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Letter from March 19th
Hey
Sorry about the last letter I never got a chance to send it. Wow its been 3 months that means transfers are coming up and I will probably get moved. I will let ya know what goes down and who my new comp is. Hey the Mt. Dew doesnt have caffiene here. :) Hey I was talking to my Ward Mission Leader and he served in Wellington, New Zealand. Then I got thinking and I told him my uncle (Neil) served there and he asked his name and my Ward Mission Leader said the he knew him and he trained one of his good mates. Shane Armfield. So that was pretty cool. Elder Brown is just out mowing the lawn. We are suppose to mow it often but this is the first time in 3 months. The grass is long as...
I think I have forgotten to tell you some of the slang over here.
mate= friend
Heaps = lots , bunch
Slash = pee
trash = rubbish
trunk = boot
hood = bonnet
ground beef = minced beef
They dont have good american candy here like Reeses or stuff like that. They dont have Dr. Pepper at all. All they have is Coke & Mt. Dew & a little Pepsi
I have told you that Dural ward is a rich ward and I just found out a bunch of families are going to SLC from here for General Conference.
My Ward Mission Leader is going, Brother Bennallack, Brother Arnold is going and a few others. Oh and Elder Sybrowsky the Area President is going. So if ya hear anyone talking funny ask 'em if they know me :)
(Blake drew a picture of the different rules missionaries are suppose to follow.)
There are bunch of rules but rules are good for us. If you obey with exactness then you will be happier, stronger, healthier, smarter, and be able to recognize and feel the spirit. So rules are good.
Well I better go and see if Elder Brown is done mowing the lawn.
Love ya Heaps
Elder Andreasen
Sorry about the last letter I never got a chance to send it. Wow its been 3 months that means transfers are coming up and I will probably get moved. I will let ya know what goes down and who my new comp is. Hey the Mt. Dew doesnt have caffiene here. :) Hey I was talking to my Ward Mission Leader and he served in Wellington, New Zealand. Then I got thinking and I told him my uncle (Neil) served there and he asked his name and my Ward Mission Leader said the he knew him and he trained one of his good mates. Shane Armfield. So that was pretty cool. Elder Brown is just out mowing the lawn. We are suppose to mow it often but this is the first time in 3 months. The grass is long as...
I think I have forgotten to tell you some of the slang over here.
mate= friend
Heaps = lots , bunch
Slash = pee
trash = rubbish
trunk = boot
hood = bonnet
ground beef = minced beef
They dont have good american candy here like Reeses or stuff like that. They dont have Dr. Pepper at all. All they have is Coke & Mt. Dew & a little Pepsi
I have told you that Dural ward is a rich ward and I just found out a bunch of families are going to SLC from here for General Conference.
My Ward Mission Leader is going, Brother Bennallack, Brother Arnold is going and a few others. Oh and Elder Sybrowsky the Area President is going. So if ya hear anyone talking funny ask 'em if they know me :)
(Blake drew a picture of the different rules missionaries are suppose to follow.)
There are bunch of rules but rules are good for us. If you obey with exactness then you will be happier, stronger, healthier, smarter, and be able to recognize and feel the spirit. So rules are good.
Well I better go and see if Elder Brown is done mowing the lawn.
Love ya Heaps
Elder Andreasen
Letter from March 14th
(Elder Andreasen & Elder Warnock)Dear Family,
I am still loving Australia. It is sooo green right now. Everyone says this has been the wettest coolest summer in ages. I must have brought some moisture from Utah :).
Wow sounds like Utah got heaps of snow though. Wish I could be there to shovel it??
Wow there are so many birds here. I have gotten used to all the noise they make.
Last week I got to see Elder Davis Warnock when Elder Bednar came and talked to our missions. We couldn't talk long though because we were supposed to hurry and leave after the meeting. I got a pic with him (Elder Warnock) though. I also got to shake Elder Bednar's hand. That was an awesome meeting. He taught us that it is the Holy Ghost that reaches, not us, so get out of the way.
He is speaking again to all of Australia on Sunday so that will be good.
We had zone conference so that was really nice too.
Well that is pretty much all the excitement here.
Not much is happening in this area, but Elder Brown and I are trying and we will be blessed for our efforts.
