England Birmingham Mission

England Birmingham Mission

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Don't you just love it when he sends pictures?!

The town in the distance is Porthcawl.

Elder Stokes by the Irish Sea

William says they walk this path often. I wouldn't mind walking that path.

Elder Brewer and Elder Stokes pass by this church every day.



Mother's Day

Will called me on Mother's Day! It was so good to hear him. He is doing great. I did ask him about Cardiff. He said that is where he goes shopping. He seems to be getting around because he sent me a couple more pictures of places he goes and they don't look like they are that close to each other on the map. He informed me that you can't get peanut butter in the UK. He is really missing PB&J and root beer. I discovered by looking online that there are several other American made products that are hard to get in Wales. Some of the things are American made cereals such as: Lucky Charms, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Pop Tarts. Baking Products: Nestle, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker products. Drinks: A&W Root Beer, Welch's and Kool Aid. Treats: Oreo Cookies, Teddy Grahams, Twinkies, Nutter Butters and Chips Ahoy. I guess I know what to send in care packages now.

Playing Games

William is looking for Family Home Evening Games. He claims he is about ready to resort to BIG BOOTY. I don't think that is a bad idea. I thought I would remind him of how his Grandpa would lead the Family Song. If you have any suggestions shoot them my way.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Pictures we got from Will this week.



Despite his fathers dislike for Soccer, Will has taken up the sport. Apparently it is about all they play in the U.K. Of course, he doesn't call it soccer. Maybe his dad can take comfort in the fact that he is playing football again. These are the cleats, or boots, that he bought for playing *shh* soccer.








We had asked Will to send us a picture of his new bike. He was able to get a pretty inexpensive one and we hoped it wasn't a child's banana seat bike.








William said this is a town called Cardiff. I hope he will share more information about the town in the future.














This is Will's Zone Area after football. Not sure why their color is ORANGE.






Elder Stokes! My girls think he is gorgeous! Will says he is great.

Elder Stokes is a Texas boy. I believe he is from College Station. That's near Austin if you aint familiar with the Lone Star State.





This is his Preach the Gospel book. It may not look like the one you have at home but he may spend a little more time with his book. He's looking for more super heroes to fill it up.





This is my son studying. It looks good on him, don't you think?!