Life according to Zack in the England Leeds Mission

Monday, April 4, 2011

First Portuguese prayer!

Mum,
Well to tell you first about our week. My new companion is Elder Riley Smith from Cedar Hills, Utah. He went to Lone Peak and I told him Chip Koop (the principal at Lone Peak) was in our ward which was pretty funny. Elder Smith is the exact same as Kolton Francis in almost every way, except he is on a mission! He loves jeep crawling, hunting, working on cars, fishing, and everything. It is a blast and he is great. Hopefully the work will continue to improve as well! Conference was amazing and we were blessed to have a family come with us. They are progressing pretty well and hopefully they will accept a baptismal date for sometime in May (they have to get married first), so things are going really well. This week has been super crazy though with everything that has gone on, I have hardly had time to think! But things are good and I love Elder Smith and the work is moving forward, I'm excited! Sounds like it was a good conference and birthday for dad. I didn't have a chance to send him anything last week but maybe I'll find some time today to do it. Let him know I love him and think of him often, especially now because all we talk about is trucks and hunting! Love you Mum!
Elder Rowley
ps-Miro is doing great! He came to conference and I'm going to get him a Liahona of conference in Portuguese. I also said my first Portuguese prayer this morning!! Love you!

Dad,
Let me tell you a little bit about our week, it was super crazy. I got a new companion! His name is Elder Riley Smith and he is from Cedar Hills, he went to Lone Peak. He loves rock crawling in his forerunner, hunting, fishing, working on cars, mountain biking, and pretty much everything in between. He reminds me so much like Kolton Francis that it is scary! Unfortunatly he doesn't know any of the Francis' so we were trying to think of someone we would both know. I was telling him about our trip to Moab and thought he might know Gary Pine. Turns out that he used to be in Gary's stake and talked to him about Jeeping every now and then! Crazy! He didn't know if Gary would remember him but that's still pretty crazy. So we get on great and we're excited for the work. Conference was a blast. We brought a family with us which was amazing!! Didn't get to see the last session though, I'll just have to wait for the ensign! That's an amazing story. I've often thought about all the little things we will be able to do to help other people. When it comes down to it all we have to do is be as Christlike as we can and no matter if we know it or not, we can effect people's lives. That's really exciting, I hope it goes well! I hope you had a happy birthday too, I'll try and send you off something today for it! I love you Dad. Thanks for everything. Especially all the fishing and hunting and good times. Me and Elder Smith spend a lot of time talking about that kinda stuff and I'm glad that you took the time when I was little to take me with you all those times. I love you. Talk to you next week!!!
Elder Rowley

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