Looking for a family

Dad,
Isn't it crazy how time changes on a mission. I still can't get my mind around it. We worked hard all day everyday and collapse to sleep at night and then you blink and it has been 3 months. It is amazing to me. I hate to think that someday it will all be over and I'll be back at home. That's a terrifying thought. Well I'm just not going to think about it and the Lord will make everything work out. This week has been really good but crazy. We had loads of meetings and hardly had anytime to work! I had to go to York and then Leeds and then Harrogate (which takes like 3 hours on a train!). I looked at our schedule for this week and was relieved that we only have one meeting to go to. Its funny, when I first came out I was so afraid to talk to people and stuff that I loved meetings they were an excuse not to work! Now I enjoy meetings but I'd be just as happy if not happier to be working! I can't believe that school has started again. As soon as school gets over it'll be time for me to come home, that's a scary thought. I wanted to tell you that I did get that envelope with all the pictures and boy was that fun! We spent all night (until 10:30) looking at them all and talking about all the people in them. Fun fun. Well I feel bad that most of my e-mails are really short. I can't ever think of anything to write, the days meld together that much! I told mum about an amazing experience we had with a Filipino lady we used to teach. I felt prompted that we should try and see her again and her husband let us see her and we're going to start teaching her again. Her husand won't let her come to church or be baptised though (yet) so it might be a long process. She said she already knows that Joseph Smith was a prophet though, so its all in her husbands hands. We're looking for a family to teach this week and I pray it works out. Elder Thimmesch is doing well, he's learning how to be a proper missionary. Hold down the fort for me while I'm gone. It'll be quicker than you think and I'll be back home again. I love you Dad. Thanks for everything, take care!
Elder Rowley

Mum,
Well this week has been really good but quite hectic! Nila's baptism was for the 3rd not yesterday but it has been moved to the 10th instead. Her mum wanted it that day and Nila is going to another kid's baptism on the 3rd so it will all work out. This week I was swamped with meetings! We hardly had any time to work! I had to go to York, then Leeds, then Harrogate. We spent probably a whole day on the train or bus, what a week! We're still looking for more people to teach though. We had a great miracle the other day! Over the past couple of days I had been thinking of that Fillipino woman that we taught a while ago whose husband wouldn't let us teach her. When were in the area and we decided to try and see her and her husband was fine with us being there. We talked to her and she said that she had been reading the Book of Mormon and that she knows Joseph Smith was a prophet! It was amazing. The only problem is her husband still. He is alright with us coming round like once a week but he won't let her come to church or change her religion (She's a roman catholic as most Filipinos are). So we're going to keep teaching her and pray that one day soon her husband softens his heart. This week is going to be a great week for finding people though, we've got virtually no meetings and things are looking good. I really hope we can find a family, that would be amazing! Well thanks for keeping me posted about the family. Last night I had one of those dreams where I go home and I woke up as if it was a nightmare. I hate those dreams! I'll be home soon enough but there is plenty of work that needs to be done here first! Wish Kyle and Lindsay luck for me and school! I can't believe how old everyone is now, that's really freaky! I love you mum, take care of yourself. Talk to you next week!
Elder Rowley