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. =)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
November 28, 2011
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!
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!
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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