Yalright? (A common English greeting),
Traveling and working is exhausting! We went to Coventry for mission Football. It was good fun! My Zone, Nottingham, came in second out of five teams. Our team wore pink because at the last football game it were the losing team. I had to play goalie most of the time.
We went to Peterborough an Exchange/Work over thing. Then from Peterborough we went to Leicester(my old area) for Specialized training. It was a lot of fun. In the morning, All the Peterborough Elders/Sisters and the Zone Leaders met in City Center and we did finding for a couple of hours. We got a lot of finding in and found a lot of new Investigators. Too bad none of them were in our area. Then that night we worked with Elder Seale and Mansfield. All the appointments fell through and it was pouring rain so we thought that it would be logical to just take all of our water proofs off and go riding in the rain. In our travels we found a place in a park that was like a trail through wooded area. It was pitch black so we had to ride through it slowly. We got quite wet and muddy but it was a lot of fun so it was worth it. We then went and visited some people in the ward.
For General Conference we went to our chapel to watch it. We got to see all the sessions but the very last one. I guess I'll just have to read about it. I really liked conference this time. Normally it seems like it kind of drags on but it went by so quickly this time. I guess it’s because I was enjoying it a lot this time.
I really like President Uchtdorfs talk on pride. I thought that it was really good. And I liked his talk on the "Fundamentals". Overall I just like how strong the spirit was. It was great.
Boston is where the Pilgrims left England from. There are a lot of references to the Pilgrim Fathers as they call them and the Mayflower and such. For some reason they love America here. Like one of the main roads is called John Adams way (he was a U.S. President) and there are trees planted in honor of America. It’s different from Leicester because there they didn't seem to like Americans all that much.
Like I said, we're in the Nottingham portion of the Nottingham-Leicester Zone. It was two zones that they combined last transfer. Nottingham is, as I'm sure you know, where Robin Hood takes place. We went to Notts to Stake Conference. It looks very different than the Disney Film. I didn't see the Sherwood Forest anywhere. There are a lot of references to Robin Hood in this area as well. I like it.
I think that I'm starting to gain some of the weight that I lost back. I thought that I was getting so fit but this area is so flat and there is a place down the street that sells deep fried battered Mars bars for only 50p. They are so good! I'm starting to crave one now. Plus if we go in at the end of the day he gives us free chips (French fries). Anyways I think I need to start to watch my diet more. Overall I have lost weight but its creeping back.
Did I tell you that I'm obsessed with classic Mini Coopers? I love those things. I take pictures of the ones that I see that are parked. I think I'll get one when I get home. Not as my main car though. It will be after the purchase of my truck.
Love ya all!
Elder Wright
P.S. some letters would be nice
