I like the subject title, lol. I took all the vowels out of
it :)
Anyway, I've been enjoying the frigid
weather over here. About 5 days ago a cold front came through and everything
dropped much below freezing point. Before that everything was actually pretty
warm considering that it is January, and now real January has set in... not my
favorite thing. But I'm doing alright.
We just had a baptism this last
Saturday of my good friend Wang Ti. He's from China and he is literally the
most solid investigator ever. It almost seems fake. He just accepts everything
and does everything that we tell him to do, plus some. Elder Affleck and I made Mormon
bets that he is going to be an area 70 sometime in the future.
I sorry I didn't email you
yesterday. I was out hanging around in
London again, but this time in the more shabby part or the ghetto. We went to
an area called Camden town which has the biggest flea market I've ever seen...
It’s pretty dodgy. So’ I didn't keep any money on me because I was afraid of
getting robbed.... I'm a bit over precautious. I had a killer time there though
seeing all the culture and the funny stuff that people sell.
I had an amazing weekend with all of our
district and our baptism so that pretty much is what made this week totally
worthwhile. I'm actually trying to learn Chinese off of our new investigators
and some of our recent converts. They have been willing to take the time to
teach me a few of the basics but I'm going to pick up a English to Chinese
dictionary and have Ti, our recent baptism, help teach me the basics, so I can
talk to the china men on the street. It really impresses them and helps them
feel more comfortable. My zone leader Elder Helske, the most crazy man you will
ever meet, can speak a little Chinese and he totally impresses random Chinese
people on the street and they want to meet with him to learn more about the
gospel.
Their baptism rate in the zone leader area has
gone up because of him. I was impressed so I kind of want to do the same
thing.... just a little bit :) Besides that, nothing completely new is happening. The end
of the transfer is coming up already which is not next week but the one after.
I believe I will be staying in this area for probably the next transfer, but my
guess is that I will spend 6 months here.
We are having an influx of
investigators due to Wang Ti. He is inviting all his friends to meet with us,
which is pretty unreal. The average person doesn't due that so I've really been
impressed with Ti. This guy will serious be the most successful businessman
ever. I know I'm talking about him alot, but this guy is amazing. He's super
posh, his Dad is a business leader of a herbal medicine company and a business
partner of Warren Buffet, and he is extremely disciplined with his studies and
his diet. There is nothing that is going to stop this guy. He is like the ideal
person.... I don't know how he does it. I wish I could be like
him. Anyway, enough about Ti, I'll get back to the Elder Smith I guess.
I'm doing just fine.... I have
everything I need, so don't worry about me. I'm a little bit low on money this
transfer since we've spent it all on travel and food and repairing the flat... I
need to do reimbursements. Besides that everything is good. I just fixed our
vacuum which has been broken forever... mostly because the other elders that
have lived here have been too lazy to fix it so I finally just sat down and did
it. That’s my accomplishment of the week. Yup... I'll just keep trekking now.
Still just trying to get into the routine... I really struggle with conforming
exactly to the schedule. Things like getting out of the flat at 10, it’s
usually 10:30... stuff like that. One thing I will not miss out my mission...
living with another man in the same room... That one is hard. Mark get ready
for it. Your mission is just around the corner, so don't do anything too
stupid. There are a lot of things that I wish I would have done better,
but I guess I wouldn't have learned why they weren’t great until I got out here
on my mission. So, we live and we learn. That’s a good philosophy. Anyway I
love you guys and I hope you are doing OK mom, you seem to be getting beaten up
a lot by Dad at racquetball :) Take care of yourselves and I'll send a few
photos and try to get the rest from my comp.
Love your son and brother,
Elder Bradley J. Smith
PS Ok I just realized how stupid this computer is... they
have taken off the right click menu so I can't get the photos off of the memory
card... I'll need to bring my flash drive next week and transfer them to that
and then send them... they have also removed my computer from these
machines.... I hate public computers because they have to simplify them so much
just because people misuse them.
Till next week...
Elder Smith
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