There's a woman at the computer next to me that is yelling into her Cellphone and at her daughter in Slovakian. Did I mention that Keighley is pretty much 30% English people, 40% Pakistan, 10% Slovakian, and 20% Other.
This week has been good. We scheduled 6
people for baptism and had 3 of them at church this week, so that was
cool. I would love to say that some of it is me, but man, Elder Amundsen
is just a freaking lightning rod of Awesomeness! We're going shopping
today in Leeds, because Elder Amundsen needs some Civilian clothes for
when he goes back home. That should be fun. The Skipton Elders are
coming with us, and Elder Rush is from Avondale, so it's pretty cool to
hear that Arizona accent (BTW the more time I spend outside of Arizona,
the more obvious the accent is becoming to me). It's awesome that I've
met Elder Cole from Mesa, and Elder Rush from Avondale, we'll definitely
meet up post mission probably. I hit my 5 month mark this week, which
was weird. Man, this is going by fast. I really love my mission though. I
realized the other day that I'm here because of a lot of reason.
Support from you guys, support from Bishop Barker, support from friends,
and Support from God. That's a lot of people to thank, so I guess just a
blanket "Thank you, will have to do for now.". I love you guys loads!
One
sucky thing this week. My RC Helen is going blind. Like BLIND blind.
She's had bad vision for a long time, but she saw the Doc the other day,
and it's not looking good. She may lose her vision completely really
soon. It's so inspiring though to see her reaction. She's just started
reading TONS. She's re reading the Book of Mormon, she's now on Doctrine
and Covenants 50, and she's reading Teachings of the Presidents Joseph
Fielding Smith. She's just trying to read as much as she can before she
can't anymore. Pretty much made me bawl my eyes out realizing how
selfish I can be sometimes by complaining that I have to study the
Scriptures for an hour every morning. She's such an example to me.
Hope you're all doing ok. Love you lot's!
--Elder Hays
BTW THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE!!!! Oh my Goodness you have no idea how happy that made me to have 1, clothes, 2 a big coat, and 3 FOOD!!!! Lol, Elder Amundsen and I have been snacking on it all week because he got a package with Norwegian food, so we've been learning about one another's food culture. Our is definitely better ;)
Also, thanks for the due date ;)
Love you lot's! Keep being a super Mom!
--Elder Hays
(and the following week)
So, it's finally turned into England over here! Man, it is raining like
CRAZY!!!! It's super wet and super cold!!! Lol, the water feels like
little needles on my skin in the morning when I open the door. It's
awesome! One minor set back...I have holes in my shoes! Lol, I've known
I've had holes in them for a while now, they've been forming on the
bottom on the middle front sorta, but it hasn't really been an issue...
until it started raining! Lol, so I've had pretty literal cold feet for
the last few days. I'm probably going to shop for some new ones today.
I'll try to send you a pic of my shoes though, it's pretty funny how 5
months of wear and tear can destroy shoes pretty quick! Besides that,
all is well! I can't write much, my finger that I cut is sorta seizing
from the cold so I'm having to type way slower the usual, lame! Lol,
hope you're all doing well! I'll send you some pics though to make up
for such a short letter. Oh! Let me address some Question's though!
1. What do you cook?
-We
cook pretty much anything that is fast and cheap. So a lot of
sandwiches and oven chips. Also I just found the pre packaged burgers
that are... ok. Lot's of pizza that you heat up in the oven. I just
bought Chicken breast for the first time in 6 months, which is the first
meat I've bought in six months because it's way expensive over here,
and takes to long to cook, but I couldn't do another week of oven done
pizza's ;P We get takeaway some days because it's not too expensive over
here. We like Chinese, and Donner. Donner is some weird in between meat
that I don't really want to know what it's made of, so don't tell me.
More then likely rat.
2. Fav General Conference talk?
Elder Holland's talk was my fav. I also enjoyed Jorg Klebingat. Next Uchtdorf right there.
3. How do you watch the sessions?
We watch the sessions live, except for the Sunday afternoon one and priesthood. Still haven't seen the Sunday afternoon one, we watch it on our own using the computers, so it'll take me a few weeks to get though all the talks.
Love you guys sooooooooooo much! Talk to you soon!
--Elder Hays
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