HELLO FAMILY!!!
>
> This week was great it has been such a blessing to teach Jordana.
> Unfortunately, her friend, Caprice, dropped us. But Jordana is doing
> amazing!
>
> The biggest help in Jordana's progress is the church websites. She
> likes to research about the church, and we told her the best sites to
> go to, i.e. church websites. By researching the sites she is able to
> Learn about what we will be teaching before we teach it. It makes it a
> lot easier to teach. We have been given 30min. every other week to
> just sit and navigate through the church websites. It has helped being
> able to research the sites ourselves.
>
> Along with the websites, baptismal calendars have been a great
> blessing in her teaching process. Because of the calendars she can
> remember her appointments better than we can.
>
> I just have to say vitamin C is great! I'm the only one in the
> district that didn't get ill this past week. I believe it was the
> vitamin C and Orange juice that kept me going.
>
> Thanks for everything!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
weekly update 2/21/2011
> Hello Family, Friends, and Family Friends!!!!
>
> This week was probably the best week I have had so far in
> littleborough even though our finding was pretty low. We were able to
> teach Jordana and Caprice for the fist time on Monday, and they are
> great! We taught them again on Sat. and Jordana said she had received
> an answer that the Book of Mormon is true! We then took Jordana and
> Caprice to an investigator baptism in Rochdale. They enjoyed it, and
> the best part was after the baptism Jordana and caprice were both
> talking about their baptisms and asked if they could have theirs on
> the same day! We are seeing miracles!
>
> We had zone conference this week and it was Fantastic! President gave
> a training on prayer. It has really helped me to have much more
> meaningful prayers, I learned a lot! At this zone conference we also
> found out that President Preston is going to be the new mission
> president. He is from Ashton 2nd ward, so he lives within mission
> boundaries. It is very rare that Mission presidents get called to
> there home mission. He lives in the Ashton Stake and I am serving in
> the Ashton stake so I had the opportunity to meet him even before he
> was called to the EMM. He gave a training on using pass along cards.
> It was great I'm looking forward to serving with him.
>
> Elder Mecham is a great missionary! I'm grateful for the opportunity I
> have to serve with him and learn from him. It will be good to look
> back at all the miracles we have witnessed together.
>
> Thanks for everything!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
>
> This week was probably the best week I have had so far in
> littleborough even though our finding was pretty low. We were able to
> teach Jordana and Caprice for the fist time on Monday, and they are
> great! We taught them again on Sat. and Jordana said she had received
> an answer that the Book of Mormon is true! We then took Jordana and
> Caprice to an investigator baptism in Rochdale. They enjoyed it, and
> the best part was after the baptism Jordana and caprice were both
> talking about their baptisms and asked if they could have theirs on
> the same day! We are seeing miracles!
>
> We had zone conference this week and it was Fantastic! President gave
> a training on prayer. It has really helped me to have much more
> meaningful prayers, I learned a lot! At this zone conference we also
> found out that President Preston is going to be the new mission
> president. He is from Ashton 2nd ward, so he lives within mission
> boundaries. It is very rare that Mission presidents get called to
> there home mission. He lives in the Ashton Stake and I am serving in
> the Ashton stake so I had the opportunity to meet him even before he
> was called to the EMM. He gave a training on using pass along cards.
> It was great I'm looking forward to serving with him.
>
> Elder Mecham is a great missionary! I'm grateful for the opportunity I
> have to serve with him and learn from him. It will be good to look
> back at all the miracles we have witnessed together.
>
> Thanks for everything!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Finally New Pictures from Kevin
Well its been 5 months since Elder Ballantyne sent home some pictures. So sorry there are a ton of them.
Next time you write to him tell him not to wait as long.
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The Beach
Elder Ballantyne's name tag in Welsh
Elder Ballantyne was able to take a tour of one of the Castles in Wales! 
Fall in England 
This Picture of Kevin really make me miss him.
A really windy day! 
A really cold and wet day in England!
Pictures of the Elders!
Elder Knibbs
Elder Ballantyne and Elder Knibbs
Elder Ballantyne and Elder Mecham not companions at this time.
Elder Ballantyne and Elder Jolliffe 
They do have Dr Pepper in England! 
Boys will be Boys,
even on there Missions!
Elder Ballantyne's hat he bought to stay warm!
The Elders Christmas!
There are a few more pictures on Elder Ballantyne's Mission site that I didn't put on his blog.
So go jump over there.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
weekly update 2/14/2011
> First of all I just want to say the ward mission leader is fantastic
> in the littleborough ward! He helps us with everything, even temporal.
> He has been helping a lot with washing our cloths since we don't have
> a washing machine. (hopefully we will get one this tues.) But more
> than anything he is really excited about missionary work, and he is
> very confident in his plans he has for missionary work in the
> littleborough ward.
