Starting November 10, 2008 the Australia Sydney North Mission will be moving locations.
The new address to send letters for Blake is:
Letters:
Australia Sydney North Mission
P.O. Box 2723
Carlingford Court, NSW 2118
Australia
Packages:
Australia Sydney North Mission
756 Pennant Hills Road
Carlingford NSW 2118
Australia
They also requested to mail Christmas packages to Blake that you should do it six weeks prior to Christmas to ensure that they do receive them, and to please DO NOT send them as cargo packages because they need to be picked up instead of delivered to the Mission Home
Monday, October 27
Sunday, October 26
E-mail From October 26th Brings Another Transfer
G'day
I have a lot of news today. I was able to watch general Conference Sat and Sunday. That was good its been like 4 weeks since you saw it. I really enjoyed Elder Uchtdorf's talk on Saturday, and i always enjoy Elder Holland.
Well they are closing down Tamworth for a little while, because of the lack of work. There will be missionaries coming back but not for a couple of months. So that means Elder Weston and I are getting moved. elder Weston is going to Maitland which is pretty close to Newcastle. Then I guess President Scruggs decided I didn't get enough time out in the bush, so he is sending me out to Dubbo. My new companion is Elder Heslop. I have mixed feelings about going there but I know that there is a reason for it. Today we have to drive 5 hours to Sydney then tomorrow probably about 5 to Dubbo. I will let you know next week what Dubbo and Elder Heslop are like.
Man this week was pretty fun we went to the water falls it was really cool. I took a heap of videos and pics for you. Oh! and the drive from Tamworth to Port Mac is awesome you go through this rain forest thing that is all just turns left and right weaving up and down it is pretty fun. I will tell you how the drive is to Dubbo.
It will be interesting knocking on doors on Halloween, they kinda celebrate it over here. its not big at all though. I wonder if people will give us candy. Candy over here is pretty expensive, but I guess the pay is more over here so i guess it works out.
Everything is going well I didn't forget the questions but ask them again and I will answer them cause I gotta get on the road.
Love you Heaps!!!
-Elder Andreasen
I have a lot of news today. I was able to watch general Conference Sat and Sunday. That was good its been like 4 weeks since you saw it. I really enjoyed Elder Uchtdorf's talk on Saturday, and i always enjoy Elder Holland.
Well they are closing down Tamworth for a little while, because of the lack of work. There will be missionaries coming back but not for a couple of months. So that means Elder Weston and I are getting moved. elder Weston is going to Maitland which is pretty close to Newcastle. Then I guess President Scruggs decided I didn't get enough time out in the bush, so he is sending me out to Dubbo. My new companion is Elder Heslop. I have mixed feelings about going there but I know that there is a reason for it. Today we have to drive 5 hours to Sydney then tomorrow probably about 5 to Dubbo. I will let you know next week what Dubbo and Elder Heslop are like.
Man this week was pretty fun we went to the water falls it was really cool. I took a heap of videos and pics for you. Oh! and the drive from Tamworth to Port Mac is awesome you go through this rain forest thing that is all just turns left and right weaving up and down it is pretty fun. I will tell you how the drive is to Dubbo.
It will be interesting knocking on doors on Halloween, they kinda celebrate it over here. its not big at all though. I wonder if people will give us candy. Candy over here is pretty expensive, but I guess the pay is more over here so i guess it works out.
Everything is going well I didn't forget the questions but ask them again and I will answer them cause I gotta get on the road.
Love you Heaps!!!
-Elder Andreasen
Sunday, October 19
E-Mail from October 19, 2008
Hey Mom don't have much time so can you make sure everyone gets this: (as you can see he really gets tied up doing stuff :) )
G'day
Hey that was pretty crazy to hear about those 2 missionaries. I never really got to know those 2 missionaries very well. It’s good to hear that they are ok now.
Today we are in Port Macquarie which is about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Tamworth, we drove here this morning. We are here to spend preparation day and to have distinct meeting tomorrow. The Elders here Are Elder Miller and Elder Reichter. After we are finished emails we will go play 10 pin and then go to these cool waterfall places so I will take some pics from it.
This week was a pretty good week. Tamworth is still in the finding stage of things. We had an exchange with the Zone leader both companionships were in our area so we got a lot done. I was with Elder Brown my trainer, who just got moved up to Grafton because an investigator fell in love with the other missionary who was up there. But it was good the exchange we found 6 new investigators this week with high hopes of helping them progress. Elder Weston went with the zone leader elder Butters. It was a pretty good week.
Anyway to answer some questions….
Oh I still haven’t been able to watch general conference because the DVD’s still haven’t arrived. uhhg! haha I might get the ensign before I get to watch it :-)
I bought some pants, so don't worry about buying me some. I just want to make sure they fit well before you get them.
The weather here is really starting to warm up.
