Hello Family,

It was good to hear from you all and I'm glad things are going well. I
don't have much to update this week, but it was a good week.

Last week, right after I emailed, we were heading out of our flat
after lunch and we got stuck in the elevator. It was Elder Jackson,
Elder Sanders, Elder Ballantyne, and I. That was a very interesting
experience. We were stuck in there for 45 minutes. It really isn't as
bad as it seems. I actually somewhat enjoyed the whole experience.

We have two baptisms this weekend. One is a young African girl named
Leslizia and the other is Allan who is a white man in his 60's. We are
getting some good diversity with this one. They are both great and
Allan requested that I baptize him, so that is great. My second
baptism. It should be a good service.

After two solid weeks of amazing weather we have had rain every day
for the past 4 or 5 days. A couple of those have been thunderstorms
though and I really enjoy those.

Elder Packer visited the mission this past few days and that was
amazing. The church is so true. He gave us some amazing spiritual
insights. I loved it.

Life is good overall. Missions are great!

I hope everyone is doing well and I look forward to speaking to you soon.

Love,

Elder Misbach

PS: For some odd reason the computers here don't take USB devices, so
I really don't know if or when I will be able to send pictures. Sorry
about that. It's ok though because Rochdale is by far the ugliest area
I have served in. I love it!

May 3, 2011

Hello Family!

Unfortunately I'm sitting at a computer that does not allow me to send
pictures and i just spent a considerable amount of time sharing family
pictures with Elder Jackson from California whom I am on exchange
with, so I don't have much time left. But life is good in the UK.

We got a call yesterday from our zone leaders telling us about how USA
killed Osama. We were advised to avoid all Muslim areas and if we ever feel in
danger to go inside and call President. It has thrown just a little bit of
added excitement into the missionary work, especially because there are
quite a few Muslims in the area. But there really isn't an issues and
most Muslims resent Osama anyway, so all is well and the work
continues.

We had another baptism this last week and her name was Ethel Happiness
Simpson. Ever since the baptism my companion has been talking about
how he will name his daughter Eden Precious Happiness Smith, haha. It
was a great baptism and Ethel actually came straight from the hospital
to make her baptism. She was helping someone near a street when a car
came and actually ran over her foot. Because of social health care (I'm
NOT a fan) she was waiting for three hours to be seen, when she
realized that she wasn't going to be able to make it to the baptism in
time. So she decided to come to the baptism, get baptised, and then
head back to the hospital afterwards. Amazing stuff. That is devotion.
I loved it.

The weather over here has been fantastic for quite some time now. In
the almost two weeks I have been in Rochdale it has drizzled once; and
that was when I was on exchange in Oldham. So technically I have yet
to experience rain in Rochdale. That is a miracle considering that
they call this place "Rainy Rochdale."

The missionary work is going very well. We have four people right now
that are totally set on baptism, but unfortunately only one of them is
actually going to be baptised in the near future. Still, I love
teaching humble, sincere seekers of the truth.

I will try to send pictures next week and have more time to email
properly. Thank you to everyone for the emails every week, I love
them. I hope everything is going well back home, and I'll be speaking
to you soon!

Elder Misbach