The General Epistle of Samuel (Colchester: The Beginnings)

I feel like I start this email the same every week with something along the lines of "Hello everyone." This time I am just jumping right into things. I am happy to hear from all of you this week. Glad to know that there has been a bit of snow. Thankfully here all we have had is rain, rain rain, wind, rain, and some more rain. Nothing unusual for this time of year. We are definitely experiencing autumn. I can't believe it is already October.

Colchester is great! The Zone needs some work but nothing that Elder Butterfield and I can't take care of. The ward is pretty good sized. There are a lot of longstanding members here so it is a well anchored ward. There have been quite a few baptisms in the ward lately so that is great. Especially since there have been two really good families baptised last month. Currently we have been working with university students. We live right next to the campus in a complex that is like off campus housing so we do most of our finding on the campus. It's great! We are "targeting" chines students. They are the most humble and willing to learn. We have two really good kids on date. Mark and Derek (those aren't their chines names). We look forward to finding more open minded chines students. They are like a blank canvas. No preset ideas in their minds so that is great. 

Elder Butterfield is a great missionary. He came out the transfer just after me so he has a lot of experience so that is good. This is his third transfer as a Zone Leader so he is competent in that as well. He is from Morgan Utah (near Ogden). He is a great kid and works hard so that is good. I am enjoying serving with him already. 

You probably want a bit more background on what Colchester is like. It is the oldest recorded town in Britten. The royal family used to live here many years ago and it used to be the capital. That was ages ago. Our area is really big. We drove out to a recent convert that lives in a village miles from town and we drove through a lot of country side. Through a sheep farm and under an old railroad bridge. I was driving so I couldn't take any pictures. We'll be going out that way again. The area also goes out to the sea. We saw some members for dinner out there as well. The area is a lovely place in Autumn. 

Well that's pretty much my week. It is still raining. We are going to Ipswich today because my companion needs to take his driving test. Hopefully he passes. We'll probably stop and buy some stuff while we are there. I need a new pillow because mine is no bueno. I look forward to hearing from all of you again! Love you all!

Love,

Elder Dalton