Elder Marshall Goodrich's "Tarheel" Mission

3-28-11

hey mom and dad,
things r going pretty well for us here in catawba 2nd. i got some news, im training again for the 4th time and he's a visa waiter haha, so i have a pretty good feeling that austin is gunna come here and im gunna train him right before i go home haha jk. that would be way sweet though. ya that video was pretty crazy and they took everything to the extreme and i was laughing a lot cuz they were just saying a bunch of crap. my 2 comps r elder measom and elder smith, elder smiths bro got the video terminated cuz he thought it shouldnt be on there cuz it was way racist and he told us a little about the israelites and how they believe theyre leaders r reincarnated ppl from the bible like paul, the comforter and elijah haha. its some funny stuff but w/e. we have gone back once when i was at a mtg in charlotte and my comps and another missionary went back and they didnt really say much and they got in a little arguement. (ticked) off elder smith but w/e - glad its over. sounds like work is going pretty good for both of yall, keeping yall busy i guess. thats good right? haha jk thats a good point mom. ive never really thought about that but i'll do it from now on. haha thanx for talking about me in rs mom jk. i guess thats a good example of not backing down haha. so u both teach class every week? do yall enjoy it? ive had to teach classes at church a few times and its pretty sweet. ya some stuff happens and its frustrating but it happens and we have to deal with it. this last week was pretty good. we found this sweet girl, we knocked on the door and her sis answered and was a little rude and then we left and we were tracting down the street and they pulled up and said that her daughter wanted to talk to us and she asked if we would go talk to her. we found out that she has some problems and wants to change, we taught about the atonement and about christ and how he can heal us. it was a pretty sweet lesson and we went back and she read everything we left with her and she hadnt done anything since we left so shes changing and wants to change, its pretty sweet how the lord works and prepares ppl. after we left, talking to her sis, she asked who were those men and they told her that it was ppl from the church and she felt that she needed to talk to us. we tauhgt some other lessons and we teaching this fam thats crazy (not literally) but theyre way cool and we're way good friends with them and have been helping them for a while and they came to church it was pretty sweet. ya we talk to ppl a lot on how satan works and how he works - its sad wat he does but it happens but we have christ who can heal us. shayannas been tlaking a lot about going back to moses lake and where ever steven lives to visit yall. im sure she'll really enjoy that. well the work is going pretty well here and the ward is way sweet. i love this ward. well hope u have fun doing ur baby showers in these next few weeks. wow 22 mile trek. im sure the girls will enjoy that hopefully. haha im sure you'll learn soon enough to put music and stuff on the itouch - its pretty easy. thanx for the letter and i'll be sending home a big package today so yall should be getting it later this week or something like that.
well hope yall have a great week and thanx for all the quotes and advice. luv ya a bunch
love, elder goodrich