>
> Elder Mecham is a really good missionary. The biggest strength I have
> seen in him is he is an exactly obedient missionary. That is just one
> of many great strengths.
>
> On Sunday Mark Simpson was at church again! It is really helping him
> with his challenges, and it's really good to see! Not only is he being
> blessed for coming but also he has expressed that he has been enjoying
> the last couple weeks. I'm really grateful to be able to be helping
> him.
>
> Thanks for everything!
> in the littleborough ward! He helps us with everything, even temporal.
> He has been helping a lot with washing our cloths since we don't have
> a washing machine. (hopefully we will get one this tues.) But more
> than anything he is really excited about missionary work, and he is
> very confident in his plans he has for missionary work in the
> littleborough ward.
>
> Elder Mecham is a really good missionary. The biggest strength I have
> seen in him is he is an exactly obedient missionary. That is just one
> of many great strengths.
>
> On Sunday Mark Simpson was at church again! It is really helping him
> with his challenges, and it's really good to see! Not only is he being
> blessed for coming but also he has expressed that he has been enjoying
> the last couple weeks. I'm really grateful to be able to be helping
> him.
>
> Thanks for everything!
Monday, February 7, 2011
weekly update 2/7/2011
>
> Hello Family and Friends!
>
> The rest of the week was great! We weren't doing so well for finding
> but on Friday we prayed specifically to have success in finding, that
> day we had doubled our QGCs and appointments. Prayer Works!
>
> In other news, we have been teaching a less active for a while now,
> and he finally made it to church this Sunday! Not only did he show up
> but also he bore his testimony in the testimony meeting! It was such a
> blessing to see him there!
>
> Sunday was just full of miracles. We had planned to go to a village
> called Wardle and tract, but seeing as we didn't have time to go to
> Wardle we changed plans and chose a street closer to us. On the street
> we weren't having any success, until we came to Steve and Sarah's
> door. Steve answered the door and saw that we were wet from the rain
> and invited us in! I love the rain! We asked if they had a few minutes
> that we could share the restoration with them. And the responded with,
> "We have all the time you need." So we shared the restoration with
> them. It was a great lesson with them. I think we were blessed with
> this miracle because we were trying to use our time wisely.
>
> Thank you! I love you all!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
> Hello Family and Friends!
>
> The rest of the week was great! We weren't doing so well for finding
> but on Friday we prayed specifically to have success in finding, that
> day we had doubled our QGCs and appointments. Prayer Works!
>
> In other news, we have been teaching a less active for a while now,
> and he finally made it to church this Sunday! Not only did he show up
> but also he bore his testimony in the testimony meeting! It was such a
> blessing to see him there!
>
> Sunday was just full of miracles. We had planned to go to a village
> called Wardle and tract, but seeing as we didn't have time to go to
> Wardle we changed plans and chose a street closer to us. On the street
> we weren't having any success, until we came to Steve and Sarah's
> door. Steve answered the door and saw that we were wet from the rain
> and invited us in! I love the rain! We asked if they had a few minutes
> that we could share the restoration with them. And the responded with,
> "We have all the time you need." So we shared the restoration with
> them. It was a great lesson with them. I think we were blessed with
> this miracle because we were trying to use our time wisely.
>
> Thank you! I love you all!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
Thursday, February 3, 2011
weekly update 2/3/2011
> HELLO EVERYBODY!
>
> This was a great week! We had an appointment with our a less active
> and we had arranged to see him at our ward mission leaders house. The
> appointment was great. After talking with the Ward mission leader, the
> less active said he would come back to church! I'm so excited to see
> him there. We have been teaching him for quite awhile, He never lost
> his testimony he just needed a push, and a reason to go.
>
> I'm still here in littleborough. Elder riera got transfered. so i got
> a new companion. He is from bountiful! I worked with him at Dick's
> Market! By now you've probably guessed that my new companion is Elder
> Chad Mecham! I'm so excited about the new transfer! Especially because
> I am serving with Elder Mecham! I can already tell that he is a great
> missionary, with the few hours that i have worked with him so far. I
> am also excited about this transfer because the are is on an uprise!
>
> Thank you all for all you do!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
>
> This was a great week! We had an appointment with our a less active
> and we had arranged to see him at our ward mission leaders house. The
> appointment was great. After talking with the Ward mission leader, the
> less active said he would come back to church! I'm so excited to see
> him there. We have been teaching him for quite awhile, He never lost
> his testimony he just needed a push, and a reason to go.
>
> I'm still here in littleborough. Elder riera got transfered. so i got
> a new companion. He is from bountiful! I worked with him at Dick's
> Market! By now you've probably guessed that my new companion is Elder
> Chad Mecham! I'm so excited about the new transfer! Especially because
> I am serving with Elder Mecham! I can already tell that he is a great
> missionary, with the few hours that i have worked with him so far. I
> am also excited about this transfer because the are is on an uprise!
>
> Thank you all for all you do!
>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne
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