Floods, Wind, and Missionary Work!!

There is some flooding going on around but our area is not affecting our area really. It has been quite windy though. We had one really windy night. There were some trees fallen over here and there but nothing too crazy. My new area is really nice. There are lots of nice neighborhoods and it's not so crowded. I have some pictures I can send you. The members here seem nice. They don't seem too exited about missionary work but some of them are good at being involved. We are trying to work more with the members. I don't think I have a favorite member. I think if we work with the members more we can get them more motivated and also gain their trust. We are working on a missionary board with info about the missionaries and we're going to try to improve the dinner list and put a bunch of other things on this missionary board. Hopefully this will motivate the members more. We're also trying to plan more ward activities for the members to invite their friends too. Good job teaching Mike! Here are some pictures from this week.
 I found a new function on my camera...

 A very English photo.

 My companion Elder Moulin

The only tree to fall in the whole parking lot and it fell on the only vehicle parked there



We've been getting creative with our frozen pizza

First Transfer

The Lord of the Rings Transfer?
The names of all the places that Elder Fisher was transferred to all sound like they came out of the movie, Lord of the Rings". 
Like this: "Riders of Rowhan ride hard to the aid of Brandon of Crowthorne, King of Birkshire. Ride hard through the Bracknell forest with haste."

Crowthorne is a large village in the Bracknell Forest district of Birkshire. It has a population of 6,711.

The county of Berkshire is one of the oldest in England. It may date bake from the 840's, the probable period of the unification of "Sunningum"

Berkshire has been the scene of many hot battles throughout history.

Two  attractions withing the county of Berkshire are Windsor Great Park and Windsor Castle. Look the area up sometime on the internet and read more.

Now word from Elder fisher:
So now I am in Crowthorn. It is a lovely place. It's not quite so crowded like Croydon was. It's very different from Croydon. I like it so far but it's been hard to adjust. I've been in Croydon for so long and I know it so well. I feel very lost in this new aria. But eventually I'll get used to it.

 My new address is 4 St Francis Close, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England  RG45 6DF.

 There aren't very many buses here so we walk everywhere we go. It takes just over an hour to walk to church. My feet hurt. 

My new companion is French. He seems pretty cool so far. He's almost done his mission. I think he has just over two and a half months left. We get along pretty good.

 There aren't a lot of people we are teaching here so we have been mostly just street contacting and knocking so far. I'll tell you more about the aria next week. 

First Transfer ?

Things are going well and I am still loving my mission. First of all, moves is this week and I am finally moving to a new aria. I don't know where yet but I'll find out later today. No more Croydon. It's going to be weird to leave because I've grown so familiar with Croydon. I'll let you know where I am next week. Elder Nielson (our district leader) is going home this week. We had burritos at a Mexican restaurant together as a district before he leaves. Elder Caruso is becoming the new district leader for this aria and he'll be training his new companion. 

I love hearing from you guys and I'm glad you're all doing good.

I will now send you some pictures.

Some more photos. The first one with the buss is not from the church. It's from the creators of "South Park". It's an advertisement for the "Book of Mormon Musical".

Music withdrawl

This week has been a good week. Nothing too interesting. We're still meeting some pretty interesting people on the street. People of all kinds. I think I'm starting to get music withdrawals. But at least I keep busy enough that It doesn't bother me too often. I think it's getting a bit colder here. Not too bad but the rain is what I don't like. We often get a rain that is like a mist. I't makes cold weather that much worse. But I'm glad it's not as cold as it is over there. I'm sorry to hear about Kaitlyn's wedding. I would really like to be there but I'm sure Britt would like to just as much. I'm not sure what she can do. I don't want her to wait too long. Thanks for letting me know about grandpa's birthday. I had a letter I was going to send them today so I'll have to add a happy birthday before I send it off. Good job with the missionary work. Remember: the missionaries are there to help the members do missionary work. Not the other way around. Otherwise we end up knocking. And knocking is very ineffective. Especially in England. The people here love their privacy. What are my favorite things about England? Well I've only really been in Croydon so it's hard to say. I like the old buildings and all the parks. We also see a lot of really cool cars every now and then. There are lots of restaurants here that look really good that I'd like to try but we don't have the time or the money to go to any of them. Well I'll just leave you now with some pictures before I run out of time. 244 is Elder Caruso.

Crazy Ninjas

Hello once again family!

I think I'll start with the question of what is happening over here lately.

A lot is happening as usual. This week has actually been a crazy week. Valentim has gone to Portugal. He'll be there for a week. Bruno and his family are doing well. Denis is getting into a lot of trouble. He gave us a scary referral that we visited a couple times. She's schizophrenic and bipolar. She has a gang of satanic ninjas after her and she wants us to help her find her son who was kidnapped by a pedophile. We've decided it's out of our depth and want to avoid visiting her because her partner is crazy alcoholic who told us he has died at least three times already. He's also satanic and has attempted murder from time to time. They're really kind people though.

Well I'm running out of time so I won't be able to answer all the questions. Did you get the DVD I sent you yet?

Good to hear you guys are doing good. Justin is crazy. I need to do better with my morning work-outs. Have you made any montages yet. Does he work out to the Rocky theme song now? Bruce Lee once said that he worked out to the James Bond theme song. Soon Justin will be doing one finger push ups. Nice to hear about the band concert. Queen medley. Good choice. I am so happy for Kaitlyn. I'm glad I'll be able to attend her wedding. Can't wait! And I can't wait to hear about Britt's mission call! You are all making me so proud!

Baptism

Hello again.

So I already sent pictures of Bruno and Elton's baptism to Mum and last Sunday was Graciela's baptism. She has hydrophobia and we didn't know about it. She didn't go completely under the first time so she had to do it again. She was so scared and didn't want to do it again but the second time went really smooth and she was fine. I will send a picture from her baptism. So I sent a letter and a Christmas card a wile ago. Did you get both of them? I also have the dvd ready to send you (haven't done that yet) and I think I'll send it today if I've got the time. The last couple of weeks have been really windy and rainy. But it's not freezing out. Not even below zero. If it weren't for the wind and the rain it would be quite nice. I've also got a picture of a house that is all decked out for Christmas with fake snow and everything. Have a happy new year and talk to you next week.

Good as always to hear from you guys. Not much going on this week. Just trying to keep working hard. There was a ward dinner on Saturday and all the missionary's in the ward were invited to sing. It was fun and all. I'm sending a picture from the dinner of our new member Bruno with our investigator Valentim (I have always miss spell't his name as "Valentine"). We are still working with Valentim and he's doing good but he needs to come to church on time and quit smoking. He wants to be baptized but we need to make sure he's ready. He's a really funny guy. Sounds like you're having a rough winter over there. I don't think I'll be seeing snow this year. I sent you the DVD last week. Let me know when you get it.