MOTHERS DAY!!

Wow, talk about a bitter sweet day. A week from Monday Elder Andreasen will have 5 months under his belt with 19 more to go. It was so so good to talk to Blake today. He seems to have picked up a little bit of an accent. We found out that he is getting transferred to a place called Toukley, Australia. If you map it, its right on the beach. Its 107km north of Sydney. He is really excited about the move and will become senior companion. They also have a car and so that will be a fun experience to drive on the wrong side of the road. He seems to be very happy and still loving Australia. He told us that he received a letter from Elder Warnock this last week and was happy to hear from him. He got to talk to me and to Natalie and Brian and Jeff. Collette (his 2nd mom) and her two boys stopped by and talked with him for about 10 minutes also. I dont think an hour has ever moved so quickly as it did while he was on the phone for that hour. He promised he would send home more memory cards from his camera. He said that he was mailing a package today (which is Monday for him) so we should get that in the next week or so. He wanted me to tell everyone hi.
I am so proud of him and his desire to serve.
He is definitely a blessing in our lives.

Letter From May 5th 2008

Mom,
I think I have already said a few times, but your last letter said you dont know where I am and who I'm with. I'm still in Dural Ward with Elder Harrison from South Jordan. Thank you for the Resses & Jelly Bellys. Hey you said you put pics on my memory card? I put it in my camera & it said it was empty. Either it is the wrong file type. (I will check it on a picture machine here to see) or it didnt save. Maybe you didnt click safely remove hardware? Thats good to hear about work. They retro paid you back till March. That was nice of them.
Conference was awesome. Elder Holland is the man. That was a good talk. I liked Elder Uchtdorf also.
You would be impressed with the last thing I cooked. It was rice and bacon. I cooked an egg in it with a little soy sauce. YUMMI
Well things are going good. An 18 yr old member brought her friend to church so we are starting to teach her. She is chinese so she doesnt understand alot. SO we have to teach simply.
We had mission tour this past week. Elder & Sister Sybrowski spoke to us. Elder Sybrowski called Elder Harrison and I up in front of the whole mission and told us to teach out of this 1 verse. Man was I nervous but after I read it he pretty much took over,so it wasnt too bad.
Thanks for the goodies and stuff I will try to send my card home more often.
Love Ya Heaps
Elder Blake Andreasen