Blog Pictures [& Happy Holidays!]

I am just going to send a few emails of pictures and captions for Christmas. But my Christmas was good. :)

Picture 1- Pac-man Stress ball head companion.

Picture 2- A electric tricycle. Best thing ever.

 

Picture 3- Crazy Christmas lights!

 

Picture 4- Me opening a present.

 

 

Picture 5- A portion of what I got from the ward.

 

And for fun, I, Mother of Eric, will include pictures of Mike in his British crown and socks, our new "London" book, and our Skype session.

 

 

Week before Christmas!

Picture 1- Our small Christmas tree!

 

Picture 2- ???

 

Picture 3- First snow of the season! (only lasted an hour and didn't stick.)

 

Picture 4- Mission Christmas conference party.

 

Picture 5- Ward Christmas party!

 (my camera was on a different setting for the last week for some reason,

so the pictures might be a little different?)

I don't have much time this week, and I just realized I didn't send a blog one last week. So, I'll do a little catch-up. We've had our mission Christmas party and our Ward Christmas party which were both good. I got to see a lot of good friends at the mission one, and a lot of non-members came to the ward one which was really cool to see them enjoying it. Not much is happening in the work right now, even though there should be because it's CHRISTMAS! But oh well. We did get to teach a lady yesterday who I met about 2 months ago, but she was never in. She saw us on the street last week and invited us over. We stopped by, and she was excited for the Book of Mormon. And then she told us that she's working pretty much every day for the next 2 months. :/ So she said to come back in February. That seems to be how everything is going right now, stuff sort of happens, but then gets delayed a while. But it's okay, Christmas is on Sunday!

Alright, that's about all I've got time for, so I will send a good email on next Monday, Boxing Day. Bye!

14th transfer, staying in Aldershot with Elder White for Christmas!

No pictures due to being at a dodgy internet cafe due to having an unusable chapel.

So, this last week and a bit have been good. Hannah was baptised and confirmed on the 3rd and 4th of December, respectively. Here is the story of her baptism:
We got a text from our Bishop Friday night at 8:30 saying that the gas needs to be fixed at the chapel and so it is off until the next week, so we may need to postpone the baptism because there would be no hot water. I didn't feel that we should postpone since Hannah had been preparing for this day for a while, but we called Hannah and let her know the water would be cold and gave her the option of doing it or postponing. She said she wanted to just go ahead with it, so we told that to Bishop.

Saturday morning we went over the chapel to see how cold the water was. The water that came out of the font tap was... freezing. But, the water from the kitchen taps was somehow really really hot! So Elder White and I thought we would just fill up pots of hot water from there and run them over to the font to equalize the temperature of the water. We did call Hannah again and let her know just how cold the water was, and she still wanted to go for it. Her baptism was at 5:00 and from about 2:30 until then, with the assistance of our ward mission leader and his wife, we ran as much hot or boiling water from the kitchen to the font as we could. After about an hour and a half of that, the water was... still freezing. So then we got about 3 or 4 little heaters and plugged them in and put them in the rooms next to the font as we continued to boil as much water as we could and dump it in there. By 5 o clock, the water was... actually not too cold! So when it came time for the baptism, it went really well. Hannah said it was warmer than she thought it was going to be, and I guess that's the best thing we could've asked for.

So, that was a really cool experience. I could see how God helped us answer our own prayers by letting us do as much as we could, and then making up for the things we couldn't control

Anyway, we had transfers today and both Elder White and I are staying here. So this will be a pretty good Christmas. :) It's starting to get colder here, but no snow yet. :( That's about all I've got time to write, so talk to you later! Bye!

Last Week of November?

Picture 1- Elder Keck and I on exchange!

Picture 2- Our Exchange!

Hello! Wow, it's almost December! This week has been good, we got to go on an exchange with Elder Keck and Elder Folkerson, and that was good fun. It was really cool to serve with Elder Keck again, if only just for the day. We met some cool people and we'll go back to see them this next week.

Also, it was Thanksgiving and it was great! We had a feast with the youth, and our American ward mission leader's wife made pies! She even made a grasshopper pie at my request, so that was really awesome. We also had another Thanksgiving dinner the next night, which was good, if not a little less unconventional. (Did I write that right? I don't care.) We did have Turkey...Burgers. And curly fries and onion rings and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. So it was like an American themed meal, but it was still good.

