Trial and Error

Well the week when by pretty quickly, that was a good thing :) We had a good meeting with our Stake President and our Stake leaders this past Saturday. Pretty much our Mission President, President Jordan, got up and rebuked the leaders of our Stake for not working with the missionaries enough... well he was a bit gentler than that, but none the less the idea that he was trying to get across to the members of the ward councils here was that they were not working with the missionaries enough and not teaching with them. 

That was really the only thing that was big this week, everything else was relatively the same. Raining, tracting, raining some more... we got so soaked in Brentwood this week you wouldn't believe it. We head out to do work in the furthest part of our area and it was bright and Sunny! So we have just our short sleeve shirts on and minimum clothing because we thought the day was going to be very warm... well that was the biggest lie I told myself this week. About halfway through the day a massive rainstorm moved overhead and the heat just went out the door. So COLD... I don't get how that happened so fast but we were about two hours away from our flat and we were drenched... and we had to pretty much walk an hour back to the town center that we were working in and then get the bus back home... so that was a very uncomfortable day... 

At least that only happened once this week. We are just trying to make our area grow because it's kinda like a garden without any seeds in it... we are just going around planting the seeds and then later the other missionaries are going to harvest them... I'd prefer to be the harvester to be frank. 

Well it sounds as if everyone is doing alright back home. Make sure you get Mark's Visa as soon as possible. We just had a missionary here who got delayed by 3 months because his visa wasn't coming... New Zealand wasn't being nice to him. So get that stuff done as soon as possible, then you won't have to worry when his date rolls around and he needs to only pack his suitcase. Not too bad :) 

Well I'll keep going this week and I'll catch you all next week on my love mission here in the British Isles. 

Love,

Elder Bradley Smith