3 weeks out!

Things are going good here in Leister. It’s hard to believe that it is my 3 week out in the field. Sometimes it seems like time goes super slow but other times it seems like it is going super fast. It seems like I just got to the MTC. Walking and cycling around all day takes a lot out of you. I don't think that I will ever catch up on sleep. Almost every day at lunch I fall asleep on the couch or on my bed. Dinner or "tea" would probably be the same but we are usually at someone’s house for that. This is a good thing because we get food, but sometimes it would be nice to just relax. I like it though.

Right now our teaching pool has gone down since Rex and Stanford were baptized. We still see them but they aren't investigators. We have a Chinese couple and another Chinese man that we are teaching. It’s hard to teach them because their English is not too good and because they do not have any Christian Background. The couple has committed to be baptized. We think it will be at the end of August so I may be out of the area then. It’s more likely that I will stay in this area though because Elder Smith has been here a while and will probably be transferred before I go. But you never know.
People have asked about our flat. Like I said it’s literally stables that they turned into a flat. You walk in and it’s the kitchen/family room/office area. Then there is a bedroom with a bathroom off of that. The problem is that the walls do not go all the way to the ceiling. Not a big deal for the bedroom, but for the bathroom it’s a little gross. With no top on it the sounds and smells of the bathroom are shared with the entire flat.

We only get letters every couple of weeks when we go into the mission office. We went in last Thursday for zone conference. Elder Kopischke of the 70 was there. He is the Europe Area president. It was a really good conference. He was able to answer a lot of questions and give us some good insights to missionary work.

The trains aren't so bad. The first trip I had on one we didn't get a seat so we had to stand for an hour or two. It was just inconvenient. In this area we only ride them to Birmingham. But some of the other areas have to ride them to go shopping and stuff. I'm glad we don't have to do that. The hills are getting better. I still don't like them. Going down is still a lot of fun though!!!!