Hannah is doing good, she's ready to get baptised this Saturday! So I'm excited about that. She's so cool, she's studied the gospel really well and has asked such awesome questions. I also talked to Keziah who was baptised nearly 3 months ago now, and I asked how her first few months being a member have been and she said "Well, I don't regret it!" :D And then she did say that it has improved her life, and that was so cool to hear that.

Anyway, this next week is transfer week, so I won't email on Monday, I'll email on either Wednesday or Thursday. I think either Elder White or I will move, but we'll see next week!

Seeya later, bye!

Thanksgiving week! November 21, 2011

Picture 1- Me bowling!

Picture 2- District picture.

Picture 3- A dove on an old church. Not the best picture,
but it was cool to capture it in mid-takeoff (or mid landing, I don't remember).

This is Thanksgiving week! I'm very excited for it, for many reasons. 1. Thanksgiving. 2. We found a few really cool people this last week who we're going to go teach this week. 3. Hannah is still really enjoying the gospel and she's still preparing for baptism.

And I'm sure there are other reasons too, but I can't think of them right now. The weather should cool down a lot more this week. Emphasis on should, but who knows what really will happen. I'm doing good right now, I can't really think of much to write about this last week. It was just a good one. Oh, one thing that happened is that we went knocking with a member, and at one of the first doors we knocked on was this guy on crutches around our age, and he said to the member "Hey, I remember you. You opened the door for me in town a few days ago." So that was cool to see this member's good deed also helped with missionary work! The guy said that he actually is interested in these things, so we're seeing him this week. Anyway, I guess I'll leave it at that. But let me know what you want me to write in here now, because I'm all out of ideas. :D 

Okay, write to you next week, bye!

The Missionary's Mother Has Been a Slacker!!!

In November I have been taking my very last finals at BYU and visiting my kids and grandkids :-), and I have not kept up on Eric's posts. I'll fix that ASAP, but to answer an immediate question, here is the mission home address for Christmas packages and/or letters. They will take about 10 to 14 days to get there and will be delivered to the Elders before Christmas. For packages, it is recommended to include the phone number at the bottom.

Elder Eric M. Boothe

England London South Mission

The London Temple

West Park Road

Newchapel, Surrey

ENGLAND RH7 6NB

Phone: 44-1342-833-916

Thanks for your interest in and support for our missionary! MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

Mike and Lou Ella

November 14

Picture 1- Me at the temple!
Picture 2- Me as a camel.

This was a good week. We had a Zone conference on Wednesday so I got
to see a lot of old companions and friends. We learned some good
things too. :)

We also took Hannah to the temple on Friday. She liked it and felt
that there was something different there. So everything is going
really good! I'm getting a little Christmas crazy, I think I'm being
influenced by all the advertisements and stuff. They don't really do
thanksgiving over here so all the stores have a Christmas aisle
already, and lots of Christmas themed things. As far as Halloween
goes, the ward here is going to look after us well. :) The youth are
throwing a Thanksgiving dinner and they've invited us, and we also are
going to a member's house on Thanksgiving day. And, the ward mission
leader is from Utah so he's going to have us over for their
Thanksgiving celebration as well! But that's still over a week away,
as for this week, it's looking good too. We hope to find some new
investigators this week because that's something we're struggling with
(again). So I'm making it a goal to improve my prayers and faith this
week.

That was a bit of a boring short update, but that's just how it
happened. :) I'm trying to hurry because we're going bowling with the
Guildford missionaries today. So, thanks for everything, bye!

Hi! Happy November!

Picture 1- Happy Halloween!

 

Picture 2- District carving contest. Mine is the cantaloupe in the middle.

 

Picture 3- Fireworks for the 5th of November.

