Another week has come and gone (56)

hello family so i tried to send some pics but they didn't go through so i'll retry next week sorry its a short email not much happened but we had a baptism on saturday tim he is 10 and his mum is a returning less active it was great sorry its short love yous and thanks for all that you do. have a great week Love Elder Dalton

55 weeks done! wow!

so this was a good week pretty much the same stuff happened as always but something cool in the zone we had for baptism dates set for this month plus we already had 3 set which is really good for us. so thats some good news. we taught alot of lessons this week which is great i love teaching especially since its been slow for the past few months its good to be picking things back up must just be the warm weather its starting to get warm again i'm kinda excited for summer this year. thats all i really have thats new it was a busy week being a zone leader is fun i like how busy it keeps us and i love helping out and studyin with other missionaries good stuff. i'll try to get some pics for next week sorry its short love yous all remeber the church is true and every member a missionary keep up the good work love yous.

Week 54!! :D

ransfers were great i'm in a new area called gossnells i'm with elder Cowley from New Zealand he's heaps good we are the zone leaders its sweet the new area is heaps good we stay very busy between helping missionaries out and proselyting in our area i love it and we get to know the missionaries in our zone pretty good which is great. as for that picture ya it was after we played touch one morning excercise before our zone leader council meeting so that is all the zone leaders and the assistants it was fun i love playing sport. but ya the new area is good the work is going pretty good we found a really cool new investigatoe yesterday and he seems super kean so we are looking forward to that. thats all that is new really. thanks for everything yous do i really love the scripture in 3rd nephi 5 ithink about being a desciple of jesus christ and i mostly and looked at it in a missionary point of view but yesterday i realized that it is talking to all of us as being called to teach because every member a missionary ay? just wanted to share that love you all the church is true and we have a prophet on earth who leads us and helps us love yous Elder Dalton

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(this is Annie) I had a friend send this picture my way. She noticed Jared was in it! Top right corner!!:)

53 Full weeks..

So it was another good week not to much happened we got to do alot of service which was great and we did have a baptism in our area so that was cool they met him 3 weeks ago and he got baptised on saturday hes cool he'll be a good member i had the opportunity to interview him which was really cool thats fun to interview. It was a joint baptism with a mom and her 12 year old son who the zone leaders were teaching so it was a really cool day. oh and we had transfers today and i'm moving to the thornley area which is in the zone that i started my mission in so that will be pretty cool to go back to the same stake. thats all i can really think of as for whats new. i heard byu won there first game thats good to hear. as for my favorite food in australia it would probably be chop suay or a taro leave and corn beef dish but those are both polynesian dishes so not to australian ha but aussies eat a lot of sausages and there not the best to be honest ha so ya thats my favorite and the members feed us on average 1 to 2 nights a week probably depending on the area my new area i've heard is pretty good so we'll have to see. i'm sad to be leaving my area though cause i was really starting to enjoy it but it'll be good to meet new people and stuff again i'm excited. i think that is all i hope all is well. just remember i know the church is true and happiness only comes through living the gospel love you all thanks. Love Elder Dalton

52 weeks... wow

whats up family? how was the week my week was good it went by fast again we found 1 new investigator again this week which was great the area is picking up and we have a baptism this week for the man who walked into church a few weeks back and asked to be baptised so thats cool and another set of elders in the district have a baptism on the 8th for a lady whose husband is a member but she has been investigatiing for 3 years but just accepted baptism so thats really cool so australia is progressing things are good. thanks for all the pics and emails this week its cool to see and hear about everything that is happening and thanks for my priesthood line of authority that makes me very happy thanks. and jack the fella i ordained will be happy also thanks but thats about all that is new i hope you all have a great week love you guys thanks. read your scriptures and pray. Love Elder Dalton

51 here we come...

How was everyones week? mine was good thanks for asking it was pretty normal we had a cool experience though there is a less active in our area with m.s. so she is pretty much bedridden and her days are sometimes good and others she is really sick but she loves the book of mormon and we go around weekly and read to her and this week was cool cause she was quite tired but she wanted us to read so we read for an hour with her and it was cool how peaceful she was when we would read and everyone once in a while we would think that she was sleeping but then she would give a little smile or say keep reading please but its always tough to say goodbye to her cause she loves the visits and it always makes her happy then we we leave she seems sad i really enjoy her visits and we have met a few people from contacting this week which was also very good i love talking to people i still get nervous sometimes when i see people but once i say hello i love just chatting and talking about the gospel its great. thats about it for this week though and we helped someone move this morning which is always good i like getting to do so physical labor every now and again along with the spiritual work. So whats new in everyone's life how are the aunts uncles cousins and greandparents doing? good i hope has school started back up now? I hope all is well and that everyone has a good week. remember the church is true and the book is blue.......and black and sometimes red but its always the same gospel in it. love you all KIA KAHA stand strong and tall Love Elder Dalton

50 Weeks!!

Hello again this week was about the same as any other except we got to go to the temple which was great cause i hadn't been since last nov so it had been ages but i love the temple its always so peaceful and relaxing its the best. as for the rest of the week it was just normal missionary work but we met a lady named helen on the street the other day and she was really friendly and said we could come and teach her more it was really cool who knows if it'll progress much but it was nice to have someone nice that was willing to talk with us cause it had been awhile since that had happened so it was awesome to meet her. thats about it for my week though how was everyone elses week? sorry its short love you guys thanks for everything love Elder Dalton

Week 49! One year down, One to go!

so hello there once again this was a good week not to different then any other though but i did get to see the beach this week. Cause this week i also got to conduct my first baptismal interview which was pretty cool and then we were taking the elders home and they live right next to the ocean so we drove down and took some pictures it was cool but it was kinda a chilly day. that was about it for this weeks news except yesterday at church the missionaries that live in the same flat as us had a cool experience myself and my companion were talking to some members and the other two elders were just waiting outside when a man walked up to them and asked how to become a member of the church and they were kinda shocked but they just said come in and we'll tell you so they went and had a lesson with him and set a baptismal date with him so that was really cool. its crazy how god works sometimes but its amazing to see it happen. so how was this week for everyone else? i hope it was great. always remember that the church is true and the gospel is the only way to find true everlasting happiness and the scriptures are here to help us through our struggles. thanks for everything Love Elder Dalton

Week 48, Almost a year!!

