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