Love ya Heaps!
Elder Andreasen
Tuesday, March 4
Letter from March 4, 2008
These past 2 weeks were pretty good. First I found out that Elder Bednar is coming to speak to the missionaries. Then I found out that he is going to talk to BOTH Sydney missions!!. So I will be able to see Elder Warnock. Man I am excited for that. He is coming Friday March 7th.
After I found out Elder Bednar was coming I found out that Elder Brown and I are getting a CAR!! Thats good cause Elder Brown is not very good at riding bikes. :) But I found out today that he is not good at driving either. But it is alot faster getting around in a car than on bikes.
I went on exchanges again with the zone leaders, but this time I got to stay in my area and I got to plan and do everything the way I think it should be done. So that day I planned was the best day of stats that Dural Ward has had in a long time. So that was fun to do.
We had interviews yesterday thats where you get interviewed by the Mission Pres. Then while he is interviewing there are lessons and activities. 1 of the activities was a desire activity. Whoever showed the most desire to do something won the competition. There were 5 different comps they were, Arm Wrestling, Playing a church style of Chubby bunny, eating as many wheat bix as possible in 4 min, stick your head in a bucket of water and hold your breath for the longest and the one i got chosen to do is to eat a chinese 1,000 year old egg. I am not sure how they get them but they are green nasty looking eggs. Well I showed the most deisre and finished my egg first :) but man did my breath smell bad after that. I was interviewed right after that so I tried not to breath too much in it. That was the first thing I ate that day so my stomach was rumbling after that.
Well that was my excitement for the past couple of weeks. I am learning so much out here. We are finding people to teach buy they are not going anywhere fast. But Elder Brown and I have high hopes for them to progress towards baptism. I know that if we exercise our faith and help them feel the spirit then we can achieve our goals.
Oh I finished the B of M and I started it in the MTC. But just as i was reading Moroni 10 I got a call from the zone leaders saying that Pres. Scruggs has issued the Mission a challenge to start and finish the B of M in March - April. SO i have the opportunity to read it again. We are to finish 1 Nephi by the time Elder Bednar comes. I am really excited to read it again. I will learn more everytime I read it as Pres. Hinckley promised.
Well I gotta go. The church is true. Pray always! Love ya Heaps
Elder Andreasen
After I found out Elder Bednar was coming I found out that Elder Brown and I are getting a CAR!! Thats good cause Elder Brown is not very good at riding bikes. :) But I found out today that he is not good at driving either. But it is alot faster getting around in a car than on bikes.
I went on exchanges again with the zone leaders, but this time I got to stay in my area and I got to plan and do everything the way I think it should be done. So that day I planned was the best day of stats that Dural Ward has had in a long time. So that was fun to do.
We had interviews yesterday thats where you get interviewed by the Mission Pres. Then while he is interviewing there are lessons and activities. 1 of the activities was a desire activity. Whoever showed the most desire to do something won the competition. There were 5 different comps they were, Arm Wrestling, Playing a church style of Chubby bunny, eating as many wheat bix as possible in 4 min, stick your head in a bucket of water and hold your breath for the longest and the one i got chosen to do is to eat a chinese 1,000 year old egg. I am not sure how they get them but they are green nasty looking eggs. Well I showed the most deisre and finished my egg first :) but man did my breath smell bad after that. I was interviewed right after that so I tried not to breath too much in it. That was the first thing I ate that day so my stomach was rumbling after that.
Well that was my excitement for the past couple of weeks. I am learning so much out here. We are finding people to teach buy they are not going anywhere fast. But Elder Brown and I have high hopes for them to progress towards baptism. I know that if we exercise our faith and help them feel the spirit then we can achieve our goals.
Oh I finished the B of M and I started it in the MTC. But just as i was reading Moroni 10 I got a call from the zone leaders saying that Pres. Scruggs has issued the Mission a challenge to start and finish the B of M in March - April. SO i have the opportunity to read it again. We are to finish 1 Nephi by the time Elder Bednar comes. I am really excited to read it again. I will learn more everytime I read it as Pres. Hinckley promised.
Well I gotta go. The church is true. Pray always! Love ya Heaps
Elder Andreasen
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