August 24, 2011

Hello Familia,

I'm quite crunched for time today, sorry if my emails a bit lame. This
past week has been good. Elder Kersey leaves the mission today so I no
longer have my trainer in the mission. His last exchange with Elder
Sapaden went really well, and ever since Elder Sapaden has been on a
new high. I also took my first driving lesson in England yesterday
morning. That was fun/crazy. Driving manual for the first time was
something I will remember for a long time. English roads are SO small.
It is so interesting to see the differences between driving in England
and driving in the States. They say that once you learn how to drive
in England you can drive anywhere. We also have a baptism this
Saturday which is good stuff. Shalome is finally getting baptized. I
have been teaching her my entire time here in Rochdale. She has
changed quite a bit. She used to argue that lying was ok and something
that we needed to do, but now she is totally ready for baptism. I'm
staying in Rochdale for another six weeks. That means I will be here
for a total of six months. It is going to be a good transfer. Our Ward
Mission Leader is so proactive and is getting so much done, we are
definitely going to see miracles this transfer. Plus we have a church
history tour next week and General Conference is at the end of the
transfer. It's going to be good. Other than that there really isn't
much to report. The other day I think I met the crankiest old couple
in the whole of the UK. It's amazing how far out of the way people
will go to show their displeasure with the message we share. They
escorted us to their next door neighbor's house just so they could
show us that their neighbor didn't want to hear what we had to say. I
found the whole thing kind of comical and that didn't make them any
happier, haha. C'est la vie. Hopefully they will accept the message
some day.

Well life is good and the gospel is true. I hope everyone is doing
well back home.

love,

Elder Misbach