Miss Me Yet?

"Miss me yet? Well I dont miss you!!! well maybe. Truth is at this point I dont miss home in the slightest and I feel kinda bad about considering some of the pother elders here are having SEVERE anxiety away from home. One of my roommates woke up in the middle of the night last night to try and walk it off and we didnt know where he was in the morning! There are only 36 missionaries here in the England MTC, 8 of which are Sisters (the new record out here) We have 2 British elders, 2 British sisters, 2 South african elders, and elder from Gayana, an elder from from China, an Elder from Brazil, and a Sister from Pakistan. Oh and we have an Armenian Elder (i think) he only speaks Romanian. Im the Distric Leader over the Nephi District in the Hinckley Zone. Bytheway, the MTC Presidents wife is President Hinckley's daughter! Let it be known though that I only have 30 minutes a week to read and reply to emails so if you want any kind of response then write me a letter. Love you!"


Sounds like Elder Church is already getting hungry for some good letters from his friends and family! Check out www.dearelder.com  for an easy way to e-mail him or to send him a package or two!! Let's show our Elder some lovin'!

It was a looooong trip!

"I have arrived safely! It was a looooong trip! P-Day is on tuesdays so i can talk more then but for now just know that there will be an invitation coming for  some sort of Picasa Web Album next week, there will be a bunch of pictures from my time here at the mtc, so let mom and dad know, im going to try to email dad but i dont have moms email"

Hurrah for Israel!

As the big sister, I have reserved the right to be Elder Church's webmaster :)

The three of us older kids have spent a lot of time together, so we had to have one last hurrah...with a camera. 

 

All joking aside though, it still hasn't quite set in that this was our last time together as siblings for 2 years. When Jake get's home John will be almost 13! And quite possibly as tall as Jake is now.

 It's amazing to be able to see how our Elder has changed from a little chub who always had a grin on his face...

 To the man and missionary that he has become today.

Although goodbyes are bittersweet, we are all SO proud of our Elder Church. May he serve well and share the Gospel with the world!

Elder Church left for the England MTC on March 21, 2012 at 11:00am.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

"All [his] bags are packed, [he's] ready to go.."


Elder Church is all but ready to head off to merry old England with his bags nearly packed, his underwear labeled, and his guitars left with his cousin for safekeeping.

As he sends his emails and his pictures home everything will be posted here as a way for his friends and family to stay updated with his goings on in the Motherland.

You'll also notice this blog is also set in real time...real England time.

He's also prepared for Manchester United fans, or Hogwarts students, whichever he encounters first!