Well I sent you that email that president sent to me.
It’s great to here that all the things that could have gone wrong with them didn't. The Lord is really watching over us his servants. This is the Lords work so he will protect us.
Thanks gotta go
Love you Heaps!!
-Elder Blake Andreasen
G'day
Hey that was pretty crazy to hear about those 2 missionaries. I never really got to know those 2 missionaries very well. It’s good to hear that they are ok now.
Today we are in Port Macquarie which is about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Tamworth, we drove here this morning. We are here to spend preparation day and to have distinct meeting tomorrow. The Elders here Are Elder Miller and Elder Reichter. After we are finished emails we will go play 10 pin and then go to these cool waterfall places so I will take some pics from it.
This week was a pretty good week. Tamworth is still in the finding stage of things. We had an exchange with the Zone leader both companionships were in our area so we got a lot done. I was with Elder Brown my trainer, who just got moved up to Grafton because an investigator fell in love with the other missionary who was up there. But it was good the exchange we found 6 new investigators this week with high hopes of helping them progress. Elder Weston went with the zone leader elder Butters. It was a pretty good week.
Anyway to answer some questions….
Oh I still haven’t been able to watch general conference because the DVD’s still haven’t arrived. uhhg! haha I might get the ensign before I get to watch it :-)
I bought some pants, so don't worry about buying me some. I just want to make sure they fit well before you get them.
The weather here is really starting to warm up.
Well I sent you that email that president sent to me.
It’s great to here that all the things that could have gone wrong with them didn't. The Lord is really watching over us his servants. This is the Lords work so he will protect us.
Thanks gotta go
Love you Heaps!!
-Elder Blake Andreasen
Sunday, October 12
E-Mail from October 12, 2009
G'day
Hey sounds like you had a pretty fun trip to Oregon except for Jessi waking you up. thanks for sending those pics its always good to see whats going on and how much all the little ones have grown, i think Madi has grown the most. Either her or Redden's hair! HAHA I couldn't help but laugh about Lindsay calling Tech support : )
Oh so i don't forget i will answer Q's
The farthest north our mission goes is Grafton and the farthest west is Dubbo. There are only a few bush area though.
on the east is Grafton, Armidale Coff's harbor, port Macquarie, Tamworth, then sometimes they open up a branch for a couple transfers then on the west is Dubbo, Bathurst, orange, they sometimes open up a branch as well.
Pretty much all we do is cold contacting, tracting or um tracting. they we go around and offer a lot of service. But you do get success though doing it things are really picking up in Tamworth. I just pray that people will take what they learn and nourish it and see if it goes. like Alma 32 explains . but definitely things are picking up.
well just so you know we have 1 zone conference every 6 weeks and it is about the 3rd week of the transfer. so the next one is in about 5 weeks and that is when we get packages oh but the one for Christmas is on the 18. oh the mission office is moving so the address might change i am not sure what will go on with that it will be in Carlinford next to the Temple.
well i cant think of anything that i want or need. socks shirts, i think i will buy a pair of slacks today so i don't need that um.... oh can you send the talk "profile of a prophet" i think it is by Hugh B Brown?
Well I don't have much time love ya heaps.
Love Elder Andreasen
Hey sounds like you had a pretty fun trip to Oregon except for Jessi waking you up. thanks for sending those pics its always good to see whats going on and how much all the little ones have grown, i think Madi has grown the most. Either her or Redden's hair! HAHA I couldn't help but laugh about Lindsay calling Tech support : )
Oh so i don't forget i will answer Q's
The farthest north our mission goes is Grafton and the farthest west is Dubbo. There are only a few bush area though.
on the east is Grafton, Armidale Coff's harbor, port Macquarie, Tamworth, then sometimes they open up a branch for a couple transfers then on the west is Dubbo, Bathurst, orange, they sometimes open up a branch as well.
Pretty much all we do is cold contacting, tracting or um tracting. they we go around and offer a lot of service. But you do get success though doing it things are really picking up in Tamworth. I just pray that people will take what they learn and nourish it and see if it goes. like Alma 32 explains . but definitely things are picking up.
well just so you know we have 1 zone conference every 6 weeks and it is about the 3rd week of the transfer. so the next one is in about 5 weeks and that is when we get packages oh but the one for Christmas is on the 18. oh the mission office is moving so the address might change i am not sure what will go on with that it will be in Carlinford next to the Temple.
well i cant think of anything that i want or need. socks shirts, i think i will buy a pair of slacks today so i don't need that um.... oh can you send the talk "profile of a prophet" i think it is by Hugh B Brown?
Well I don't have much time love ya heaps.
Love Elder Andreasen
Monday, October 6
E-mail from October 6th
Hey sorry i didn't write yesterday it was Labor Day so everything was closed.
