bunch. have a great week
elder goodrich