The Long Week

This has been a long week. I'm thinking back to the beginning of the week and it feels like a month ago. Contacting hasn't been successful and we just cant seem to get in contact with the former and potential investigators we planned on contacting. We are still going to keep trying by them but we were also planning on stopping by members houses and trying to work with them more. We have a small ward and the sisters get all the dinner appointments so we don't get to see the members often enough. Elder Treadway feels like he doesn't know very many of the members and we also need something to use our time so we're not just contacting for hours at a time. Overall we feel like this week is going to be a better week. A lot of it is just our attitudes.

I've got lots of pictures to send so I'll start now before I run out of time.

Keep working on that man cave, I can't wait to see it when it's done. And enjoy your Scottish company. I've met a number of Scottish people. They're nice.

I've got an interesting conversion story for you but I have no time so I'll share it next week!

A member took us to a pub and bought us some really nice burgers!

The Romsey Abbey.

My New Companion

Hello.

Good to hear from you and see all the pictures. Nice to hear everything is going good over there (apart from the lightning, forest fires, and facial hair).

I thought Godzilla took place in Tokyo, not San Francisco. Was it good? I heard it was amazing.

Not much happened this week except for moves. I think my new companion and I are going to work well together. I just feel like I need a boost of energy. Maybe the heat over here has something to do with it.

I haven't really done much for touring and taking in the history here, I've been around the abbey here, but haven't been in it yet. I understand this area has a lot of history and I've heard a few cool things but haven't really looked too much into it.

There is a member in our ward who is in his late nineties, and he's still driving! There are lots of old buildings and sights in England everywhere you go. I don't think the Stonehenge is in my area but I'll try to find out. It might not be to hard to get permission to go there.

I am adjusting to my new area. It's always hard to adjust to big changes. Actually this time it wasn't as hard to adjust to my new area as it was to adjust on my first move. I think it helps you to grow.

My new companion is Elder Treadway. He's from Texas. He loves music; he was a drum major which is a conductor for marching bands. He's a really cool guy, a hard worker, and a real lady's man by the sounds of it.

 

Peter our investigator is doing good. We saw him yesterday and he always enjoys having discussions with us. We haven't been able to see Damien for a while. We haven't seen him since his mother told us he was sick. We keep stopping by but no one is ever in. There are loads of other really cool people that we're trying to get back in contact with but it hasn't been easy.

Beggars Fair

Hello again friends and family.

Sound's like you're always having fun over there. I love being updated on the things that are going on back home. Do you have any pictures from the street wheelers? I thought that picture of Justin was hilarious. I've got a picture of an interesting car I'm not sure I've sent it yet. There are lots of cars here that you would never see back home.

Sounds like your keeping busy as well. By the time I get home the house probably won't even be recognisable! I did get an e-mail from Braedon this week; haven't heard much from him for a while until today. It sounds like he's doing really good!

We had a lovely DA (dinner appointment) at a members house on the 9th. It was a late Canada day/ 4th of July meal for Elder Wilson and I. We had lasagne that looked like an American flag and a maple syrup cake that had a Canadian maple leaf on it! I will send pictures of those as well.

Things are going good here. Moves is this week. I'm staying but my companion is moving. President Millar told my Elder Wilson who my new companion is but he immediately forgot. So I won't be able to tell you until next week. It seems as though we have lost contact with all our investigators except Peter. Every one must be busy with summer stuff or something. We've been having a hard time contacting people we are teaching as well as people we have met on the street. Contacting has been hard lately due to some summer fairs and festivals going on. Last Saturday Romsey had an event called "beggars fair" and there was live bands everywhere around the town which made it impossible to contact. That and it was just too crowded and there were lots of drunk people. We tried stopping by some people but they were all at the beggars fair. We decided to try contacting in Eastleigh but they were having a big event of their own. No one wanted to talk to us. It was not a very successful day. We also saw a dinosaur at the train station. I'll send pictures of that. He didn't want to hear from us either.

No Mosquitoes

Hello to everyone.

Another week, I always look forward to hearing from the family. I'm glad you had fun on Canada day. We had dinner at the bishop's house. He's not Canadian and didn't know it was Canada day but we had a very nice (and spicy) meal. I guess you can say that's how I celebrated Canada day. You should stop giving Baxter hot dogs. He's getting really fat.

The area is going good. We recently re-organised the potentials in the area book much like we did in my last area. It seemed to help. Now it's easier to figure out who we want to stop by based on where we will be that day. It's better/ less exhausting to contact on the way to something rather than aimlessly wandering around. Especially when you'r dealing with a lot of rejection. At least you feel like your getting something done. There are some people we found that we want to contact but it's not easy to catch them in for some reason. I'll admit; I am losing patience and energy. That's why we're looking for other things to do, so we're not doing the same thing for too long.

There seems to be no mosquitoes at all here. Not that I've seen.

We saw Peter again yesterday. He loves having conversations with us and he's super smart. It's hard to stay on topic with the lessons though and he has a hard time accepting the Book of Mormon as the word of god. We told him to read it and he's up for it but he's busy reading the Bible cover to cover. We are still trying to get back in contact with Damien but now he's got dental problems. We keep calling at a bad time. (In England calling also means knocking or stopping by)