So there were two holidays since the last time I wrote: Halloween and Guy Fawkes Day (aka Bonfire Night). Halloween was good, especially since it was on a P-day. And guy Fawkes Day was the 5th of November. It's a big holiday here in England, they do fireworks and bonfires and stuff, so it's sort of like the 4th of July for us. And they have the cool fireworks that are illegal in Utah, so that was good fun. :)

As far as an update on the work, since it's been a while since I did a good one of those, it's going really good! I mentioned a woman named Kizzie a few weeks ago, but she's really busy and we haven't seen her since, so she's not really preparing for baptism at the moment. But, we're working with two people who are preparing for baptism on December 3rd! One is named Carl and one is named Hannah, and they are both loving the gospel and the church. So that's really good, and Hannah is even coming to see the temple with us on Friday and I'm really excited for that.

Oh, and I saw something on the church website today that I was really excited about! It's a video of the bishop of my first area here! I was really excited to see it, because he is such a cool guy. http://lds.org/pages/a-book-of-mormon-story-mormon-message?lang=eng is the link.

I'm really excited because we've got some good things going right now. The weather is finally starting to get a bit cold. Up until now I could walk around without a jacket or anything and be fine. I hope this winter will be as snowy as the last one. :)

 

Alright, hopefully that's a good update. I'm off now, Bye!

[Short] Halloween Report

Elder Boothe didn't have time to write for the blog this week, so here is a short excerpt from the parents' email:

Halloween over here is different, but it's turning more into what it's like in the States. This is basically the first year the supermarkets had a whole aisle of halloween stuff, last year there was just a little. But no one really goes trick or treating, only a few. The lady we live with only bought 1 bag of candy and she should have lots of extras.

Anyway, the work is going really good. We're working with two people preparing for baptism in December and that's cool. I just want to focus on them at the moment and really help them in any way possible.

And here's a British saying: Keep calm and carry on!
Have a great day!
The Mom

Hello! Staying in Aldershot!

Picture 1- Ann and Elder Kendell and me.

Picture 2- Elder White and me.

Hello! It's transfer day and Elder Kendell is moving to Chichester and I am staying in Aldershot. Elder White is coming into Aldershot, he's from the same MTC group and he's from Bountiful, Utah. I'm excited for this next transfer, it should be good. I don't have much else to say, but I'm really looking forward to the transfer.

oh yeah, a lady (Kizzie) we're teaching has accepted to prepare to be baptised on December 3rd! That's exciting too, but we haven't been able to contact her for a few days so hopefully everything is still good. I will send an email on Halloween. :) Bye!

Blah-g email.

Picture 1- Halloween candy, mwahaha!

Picture 2- It looks like we were clubbing, but we were actually just on a rail-replacement coach.

Hi! This was a good week! And we met a Polish guy who was baptised in 2005 and then moved to England. So that's way cool and we're hoping to get him connected with the church here. He really wanted to meet more Mormons, so we can help him with that. :) Also this week, we met someone from Arizona, and someone from Colorado! Both of which were extremely nice, but not interested. Oh well.

The work is going SOOO SLOOW! We're really trying to find new people to teach, and we did find one this week, so that was really good! We just need to keep going. The whole mission is in a dip at the moment, but sometimes that's just how it goes I guess. :) I am really enjoying life, though, and we're working hard. So those are the things that are really what's important.

Next week is transfer week. I think I'll stay and get a new companion, but we'll see what happens. So I'll be emailing Wed or Thursday. Bye!

Hi

Picture 1- My companion throwing his shoes down the stairs at me. (haha, okay, he wasn't throwing them at me)

Hello! This week went really quick. And not a lot happened. I went on an exchange with Elder Wells to Guildford. We had a good time and talked to loads of people. We also had interviews with President Shamo on Saturday, and that was good.

Our teaching pool at the moment is... very small. :D We are teaching a few people, but this week none of them could meet with us. So this next week should be a lot better. It's already looking like it will be a good week, even this morning as we were walking here to email, a few people asked if we'd help them carry some pieces of wood. So we did, and they were nice but not interested. Hopefully it wasn't stolen wood... Hmm, oh well. But despite the work not going too well, I'm happy. I don't have anything better to talk about so I'll talk about the weather. We've had a few cold days, and then a few really hot days, then a few cold days, and now today it's supposedly going to be 72 degrees. And they still say there will be snow in October. We'll see about that.

Sorry for such an uneventful email. I'm sure more happened, but I can't think of anything particularly note-worthy. :/ Anyway, I am doing good! Love you all, bye!

A Conference Week!

The pictures are of all the companions I've had that are still in the mission at the mission conference we had this week.

