74 weeks, CHECK.. 6 months to go.

Hello everyone so this week was a good week nothing to different but we did have a zone conference yesterday and that was a great experience i wish it would of happened a year ago but all things happen for a reason i learned a few things i have been wondering about for quite a while and it was good to help think about how to do better and to be a more effective missionary. it was a great experience i wish i could explain everything better but it was great and at the end of the conference he told us if we would go out right away and find we would find a person each that we could teach and we happened to get 3 referrals that evening that we contacted that are all keen to come to church and in the zone we found 15 new people to teach it was a great uplifting experience. and i put a bit of what i wrote to my president hear about it. thanks for everything love Elder Dalton

73rd week

So we had a good week to answer some question i am in a car area cause we look out for other elders as zone leaders so we have to be able to drive all around the zone and sometimes mission and as for roos i saw some just the other day on the side of the road in a field there pretty cool animals. hope all is well Love Elder dalton

72 weeks..

Gday everyone so the new area is good there is a lot of potentail in the area and in the zone this is the most city i have ever been its a good zone with alot of good missionaries i'm excited to see how this transfer will be. Hope all is well in the USA i heard its cold there. My companion is cool he is from New Zealand he's a great missionary. Have a great week. Thanks heaps for all you do. Love Elder Dalton

Week 71!!

so we had a good week this week. i'm glad the holidays are over though hopefully things will get back to normal and everyone will get back from there holidays. but transfer call were today and i'm moving to a place called noranda still a zone leader just in a different area it should be good but as always i'll be sad to leave this area i liked it here and there were a few people that were getting real close to baptism but they'll still progress i just won;t get to see it first hand but thats ok. i saw a photo of the twins they look heaps good glad that all is well hope everyone has a great week. Love Elder Dalton

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