Hello Family, Friends and fan club! Do ya miss me yet haha. so whats new with everyone? i hope it was yet another good week for everyone. sometimes it feels like i just write the same stuff over and over each week but thats ok i guess as long as i write. so this week for me was good so we got transfer calls and both myself and my comp are staying in the area and i'm district leader again. so we had district meeting on friday and i think and hope it went ok its kinda weird giving training to other missionaries but its fun too cause it gives me more stuff to study. so are one investigator that seemed to be doing really well dropped us this week which was pretty sad since we only really had the two who where progressing now we are down to one but hopefully she'll take the time to think more about what she has been taught and will take the time to pray so its ok and the members in our area are really keen to do missionary work so hopefully all the member visits and stuff we've been doing will pay off soon. its been a good week and the area is good i enjoy it and i love the people here being a missionary is the greatest the pictures are of us on are roof ha we got bored so we decided to be the angel moroni good times. hope all is well love you guys have a great week. love Elder Dalton

Another week has come and gone, Week 47!

hey family, How is everyone? i hope all is well this was a good week it was the last week of the transfer so today we get the transfer calls so i'll let ya know what happened next week. but this week we had a baptism it was a 12 year girl named honee-lee her sister storm got baptised the first week i was here so hopefully now the mum and the partner will get baptised next i didn't go to the baptism though cause i was on splits but i heard it was an ok one not the best though which is a bummer but that happens i guess i just don't think everything ran as smoothly as was planned but that happens but she got baptised so thats the important thing. but as for the best thing that has happened in the past year kbug would probably of been teaching and taking part in ellens baptism and to see her and tk make goals to get sealed in the temple and then to see her dad get baptised was really cool i will never forget them or that experience. and nothin is new in the mission except that a few really good missionaries finish and go home tomorrow which is kinda sad. but president is really good i like him i still don't hardly know him but he seems great and to kbug as for anything i need or want i don't know of anything when summer comes in about oct i'll probably ask for a few new white shirts but thats it but i don't need them yet thanks tho and dan and jesse looks like the chickens are getting quite productive now day i bet cinch enjoys gatherin the eggs. Two questions did anyone know where the baker name originates from? and dad have ya had any luck with getting a line of authority? love Elder Dalton

Week 46! ONE YEAR and 19 DAYS left!

dear family this was another normal missionary week which i suppose is a good thing. the beginnings of the weeks are really busy which is good we usually have 2 or 3 lessons a day which is awesome but the end of the weeks are slow for some reason so we are trying to think of ways to amp up the work. we had a touch tournament this weekend that was pretty good we had a pretty good turn out alot of members and investigators and it was good fun then we went from that to kevin's baptism which was good also one of the member boys in our area was baptised with him so that was really good tk and ellen came down for the baptism so i got to see them also which was good i really liked gettin to see them again and that was about it for this week we are playin touch and flag football today for pday so that should be real fun plus its raining so that'll make it even better. how is everyone doing? whats new? i saw a picture of dalton playing baseball on annies blog he sure has gotten big and grown up alot looks like all is well though and kbug said everyone had a good time at kyles and brits so thats good. the pics are of the baptism and then our district and then one of me and my comp in the background in our area haha i took it myself thats why its such a good picture ha hope ya enjoy it i hope all is well have a great week love Elder Dalton

Week 45! WOW!

Hello everyone sounds like everyone is doing good and had a good fourth so i heard its gonna be a little reunion for everyone this weekend with dan a jesse coming down that'll be heaps good and for kbug ya its the same ellen that got baptised her dad stays here and is getting baptised on saturday so thats really cool i'm very excited and ellen and tk are coming down for the baptism also. and ya i will never forget some of the people i've met thus far i hope to meet more too i love the people in australia and the new mission president is cool he just sounds very american ha which we were use to cause president smibert was australian but i'm use to it now and the first time i talked to him he asked were i was from and i told him then he asked if i lived there my whole life and i said yes pretty much and he was shocked cause he said he thought i was australian which i thought was kinda cool. but that was about it for this week nothin is new we foound one new investigator who seems really keen so thats good and we have one progressing so we aren't teaching alot but the ones we are teaching are very keen so thats cool thanks for all that yous do i hope all is well and that you have a great week. Love Elder Dalton

Week 44 in Australia

G-Day mates how is everyone doing? i hope all is well and everyone is haveing a fabulous week first of all happy 4th of july this week and happy birthday dalton i hope is a good one with lots of fireworks you'll have to take lots of pictures cause i have a feeling i won't be celebrating the 4th of july this year haha at least not like you guys but everyday is a celebration for me. so what is new with everyone? how is everyone enjoying there summer. what is everyone doing for the 4th? this week was good but nothin to different we have one investigator that is really keen and hopefully will be getting baptized soon so thats cool and the area is slowly picking up which is good and ellens dad kevin has committed to being baptized on the 14th so thats really cool i love seeing everyone change and progress its a beautiful thing. and president smibert has finished up as of yesterday and we have our new mission president now so we will get to meet him this week so that'll be cool i'm excited to meet him and hopefully i'll have him for the remainder of my mission now. i think thats about it have a great week love you all member the church is true for all of yous love ya Love Elder Dalton