July 18, 2011

Hello Familia,

These past few days have been rather intense. Elder Sapaden and I are
very different individuals, haha. The good thing though is that I can
relate to a lot of the emotions he is going through right now at the
beginning of the mission. I feel bad for him sometimes because out of
all the trainers available he got yours truly, but I am glad that I am
able to relate to him and help him. It is also a good thing that he
got me because, although a body builder, his body is not well
acquainted with cardio. One of my weaknesses throughout my mission is
that I have one of the slowest walking paces in the mission, but I
have apparently brought Elder Sapaden to his limit. I can only imagine
the pain he would be in if he had received any of the other trainers.

Life is pretty good right now. Our flat is absolutely marvelous. It's
super clean, which I absolutely love. Right before Elder Smith left we
also rearranged the flat and now it is a lot more open and inviting. I
love walking into that place. Currently the work here is stagnant. We
have loads of people that want to be baptized, but that have to get
married first. We have four different couples in that situation right
now. So we continue to search.

There are two interesting things that will happen this transfer. One,
is that President Preston will actually attend one of my district
meetings and then he will work with us afterward. That should be way
fun. The other one, is that I will have another assistant exchange,
which means my father (elder Kersey) will either work with his son
(me) or his grandson (elder Sapaden) before he leaves mid-August. That
should be good. I also might learn how to play cricket this transfer,
woo!

So we are pressing forward. I hope that everyone back home is doing
well and that the summer is going great. Have fun at the beach and I
will speak to you all soon.

love,

Elder Misbach