The General Epistle of Samuel (The end of another transfer)

It seems as though each transfer passes by faster and faster. It is incredible how time flies when you're having fun. Elder Tina'o and I will be staying together for another transfer. That most likely means I am here till the end. I am happy about that. I am really starting to get to know the ward and earn their trust. From what I hear from the members, a lot of problems with the missionary force have stopped since I moved in. I've been thanked by a few members for that. Hopefully we can keep their trust and help them share the gospel with their friends.

We did a lot of street contacting this week. We have been struggling for a while to get people to stop and speak with us. As we were trying to figure out what to change or fix the idea came to make a survey and get people to answer some questions about religion and such. Turns out it worked pretty well. I just made a document on the computer to look all official and stuff and people went for it. It turned out pretty easy to get people talking about their beliefs and we were able to set some return appointments with people. We are happy to have some people to work with. 

We've had some winter weather lately as well. One of the days we were out street contacting for a few hours we decided to go out in the sticks and find some lost sheep that the mission office sent us to find. As we were out driving on the back roads it started snowing quite a bit. It only snowed for maybe thirty minutes but Elder T was over the moon. Coming from Australia he has never seen snow fall from the sky. He got out and started playing in it. I snapped a couple pictures of him. I'll send them later. After a few snowballs were thrown at me while I was in the car, we contacted a few lost sheep. It was pretty exciting for Elder T. 

This week we have just the usual stuff going on. We don't have to worry about packing or moving so today we are going to play some chair football with the district at the chapel. We thought about fish and chips on the white cliffs but we'll wait for a clearer day. It's a bit overcast today. Thank you all who sent pictures. It was great to see everyone's faces! I hope you all have a great week and I look forward to hearing from you again next week!

Love, 

Elder Dalton

Some good looking lads

 the dover castle from town centre

putting the castle into perspective

 a bit of snow