 

Picture 1- Elder Keck and me!

 

Picture 2- Elder Evans and me and Andrews and Crystal.

 

Picture 3- Elder Tomlinson and I! 

[Note from Mom: I can't decide if Eric is trying to be funny about Elder Tomlinson being the angel statue, or if he sent a different picture than he intended! But it's a cool shot either way :-)]

Hello! Well this week was really good! On Tuesday we had a mission conference which was really good, and I got to see a lot of good friends. It was a very good conference and I learned lots from it. Then of course Saturday and Sunday was General Conference which was also really good. I liked to see President Monson be really funny in his talks, and he still got the point across really powerfully. A theme I got from all the talks was Courage. Courage is just a good attribute to have and I want to work on it! So that's something I'll be thinking about.

 

Other things that happened this week was that we were dropped by a really cool lady named Maria. She had asked her husband and her family about the church after searching it up on the internet, and by doing so got a lot of misinformation. And then her husband basically forbid her to consider it anymore, and that was kind of sad. We asked her to have him call us so we could address his concerns, so hopefully that will happen. We also found a lot of cool people this week, who we should be going by with some members later this week.

 

I'm doing really well, I have set a goal to get someone to church this week who hasn't been before, so I'll see how that goes and report on that next week. :) Bye!

Hi!

Picture 1- A good cheesy profile shot, haha.

 

Picture 2- Me as a pope or someone.

 

Picture 3- Playing baseball with a member on P-day.

 

Hello! This has been a good week! We had an exchange with the missionaries in Guildford, and that was really good. We had a good Wednesday and met lots of really nice people that we're going to go back and see (hopefully) on Thursday. We have started teaching a lady named Shanetta and her husband. They seem really cool and interested, and they are willing to read the Book of Mormon so that's a plus. They're busy, so we'll be teaching them over a period of time.

 

I'm excited for this week because we have a Zone Conference tomorrow and that will be really good. We're also getting more chances to go to member's houses and share a message with them and it's really helping them. There are a few now who have given out 'Book of Mormon'-s to their friends, so that's cool to see. I'm also really excited for General Conference, and we're showing it at our chapel so it should be easier to have people come and see it.

 

Umm, I think that's all I got, actually. September went by way too quickly. We had someone tell us that England is expecting some snow sometime in October (which is strange for them), so we'll see if that happens.

 

Talk to you next week, bye!

Technical Difficulties

Hello hello! Good morning! :) I am just getting off the computer, since they weren't working this morning. Technical difficulties. So no blog email this week, but . . . Keziah got baptised and that was cool. It was a really good experience.

Hello! No Transfer!

Quick update here, it's transfer day and both Elder Kendell and I are staying in Aldershot. I'm glad to be staying, and I'm looking forward to Keziah, who we've been teaching, getting baptised on Saturday! She's had her interview already and she is preparing her own baptismal service. Everything is going good, I think the next 6 weeks are going to be awesome because we've got some really good things going with the ward. Alright, that's it. :) Bye!

Hello there! Elder Bednar Conference!

Picture 1- The Temple, which we went to on Wednesday.

Picture 2- The Guildford Cathedral. It has what looks like an imitation Angel Moroni on top!

Hi! This was a good week. On Wednesday we went to the temple with Keziah, the girl who is preparing to be baptized on the 17th of September. She wanted to see the temple before getting baptized, so we went with her. She is doing really well, she really understands the doctrine and it makes sense to her. She's getting super involved, she went to the temple on Wednesday, a young single adult conference with Elder David A Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Saturday, church on Sunday, and she's going to a church service project in London with Presiding Bishop H. David Burton today, we're teaching her on Wednesday, and then she's going to a church activity on Thursday, and then we're teaching her again on Friday. It's so cool to work with someone like her, who really enjoys the gospel. So that alone has made it a good week, and will make this a good week.

