E-mail from Neal - Received 6/15/09

HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!

Well this week has been a tough one to say the least. Elder Driscoll has been sick all week and so we really haven’t gotten to work all that much. We have gone and taught most of the lessons that we had planned, but finding was non existent. It was tough staying in all the time, but I love my comp so I will do what it takes. He has been sleeping a lot, and the joke in the Zone is that he has Mono. I know that that is probably not true because he hasn’t shared a cup with anyone, and he most definitely has not kissed any girls!!!! He is trying to push himself, but he just can’t. He is really, really, really frustrated. This is not like him at all. He was more active than me before his mission if that’s even possible, so something is not right with him. We called and talked to President last night and he kinda eased ours minds a bit. President is such an amazing man, you all really have no idea! He talked to our leaders and arranged a bunch of exchanges this week, so I will be able to go out and work. Elder Driscoll is not happy that he is having to submit and give in, he feels as though he is wussing out, and he is not happy about that. It is going to be really hard to get going now after staying in for so long, so I am going to need prayers!!!! We are going to be resting most of today so I hope that he will start to really turn the corner soon. He has become one of best friends, and one of my most favourite comps to serve with, so I will do what it takes to get him better, even if that means hardcore sacrifice!

The baptism was amazing!!! Tom is the coolest person I have ever taught! I know that I say that with every baptism that I have, but I really mean it each time. Tom has been an absolute joy to teach, and he is so excited to be baptized! He had all of his family there, and a lot of his friends. He had A TON of YSA there as well which made things really great. His dad and his wife didn’t look as though they were too thrilled, but his mom is really cool. She came to church on Sunday to see him get confirmed and she really liked it. We have taught her once, and I really could see her getting baptized someday. She is really nice, and very curious. She has a slight problem with how young we are as missionaries, but I think that when she realizes that we have been given talent and knowledge beyond our years that will calm her down. We have taught her once, and I thought that it went really well, but we will just have to wait and see. It was kinda funny though. Tom got confirmed twice. The man that was doing the confirmation messed up the words, so we had to go the bishops office after sacrament, and do it again. It was good, and Tom totally understood. It was great.

I think that that is about the length of my week. Nothing really else has happened. I have looked though mostly all of the New Era’s from about 2006 on wards. I still feel like a teenager and so I like reading those more than the Ensigns. I know that I am 21 but I will be a kid forever I think. We got bored (no surprise) and so we pulled all the Mormon-ads out of all of them and posted them all over the house. It makes the house look a lot more missionary like now. This is the things that you come to when you are bored. I actually found some chopsticks lying around the flat, and you could only guess, that I turned them into drumsticks. They are really small and hard to play with, but I can still bust out some good licks. E. Driscoll didn’t quite know what to think. He knew that I was a drummer, but he didn’t know that it was my life for a lot of years. He thinks that I should go buy some sticks, but I would feel dodgy I just know it. He was very impressed and my talents, and took a video. I will try to send it home.

Well I best get going. I love you all and hope that you have a good week. I will hopefully be getting back to work here very, very soon. Please pray for Elder Driscoll!!!! He really needs it! I hope that everything goes well this week, and that you all have great missionary experiences!!!!

Love you,
Elder Neal