Hey Momma!

Brother Dowling is great isn't he!? I think so. We got to do some service in his beautiful backgarden this week, and then they served us some lunch and we had a chat.  I told him that I did know Ron Smart, I didn't know if he did WonDoor though.  I told him about his house burning down, even.  I guess he didn't catch that.  But yeah.  He's a great guy, and thinks that England does everything the proper way.  I should've asked him about peanut butter.  They don't do very well with peanut butter.  Or lawn mowers.

That's awesome about Elder Lewis's Mom.  I'm glad you got to talk to her!  Yeah, I'll have some of the members here throw up some facebook pics.  The members are awesome here.  There's only a few of them that we really have no interaction with.  But they love us, and we love them.  they're great.

P Days.  We do a lot on P days.  Some Mondays go by, and we feel a little more busy than rested.  Today, we're going to Lichfield Cathedral, and then playing some football (soccer) after, with a bunch of missionaries from our zone.  It should be way fun, and I'll get some pictures for you.  Sorry about the lack of pictures.  I'm getting it figured out.  There's not a whole bunch of time to be on computers.  Then, we also need to clean our flat, and buy food today.  And then do some proscelyting at night.  So P days are usually kind of busy if you want to do something fun.

Some answers.. I think:  Our district has three teams of missionaries.  Ours in Tamworth, elders in Walsall, and sisters in Wylde Green.  Then our zone has three districts, with just about as many people in each district.  I really don't know how many zones there are.. maybe like.. fifteen? That's a hundred percent a guess.  But our district is really cool, Elder Eldredge and Sister Vance are both in my district, and they were in my group coming out here too.  so that's pretty cool.  I'm having a good time here, I've gained some weight.. but hopefully I'm also gaining some muscle, haaaa.  Cross your fingers.  Cause I've gained nearly a stone, since I weighed myself at home for the last time.  I'll let you figure out how much a stone is.  What else?  It's hard for me to answer questions that you don't ask, and telling you "Everything about England" is hard, because I forgot what I didn't know about England.  Ass, damn, and hell aren't swear words here, but they have like a million swear words that I accidently use without knowing every once in a while.  That usually gets a giggle.  Trousers are pants.  Pants is underpants.  There's roundabouts everywhere, and that's a way better system than lights in my opinion.  the roads are really narrow.  My legs are getting really strong from riding my bike everywhere.  People are difficult to talk to, cause most of them act like I'm not a real person.  But we did get 13 potential investigators this week.  So that was really good.  Elder Lewis walks really really fast, but I can keep up. 

Aaaaand.. I got a hair cut.  Actually I got them all cut.  Short.  Like really really short.  I'll try to send a picture.  I think I kinda look like a lamanite.

Oh.  The scriptures are cool.  Especially the Doctrine and Covenants.  I've been reading the Old Testament too, and that's really weird.. but entertaining.

Tamworth is pretty small.  But I like it.  and we've got a big castle.  I haven't taken pictures yet, but I will.  And we have the Snow Dome, where people can go snowboarding, I haven't been in it yet, but I will.

Ben sent me a picture, and it looks like it's greener in Utah right now, it's definitely warmer over there.

I fall asleep super fast here, and I have dreams.  I never used to have dreams, so that's cool.  I'm really into that.

Uhh... Everything is good here.  I've officially been on a mission for over a month now, and it feels like I've been out here a lot longer, but also it feels like you dropped me off at the MTC like yesterday, so.. time runs weird here.  The trees are starting to flower though, so that's pretty.  Pictures to come.  And I got my priesthood line of authority today!  I'll attach it to this email, cause it's super cool.

Anyways, the work is going well, and I love and miss the heck out of you!

I hope this week goes well!

 

Love,  Elder Smart