The General Epistle of Samuel (new area)

This week seemed to be quite long. It was packed full of all sorts of different activities. The most prominent one of course was moving. I am in the Deal ward now, living in Dover. Dover is home of the white cliffs and the Dover castle. There are a lot of hills here and even more farm land. Needless to say I feel at home. Our flat is significantly larger than my previous one, complete with two floors and a spiral staircase. Now that it's been cleaned up a bit it is quite nice. We have a car as well so I am living the dream here. Dover is also the closest point in England to France, roughly 20 miles away. We were driving home from Deal the other evening and we were on the hill where the castle is. It was a clear enough night that you could look out over the channel and see the lights of the towns on France's coast as well as the lights of the ferries going between. It was pretty neat.

The ward here is great and we have a very supportive ward mission leader. I have a feeling I'll be here until the end so it's time to dig in and get a lot of work done. The ward is a bit small so that means they need a lot of baptisms. The ward was very receptive of my arrival since the missionary I replaced was less than liked by the members. He was a bit too overbearing and full of himself that I have heard nothing but complaints about him. From what I hear he told the members a lot of lies which made them not trust him one bit. We'll be mending a few broken relationships.

A man named Peter was just baptised the Sunday before I came and we taught him a few time this week. On Sunday we did his confirmation and he asked me to perform that. It was a great experience. Elder Tina'o is a great missionary. He is Polynesian and born in Australia. He is a character so it's never a dull moment with him. I am loving my new area and look forward to the coming months. I hope you all have had a wonderful new years. I love you all!!!

Love,  

Elder Dalton

Oh I forgot to mention that next monday we have interviews in London with President so I wont be emailing until tuesday so don't freak out and assume I swam the channel to france and have disappeared. Love you!

Here is the new {Canterbury} zone!