Durochers Ditally Dot: Morgans 26 letter of 2013! Half way through the year!

Aloha Family,

So the main thing that happen this week was helping a guy move. His name is Tom Gordon, hes a 67 year old man, and used to be really successful. I'm sure he used to be a multimillionaire, but now he has lost it all and gone broke. He is trying to move to Washington, and only had a week to do it. He had to fill up a 40 foot semi truck container with all the stuff he is taking to Washington. I probably put in like 15-20 hours of service at his house this past week, including today, using half of my p-day to help him move. He lives along the coast below Laie, he has lived in his house for about 15 years. He has piles and piles of junk all over his house, even worse than Dads house which is surprising. Haha I'm just kidding Dad, I love you. But I think we could classify Tom Gordon as an Extreme Hoarder, like those people you see on TV. He has piles and piles of junk in every room of his house, with a little pathway trail thing that you weave through the house. Constantly climbing on things, and tripping on other things. His house is getting run down really bad, it looks like its about to fall over. He lives right on the coast, and the sea water and sea salt is really hard on wood, and homes, so its totally falling apart. Their are like hazards everywhere. So we have been helping him pack a moving truck, and then unload it into a Semi Truck. It has been super hard work, but also fun. Tom has lots of stories and has met lots of important people in his live. He was in the film making industry, and was the position right under the producer. He was in charge of all the filming and lighting and all that. He filmed Most the Movies filmed in Hawaii. Like 50 first dates, Dances with Wolves, Jurassic Park. Those kinds of movies. He just sold a 67 cobra for $12,000 to help pay off his debt. and showed us his 95 viper, that used to be owned by President Bush. Hes trying to sell that too, to get out of debt. Tom is a really smart guy, knows lots of stuff, lots of facts. But then his thinking process is slow, and is kind of half crazy too. I took some pictures of his house to send, but remember this, the pictures are after we filled a 40 foot semi truck trailer, imagine what it used to look like before we started?? Tom was really grateful for my help and everyone's help. He kept saying im going to be really successful in my life, because of my work attitude and everything. He said that he never had children, but if he did have a son, he would want his son to be just like me. I thought that was nice of him, and thanked him.

We had some really awesome lessons this week. We had a District Flood in our area, so all the missionaries in our district went tracting in our area. Me and my companion are the only Elders in our District. The Sisters have never really tracted before, since they cover like Young Single Adult wards you cant tract in. We found a lot of people to visit and teach through that. We knocked on a door, and a guy named Casey answered it. He was really nice, and wanted us to come back so we can teach him some more about the Gospel. It was really awesome to find him, I think he has a lot of potential. We had a lesson with Ted Kenesi this week. He is going to be Baptized this coming Saturday, June 29. Please pray for him, that he will be strengthened and protected, and can be baptized on his scheduled date. He told us he still wants to be baptized, but still the more prayers the better.

So in the World Wide Broadcast they had on Sunday, all the missionaries got together and watched it. Elder Morris and Elder Miller are in Hauula 4th and 5th ward, and the Broadcast had them in it. President Holland skyped them and asked their Bishop how the weather in Hawaii was. And the Bishop said " Its beautiful, but its always raining or something like that. So it was really cool to have Hawaii on there, and to see the Elders.

On Tuesday I helped some members from our Ward make an Emu. Its where you have giant hole in the ground. With lots of Coals and Hot Rocks on the Bottom. Then you cover that with Banana Tree Trunks, Then you put a whole Pig on top of that. Like everything, the Head, the Bones, the Skin, the brain, the eyeballs. The only thing not their is the Organs. Then you cover that with leaves, and cover that with wet potato bags, or burlap bags, and then thick plastic or a tarp over that. Then cover the whole thing with Dirt and leave it in the ground for 12-15 hours. So we helped with that process, and then the next day helped uncover it and pull the pig out. The Big is inside Chicken wire, so you can pull it out of the hole. The Pig just basically falls apart like butter. And then you go and pick the bones out. And turn it becomes Kalua Pork, or Pretty much pulled pork.

Well I gotta go I love you all

ELder Durocher