Other things that happened this week: We were in another area, Guildford, for a bit on Friday and we saw the Guildford Cathedral which has an angel on top of it too, except different. :) The Conference with Elder Bednar was really good. It was just a missionary conference so it was him, Elder Causse of the Seventy, and 120ish missionaries. He didn't give a talk. He had us read talks before the conference, then at the conference he asked what we learned. He taught us sort of along the way. Then he invited us to ask him questions, and he answered them all. I learned a lot! And it was just so good to see an actual Apostle of the Lord be so funny, straightforward, and down to earth. It was cool to see with my own eyes that he is just a normal man, but he has been called of God and understands a lot of the good and bad of the church. I thought it was cool because he mentioned some of the false traditions that spring up in the church, he didn't just pretend the church was perfect. One of the false traditions was a pretty common one, and that was taking copious notes which we will either lose or never look back on and review. He said that there was no point in taking notes that we won't use, and that if all we get from the conference are the words he says, then he hasn't done his job right. He said that we should take notes of what the Spirit was telling us during the talk, whether or not it had to do with what he was talking about. So it was really cool to hear him say that. I wish I could relate everything he said, but I'm not capable of doing so. If anyone wants to know more about it, send me an email. :)

So yes, it was a very very good week, and that was a really special experience to have. It probably won't happen again, being in that small of a group with an Apostle. Keziah is doing really good, and learning new stuff all the time and loving it. That's all I have to say, but next week is transfer week, so I won't email until Wednesday or Thursday. I think I'll stay in Aldershot with Elder Kendell, but we'll see what happens. :) Have a good week, bye!

Hello!

Hi, not much to say this week. (Mostly because I forgot to write this email until when I don't have much time left. :/) I'm doing good. The missionary work is going good. I'll tell one story. We met a man who trained horses and also was a fitness instructor. He was 69 years old, and he was very fit. He showed us a muscle trick called Abdominal Isolation. He sucked in his stomach a LOT, then he somehow pushed out just his abs. Then he would alternate pressing out his left abs and right abs! It looked like something out of an alien movie or something, it was so weird! Sadly, he wasn't interested in the gospel, but he was a very nice man.

Well, that's too weird of a story for it to be the only thing I say, so I'll say something else that's a bit more meaningful. :) The Sacrament meeting yesterday was really really good. The youth of the ward had just got back from either camps or efy, and they bore such plain powerful testimonies and were so down-to-earth about it. I could feel the Spirit during it and thought it was so cool to see the youth of the ward and see where they are, rather than on the streets rioting.

Anyway, it was a good week, I'll talk next week, hopefully something exciting. Bye!

August in Aldershot

No Pictures this week. :(

Hello! This week was a very full week! On Tuesday and Wednesday we did an online training type of thing on Family history and also stress management. So that was really good and interesting, especially we were one of only 3 missions in the world to test it out. So when that goes to all the missions I think they could really help!

We had a lot of good things happen this week, but I don't have time to write about any (plus I can't really think of any off the top of my head because I just want to go out and have P-day fun!) because only one of the computers is working so we have to take quick turns. :/

But it's been a very good week, and I'm doing great! I feel more ready to face this week and am going to try and take every day as a whole new chance to do something awesome! So hopefully that works. :) Okay, sorry for the short email, bye!

Fwd: Aldershot

Picture 1- You could only see the rain when it was in this slot of sunlight, but it didn't really work on the camera. Cool picture though.

Picture 2- A Rainbow that must have been imaginary, but it's a cool picture too.

Hello! The last few days have been interesting. We had someone stop us on the street and ask if I was new. I said yes, wondering how she knew because she wasn't a member. Then she warned me about Aldershot being a dangerous place and to be careful. Then she just ran away. Elder Kendell then told me that in the 6 months he'd been here he hadn't really seen anything dodgy. Then, over the next 3 days, we saw two fights. :O  I don't think Aldershot is usually that dangerous, it was just weird that that happened after a random stranger warned me about it.

But other than that, it's been great! :D The ward here is pretty big, about 130 on Sunday, with lots of young people and nursery. I'm not used to that, since neither Eastbourne or Brixton had a lot of active youth and children. So it's a pretty well established ward. We had 3 investigators come to church, one of whom is preparing for baptism in late September. Another (South African) investigator got up and bore her testimony that she could feel the Spirit very strongly in the meetings. So things are happening here, and it's exciting. I think it will be a really good transfer! Oh yeah, Elder Keck, my MTC companion is now my Zone leader, so that should be cool too. I'll get to see him every week, along with a few other people I already know. So yes, I'm very happy, and hope you all are. Talk to you next week, bye!

