Hello Momma!

Hey, I made it here to Warwick.

I'm actually really over in Leamington Spa.  It's east of Warwick a little ways.

My new address is:

7 Ryland Close

Leamington Spa

CV31 1HU

England, UK

Everything is good here.  We came to a brand spankin new flat, we're out on our own, opening a new area, just doing the Lord's work.  Pretty cool, but pretty crazy that I'm already the "Senior" companion.  I've been in England for just over four months.  I don't feel senior to anybody.  But it'll be good.

Leamington (Lemming-ton) is a pretty posh area.  There's not as many CHAVs as there was in Tamworth, and even Tamworth was pretty good for that.  But it seems like a very safe area.  It's much more diverse than Tamworth, which was about the same diversity as Draper. (One black person for every bazillion white people.)  We're still figuring everything out in our new flat, because it has everything we need, but we have to kind of get things going in the flat.  It'll be good though.  There's a couple more elders here in Warwick (War-ick) but they're a little ways away, so basically we're on our own.  My companion's name is actually Elder Houghton, and he's not bad.  He's kind of boring, but I can get over that.  He's ready to work, and so that's what really matters. He thinks he's going to be a chemical engineer, but I think he'd make a great accountant or notary (sorry Adrienne, you've got some competition.)  But he's from California, near Yosemite, he said, and he went to BYU.  He's a ginger, almost.  But he doesn't seem too bad.  And this is going to be an adventure.  There's a large wolf spider (I'm not really sure if it's a wolf spider, little body, large legs, and fast as lightning) there's a large wolf spider that lives in our bathroom, in by the water heater.  He came out and I tried to squash him, but he's wily (wiley?) So I didn't catch him, and he's currently residing in the dark recesses of the water heater closet.

I was really sad to leave Tamworth and it was really hard to say good bye to all the people I love so much, but basically they're all going to come down and visit in the near future, so I'm not too distraught.  There's a mega castle here, and apparently they do jousting and knight-fights there.  so that'll be cool to go see.  But.. That's about it.  This is supposed to be a short quick email, so I'll be back on to send another email on Monday and tell you how church went in our little branch.  I love you! and I pray for you and Brooke and Remy and the rest of the family every morning and night.

I'm a lemming,

Elder Smart