70 WEEKS!!

so happy new year we had a really good week this week we found 3 new investigator 2 of which is very solid and we are planning to set a date next week with them and the third is a part member family a 9 year old boy who we set a date with for th 19th of jan so thats pretty exciting i love woking with less actives and part members its always great to help them come back and its the best way to find more people to teach cause they now heaps of non members so we are really excited about all of that. thats about it for me this week though. so no new babies yet? hope everyone has a happy new years its gonna be a great year i member when i came on my mission 2013 seemed so far away i wan't sure if it would actually come but its almost here and its came quickly. Thanks for everything love Elder Dalton.

69th week in Australia! Merry Christmas!!

so i just talked to all of yous pretty much so you all now how i'm doing i hope all is well and everyone had a merry christmas mine was really good we got to do service on christmas eve and i was talking with the missionary i was with and we were thinking thats one of the best ways to spend christmas eve i reckon is doing service helping someone with something that they can't do themselves it was a simple thing but it was good fun and thats what the savior did always served other no matter the day help those in need and i love the christmas season for how much more friendly people are and they seem just a bit more caring then normal its good stuff. thanks for all that yous all do have a happy new year wish you all the best. Love Elder Dalton

7 months, 2 weeks , and 3 days left. 68th week!!

so this was a great week we had a fhe last night with a lot of members and less actives and investigators it was on the spirit of Christ in Christmas and how to remember him and we played some games and had some food it was very successful and the investigators said they loved it it was awesome. we also had a really good week on Tuesday we had a crazy day where it rained for over 30 hours strait we thought it was gonna flood then it cleared out on Thursday then on Friday after our sports night we had a flat tyre but it was almost a record change i reckon it was only 5 to 10 min it took us to change it next time i'm gonna set a stop watch it'll be good fun. and we found a new investigator this wee through a part member family and they seem heaps keen we have a appointment this week with them i'm very excited for them they already seem like a active family should be good keep them in your prayers please. whats new in the US? i heard yous got a little bit of snow. does it feel like Christmas so as for calls are any of you gonna be together on Christmas day should i call and talk on speaker for a bit then call Dan an Jesse or just call everyone separate for 10 min a piece? up to yous just let me know cause p day is next Wednesday for me. so this is my last email before Christmas. Well hope all is well have a great week love yous

67 weeks!

so the new area is great and the zone is doing great there is heaps of potential here and the ward is quite on to it. we have two cottege evening and fhe this week for people to invite others too its great we have having great success and i reckon it'll just keep getting better there are alot of good elders and sisters in this zone and most of them are all new to the zone its great. so how is everyone doing? what is new? how are the holidays going? so as for christmas calls we can chat for 40 min but only one problem i'm not sure who to call so i was debating on whether or not to call since we chatted not to long ago. just let me know if yous have any ideas or anything. Thanks for all that yous do. Love Elder Dalton Live strong

66 weeks!

so i got transferred to my new area its called bunbury we are the zone leaders here its a great area its a more country area which is sweet its good to be back in the country i love it and my new comp is from new zealand which is great and he is a computer tech guy hes heaps smart. its cool so this week we traveled here and cleaned our flat cause it was a mess i get frustrated in messy missionaries thats the only bad thing about moving house is cleaning up after the other missionaries anyways we had a fireside on sunday that we sang in and my comp elder templeton made the slide show for it was heaps good and there were quite a few people there it was good and we have quite a few people who seem very keen so i'm real excited for the work here. hope all is well there thanks for all that yous do love you all Elder Dalton

6 Transfers to go.. 65th week!

how is everyone doing? i hope all is well this week has went by super fast its by far been the fastest week on my mission. it was a really good week also we taught heaps of people and tracting this week was actually successful which is a first for me on my mission so that was really good we found like 5 potentials and 1 invited us in cause it was raining outside and we were all wet so i think they felt bad but it worked good for us. so transfers are here again and i thought i would stay but turns out i'm moving to bunbury which is exciting cause it is more of a country area so i'm excited about that but i will miss this area i've been in caue there are alot of great people here that i love heaps but thats ok i'm happy with whatever. but thats pretty much it for me thanks for all that you do love you all heaps Elder Dalton the photo is of one of the districts in the zone last transfer have a great week

64th week!

Hello again so not much is new this week it was a good week though. had lots of good lessons none progressing as much as we had hoped thought but still going great. happy birthday to all those who have had bdays there were lots of them so far sorry i'm not naming them all but know i think about yous. thanks for the photos vince it was good to see everyone and thanks for the happy bday photos it was great to see everyone. hope all is well for everyone. the photos are from last pday we went to a koala park it was pretty fun so thats of two types of roos and the koalas the baby is named albie sorry its a short letter but theres pictures so thats a plus love yous and thanks for all yous do

63 weeks and still going STRONG.

Do yous ever get sick of the emails? cause it feels like i right yous daily the weeks just keeping going faster and faster. its a crazy thing how fast they go but yet how much stuff happens. that doesn't really make sense except to those who have experienced it but this was a good week we are teaching quite a few people and we have a few solid referrals for the upcoming week so we are excited for the week to come we should have great succes but thats pretty much all that is new hope everyone is doing great thanks again to everyone for all the emails and what not. yous are awesome. always remember i know the church is true and living it is what brings peace and joy and trials to make us tougher just like lifting weights gotta lift for the spirit also love yous all have a great week. Elder Dalton

One long, Hard week. 62!

Well this week has seemed supper fast but when looking back on all that happened it seems like a lifetime i can hardly remember what happened last week its a very weird feeling. but i am quite glad the week is over. i'm not even to sure what to write since i got to talk to yous this week but thanks for all that everyone did. I was glad to hear that there was lots of support from people at the funeral and what not. thanks heaps for everything its nice to know that all is takin care of it helps me relax and not worry about things from home. as for the missionary work this week it was good we had alot of meetings but yesterday we had a great day we went on splits with the ward mission leader and a couple of recent convert and we saw heaps of people and taught i think 7 lessons which is always great i love teaching it just makes ya happy and we met a family who hasn't been to church in ages and only two of the kids are members and the one boy said he had been thinking all day i should go back to church and then we rocked up. god works in mysterious ways we have an appointment with them this week so i'll lets yous know more about it next week. but thats about all i have for this week just want yous all to know that i know this church is true and that all the trials we face we'll be for our benefit and will make us stronger and our saviour is here to help us always. We can do hard things. Be Strong Forever Strong!! love yous Elder Dalton

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