Dear Family,
This past week has been an interesting one. First off, our new mission president came in this past Wednesday. President Lindley has a very unique background- He served as a personal security guard to general authorities, including President Gordon B. Hinckley! Spending so much one-on-one time with general authorities has really given him some unique insights into life and especially into missionary work. He hasn't made any changes to the mission yet (new mission presidents are discouraged from doing that for a few months) but he told us he plans on changing a few things, and everyone is starting to wonder what that will be like. I guess we'll find out in a few months time.
Anyway, President Lindley was into cars and motorcycles as a hobby before he was called to be a mission president. He showed us a PowerPoint presentation that had a few pictures of his cars and custom motorcycles. My companion Elder Jacobson was excited when he found that out - he likes cars a lot. I still can't see anything different from car to car. He points out different models and years of cars, and what country they were made in and such, and I can't remember any of it, ever. Except that a Jaguar is a nice car, most years.
Sister Lindley is a very soft-spoken person, but you can tell she has a powerful testimony. She is actually a costume designer for quite a few well-known films; she's been designing costumes for 20 years! Look at the credits in the Work and the Glory series, and I think she'll be under there as a costume designer. Also with films like The Testaments, and a few IMAX films and national park films for National Geographic. This is pretty interesting stuff, I wish I could look it up, but of course I can't. You'll have to update me.
Another big thing that happened was transfer calls last night. Elder Jacobson is being transferred up to Sunderland (which is right next to the Gateshead Area, where I served). In his place, Elder Reeves is coming to serve with me in Beverly. Elder Reeves came out with me from the MTC, and I know him quite well. That was really exciting to learn I'll be serving with him, we're going to have so much fun doing missionary work here. We have a lot of investigators (very solid investigators) that Elder Jacobson and I have found and taught over the last week, so Elder Jacobson was very disappointed to go, but he knows that the Lord needs him to be in Sunderland. Elder Reeves is a very musical person though. He sings a very interesting tenor, it's hard to describe unless you've heard it.
Anyway, Elder Jacobson wants to do quite a lot today so we don't have too much time on the email, but I wish everyone back home a safe trip. Let the ward know I'm safe, happy, and excited to be doing missionary work.
Also, Chipo in Gateshead is doing very well. I heard from Elder Heumos that just this last Sunday during fast and testimony meeting that she got up and bore her testimony. The bishop was smiling the entire time. Her family is all being taught, and Jeff, her son, is going to be baptised next transfer. And all from that one moment that Elder Caine and I talked to her on the street. What a miracle that was.
Until next week-
Love,
Elder Alsop
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