E-mail from Neal - Received 8/12/09 (Pictures to follow!)

Hello to one and all!!!!

Yes, yes it is true. I am saying bye, bye to Blackburn. I am off to bigger and better things in Wigan!!! That’s right, the place that Lionel [Bienvenu, our favorite local Sportscaster] always makes fun of on “Soccer Tuesday” is my new area. That is not all though…… I am also now a District Leader. I am scared. Not as scared as when I trained, but still quite scared. I have a big district as well. Me and my comp (E. Erickson from Layton, UT), Sisters in Southport, the other elders in Wigan, and the Crosby elders. Yea I am scared. This is a big responsibility, but I am ready for it!!! I am going to work hard, and do all that I can to get things going here. The area is quite good already, and I am coming in at a great time, but I am still scared to be DL. The address to the flat is…

137 Wigan Rd.
Hindley
Wigan WN2 3BL
England

WRITE ME, ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry that was kinda over the top, but hey what are you going to do. I am not sure how long this is going to be, cause I only have an hour on these Computers so I am going as fast as I can.

It was really hard to leave Blackburn. That has been my favourite area so far. I was only there for 3 months, but that doesn’t matter. We had so many good things going there. It was so hard to leave Tom, I actually think that that goodbye was the hardest. He has made the decision that he is going to serve a mission. That made my day. You are going to meet him Mom and Dad, if we meet no one else, you have to meet him!!!! Jenna and Karen were also really sad that I was leaving. I am going to try to make it back to there baptism, and I think that my chances are really good. They are amazing, and I am so glad that I got to teach them. They are going to be great in the church. Karen already acts like she has been a member for years. She told us that she only came to church with Jenna just to see how it was, and she said that she was only going to go once. Yea that has changed….. THE SPIRIT CHANGED HER!!!! I loved that area so much. If I had more time I would write you about all the amazing things that happened in the last week, but I don’t. I will write them down and get them to you soon. There were some miracles that happened that is for sure. Lets just say that the MTC came to tract in Blackburn and we now have another kid dated for Baptism!!!!

So yes I am now in Wigan, and I am really looking forward to it. I am close to Liverpool, and that is the Zone that I am in. I had to get to Preston today and then we took a train to Liverpool, then back to Wigan, it was good. We actually met a family whose son just got home. They all came back as a family to see England. We rode the train all the way from Preston to Liverpool with them. His little sisters were asking me all sorts of questions cause I guess I have been in England a long time. I know that 5 areas makes me sound old, but I really don’t think that I am. I am just in the middle some where right????

Well I am really sorry, but I am going to have to get running. I only have an hour and that time it approaching fast! I love you all sooooooo much, and I thank you for your support. I will be writing to you on Monday, and I will get my mind set into the 1 hour mode so I will get you a better letter.

Love you,
Elder Neal

Editor's Note: Pictures to follow in separate post.