April 28, 2013
Dear Makayla,
I'm glad you like Kannon's girlfriend, Randi Ann. If you approve
then that means she is really great :) Make sure you make them play
lot's of games with you! hahah I'll see what kind of kangaroo stuff I
can bring home for you.
Love, Uncle Elder
Dear Mom and Dad,
This week was
REALLY slow for the first part, lot's of cancelled appointments and
rejection but it finished off strong. We ended up having a really solid
week, set a baptismal date, added a few new investigators and did a lot
of service for people! :) On Wednesday our whole zone went to the Blue
mountains to do service for a disability center. It is a monthly thing.
The next morning, because we
had some extra kilometers that we could burn on the car this month, we
woke up early and drove to the Blue mountains and hiked to a waterfall
called Minni-ha-ha falls. It
was really beautiful. The falls were probably about 30-40 meters tall
and had this really
nice pool at the bottom. We were pretty secluded and did our personal
and companionship study right there at the base of the waterfall. Did it
all in full pross clothes! We have really amazing pictures, I'll send some in another email! :)
Recently a 23
year old guy named Meki moved in from New Zealand and lives with his
cousin. He's only been a member about 2 years and is looking for a fresh
start over here. Our goal is to get him on a mission. He wasn't too
sure about that idea before, didn't think he knows enough about the
gospel but we have been taking him out with us to fellowship and teach
people. The ward has really taken him in and he loves it. He is already
talking about places he could get sent on a mission if he were to go! I
reckon he'll be wearing a name tag shortly :)
So
I think I have everything I need for the visa now. Took passport photos
and stuff so we're good to go! I was right about everyone's birthdays
and stuff! Just wasn't sure about where everyone was born. Layton is
easy enough to remember though! I even knew where both of you guys were
born! That's pretty good, I'm proud of myself! So
Dec. 3 as my realease date is just a way rough estimate that just got
thrown out the window. We just found out that when the mission
splits, the north mission will have a 4 week transfer which will send
me home either like half way through November or just after Christmas..
that's if I stay in the north mission. If I go to the south then... I
would GUESS maybe getting home 17 December because the new mission is
formed on 1 July and if that is also the start of their transfer cycles
then that's when I would end up going home, 4 transfers later. Its
confusing but at least it makes my going home time a grey area that
seems less like a finish line!
I'm
glad to hear the twins had a good homecoming, I got an email from
Tanner:) Thanks for the package number, it would be a bad thing if I
got package 1052 or 1222. Yes everything survived really well! For the
mother's day phone call I'm not sure about details yet. Maybe we'll talk
about it today at zone leader council. I don't predict us getting to
skype this time.. we'll see.
Oh
yeah.. Mom I need a favor. We have been asked to give a spiritual
thought at the upcoming ward Mother's day party. I want to know what
direction we should go with it if we really want to make it an impacting
message! Just throw out some ideas and we'll see what we can do :)
Thanks! Enjoy your sabbath!!! :)
Love, Elder Thompson