week 43

first of all happy fathers day dad and happy fathers day to all the other fathers i hope it was a great one. so i found out the real spelling of my new area and i was way off ha its kwinana and we are staying in a four man flat and i'm what is called the presiding elder haha its just a made up assignment i think ha but thats alright its been a good week it was really slow but we did set up a baptism for this friday so that should keep us busy this week so that'll be good but we got doubled into the area and there wasn't much goin on so we are trying to find new people but we met some new members on sunday and they seem keen to help us out and do missionary work so we are really excited to start working with them the ward seems pretty good i'm excited. we have a few set appointments this week so that'll make it a good week. and my comp is american he is from utah his name is elder bangerter hes a great missionary he is very shy though but hopefully we'll get him out of that ha he said he has already gotten more talkative on his mission so thats cool but there is alot of quiet tiem on the flat sometimes but thats ok its nice i really like him though all my companions on the mission have all been very different but are all very cool in there own ways i've loved serving with all of them and learning from them even when you don't have alot in common its still pretty easy to get along as long as your both focused on your purpose its a cool thing. i hope all is well and i double checked the scripture is ether 12:4 its a great scripture i love you guys and thanks for everything have a great week. let me know whats new in life? Love Elder Dalton

Week 42!!

thats good to hear. glad all is well so we got transfer calls and i got some bad news.......i'm getting transferred which kinda stinks i really like it hear and i feel like i could still do more but thats alright heavenly father knows better so i'm headed back to the city to a place called qwana i think is how ya spell it so thats good i guess but one good thing is i think its by the ocean so i might actually get to see the ocean finally. so that'll be fun but i'm alittle sad to be leaving this area i loved it here and i love the people i will never forget them thats for sure but i figured i would get transfered but i was hoping not but i'll tell you more about the new area when i get there and how its actually spelled but ya it is finally getting chilly here its very nice but the biggest difference between australia and the us would probably of been the accents when i first got here but now thats normal to me and the american accent actually kinda sounds foriegn to me even though i still speak it i'm just not around it that much so its weird hearing it. but as for the biggest difference now would be just the red dirt but i'm pretty much use to everything its even natural for me to drive on the other side of the road now i would say the economy is alot different especially in kalgoorlie its booming i would say just cause the mines the world always needs resources so the mines just seem to always pay good and are always looking for workers so thats pretty cool. so i hope all is well with everyone. is there anything new happening with anyone? the pictures are just of the district in kalgoorlie and then us with president and sister smibert. thats it for this week i love you guys thanks for everything and a good scripture is ether 12 4 i think ha its about hope anyways and i know its in ether and is verse 4 but not sure if its chapter 12 i'll check for next week love you all have a great week thanks heaps for everything Love Elder Dalton

Week 41 (10 months down!)

ha couldn't think of any other words that sounded the same so whats new with the family? how is everyone? has summer hit yet? whats the weather like? are the kids on summer break yet? its getting pretty chilly here not cold but chilly i love it ha its so much nicer then summer but this week was yet again like many other weeks nothin new happened but president smibert did come up for branch conference and what not and that was really good and our new mission presdient starts on the 1st of july so that could be the last time i see president unless i get transfered which is happening next week so who knows what will happen. i have pictures of president and sister smibert with me and the district that i'll send next week cause the computer i'm on doesn't have the right connections but ya thats it for this week at the fireside on sunday night it was good but quite funny cause president said he had it all sorted out and then when it started he just called two people from the audience to speak and then he called on us four missionaries to sing a song and then he talked it was a really good meeting though. i hope all is well and everyone has a great week love ya all Elder Dalton