Hello Family,
Things are still going very well in Warrington. We had the same two investigators come to church this last week and they are doing great. They are both praying for a date to be baptized on. I had my third exchange in Liverpool this past week, which was fun. Our mission president and his wife also came to our ward yesterday and spoke. That was very good. Everyone enjoyed their talks and they were able to meet our investigators. When I email next I will be 3 months and 1 day aways from the end of my mission. Very weird. A lot of my friends have been writing and saying that it will be their last letter they will write me on their mission. Tanner I think is already home. Chase, Mike, and Abe all go home this week. Crazy! I'm doing my best to stay focused though. Overall things are good.
I hope everyone back home is doing well and I'll talk to you soon!
Elder Misbach
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
February 20, 2012
Hello Family,
This past week has been absolutely fantastic. We have seen so many miracles it's ridiculous. We knocked on a door at 8:50 pm last Sunday and spoke to the husband of a woman that has always been interested in this church. Last week, right after emails, she contacted us and we taught her that night in a member's home. We have taught her twice since and she has come to church. She is awesome. Then we contacted a referral out in the boondocks. It took us two hours on the bikes to get out there, but it was well worth it. We have taught her and her daughter and she has come to church now. Just absolutely marvelous stuff! The Lord has certainly blessed us this week. We also had zone conference this week, which went very well. We watched a clip that was made by the The One Show on the channel BBC 1. Apparently about 6 million people watch this show every night, so it's pretty big. They did a clip on the church because of all the Mitt Romney business and they interviewed two missionaries from our mission. Wow it was cheesy, haha. The missionaries were really nervous, but it ended up pretty good. I also finished my mormon.org profile, which I'm quite pleased with, ha. You should take a look at it www.mormon.org/me/8842. Other than that, things are good. Elder Sumner and I are doing great and working hard.
I hope everyone back home is doing well.
love,
Elder Misbach
This past week has been absolutely fantastic. We have seen so many miracles it's ridiculous. We knocked on a door at 8:50 pm last Sunday and spoke to the husband of a woman that has always been interested in this church. Last week, right after emails, she contacted us and we taught her that night in a member's home. We have taught her twice since and she has come to church. She is awesome. Then we contacted a referral out in the boondocks. It took us two hours on the bikes to get out there, but it was well worth it. We have taught her and her daughter and she has come to church now. Just absolutely marvelous stuff! The Lord has certainly blessed us this week. We also had zone conference this week, which went very well. We watched a clip that was made by the The One Show on the channel BBC 1. Apparently about 6 million people watch this show every night, so it's pretty big. They did a clip on the church because of all the Mitt Romney business and they interviewed two missionaries from our mission. Wow it was cheesy, haha. The missionaries were really nervous, but it ended up pretty good. I also finished my mormon.org profile, which I'm quite pleased with, ha. You should take a look at it www.mormon.org/me/8842. Other than that, things are good. Elder Sumner and I are doing great and working hard.
I hope everyone back home is doing well.
love,
Elder Misbach
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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
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
Monday, January 9, 2012
Updates
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 3, 2012
Well Hello Familia,
I still don't have much to report sadly. That was an excellent bunch of emails though, thank you! Elder Sumner continues to struggle with the bike. He is a good sport about it though. I almost went flying into a roundabout today as we were on our way to the library, but he was able to slam his boots into the ground just in time. It doesn't help his situation that his brakes are horrible. New Years Eve was excellent. We watched Toy Story 2, half of Monsters Inc., and The Chronicles of Narnia 2. We didn't do much on New Years Day. Church was good, then we took a nap, went to our Ward Mission leaders for a meal, went to the Barlows for a buffet, and then headed back. Yesterday was our P-day and I was able to take a 3 hour nap for the first time in about a year. It was great =) I have successfully finished my candy and I only have healthy food at the flat. I'm also doing well with exercise right now, so hopefully I can keep it up. One last interesting thing is that Elder Cline (who is now in my district with Elder Tellem in Widnes) will be having surgery this week, so I will be serving in a threesome from Wednesday until sometime next week. That should be fun. Other than that, things continue to go well and the gospel remains true.
I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the new year!
love,
Elder Misbach
December 29, 2011
Hello Familia,
Well transfers are completed and I am still in Warrington, but I'm now with Elder Sumner from Birmingham. He is quite an experienced missionary, which is very nice. I can tell that we will be able to get a lot done. He learned how to ride a bike right before his mission and has spent, in total, an hour of time on a bike. He is really struggling right now, ha. But we are still doing well. There isn't much going on in the area. One of our two investigators is out of town, and the other one we only see once a week. For the most part we are just finding all of the time, but it's good. I have decided that I'm going to eat all of my Christmas candy this week (and I'm already progressing nicely towards achieving that goal) so that next week I can begin my fitness program. I'm going to start with just managing what I eat because it is very difficult to exercise well at this time of the year. Wish me luck. Feel free to give any suggestions. The weather is still very weird. We haven't received any snow and it was actually raining and hailing on us today. Christmas was nice, we just went over to members homes, ate, and watched church movies. All the members were fans of my new music that I got. There isn't really much to report especially because we spoke to each other only a few days ago, sorry.
I hope that everyone is good and that the holidays are going well. Talk to you next year!
Elder Misbach
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 3, 2012
Well Hello Familia,
I still don't have much to report sadly. That was an excellent bunch of emails though, thank you! Elder Sumner continues to struggle with the bike. He is a good sport about it though. I almost went flying into a roundabout today as we were on our way to the library, but he was able to slam his boots into the ground just in time. It doesn't help his situation that his brakes are horrible. New Years Eve was excellent. We watched Toy Story 2, half of Monsters Inc., and The Chronicles of Narnia 2. We didn't do much on New Years Day. Church was good, then we took a nap, went to our Ward Mission leaders for a meal, went to the Barlows for a buffet, and then headed back. Yesterday was our P-day and I was able to take a 3 hour nap for the first time in about a year. It was great =) I have successfully finished my candy and I only have healthy food at the flat. I'm also doing well with exercise right now, so hopefully I can keep it up. One last interesting thing is that Elder Cline (who is now in my district with Elder Tellem in Widnes) will be having surgery this week, so I will be serving in a threesome from Wednesday until sometime next week. That should be fun. Other than that, things continue to go well and the gospel remains true.
I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the new year!
love,
Elder Misbach
December 29, 2011
Hello Familia,
Well transfers are completed and I am still in Warrington, but I'm now with Elder Sumner from Birmingham. He is quite an experienced missionary, which is very nice. I can tell that we will be able to get a lot done. He learned how to ride a bike right before his mission and has spent, in total, an hour of time on a bike. He is really struggling right now, ha. But we are still doing well. There isn't much going on in the area. One of our two investigators is out of town, and the other one we only see once a week. For the most part we are just finding all of the time, but it's good. I have decided that I'm going to eat all of my Christmas candy this week (and I'm already progressing nicely towards achieving that goal) so that next week I can begin my fitness program. I'm going to start with just managing what I eat because it is very difficult to exercise well at this time of the year. Wish me luck. Feel free to give any suggestions. The weather is still very weird. We haven't received any snow and it was actually raining and hailing on us today. Christmas was nice, we just went over to members homes, ate, and watched church movies. All the members were fans of my new music that I got. There isn't really much to report especially because we spoke to each other only a few days ago, sorry.
I hope that everyone is good and that the holidays are going well. Talk to you next year!
Elder Misbach
Monday, December 19, 2011
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.
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.
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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