January 9, 2012

Hello Family,

Things are good in Warrington. Elder Tellem is going to be staying with us for another week and a half! Woo! Elder Cline had his surgery, which went well, but now he is staying with the office elders until January 18th. So I will be serving in a threesome for two weeks =) That is something I have wanted to do for a while now. It's great because Elder Tellem is from Wales and Elder Sumner is from Birmingham, so whenever someone tries to accuse us of being American (or even more specifically from Utah) we can stop them in their tracks, hehe. (I normally just don't talk in those situations). It's quite entertaining as well because, for the first time, I'm the minority. So when I'm talking about how much better the States are I have no backup, whereas they backup each other about how great the UK is. (They are living in denial). We have had some great conversations. The condition of the flat was seriously worrying me until this morning when we got to clean it. We are back in shape now. I also finally gave myself a hair cut again and it feels like a breath of fresh air. I love short hair. We are going to go eat at a very popular restaurant here called Nandos today. I have heard nothing but good reviews about it. They deal with everything chicken, so I'm super stoked. They big appeal to this place is there many different sauces that they cook the chicken in. I'm definitely excited for this. I'm also doing well with my diet and exercise. This time around I have made it MUCH more reasonable, so I have been able to stick to it much better. The bikes are good and, luckily, we have an extra one for Elder Tellem! (He wasn't very pleased to find that out, haha). It is hilarious to see the three of us riding down the street stopping people and talking to them. Elder Sumner is doing much better on the bike. Every once and awhile he will get short bursts of confidence where he charges out in front. This companionship is so entertaining. We also had one of the most spiritual lessons of my mission this last week with the husband of a less active who has been diagnosed as terminally ill with cancer. They have a one year old girl that has loads of health problems as well. It was a very powerful lesson, so we look forward to teaching them more. We also have a tea appointment every day this week except for Zone Conference. Good stuff =)

Overall, things are good. The gospel continues to bring more and more joy. I hope that everyone back in America is doing well. I'll speak to you soon!

love

Elder Misbach



January 16, 2012

Hello Familia,

GO 49ERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My week has been quite nice. It's been very fun with the three of us. We have lots of debates as to whether America or the UK is better. I always win, but they keep at it, haha. We have been getting a lot done and it's going well. We had our Zone Conference this last week, which was good. They have changed a lot with our new mission president, but they are still enjoyable. My diet isn't holding up very well, but I'm exercising great. I'm starting to look like I did when I left. Nando's ended up being delicious, but WAY expensive. For a chicken sandwich (small sandwich), fries, and a drink it cost roughly $20 (£12-13). It was really good though. The weather has also been pretty nice thankfully. It is freezing, but at least we are dry. Overall things are going good, and now that I have heard about the 49ers my status would be classified as "magnificent" Thank you for all the emails, I thoroughly enjoyed each one (even though I have only referenced the one about the 49ers, ha).

I hope that everything is going well back home!

love,

Elder Misbach




January 23. 2012

Hello Family,

Things are going well in Warrington England. Elder Cline's ankle isn't healing like it is supposed to so Elder Tellem will be staying with us for the rest of this transfer. We aren't using the bikes as much just because of the awkwardness and the weather. Now that Elder Tellem is staying with us we are covering his area as well (Widnes). Between both of our areas we have one progressing investigator, and that's in Widnes, haha. Things are a bit slow, but we are working hard. The only subject of conflict between the three of us is cleanliness. If the flat ends up in the same condition it did this last week...there will be contention. Other than that the threesome is great! It's a bit weird to have my district also be my companionship, but it makes call-in reports very easy, ha. I officially have the smallest district in the mission, ha. The weather right now is getting cold, but it's staying dry for the most part, which is nice. It's not nearly as bad as last year, so I'm not complaining. There isn't much else to report.

I hope everyone (especially Theo) is doing well!

love,

Elder Misbach


January 30, 2012

Hello family,

Things in Warrington are good. We are still working hard, but not much is happening. We actually have just come off of a pretty tough week. But we are enjoying it and still having a good time. Tomorrow we are in charge of the Youth activity. When I first heard about it I didn't really want to do much because it's not my greatest strength, but I have ended up organizing the whole thing, haha. I got an idea while we were brainstorming and I had to go with it. What we are going to do is a variation on the old game show "Whammy." Instead of trivia questions they are answering gospel questions, and instead of a bunch of screens with a moving cursor they are randomly throwing ping pong balls into cups. I'm really excited for it and I think it will go well. It's surprising how much stuff needs to be worked out in order to organize an activity like that. The flat is back into good condition. It's the cleanest it's been since Elder Tellem came with us. I don't have much hope for it staying that way though. This could also be my last full week in Warrington. Transfers are next week. I'm disappointed that Theo didn't come, for many reasons, but also because now I have to wait until next Wednesday or Thursday to find out. Other than that, there isn't much going on. The weather is pretty good right now. Life is good. I hope everything is going well back home!

love,

Elder Misbach


February 8, 2012

Hello slightly-larger familia,

Things in Warrington are going well. I am staying for a fourth transfer here (six months total) which means that I have officially stayed in my areas longer than anyone else in my group. It will be good when I visit though because I'll know the people and places more. I'm staying with Elder Sumner and Elder Tellem is going back to Widnes to serve with Elder Youles, who is from London. He has a very thick "cockney" (London) accent, which is quite entertaining but could make call-ins difficult. We also have a new senior couple in the District called the Summers who live in Utah, but are from Texas. So I have a proper District again! The UK is well represented as well, which will be interesting, haha. Not much to report really. I'm excited for my third-to-last transfer. I officially had four months left last Monday. It's sad and exciting at the same time. It's very cold, but we are pressing forward. The flat is nice and clean again because Elder Tellem has left. It is very refreshing.

I loved the pictures of Baby Theo!! I have been waiting for that for over a week now. I'm so excited to meet him when I get back and I'm glad that everything has gone so well. I hope that things continue to go well for everyone and I'll talk to you soon!

Elder Uncle Cass


February 13, 2012

Hello Familia,

Things are going well in Warrington. We aren't achieving much right now, but we are working hard. It is going to be a great transfer. We had our District Leader Council this last week and it was really good. We have a great transfer focus that I think is going to go over really well. Nothing has really happened in the past few days. I keep learning a lot of random things from Elder Sumner. He would be great at trivial pursuit. He has so much random knowledge it's crazy. He is also very intelligent when it comes to the gospel as well, which is good. We have a lot of good doctrinal discussions. I'm determined to get back into shape these last four months, so we have started running again. I can't say I have altered my diet, but my exercise is good. I over did our first run and I was sore for the next three days, but I think I'm good now. Not much else to report really. Things are good and the gospel is true! Hope everyone is doing well back home.

love

Elder Misbach