Temple trip

An exciting trip to the temple on the 19th of Dec for Brandon. Not only did he get to pick up many Christmas presents (thank you everyone who sent presents, cards or letters.) but he also met Brian and Leanne Mulholland who are presently serving a temple mission in the London Temple. Mark Stubbs alerted the Mulhollands that Brandon was in the mission and so when they heard that the whole mission was attending the temple that day, the two of them watched and finally found. Brandon didnt remember them but made the connection when he found out their name. Cool. 

Temple Greatings

I had the privilege of visiting with Mark Stubbs today at church.

He had updated me on the fact that Brian and Leanne Mulholland are serving a temple mission right now and keep in touch with Mark and Sharron. They were telling Mark that they had all the missionaries come through the temple this past week and said they were keeping an eye out for one certain missionary. Yes you guessed it.......they are serving in the London Temple and yes they found him.....Elder Fisher.
Kind of cool someone who lived in Claresholm now in London met Elder Fisher at the London Temple.

Q&A Game

It's time for a game of Q&A!

Welcome to Q&A Monday where questions are answered and answers are questioned. Lets get started. Our first questionable contestant is from Alberta Canada. Here are the answers to his four questions:

(Q) Have you received any  more Christmas packages yet? Whom from and are you saving any to open at Christmas?  Have you had to pay any more on duty charges?

(A) No. I have not received any Christmas packages since I got the ones from you and grandma and grandpa Baker (they'rs came at the same time). I only get packages when we go to conferences. There are probably some at the temple waiting for me. I will pick them up when I go to the temple on the 19th. I will try to save some for Christmas but it's hard when it says on the package what's in it. And I haven't hat to pay any more on duty charges.

(Q) Have you had any spiritual experiences this past week?

(A) This is a very hard question to answer. I keep trying to think of big miracles.

(Q) Other than the popcorn  mess have you had any challenges?

(A) Every day is a challenge. There are different challenges every day. Most of them are small challenges but there are lots of big ones. One of the biggest challenges is thinking of things to say in my e-mails home. 

(Q) What do you wished you would have studied more before going on your mission ( Britts question)

 

(A) Everything. There is no particular subject or topic that I wish I could have studied more because we get to study for two hours every morning and so it comes to you pretty quick. There is always something to learn and you'll know what you need to study when you get to your mission. I just wish I had a better base to build on.

The cantata you guys had sounds like it was awesome! We haven't had ours yet. Have you got the letter I sent you yet? It's pretty good. I probably spent a whole month on it. Have a Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Here are some pictures of my companion. One in front of a really big shirt, one at an American restaurant.

As promised, the pictures from the car rally.

Things are going good.

Elder Caruso (my new companion) is a nice guy. He never gets too worked up when plans don't work and he helps keep things under control. We get along super well. His English is better than mine as I've told you he has an American accent. He has a Facebook account because he served in the digital zone before he came to Croydon. His name is Otavio.

I don't think we are teaching any English people. I think Alex is English. It's hard to find English people in England. I wish I was a language expert. We have an Italian investigator so it's nice to have an Italian companion.

You asked how many times a day we pray. We pray more than 7 times a day. Never less. The number 1 thing we pray about is probably our investigators.

There was one time we stopped a guy on the street and he was Spanish and didn't speak hardly any English. Suddenly Elder Caruso started talking Spanish with him. Afterward Elder Caruso said "I don't know where that Spanish came from." He knows some Spanish but not much. there was another experience involving Elder Johnson that I was going to share in a letter (if I ever get one written).

It has not yet snowed here. Sound's like you got some pretty nasty weather over there. 

The bad weather they have been having in this parts of the world haven't been effecting me. It hasn't been windy at all where I am. I haven't seen any wind damage or anything. We only had one "windy" day that I can remember and it was like a regular day in Lethbridge.

I just finished a letter today. I'm sending it to you some time today. I did get a letter from brother Cook. I may wright a brief letter to send to him but that last letter I wrote took me too long to wright. I don't have a whole lot of time but I'll see what I can do.

I have not seen any Church billboards or advertisements at all since I got here. I think that ended before I got here. I've seen a lot of "Book of Mormon Musicale" advertisements on buses. That's from South Park though, not from the church.

The work here is slowing down a bit as everyone is busy preparing for Christmas but we're still working hard. We will be going to the temple on the 19th for a Christmas dinner and a session so I'm pretty exited for that. Can't wait to talk to you then. Merry Christmas

This is a picture with Alex, my barber! He is doing so well! This is on the 27th of October, 1 day after my b-day. His daughter is Sophia and the man in the suit is my bishop. 

Land of Canada

Hello all you family and friendly people of the land of Canada.

We still haven't seen any snow yet but I feel Christmas coming. I just got a call this morning from the office saying I got a package! I will probably get it at the missionary Christmas conference. Glad you all enjoyed the pictures I sent. I haven't taken any this week but I've got some pictures from the antique car rally (from London to Brighton I think) that I didn't have time to send you last week. I will send those next week. The picture of Shawn Bradley doesn't even do him justice. He looks taller in person. Good to see that dad is busy. The house will probably be unrecognizable by the time I come home. Busy days are usually the best. I do have sort of a letter written but I need the time to re-wright it and finish it off. We never seem to be able to set aside time for writing letters. I do have a journal but I suck at writing in it. Eventually you will get a letter from me. Well I am running out of time so I will end there. Have a good week.