We had to find a new place to Email because the place they were doing it at
before was pretty sketchy, so we found a nice little library, in Tamworth
there aren't many places to email.
Well don't have much time cause we are doing service for some aboriginal families
to day . Elder Weston is from Albany he is 21 and he has been out 6 weeks less
than me the car stays in the area unless it needs to be moved for some reason.
Tamworth is a country town its pretty cool. There are quite a few aboriginal
people here they are the equivalent of native Americans. Elder Vogel is in
Armidale which is the closest missionaries to us which is about 2 hrs drive. We
both got sent out to the bush.
Thanks for the package sorry to say not much worked from it the only thing i got
was the Reese's but that was worth it i shared with other missionaries and they
all say you are the coolest. The McDonald's card didn't work so i will send it
back. Thanks heaps for that though .Well sorry today was short and probably jumpy but
gotta go,
Love you heaps
Elder Blake Andreasen
Tell everyone hi!
PS: Jessi is so cute
We had to find a new place to Email because the place they were doing it at
before was pretty sketchy, so we found a nice little library, in Tamworth
there aren't many places to email.
Well don't have much time cause we are doing service for some aboriginal families
to day . Elder Weston is from Albany he is 21 and he has been out 6 weeks less
than me the car stays in the area unless it needs to be moved for some reason.
Tamworth is a country town its pretty cool. There are quite a few aboriginal
people here they are the equivalent of native Americans. Elder Vogel is in
Armidale which is the closest missionaries to us which is about 2 hrs drive. We
both got sent out to the bush.
Thanks for the package sorry to say not much worked from it the only thing i got
was the Reese's but that was worth it i shared with other missionaries and they
all say you are the coolest. The McDonald's card didn't work so i will send it
back. Thanks heaps for that though .Well sorry today was short and probably jumpy but
gotta go,
Love you heaps
Elder Blake Andreasen
Tell everyone hi!
PS: Jessi is so cute
Sunday, September 28
E-Mail from September 28th
G'day
Hey that was an email from President Scruggs, about voting i didn't open the attachment though.
Hey I heard about the banks and stuff sounds like things are going crazy over there. Its pretty crazy to see how big America is all over the world alot of people start talking to me about that cause they know i am from there. Anyway about voting cause I don't watch TV or news or anything, it sounds like Obama will win? who sounds better to you?
Well things are going well in Tamworth just still trying to find solid people to teach, the ward is really small there was about 30 people at church yesterday. Elder Weston and I have to bless the sacrament every week and them sometimes we have to teach Sunday school. Tamworth is only big enough to be a branch but it used to be huge so its a ward.
Well there isn't much going on to tell you about, so if you have more questions fell free to ask so then i will be able to explain more about things here.
Question answer time
Yes that was WML Bro Geerlings house that we have hats on, I had church pants on because we had done service for someone earlier and my pants were all dirty and I think I lent out my shorts so I just wore those. but I don't need any clothes.
So are things getting really dire over there because of the finance's. Things over here are very dire not because of the banks in America its just the way it is I guess. We went and found a place in Tamworth that sells root beer and Reese's root beer was 2.60 a can I don't remember how much the Reese's were but that is expensive. when candy bars are on special the are 1.00 and over there its like 4 for a dollar. this is probably one of the more expensive missions.
Well better go.
Hey that was an email from President Scruggs, about voting i didn't open the attachment though.
Hey I heard about the banks and stuff sounds like things are going crazy over there. Its pretty crazy to see how big America is all over the world alot of people start talking to me about that cause they know i am from there. Anyway about voting cause I don't watch TV or news or anything, it sounds like Obama will win? who sounds better to you?
Well things are going well in Tamworth just still trying to find solid people to teach, the ward is really small there was about 30 people at church yesterday. Elder Weston and I have to bless the sacrament every week and them sometimes we have to teach Sunday school. Tamworth is only big enough to be a branch but it used to be huge so its a ward.
Well there isn't much going on to tell you about, so if you have more questions fell free to ask so then i will be able to explain more about things here.
Question answer time
Yes that was WML Bro Geerlings house that we have hats on, I had church pants on because we had done service for someone earlier and my pants were all dirty and I think I lent out my shorts so I just wore those. but I don't need any clothes.
So are things getting really dire over there because of the finance's. Things over here are very dire not because of the banks in America its just the way it is I guess. We went and found a place in Tamworth that sells root beer and Reese's root beer was 2.60 a can I don't remember how much the Reese's were but that is expensive. when candy bars are on special the are 1.00 and over there its like 4 for a dollar. this is probably one of the more expensive missions.
Well better go.
Thanks heaps and
love you heaps!!
Love Elder Blake Andreasen
Love Elder Blake Andreasen
Friday, September 26
Memory Card #3
Its Almost Like Christmas!!!
We received his 3rd memory card today :) Some pictures and videos to follow soon.
"What a Stud"
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