Elder Marshall Goodrich's "Tarheel" Mission

3-14-11

wow yall r getting all this new technology haha. ya theres a few peeps that use it as well to teach class and other things in church. dad dont get frustrated. they're teens and will be like that probably til they leave for their mish but i know that miles is trying to figure things out and i know he will - so patience:) jk. i dont need to be telling u this. u already know it. so do u still have the ipad u got from work? sounds like things r going pretty good for yall. sweet. do yall like the new car? ya i got my 'sprint to the finish' letter on sat. its so weird and i will work hard til the end of my mission haha. im sure cameron wont get trunky. he's a great missionary. well yall r being blessed cuz yall did a great job raising us so props to u guys:) haha dad u will never get me away from 'call of duty' haha jk. ive always loved war things. mom sounds like ur getting better at the comp and learning about it. wow thats crazy how miles is already 19. time is going by so fast im sure he'll have a good bday with the elders and others there. wat r yall gunna do with him. ya the summer time sounds like it will be busy for a lot of us especially shayanna having her baby and all that jazz. well elder oaks came and it was way sweet. we got to shake his hand and i talked to him for a bit and he told me about our family - well, our name and that it comes from vernol ut and he said that its a big name in the church. he's a great guy and leader in the church. we had a good discussion with him. we talked about revelation and how it works and how it can help us. he told us some funny stories. ive never really listened to him before in conference but i will now. he's a great teacher and it was a priviledge to be in the presence of an apostle. i'll never forget this experience. sounds like the girls r doing pretty well in school and their activities that they're in and thats good that they enjoy wat they do. ya my mission has meant a lot to me and ive learned so much from it and i know that ive changed and its awesome - not gunna be the same person back home hopefully which im fine with:) ya it was good to talk to miles at christmas and im glad i could help him and i knows he'll be great and get things figured out. he's a smart kid even though he does stupid stuff. we all do stupid stuff and learn from them. ya i got to teach gospel principles in church yesterday and it went pretty good. yesterday we went to a church in charlotte called calvary church. its the biggest church ive ever seen in my life, we went with randy finkle the guy we baptized at christmas and it was sweet. the church is beautiful. ya the yoke of christ is way better than satans and i hope i'll always choose christs yoke
mom im sure u were great and in the u.s. its just hard to focus too. ive struggled with that my whole mission but im getting a little better at it. we had a pretty good week. the work is going alright and some peeps we were teaching r slowing down and its ticking me off but im trying to be patient and get help and pray so i know wat we need to do to help them progress
sounds like yall have a lot of food storage saved up and thats really good since we dont know about these times. the tsunami in japan - that was crazy
well thanx for everything yall have done for me. its great and hope yall have a great week. luv yall a ton
elder goodrich