E-mail from Neal - Received 4/15/09

HEY EVERYONE!!!!!

Well let me tell you that the new flat is AMAZING!!!!! I feel like a king now. It is big and open, the kitchen is actually a kitchen, I don’t bang my head anywhere, the view is great, it is right in the middle of town….. its perfect!!! We are really loving it, and it has really helped our overall happiness!!! I will take a video for you. I got one of the old flat, so you can compare.

Alright some business items first……

Yes E. McIntosh is my zone leader now, and it is going to be awesome. I haven’t seen him in 7 ½ months!!! He was in Chorley for the 6 months that I was in Stretford, and he loved it!!! We had Zone Conference yesterday and it was so good to see him. Karl’s mom and step dad finally got baptized so he was really happy about that. We are going on exchanges tomorrow with them, and so I will get to talk to him more!

Ok I think that that might be all, so onto the good stuff…..

We are having an all mission Conference next Tuesday in Chorley, and guess who is coming….. Pres. Packer and his wife!!! We are so excited! We are going to be getting a big mission picture with him so I will be sending that home later on in the summer. It is going to be a great day. I am not looking forward to travelling up there and back, and it will totally be worth it! Pres. Packer is Pres. Bullocks father in law, so I am really kinda surprised that it has taken this long to get him over, but I am still really excited!
So I have really been getting to know some really cool people on my mission. I have now found spitting images of Mom, Brian and now Shauna….

Mom – Sister Hafen, the CES/YSA missionary is just like you. She took such good care of us at Christmas, and I absolutely love her to bits. I love it when I get to see her and Elder Hafen because they are amazingly wonderful people. They are from St. George and live right close to Troy’s Grandparents I guess. I am going to have to go out and visit them.

Brian – My old Zone Leader E. Aughney. He is a pirate, and he is Brian to a “T”!!! Absolutely everything is just like Brian!!! I would really like them to meet someday and so you can all see it.

Shauna – A Sister in the ward named Carrie Harrington. She is your TWIN!!! She loves camping, hiking, and doing fun and crazy stuff. We went to a BBQ at there house, and I got talking to her. I told her about you and she was really happy. She really wants to meet you… maybe I will have to show her a picture sometime!!!!

Well I have to get going. Know that I am doing great. I am working hard and praying even harder!!!! Prayer is the key, and that is all that there is to it! I love you all, and I am so glad that I have you behind me! I am looking forward to hearing from you again soon!!!!

Love you,
Elder Neal

P.S. I hope you enjoy the pictures!!!!

***EDITOR'S NOTE***
The pictures will be in a separate blog, coming very shortly!