Dear Family,
Monday, we had FHE with
the office staff at Elder and Sister Rust's flat. We had a barbeque
dinner. It was so nice and fun. We really enjoy these 3 couples.
They are all from Utah.
Tuesday we had a nice
long walk. We are trying to walk often because sitting in an office all day is
hard on both our bodies. We crave walking and breathing fresh air.
Thursday was nail day.
Friday was a good day.
Some missionaries come to the mission from very poor circumstances.
Elder Puing(19 year old) came from a small island in the Phillipines.
He
had a good job where he
made 200 pesos a day. That is between $4-5.00 a day. That is
considered very good wages. He is very small and looks like he is 12
years old.
He is a very happy young
elder. He needed a suit, a couple of shirts, shoes and ties. The
mission has an account just for charity purposes. His 2 companions, who
are
super missionaries, went
with Adrienne and me to buy him clothes. We had to go to the children's
department. The pants will need to be hemmed. He is serving in a
Samoan branch and his companions told him he would put on weight because of all
the food the Samoan people eat. They also cook many meals for the missionaries.
After buying the clothes we ate lunch. Elder Puing wanted rice so
it was an Asian lunch.
Saturday we went to the
ward camp out for lunch. It is was in the Yarra Ranges (mountains). The
name of the place was Yarra Doon. The ride was beautiful. All the
scenery
outside the city is
spectacular. It was more agricultural with many fruit tree farms, berry
farms, gardens and nurseries. We love touring the countryside. The
camp was by a river and when we arrived the men and boys were having water fights
in the river. Lunch was a "snag", a sausage(long cooking) on
white wonder bread. They serve it with sauce, similar to ketchup.
In the states it would be a hot dog on a bun. They also served
lemonade, which is a carbonated drink, similar to sprite. All drinks are
carbonated
except for fruit juices.
We love our ward and ward family. We are always learning new words
and phrases from them. Heard a new word on the radio this morning.
They were talking about car accidents on the roads and used the word "dingy"
for crash, or small crash.
Sister Mary Jane
Tuinukafe (Tongan) gave her returning missionary talk to day. She served
in the SL Temple Square mission. She said her mission is the crowning
jewel
of missions. She
is a beautiful girl with a very strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
When we flew over here 6
months ago we met a Jewish couple on the plane. He invited us to visit
the Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a volunteer there. It has been
hard finding time to go because they are closed on Saturday for the Sabbath.
We asked President Maxwell if it would be okay to go on a Sunday.
He told us yes. It is about
an hour away from our
flat. There was a fellow named Simon. He was about 35 years old and
he took us on a tour and explained everything. His grandparents were
concentration camp survivors. It made his comments so interesting talking
about their experiences. After the holocaust there were quite a few Jewish
people that settled in Melbourne. The survivors were put in resettlement
camps. They could decide where they wanted to live. One lady was shown a
map and given the choice of where she would live. She pointed to Austalia
and said, "I want to live as far away from Europe as I can." The area
by the museum is the central location for the Jewish community. It is
called Caulfied. We are very glad we had the opportunity to visit the
museum. We learned many things.
The heat is finally
coming but it isn't near as hot as they told us.
In reading Mosiah 27,
Alma the younger and the 4 sons of Mosiah changed their spirit and became great
missionaries. The last verse in Mosiah 27 says.
How
blessed are they! For they did publish peace, they did publish good tidings of
good, and they did declare unto
the people
that the Lord reigneth."
Our prayers and love are
with you always,
The moms, grandmas,
sister sisters, Adrienne and Dee Dee
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