I'm beginning to realize what everyone's been talking about with time flying by. It seems like I just arrived here in England a week ago, but I've already been out here for almost a whole transfer now!
Remember how I said the weather was really nice and warm? Well, summer just ended this week. One day it was really sunny and hot, and then the next it was just POURING. It's a good thing I already have a raincoat, or else I would've been soaked. It's raining on pretty much a daily basis now. It's nice though: the air feels nice, cool, and clean after it rains.
This has been a busy week - I've gone on two exchanges this week, one with a missionary who's about to go home and then another with one of our Zone Leaders. They both went really well - the first was with Elder Wilcox, and the biggest thing I remember is the dinner appointment we had. I thought I'd have some fun, so I tried to convince the family that I was Scottish for the first five minutes (because of my last name), but they were able to pick up my bad Scottish accent pretty quick. We ate dinner with them, including some home-made chocolate, and then shared a nice lesson with them about families and activities we can do with them. The next exchange was with Elder Darrington, the Zone Leader. The most memorable thing from that exchange was how he helped me plan how to become more bold and confident.
We just got a new Ward Mission Leader in our ward, and when we were walking up to his house to have our first Correlation Meeting with him, I thought that he'd be pretty lost and nervous. It turns out he works for a consultancy, so he's used to planning, goal-setting, and problem-solving. Our meeting with him went really well, and my companion and I are really excited to continue working with him.
And now the part that everyone's been waiting for: FOOD. The food here is pretty similar to what we have in America, but they eat a few different favorites like roasted potatoes and custard. They also have a lot of unique desserts that I've never seen before, so I'm definitely going to see if I can get some of their recipes before I leave. They also have different ways of eating - as far as I understand, if you want to have proper etiquette, you have to use one utensil in each hand (one of the two is usually a knife). Whereas you would just use a spoon to each corn and peas in America, you would have to use both a spoon and a knife in England. Usually they just use the knife as a scooper to get the food onto the other utensil. The other big rule is how you place your utensils when you're done eating: if you cross the utensils on your plate, that's the same as asking for more food. If you place the utensils parallel to each other and put them in the 5 o'clock position on the plate, that's telling the host that you're done eating. The best home-cooked meal I've had so far while I've been out here is home-made lasagna, and the most difficult food to eat has been chicken curry, because I'm not really used to spicy food.
I've run out of time now, so I've gotta go for the week. Hope to hear from all of you soon! WRITE ME LETTERS!!!
Much missionary love,
Elder McOmber
Funnies of the Week:
I had no idea how out of shape I was until we had to run to catch a bus in time. I was seeing stars less than a minute into running. I REEEAALLY need to work out.
Apparently someone worked out a map of how everyone's related in this ward. Someone tried to explain it to us, and after a while it all sounded like Yzma from the Emperor's New Groove when she tries to explain how she's related to Pacha.
One of those cool new Jaguars
Fun little object lesson for the kids -
they had to figure out the steps in the gospel that lead to eternal life.
They got blessings (starbursts) with every step they took and they each eventually received the joy of eternal life (kitkat bars!)
A senior couple we were going to teach had to cancel, so they gave us this funny little note along with a grocery bag full of spaghetti and garlic bread
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