Elder Marshall Goodrich's "Tarheel" Mission

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