Well this has been an interesting week to say the least. We found out last Monday that E. Driscoll is on house arrest! That was really disheartening for him, and myself. The good thing is that we talked to president (where the order came from) and he said that he was going to talk to our leaders and set up lots of exchanges. I love president. So I have had a new comp everyday since Wednesday. The zone leaders came over on Wednesday, I went with E. Phillips during the day, then E. Nelson at night. They stayed the night and then I went with E. Phillips the next morning. Then on Friday I went to Chorley and spent 2 days with E. Naylor. Funny story though…. E. Naylor was at the Warp Tour concert that me and Troy and Porter went to in Utah in July 2007! How funny is that. He is a great guy, and a great missionary. It was good to be in Chorley again, and when I was there I saw a bunch of Shrewsbury people at the Temple!!!! It was amazing. I did hear that one of the really great and strong men of the ward died though, that was way sad!!
Yesterday was INSANE!!! We had Elder Kerr of the Seventy in our ward, and he is just amazing. He is from Scotland, and you can tell why he is a 70! It was a greatly spiritual day and it was topped off by some very interesting changes. We got a new bishop yesterday. Bishop Frohock got released, and it is now Bishop Pattenden. Bishop Pattenden is probably 28ish, and has 4 kids under the age of 7 I would say. The youngest one is I think 1. He was quite overwhelmed, but he is ready and worthy to do it. He is the most switched on man when it comes to missionary work, and we are very, very, very excited about that!!!! He called us in yesterday and told us that he really wants to be super involved in everything that we do! He wants to see us every week, he wants to help us out, he wants to get to know us as people, not just as missionaries, and he wants this area to explode!! We are very excited and both of us want to stay. Transfers is next week by the way so I will be emailing on Wednesday probably. I have a funny feeling that we are both staying, but with E. Driscoll being ill, I am not sure about that one. I want to stay and so does he. We have so much untapped potential it is insane. Here is what I told president in my letter to him today…
“As I said at the beginning of the transfer, good things are going to happen in Blackburn. It has taken a bit to get it going, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t happen. Satan is just trying to hold us back, but he can only do that for so long! This area is going to be great, and Bishop Pattenden is going to make sure of that.”
That is truly how I feel about everything. When we can finally get E. Driscoll better, this area is going to EXPLODE…. Mark my words.
So we went to an amazing dinner appointment last night. Bro. Brox is our ward mission leader and he and his family are from America!! Oh my gosh Sis. Brox is amazing. They have a family very similar to Robin and Craig, but there kids are a bit older. Their little American accents totally crack me up! Anyways they had us round for dinner last night and she asked me what I missed. We get Mexican all the time, so I didn’t ask for that, but what I did ask for was Proper AMERICAN STYLE roast beef. She knew exactly what I was talking about and she did it. It made my week. Proper roast beef, proper gravy, and really good potatoes! Oh man I was on cloud 9. I love America!!! It was a really cool appointment too, cause they are a really awesome family. They are expecting Twins as well so that will bring there total to 5. Bro. Brox is studying medicine so he is here doing some training stuff. They are leaving in October. Sad Day.
I think that that is about all for me. I have had a few uneventful weeks being in and all. I have gotten to go out quite a bit this week, but I still have spent more than my fair share of time indoors! I really say boo. E. Driscoll finally cracked on Saturday night and went insane. I got videos don’t worry! I am hanging in there.
I love you all so so much. Thank you for all of your support and love. I know that you are all behind me! Until next week…..
Love,
Elder Neal
Pic 1: Do I look old now?
Pic 2: That the biggest bottle I have ever seen
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