October 3, 2011

Hello Familia!

I'm writing you from the library in Warrington, England. I had very mixed feelings when I got called to this area because I knew nothing about it, which is normally not a great sign, but I love it here! It's very much like Colwyn Bay when it comes to missionary work. It's seen as a slower area. It's not as pretty, but it is quite nice. This area is huge! It's by far the most I have had to work with, and we are back on bikes!! Woo! I'm pretty jazzed. I'm not too excited about the money I will have to spend especially because of how much this drivers licence is costing, but it will be good. On that note, I failed my drivers test . I knew as soon as I failed as well. It was quite unpleasant. I changed lanes in a roundabout without signalling about 5 minutes in and that was it. I made a few other mistakes later on, but all I was thinking about was how irritating it was to still be taking the test despite the fact that I already knew I had failed. C'est la vie. Now I'm going to have to take it in Warrington. I'm mostly irritated because of how expensive it is now, but, again, c'est la vie. I'm serving with Elder M. Smith (as opposed to Elder W. Smith, who was my companion two companions ago) and things are going well already. It is going to be a great transfer. I thoroughly enjoyed General Conference and I received some of the strongest spiritual confirmations of my life while watching. Right after the last session we went straight to a lesson and I was able to feel, for the first time, that the spirit was actually working through me. It was excellent. My testimony has grown a lot recently. I particularly liked the talk in Conference from Tad R. Callister, who was one of President Bullock's favorites, who said that the Book of Mormon is either of God or of the Devil, there is no in between, and of course it just can't be of the devil. That one was good.

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

love,

Elder Misbach