Changing it up!

Well you were wrong about Grimsby and Scarborough but then again everyone guessed wrong this transfer. After 7 1/2 months in the Leeds 4 area I have been called to serve in Selby. Let me tell you all that I know about Selby. It's really little, full of old people and you talk to the same people after about 3 weeks. I'm pretty sure it's a biking area as well! I'm serving with Elder Hilliard who I'm pretty sure is from Utah so that will be all 6 of my companions from Utah. I'm nervous/excited and pretty much everything in between. I really have no idea what to expect. I was having so much fun with different cultures and languages I thought for sure I would get sent to a bigger city somewhere but I guess that Lord has something else in store for me. I think that's how I overall feel about getting called there. It was honestly the last place I would have guessed or chosen so I'm really interested to see what the Lord has in store for me. It'll be an adventure alright but I'm excited (I already finished packing!). This week has been another amazing and good one. We have been working our butts off and have been seeing a lot of success. The greatest miracle of all time happened this last week though. My good friend Teodomiro Dias passed his interview with the bishop and will receive the Aaronic Priesthood at 6:30pm on Friday. At 7:00pm he will be able to baptised his niece Xanda. It was exactly what we wanted and it couldn't have worked out better. That has been my greatest joy in serving in Leeds 4. Let me explain a little bit. There is a woman from Portugal named Ilsy who befriends all the missionaries, she feeds us, has pictures of us on her fridge, and all sorts. She has two kids who are amazing and funny. In her neighborhood there are a lot of Portuguese people like herself (they are all originally from Africa) so they spend a lot of time together. She has a friend who is a member named Erika who has a son named Sergio. Along with those two families there are 3 or 4 other Portuguese families in the area who all have their kids play together so we get really close to them all. Erika is Miro's niece and brought him to church that first Sunday and that eventually led to his baptism. Xanda is Miro's other niece and is the one that is getting baptised on Friday. The thing that I'm so grateful for is that the Lord provided a way for me to help a family that I love so much in the gospel. Those 2 families have been my favourite part of this area and the Lord made it possible for us to bring even more of their family into the gospel. There will almost an entire row of Portuguese speakers at church! It is amazing. That is really all that I wanted out of my mission so now it's all (even more so) about what the Lord wants. I feel like I've already found taught and baptised the people I need to so now I'm just gonna do what the Lord wants. Knowing Him, He'll probably send me even more people that I can make a connection with. It's pretty sweet. Well I love you. Take care of yourself. I'll let you know everything about my next area as soon as I figure it out myself. Love you!
Elder Rowley