WEEK 14!!!

talofa again another week has past like always and my samoan hasn't improved much but i'm trying. first to answer susy's question no the american missionaries don't really celebrate thanksgiving here my mission president is from canada so he doesn't either but we had a family offer to feed us for thanksgiving but another member who works at red rooster was givin us a feed so we had a feed it was good but it really doesn't feel like thanksgiving and now christmas ha this week it reached 37.8 degrees it was extremely hot and its weird then when someone says merry christmas it makes me laugh cause this is nothing like christmas ha and to see people putting up christmas lights in shorts and a t its pretty funny stuff it kinda takes away the feeling of christmas for me which is good cause then i don't get home sick but we are goin to a members house to help them decorate for christmas so that'll be fun i'm excited for that but i think that was the only question that needed answered but as for this week it was a little rough on the numbers it seemed like alot of our set appointments fell through it was a little discouraging but we went to the shops one day and we contacted people we met a daughter and mother and had a good talk with them and we were able to talk about the restoration and the truthfulness of the book of mormon the daughter seemed very interested it was interesting cause they are buddist so we had to start from the beginning with god is our loveing heavenly father so it was cool to be able to bear testimony again of all that stuff its not the first time that i've got to do that but for some reason this time it was very powerful so to say i could feel the spirit as i bore testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and we were able to talk to this man who said he would talk to us but he didn't want us to preach to him but then he started asking us questions ha he was pretty funny and he likes his beer and wine he said but he asked us what the 10 commandments were and said he is at this bus stop every week at the same time so we can come around and see him again he was a very friendly guy it was a good experience as is everything we were also able to do quite a bit of service which is always good i enjoy that. its always good to get to do some work to help me from putting on anymore weight ha but i can't remember did i tell you guys what we did two pdays ago when we went for a tour of the freemantle jail that is here its like a 100 years old and stuff it was a working prison they would cut out the granite and stuff to build their own cells i thought that was kinda funny but it was pretty cool i have heaps of pics i'll show you guys eventually. ha but ya know how you guys were askin what i wanted for christmas i couldn't think of anything so i asked some my companion and a family in our ward and they asked for hot tamoles or however you spell them and cinnamin bears and the little packets of hidden valley ranch that you make up and twizzlers but you guys don't have to send all those things just a few if thats alright but if not no worries those are just a few of the things you can't get hear that they like oh and reeses puffs cereal ha thanks guys whatever you send is fine though no worries thanks family and friends you guys are the best love ya heaps keep studying the scripts and praying the church is true guys love ya read alma 38 verse 9 its a good one love ya LIVESTRONG Love Elder Dalton oh and could someone email me directions on how to make pumpkin pies thanks love ya

Week 13 :) Happy Thanksgiving!!

talofa that means hello in samoan my new companion is from samoa hes the man hes been out for 9 months and he is sweet we get on great he has a great since of humor its sweet his name is Elder Manu'a. thats about it for him so far ha he loves to sing in the flat but its more like yelling ha its pretty funny hes awesome he gave me a lava lava and they are actually quite nice to wear especially to bed but ya hes awesome. as for the week nothin to different or special this week we had transfer meeting on wednesday and picked up the new missionaries on thursday our district has four new missionaries in it and one new to the mission so we had to go pick him up. so its been a good week all is well we had a cottage evening friday and a ward dinner on saturday they were really good. and ward conference was this week and it was great and we had tea with a couple in our ward last night so that is always good. it was a great week my birthday was good we had district meeting and then we had cake and ice cream and then we had a cottage evening that night and one of the sisters in our ward had gotten a cake so ya it was a great day. so ya thats it for this week not very much sorry. but good to hear about the new baby boy chancey i hope i spelled that right but thats cool tell him hello for me and i hope you all have a great week in nebraska eat some turkey and potatoes for me. and some deer ay thats pretty cool about that dan hopefully she's good eats hope all is well eerything is great here love you guys the church is true and the book is blue love Elder Dalton fa that means goodbye in samoan so fa till next week

Week 12!!

so as of today i am no longer a trainee so my companion went home on friday and surprisingly it was a little sad to see them go i get my new comp on wednesday so i've been with my district leader elder taumalolo until then its been great but this week was bit different cause where elder weber was goin home we went and visited people so he could say goodbye but it was still a great week and its been different since i'm with elder t we aren't in my area so we just go to my area every once in awhile so we have only taught a few people the last few days but its been really good we had a dinner appointment last night so those are always great. hmmm as for answering emails k-bug no we are not having any snow ha in fact we are very oppisite it is quite hot here ha and jesse mae and dan i say its gonna be a little boy on the 18th ;) i'm pretty excited and thats cool for all you guys havin thanksgiving together and lissy glad to here all is well and i'm glad your gonna celebrate my birthday for me thats pretty sweet we have a fireside that night so i'm pretty excited about that and susy q thanks for the emails but i know what ya mean about mom not answerin back i talk to her alot its hard at times i really miss her and wish i could get an email or letter from her but i have a great family who emails me so its all good the sad times come and go i just remember all the good times instead and i just remember about the gospel that i'm out here preaching that families can be together forever and than i remember all the good that is to come but ya that helps me stay happy even though i don't understand life after death as much as i would like too i know its true cause i know this church and the book of mormon to be true its a great gospel i love getting to share it with people and being able to promise them that this gospel will bring them the most happiness and peace in this life and the life to come and to be able to say that this is the only true church with the fulness of the gospel and it is only possible through the church of jesus christ that we are able to return to live with heavenly father and family again. but ya glad to hear all is well and that everyone is doin well i hope you guys have a great week i hope my letter makes sense sorry its short but i'm on a dumb computer that counts time and then shuts off when i'm out so ya i have to be careful of my time but thanks for everything your the best family i'll tell ya about my new comp next weeek but i do know that i'm stayin in the same area so that'll be good but love you guys i hope all is well have a great week. love Elder Dalton Livestrong god speed

Week 11!

so like always another week came and went this week as part of being trained now we have a booklet called the 12 week program that we follow so this week was week 11 of course and as part of week 11 i take the lead in all situations so that was a new experience and i was on four exchanges this week so i didn't really have a choice whether or not i wanted to take the lead i got to anyways so ya it was a great week we taught and shared 26 lessons or scriptures which is the most i've had yet on my mission and we really seemed to help the people more and we did service too so it was a great week and we got fed a few times it was awesome and fast sunday was great and we had a fireside which was great i really enjoy those especially when there is a lot of musical items. i can't really think of anything in specific for a story just had some very good lessons and learned alot in study moroni 7:40-41 are great and ether 12: 4 is good they are on hope i've been studyin the christlike attributes in preach my gospel and tryin to develop them and hope is the one i've been workin on this week its been really good i really enjoy it. rob i hope you guys member him he set a date for dec 31 and he gave up coffee on saturday so hopefully he is still goin strong he's really good i love him but he doesn't have to much faith in himself but we gave him a blessing and it was a good lesson with him and he says he wants to get baptized and he wants to be able to do his work for his father and they want to get sealed so it'll happen it just takes time but thats about it for this week i was on exchange with manu'a a somoan striaght from the island he's the man but we went and saw all our samoan families in my area when i was with him and it was great they would just speak samoan and invite us right in and give us food i kinda hope i get a poly companion next transfer but whatever happens will be great. so i gotta go sorry its short hope all is well love you guys talk to ya next week. love Elder Dalton livestrong always