The Eastbourne Era is Over!

Picture 1- Me happily drinking a Milkshake.

Picture 2- Me and Elder Kendell.

I have left Eastbourne and moved to a place caller Aldershot! It's sort of southwest of London. I'm serving with Elder Kendell from Idaho, who came into the MTC the same time as I did. We live with a member here too, named Ann. She seems nice, so that's a good sign. She sounds like she's very strict when it comes to cleaning, so I'll probably moan about that in a few weeks time. :D Anyway, I'm excited to have left Eastbourne even though I will miss it. I needed a change and something new and fresh and exciting going on, so I'm glad I could have that. I don't know any of the members here yet, seeing as I got here today, but I will update on Monday.

My new address is:

12 Upper Elms Road

Aldershot, Hampshire

GU11 3ET

England

Um, that's about it. Elder Tomlinson is staying in Eastbourne and he is getting Elder Lamb (Richard Lamb's nephew, I think. There are multiple Elder Lamb/Lam's in the mission right now.) so that will be good.

Anyways, that's about all I got. Talk to you on Monday! Bye!

Last week of this transfer?!

Picture 1- Elder Tomlinson made a shirt too, so here we both are with our creations. :D

I need to start taking more exciting pictures again...

Hello! It's been a good week. I will share one good experience and one bad experience for lack of focus today due to people speaking/singing in many different languages around me. Internet cafes...

Good: We were talking to this lady on the bus and then this guy comes and sits by us in a way that makes it hard for us to talk to the lady. He asks if we're Mormons and then shakes our hands and says that he's a Christian and wants to learn more about what we believe and to come by his house an hour later. We went there and he was really excited about the Book of Mormon and wanted to read it. We set up to see him two days later, went back but he wasn't available so we'll go back this week. So hopefully he's been able to read and study it.

Bad (but not really too bad): Yesterday after an uneventful day, we were on the bus and this guy comes on the bus stepping on people's feet on purpose and basically looking for a fight. He was muttering curse words throughout. He then tries to "accidentally" trip people walking past him, and starts spitting on the floor of the bus about 5 times. I lean over to him and ask if he'd like a Kleenex, and he just explodes at me and curses me with much anger and tells us "Bible Bashers to not talk to him or he'll put my head through the window." So I turn my head and try to not give him any more acknowledgement. Then he stands up slightly and puts his face really close to my face and threatens me again, to which I point my finger at him and tell him to take a step back (which scared me that I would do that, haha) but he did take a step back and sit down. And then as he got off the bus, he continued to curse us and slapped his hand against the outside of the bus window we were sitting by. So yeah, I'm pleased at how I reacted to that and kept calm, because I was definitely praying I would be calm. :D But don't worry, it probably wasn't as bad as I made it sound.

So yeah, that was this week. It's transfer day next Wednesday or Thursday, so we'll see if I finally move out of Eastbourne. All signs are pointing to "yes", but we'll see what happens. I've really enjoyed it here and parts of me have changed completely in the last 7 months I've been here, and it's been change as in improvement so hooray! I'm really enjoying the mission experience and look forward to what's on the new horizon (even if it is another 6 weeks in Eastbourne :D) So I will talk to you next week sometime. Bye!

July!

Picture 1- A teletubby on the bumper of a cool car.

Hi, this week was good. Wow, I just reflected back on the email I sent a year ago at this time, and it's so weird to think that was a whole YEAR ago, especially since I remember the happenings of that week like it was almost yesterday. Anyway, I'm doing very well right now, I'm extremely excited for this next week, and the next few weeks until tranfers because they are going to be so eventful, especially since I'm thinking they might be the last weeks I'll have in Eastbourne. So I'm motivated to make these weeks awesome. And we're off to a good start with our plans. We have an appointment with a mum and her 6(or 7?) children on Tuesday and I'm excited because I can see that the Restoration message can actually help them with the questions and concerns they have about religion and the state that a lot of it is in today. The mum, Zoe, said she was going to study over the Book of Mormon over the next few days until we meet with them, and they seemed really excited. Also, we met an older man named Wally who is a miracle. He said that he has had many surgeries and things and that now he doesn't have a lot of his stomach or intestines and other organs that I thought were vital. He said all the doctors are amazed at his state of health. He has such a strong faith that God is helping him and protecting him, and he was open to listen to our message so we set an appointment on Wednesday. So things are looking up again, it's just once again down to dealing with any obstacles or adversity that comes along the way.

