Well hello family,
Things in Warrington are going alright. Our investigator Donna has disappeared. We taught her a lesson in our Bishops home and then she went out of town for the rest of the week. She was supposed to be back in time for another lesson on Saturday, and we confirmed with her Friday, but she is no where to be found. We honestly have no idea what happened to her. I was mostly concerned for her physical safety up until last night when our call was actually rejected, as opposed to ignored. Now I'm more concerned for her spiritual safety. We will see how things go though. Elder Smith and I are doing well. We are getting along better know. Our mission is going with a new focus again which is pretty intense. Right when I felt like I was getting the hang of it, they change it. I seriously love it though. I love how the Lord works. I'm currently reading about Joseph (son of Jacob) and it is fascinating. I love when the gospel puzzle comes together. I had one pretty funny experience this week, that I still enjoy just thinking about it. In England because of the way the electric works there are no outlets or light switches on the inside of the bathroom, they are all on the outside. So you are at the mercy of whomever is outside the bathroom while you are in it. I have never bothered to take advantage of this because that would be a fairly inappropriate prank, but this week I did it by accident. You would really have to know Elder Smith and have heard his voice in order to get the experience, so I wont share it, but you can imagine what memorable experiences could arise from that situation. It was pretty funny. Other than that, we press forward. Things are good and the gospel is true. Thank you for the emails and I hope you are all doing well.
Love,
Elder Misbach
PS: I should be buying shoes for the first time on my mission today. Wish me luck. I'm so cheap that I always end up buying the most defective products.
PPS: As part of our Zone Conference, we are going to the Temple this week. Totally Jazzed!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Hello Familia,
Well things are going well. Our investigator Donna has moved her date up to the 17th of December and we now have another dated investigator for New Years Eve. Marvelous! Other than that, I really don't have anything exciting to report. I'm sorry. I don't even really have any funny experiences to share. I have them daily, but they are things that you really have to be there in order to get...I found out this week that Alcoholics Anonymous is actually a very spiritual program, which made me happy. (We taught someone who had gained a belief in God because of that program). I have realized on my mission that no matter what level of maturity you reach, flatulence will always be funny. I also received a very deep insight about the use of agency in the Celestial Kingdom from our Ward Mission Leader. That was interesting. I could also let you know that I have a journal entry for every single day of my mission. I continue to astound other missionaries with my diligent journal writing. I can't wait to go back a look at the entries after my mission. Well I'm sorry I have nothing interesting to report, but I hope everything is going well back home and I look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with you in a years time!
love
Elder Misbach
Well things are going well. Our investigator Donna has moved her date up to the 17th of December and we now have another dated investigator for New Years Eve. Marvelous! Other than that, I really don't have anything exciting to report. I'm sorry. I don't even really have any funny experiences to share. I have them daily, but they are things that you really have to be there in order to get...I found out this week that Alcoholics Anonymous is actually a very spiritual program, which made me happy. (We taught someone who had gained a belief in God because of that program). I have realized on my mission that no matter what level of maturity you reach, flatulence will always be funny. I also received a very deep insight about the use of agency in the Celestial Kingdom from our Ward Mission Leader. That was interesting. I could also let you know that I have a journal entry for every single day of my mission. I continue to astound other missionaries with my diligent journal writing. I can't wait to go back a look at the entries after my mission. Well I'm sorry I have nothing interesting to report, but I hope everything is going well back home and I look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with you in a years time!
love
Elder Misbach
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Hello family,
So Elder Smith and I are staying together for another transfer. There are four missionaries in my district and at the last district meeting we had our transfer predictions. We predicted everything except for what actually happened, ha. The only missionary that moved was the one missionary we said would stay. Elder Smith and I were pretty shocked to hear that we are staying together, but things should be good. One of our investigators that we found and have been working with ever since I got here is now dated for baptism!! Woo! We had a great spiritual lesson with the senior couple in our ward and she has accepted to be baptized in December. Great stuff. We have been teaching in member's homes lately and it's been nice. The weather is getting much colder, darker, and gloomier. Luckily, the gospel remains bright and shinning brighter every day. Pretty soon I will have to begin my workout schedule that I have saved for the last six months of my mission. I don't have high hopes for me actually carrying it out, but in theory it will be great. The flat obtained a level of clean I didn't think was possible when I first moved in, when we organized the room with the bikes today. It's lovely right now. We are also doing A LOT of walking right now because Elder Smith broke the spokes on his bike. The new missionary in my district is a very jolly Welsh missionary that I served around in Colwyn Bay, so I'm quite pleased with that. Other than that, things are going ok. We are working hard and seeing success. I hope that everyone is doing well. Speak to you soon!
love,
Elder Misbach
So Elder Smith and I are staying together for another transfer. There are four missionaries in my district and at the last district meeting we had our transfer predictions. We predicted everything except for what actually happened, ha. The only missionary that moved was the one missionary we said would stay. Elder Smith and I were pretty shocked to hear that we are staying together, but things should be good. One of our investigators that we found and have been working with ever since I got here is now dated for baptism!! Woo! We had a great spiritual lesson with the senior couple in our ward and she has accepted to be baptized in December. Great stuff. We have been teaching in member's homes lately and it's been nice. The weather is getting much colder, darker, and gloomier. Luckily, the gospel remains bright and shinning brighter every day. Pretty soon I will have to begin my workout schedule that I have saved for the last six months of my mission. I don't have high hopes for me actually carrying it out, but in theory it will be great. The flat obtained a level of clean I didn't think was possible when I first moved in, when we organized the room with the bikes today. It's lovely right now. We are also doing A LOT of walking right now because Elder Smith broke the spokes on his bike. The new missionary in my district is a very jolly Welsh missionary that I served around in Colwyn Bay, so I'm quite pleased with that. Other than that, things are going ok. We are working hard and seeing success. I hope that everyone is doing well. Speak to you soon!
