Good Morning!

picture 1- Me in an incomplete beanie (so a yarmulke) that I crocheted!

Picture 2- Me in a beanie that I crocheted!

Picture 3- Our gospel principles class. 2 missionaries, 2 BYU girls, 1 investigator, 4 members of the ward.

Picture 4- Us and Brother Hanson. He's a cool guy from Germany. :)

Hello there, this week has been good. At the moment we have one guy preparing to be baptised, so that's really cool. He's a really nice guy, and very humble. We're teaching him, and it's so cool to see him really understand it. I've come to notice that a lot of people don't really understand what we're really talking about or saying, so that's something that I still need to work on: Teaching more simply and checking with them to see if they do understand.

Let's see, there was a day this week where Elder Keck and I were both feeling just terrible. We had a bad cold, and the first day was the worst. So we came back to the flat a bit early to get some extra rest. And during that time, Elder Keck taught me how to crochet! So I crocheted a hat, which I sent a picture of, and a camera bag. So there, mom, that's one more step towards me dressing warmly. :) I also bought a good warm coat and some gloves, just so you know that I'm being wise with the cold.

I don't have a lot of funny stories this week, but it was overall a good week. Oh, I finished the Book of Mormon since being out on my mission this week! And I'm nearly done with the New Testament. I only have Mark, Luke, Corinthians 1 & 2, Romans, and (dun dun dun) Revelations. So I'm pretty excited about that, I've learned a lot from reading the scriptures. I don't know if I'll ever get around to reading the Old Testament on my mission, to be honest. It's a lot harder to read, but if you have any favorite scriptures from there, let me know. :)

Oh, next week is transfer day, December 1st! And most likely I'm going to move from this area, so if you have any letters addressed to the Streatham address, send it NOW so I'll get it before I leave. :) It's going to be really weird to leave. This place has become my temporary home, and I'll miss it quite badly I'm sure. I'll update you on the first of December, and I'm sure it will be a much more eventful update than this one. I love all of you, thanks for everything. Cheerio, bye!

Good day, there!

Picture 1- Watermelon on the Tube?

Picture 2- A sweet car!

Picture 3- Pizza box men! They were on sale...

Picture 4- On exchange with Elder Judd and Elder Obike.

Hello! This was a really good week! In fact, it was probably the best week of missionary work since I've been out here. And I really hope I'll be able to say that about this next week too, but who knows? :) We had a great first few days of the week. I was feeling better, so there wasn't really anything in our way. Elder Keck and I did some good work, met some nice people, did some fun things. But really the best part of this week was on Thursday. We had a surprise exchange with some missionaries that day, Elder Judd and Elder Obike. Basically they are homeless missionaries and just travel around checking up on missionaries and doing exchanges to teach us stuff. So on Thursday I went with Elder Judd and Elder Keck went with Elder Obike, and we both did work in our area! I learned a LOT that day, especially about finding people. We talked to so many people, and most of them were really nice, even if they didn't want to listen. But one thing I learned is to keep it simple. As simple as possible, because then people can understand and won't get bored. I mean, I knew that before but I didn't really know how to go about being simple, haha. So I'm hoping to have more weeks like this in the future. :)

Another really exciting thing is when Elder Keck was with Elder Obike, they found this guy who is really interested and he wants to be baptised! And he came to church on Sunday. It was really weird because I'm not used to people following through on their commitments. Lots of people I've met over here say they'll do something and then they don't do it. I can't really complain because I'm like that! :D But I want to change and become more reliable. So that's another thing I learned this week. It was a good week. :)

Well, that's about it. I love you guys, I'm doing great. I'm grateful for all the things you do. I'll talk to you next week! Bye!

Sick This Week; More News Next Week

Eric hasn't felt well this week; he had a virus and had to take it easy for a couple of days so he didn't send pictures or blog info. I'm sure prayers would be appreciated. More news next week.

Halloween in London is Weird . . .

Picture 1- Severus Road. Like Snape's name in Harry Potter, almost.....

Picture 2- A ski and snowboard festival held in our area over the weekend. We saw parts of it from the bus and sidewalk. :)

Picture 3- Taking pictures of each other at a dinner appointment.

Picture 4- Me on a bus making a face.

Hello! How are you? This week has been a bit uneventful. In fact, it's been the longest week in the mission so far, haha. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just how it was. Oh yeah, remember the 9 dinner I was so excited about last week? Well, those are about the only things that went through. Everything else cancelled or just didn't happen, so even though I ate more food than I wanted to and now have a fridge full of leftovers, I feel a bit unfulfilled this week.

We spent a lot more time than usual trying to find people to teach this week. But we didn't find a single person, haha. But this next week looks more promising. I think I said that last week, but this week really does look better. So hopefully it doesn't deceive me like last week did. :)

There were two days in a row this week where basically nothing happened. So at the end of those I was naturally feeling quite down. But then we listened Joseph B Wirthlin's talk, "Come what may and love it", and that talk made me feel a lot better. And I think consequently, the rest of the week I had a much better attitude and I learned quite a lot actually. So overall I guess it was a good week in a way.

There were quite a lot of funny things that happened this weekend, and a lot of them involved people being drunk. Probably because it was Halloween. But there was this one guy who was drunk off his rocker who was walking down the street and he tried to steal a bowl of bananas from a fruit vendor. He then dropped the bowl, tried to pick it back up, and totally faceplanted into the ground and was blacked out for about 5 minutes. After that, he just got up and staggered on down the street, completely forgetting about the bananas. Haha, it was quite funny to watch, but I do feel bad for him. Another drunk guy tried to kiss Elder Keck on the cheek this weekend. So yeah, drinking is bad for you.

Halloween was weird, there weren't a lot of kids trick or treating. But there were a lot of people getting drunk! I guess that's what Halloween has become in the minds of most Londoners.
Alright, well I've got to be going now, but thanks for all the emails and letters and everything! I love you guys, bye!