Hello Family,
This past week was fantastic. Donna was baptized!!!!! Woo!!!! She ended up being 40 minutes late (because it was the first snow fall of the year on that day) and the font had an unknown leak that made the water height about to Elder Smith's knees, but other than that it was perfect. We had a lot of members show up to support her. I did the confirmation yesterday and it went well. She is just great. We also had a Christmas Dinner at the Mission Home, which was quite nice. We were supposed to organize 20 minutes of entertainment as a zone, so our zone wrote a play, haha. It was the Christmas Carol, but missionary version. I was the ghost of Christmas past. As you might imagine, it was downright horrible, haha. We obviously couldn't practice or anything, but it was quite fun, and President and Sister Preston enjoyed it. We also watched a new movie about the pioneers called "17 Miracles" which was quite good. I recommend it. You can tell it's low budget, but I still enjoyed it. I have my final driving lesson today and my test is Wednesday morning. I feel just about as prepared as last time, so I really need help, ha. We have two dinner appointments on Christmas. I will be skyping from my Ward Mission Leaders home. I don't know if you will get the chance to meet him, but he is a goof, ha. The later time is perfect for me, so we will do it then.
Things are good. Wish me luck on my test. I hope everyone is doing well and I will see you on Sunday!
love,
Elder Misbach
Oh ya, and Liverpool actually wasn't that great. I take back what I said about 3 months ago. I like Manchester better, haha.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
December 12, 2011
Dearest Family of Mine,
Things are going well in England. Donna is getting baptized this Friday!! Woo!! I can't believe the progress she has made from the day that we first met her till now. I love it! Everything is sorted out and it should be a great event. This last week we had a Christmas party in the ward, and President Preston actually wants us to go to things like that, so we went. It was fun. I got a tie from one of the members which was nice. It's a good looking tie, but it's too skinny for me to wear it on my mission, haha. Luckily, I wore a similar looking tie that I already own on Sunday and she - the member - couldn't tell the difference. So I was obedient, and she was happy =) Nothing else happened this week that is really worth mentioning. I am going to Liverpool today with the district to just look around and maybe get a few souvenirs. I'm excited. Oh, I also took another driving lesson this week, and this instructor is way better than the last one. I have two more lessons and then my test is on Wednesday the 21st. Wish me luck, because I will need it. I think that this instructor will have me ready though. Also, I will be skyping on Christmas night. I can do it from 5 to 6 pm (10-11am in Utah) or from 8-9 pm (1-2 pm in Utah). I'm not bothered which time, but I figure whatever time didn't conflict with CB and Malia's sacrament would be the best. Just let me know. Anyway, I hope everything is going well back home and I will talk to you soon!
love,
Elder Misbach
Things are going well in England. Donna is getting baptized this Friday!! Woo!! I can't believe the progress she has made from the day that we first met her till now. I love it! Everything is sorted out and it should be a great event. This last week we had a Christmas party in the ward, and President Preston actually wants us to go to things like that, so we went. It was fun. I got a tie from one of the members which was nice. It's a good looking tie, but it's too skinny for me to wear it on my mission, haha. Luckily, I wore a similar looking tie that I already own on Sunday and she - the member - couldn't tell the difference. So I was obedient, and she was happy =) Nothing else happened this week that is really worth mentioning. I am going to Liverpool today with the district to just look around and maybe get a few souvenirs. I'm excited. Oh, I also took another driving lesson this week, and this instructor is way better than the last one. I have two more lessons and then my test is on Wednesday the 21st. Wish me luck, because I will need it. I think that this instructor will have me ready though. Also, I will be skyping on Christmas night. I can do it from 5 to 6 pm (10-11am in Utah) or from 8-9 pm (1-2 pm in Utah). I'm not bothered which time, but I figure whatever time didn't conflict with CB and Malia's sacrament would be the best. Just let me know. Anyway, I hope everything is going well back home and I will talk to you soon!
love,
Elder Misbach
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Well hello familia,
That was another good round of emails. Thank you. As for me in England, things are good. The new focus the mission has, is refocusing on finding, and focusing less on the member relationships. I was just getting the hang of member work. But it's good. The mission was getting so lazy. Donna is back! Woo! She is again dated for the 17th and went to our mission home fireside last night, which was excellent. She apparently encountered the "perfect storm" of circumstances that made her lose contact with us. That either means it's a very elaborate excuse, or Satan at work. I firmly believe it to be Satan. Thankfully God always wins. Other than that, we had the temple zone conference, which was excellent, and I also went on exchange in Liverpool. Last week went so quick. We unfortunately did not get much accomplished, but this week should be better. Warrington is a lot more festive than Telford was last year, which is nice. A lot of people are already putting up Christmas lights. Oh! I also bought new shoes, which were such a steal, and so nice, that I decided to make them my "meetings" shoes. That meant that I still didn't have working shoes though...Until I went to Liverpool that is. One of the areas in our mission changed from an Elders area to a Sisters area and the sisters had just dropped off a bag of all the old things left in the flat. Inside were some brand new, thick soled, shoes that someone had left behind. Elder Feith said I could try them on and they are perfect!! They are really ugly, but I love them! It was a good week. I hope everyone back home is doing well.
love,
Elder Misbach
PS: I have decided that my favorite soccer club outside the U.S. is Everton. =)
That was another good round of emails. Thank you. As for me in England, things are good. The new focus the mission has, is refocusing on finding, and focusing less on the member relationships. I was just getting the hang of member work. But it's good. The mission was getting so lazy. Donna is back! Woo! She is again dated for the 17th and went to our mission home fireside last night, which was excellent. She apparently encountered the "perfect storm" of circumstances that made her lose contact with us. That either means it's a very elaborate excuse, or Satan at work. I firmly believe it to be Satan. Thankfully God always wins. Other than that, we had the temple zone conference, which was excellent, and I also went on exchange in Liverpool. Last week went so quick. We unfortunately did not get much accomplished, but this week should be better. Warrington is a lot more festive than Telford was last year, which is nice. A lot of people are already putting up Christmas lights. Oh! I also bought new shoes, which were such a steal, and so nice, that I decided to make them my "meetings" shoes. That meant that I still didn't have working shoes though...Until I went to Liverpool that is. One of the areas in our mission changed from an Elders area to a Sisters area and the sisters had just dropped off a bag of all the old things left in the flat. Inside were some brand new, thick soled, shoes that someone had left behind. Elder Feith said I could try them on and they are perfect!! They are really ugly, but I love them! It was a good week. I hope everyone back home is doing well.
love,
Elder Misbach
PS: I have decided that my favorite soccer club outside the U.S. is Everton. =)
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