61 Weeks!

how is everyone doing? it is pday once again and i kinda feels like i just wrote home yesterday. so not much is new we had zone conference last week which was good we learned more about helping people make and keep commitments which is always an important thing its probably the most important thing in missionary work cause without commitments people can't really change. we found 2 investigators this week one is a younger lady we are pretty excited about teaching her she is kean as to learn but says she won't convert but as she learns the spirit can change that easy as we. thats about it for this week hope all is well thanks for all that yous do. the church is true i know it and i know that yous know it never forget it and remeber the basic 3 love yous Elder Dalton

60 weeks down!

so i have to start off this weeks email with a funny story so we went around to a less actives family yesterday and they were friendly and welcomed us in and we talked with them about church and family prayer and shared a thought with them but the funny thing was they made us scolding hot hot coco which was a great thought to give to us except it was around 85 degrees yesterday and in the house it was at least 85 haha so myself and my companion were sweating like crazy cause we didn't wanna be rude. ha it was good fun. but we had a good week we found one new investigator and had some real good lessons we taught these 2 blokes who were kean as but they live outside our area they were just house sitting so someone else gets them but thats alright its all the same work. but thats about it for this week and my comp is actually from caldwell i got it wrong my bad. but hes real good we are having fun doing the work its not to shy at all which is a good change he likes talking with everyone its fun we kind of chase people down sometimes too. hope all is well love yous Elder Dalton

Week 59!

Dearest Family, How was your week? What is new? My week was good nothin to exciting happened we found 2 new investigators that is always exciting. Transfer calls were today i'm staying in the same area but getting a new companion his name is Elder Robertson and i believe he is from Idaho falls so thats cool he has been an assistant to the president for the last 6 months and finishes his mission in 2 transfers so that'll be good hes a great missionary i'm excited to serve with him. i'll tell you more about him next week. But thats about all for this week. Wanted to share a scripture with yous though first is ether 12:4 its a favorite might have shared it before and the other is jacob 6:12 it reads "o be wise what need i say more" i love how simple and plain it is no misunderstanding that one. but conference was this weekend also it was heaps good i'm not to sure if i have a favorite i'm looking forward to rereading some and getting more from them but the first presidency's are always favorites and Elder hollands it was good. Hope all is well and that you have a great week love yous all. Elder Dalton

Week 58!

Gday hope all is well we had a decent week this week it was filled with meeting on wednesday we had zone leader council and on thursday we had interviews and on friday we had zone meeting and on tuesday we had stake council meeting so we didn't get to much time of being in our area this weekbut that happens sometimes. hopefully this week we'll get to spend more time outside talking with people. how has everyone been has dad gotten a new car? how is everything going for everyone. what was everyones favorite talk from conference? we get to watch it this week sorry its not a long letter this week just don't really have any stories cause we were in meeting alot but zone leader council is always cool cause we spend 5 hours talking about the mission and how it is going and what needs help and then president and the assiants give us the training on what we are to train the zone on its good fun we are focusing alot on using the book of mormon in everything we do as missionaries which is always good i love going over training for the book of mormon. i know it to be true and that is how poeple gain a testimony is through the spirit by reading the book of mormon. what a marvelous work. Love Elder Dalton.

57!

Hey family i emailed some pics to annie and she is gonna forward them to yous cause my computer is having a tough time or its the operator ha i'm not to sure but this was a good week nothin new the baptism went well last week and i almost gave a talk in sacrament but the lady ended up showing up the talk was gonna be on being an example of the believers maybe i'lll give it another time we had a cool experience yesterday when we went to visit an investigator to play touch with us cause he loves rugby but hes a minister for the 7th day adventence church sorry its spelled wrong most likely but he invited us to stay for lunch and of course we accepted hes samoan also so ya then we had a real good chat with him about the church and we shared doctorine back and forth and talked about bible scriptures and we were very similar and he seemed to agree with us except on the 7th day difference and so we said we would study it out more and get back to him and up until this point he didn't want a book of mormon but when we told him that he said well boys since your gonna do that for me give me a book of mormon and i'll give it a read and then we were able to talk about that invited him to read and pray and he said he liked how we depend on the spirit so it was a hectic visit it was great. thats about it for this week thanks for everything yous are all great hope all is well love Elder Dalton so here is some pics the first is me with the missionary that i trained elder peters and then the other missionary is the missionary that elder peters trained so in mission talk this is my son and grandson then the next is of one of the beaches we lived by its pretty ay? and the other is of one of the families in my last area they were awesome the Chan Boons they have 6 boys a great family. the nest two is me and my new comp elder cowley in front of the perth city. this week was a pretty good week nothin to new that i can think of but we had a baptism on saturday which was great he is 10 and his mom is a returning less active it was great those are always great but thats all i can think of for this week sorry its short hopefully you's enjoy the pics love you all

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