So, I've had an interesting week.
Some good and some bad. I now know why Romford has been referred to as a land
of iniquity as of recently. There are a lot of tragedies that occur in this
town. One of our less active members was recently beaten up by her boyfriend
who had both too much to drink and was on "sniff" or drugs... so she
was really shaken up this past week. He had abused her for a long time. I had
met the guy once before he beat up this poor girl and I wasn't too fond of him.
Just drinking and smoking in the house. It makes me glad that we have
commandments that keep us from becoming like him. I know you guys probably
won't ever met her, but I've seen how some people's poor choices cause a lot of
suffering in their lives.
Maybe, on a happier note I had a really good work over
or companion exchange with my good Welsh friend Elder Carder. Good Man. It was
a bit of a relief to be able to speak to someone that speaks fluent English at
least for the day. I'm working with my companion a lot to improve his English,
but sometimes you just need a break. So, I've learned the value of a good companion
exchange.
On the not-so-sunny side we were
tracting yesterday and knocked on some guy's door. He didn't answer at first so
we moved to the next door. Just after knocking on the next door, this half-dressed,
bald guy comes out of the door we just knocked, cussing and swearing, and
telling us how worthless we are and that we just share filth. Obviously, he
said a lot of other unmentionable things, and if Mom was here this guy would probably
be dead. (When
I am afraid and confronted I try to act toughJ --MOMOMOOM) I
was actually fearful that this guy was going to hit us or something. I'm not
sure if he was drunk of not... but it would not surprise me one bit if this guy
was slammed. We didn't stick around long enough to find out. So that was actually
my first hellfire experience. I thought it would have happened sooner than now,
but I guess it comes eventually.
Some blessed land is Romford,
right? :P I actually really love this place. It just has a lot of good and bad.
So I'm doing all right at the moment. Nothing too bad... just trying to avoid
spending all my money in this place:P Lots of expenses here. Plus, I'm going to
have to spend like three hours cleaning today, but at least we are planning on
going to Costco this afternoon!! :) (Son like Mother.)
I'm really excited to go back to the land of America for a few hours
(lol).
I hope you enjoy the pictures from
this past week. Some were from the Elder Ballard thing in London, and the rest
are throughout the week. The girls are the sisters from our Area. We tend to
hang out with them a lot. So cool. Regular people from Utah... It’s nice to
have some normal people around to keep us sane :P
Anyway I hope your week long camps
were fun. I haven't gotten to go exploring or hiking, or nature walking for
quite a while... so you'll have to take me on some camp outs when we get home.
Give Mark my regards. He's going to love BYU. I can't wait till I get to go
back there... it’s gonna be marriage central :P I'll try to postpone the
marriage thing for as long as possible... but as Mom and Dad probably both know
BYU is kinda a hard place to avoid marriage :P Anyway have a good week.
Love,
Elder Bradley Smith
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