love,
Elder Misbach
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
November 7, 2011
Hello Family,
So this week was interesting. Halloween was nice. I was able to catch up on all of my letters and take a lovely nap. Guy Fawkes day was pretty entertaining. I have never been a big fireworks person, but it was a nice change of pace. The most interesting thing that happened besides that was on Thursday and Friday. Thursday Elder Smith and I had a very large disagreement about obedience (I felt he wasn't being obedient deliberately). That conversation ended up with Elder Smith bringing up various concerns. He was so upset that on Friday we ended up at the mission home from 10 until 3. That was a good time and I think Elder Smith has overcome a lot of the concerns and struggles he was having. After the mission home our mission president actually came and fellowshipped for one of our lessons, haha. That was certainly the oddest day of my mission so far. Things are fine now though. We also had the non-member husband of one of our members say he wants to be baptized. Woo! We have been teaching him. He wont set a date to be baptized, but says it's something he wants to do eventually. We also deep cleaned the flat today and now it is gorgeous. I love clean flats. Other than that, not much happened. I did go on exchange with Elder Chan who is Chinese. It is great to see him share the gospel in Chinese. We had a lot of funny moments.
Overall life is good and the gospel gets truer every time I check. I hope everyone is doing well. I wont be emailing again until Wednesday or Thursday of next week, it's transfers again.
love
Elder Misbach
October 31, 2011
Hello Familia,
This last week was a very busy week. I was on exchange for the first part of the week in Widnes, then we had our zone conference with President Kopishke, and on Friday I had my Mission District Leaders Council. So I worked in my own area for only about 3 days last week. Zone Conference was very interesting and different from normal. It was basically just an open discussion about various gospel topics for about 6 hours. It was enlightening. Friday was great. I love being around other missionaries that just know what they are doing and have a desire to be their best. We had a lot of discussion about how the mission is going to move forward since President Kopishkes visit. The biggest change is that the Assistants will now have their own area. I'm super jazzed to see how that is going to work. D and L came to church again but D refuses to live one of the commandments. They have reached their point of stagnancy. It's unfortunate. Hopefully things will change soon though. Today is Halloween so we just worked for three hours to make up the three hours that we will be staying in this evening. I'm quite excited; especially because fireworks are allowed on Halloween here. We also have Guy Fawkes day on Saturday which should be interesting. Other than that, things are good and life keeps moving forward. It's crazy to think how long I have been out. I hope that everyone is doing well and staying safe.
Happy Halloween!
love
Elder Misbach
PS: I wont have much time at all to respond individually. Sorry if my responses are lame. Thank you for the emails though!
So this week was interesting. Halloween was nice. I was able to catch up on all of my letters and take a lovely nap. Guy Fawkes day was pretty entertaining. I have never been a big fireworks person, but it was a nice change of pace. The most interesting thing that happened besides that was on Thursday and Friday. Thursday Elder Smith and I had a very large disagreement about obedience (I felt he wasn't being obedient deliberately). That conversation ended up with Elder Smith bringing up various concerns. He was so upset that on Friday we ended up at the mission home from 10 until 3. That was a good time and I think Elder Smith has overcome a lot of the concerns and struggles he was having. After the mission home our mission president actually came and fellowshipped for one of our lessons, haha. That was certainly the oddest day of my mission so far. Things are fine now though. We also had the non-member husband of one of our members say he wants to be baptized. Woo! We have been teaching him. He wont set a date to be baptized, but says it's something he wants to do eventually. We also deep cleaned the flat today and now it is gorgeous. I love clean flats. Other than that, not much happened. I did go on exchange with Elder Chan who is Chinese. It is great to see him share the gospel in Chinese. We had a lot of funny moments.
Overall life is good and the gospel gets truer every time I check. I hope everyone is doing well. I wont be emailing again until Wednesday or Thursday of next week, it's transfers again.
love
Elder Misbach
October 31, 2011
Hello Familia,
This last week was a very busy week. I was on exchange for the first part of the week in Widnes, then we had our zone conference with President Kopishke, and on Friday I had my Mission District Leaders Council. So I worked in my own area for only about 3 days last week. Zone Conference was very interesting and different from normal. It was basically just an open discussion about various gospel topics for about 6 hours. It was enlightening. Friday was great. I love being around other missionaries that just know what they are doing and have a desire to be their best. We had a lot of discussion about how the mission is going to move forward since President Kopishkes visit. The biggest change is that the Assistants will now have their own area. I'm super jazzed to see how that is going to work. D and L came to church again but D refuses to live one of the commandments. They have reached their point of stagnancy. It's unfortunate. Hopefully things will change soon though. Today is Halloween so we just worked for three hours to make up the three hours that we will be staying in this evening. I'm quite excited; especially because fireworks are allowed on Halloween here. We also have Guy Fawkes day on Saturday which should be interesting. Other than that, things are good and life keeps moving forward. It's crazy to think how long I have been out. I hope that everyone is doing well and staying safe.
Happy Halloween!
love
Elder Misbach
PS: I wont have much time at all to respond individually. Sorry if my responses are lame. Thank you for the emails though!
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