Hmm, well that's about it. I am very happy now, I feel like I learn something or grow somehow every day and every week, even if it is just sort a 'dead' day. The days when nothing happens are the days when you come up with the best ideas about what to do on later days. Or something, I'm just trying to give myself a pep talk. :D I love you guys, and I hope everyone is well and that all of us can be in a state of mind that we're more aware of everything around us, because that's how we are more able to help. (Haha, I like when what I say sounds wise. :D) Alright, talk to you next week. Bye!

Hello!

Picture 1- Con mis hermanos (Some Spanish speaking Elders) at the Zone conference.

Hi, this was a good week, it feels like a lot happened and nothing happened at the same time. The Zone conference was really good, and we are starting some new things soon so that will be exciting. President Shamo wants to get some good things going since he only has a year left of his Mission Presidentcy (?) and he wants great things to happen in the remaining time. And so do I. :)

Wednesday, I went to Brighton with Elder Anderson, and that was good. We had a really awkward conversation with a girl on the bus, one of the most awkward ones I've ever had, probably. :D But we had some good things happen too. Thursday I was back in Eastbourne with Elder Martin, and we had a great time. We went door knocking for a few hours and EVERY SINGLE PERSON we talked to had a good meaningful conversation with us! None of them slammed the door or anything, it was cool! Only one person wanted to meet with us again, but it was still cool. Friday, we met with Phoebe and she and her mom and her friend are doing good. Phoebe and Liz came to church this week, and they seemed to enjoy it. Phoebe is leaving on holiday, but she'll be back in two Sundays, then she's leaving again for over a month, but that's okay.

Saturday we had the open day. It was 4 hours long and we only got about 8 people come in that weren't members. :D We were expecting a lot more, but it was still good. There was one Methodist guy who seemed really interested in the religion. Not looking into joining it, but he was impressed by how much there was to it.

Ah! I'm running out of time again! :/ Oh well, it was a good week. Until next week, bye!

Happy 2nd 4th of July!

Pictures 1 & 2- Picture from the Ward BBQ. (Elder Tomlinson, me, Phoebe, Bishop's wife, Oscar[someone's kid], Bishop, Michael.) Phoebe and Michael are investigating the church.

 

 

Hello! This was a good week. We had the ward BBQ on Saturday and we like I've already captioned, Phoebe and Michael were there and they enjoyed it. They both came to church too and liked it, so that's good too. This upcoming week is looking like it's going to be very exciting. Tuesday we're having a Zone Conference all day, and then Wednesday and Thursday I'll be in Brighton on a little exchange. Friday we're teaching Phoebe the last time before she leaves on holiday for a few months. Saturday is the ward Open Day that they've been planning for a long time. They should have the local MP (Minister of Parliment) there so that's a cool thing. (I guess, I don't really know what the American government equivilant would be.) So this week is basically already done! All that's left is just for it to actually happen! :D I'm looking forward to the whole week, it should be a great thing.

 

As for my Old Testament study update (no, I haven't given up!) I am just about 15 pages until I reach Isaiah. So that will be exciting. I'm studying other things simultaneously, so I'm not getting bored with it. :)

 

Ok, that was this week, I can't really think of anything else. Talk to you next week! Oh yeah, Happy 4th of July!! I'll actually get to celebrate the next one, how weird is that?! Bye!

It's summer again!

Picture 1- Beach Cliffs!

 

Picture 2- Jumping.

 

Picture 3- We walked from the light on the left all the way to the light on the right. Phew.

 

Picture 4- Scary thing in the Beachy Head museum.

 

Hello! This week was really good. I don't have a lot of time to write. We had 3 investigators come to our Gospel Principles class yesterday, and they all seemed to enjoy it, so that's good. We have good plans for this week and hopefully it will be good. We went to Beachy Head this morning for P-day and it was awesome, and that's what all those pictures are about. I'm doing very well, but this week's email will have to consist mostly of pictures. Ok, love all of you. Bye!