Email from May 24th

G'day mum Sorry I don't write much I am not very good at writing. I guess that is just a weakness that I have. I remember when I was learning how to write my teachers always got mad at me because my handwriting was very bad. I think that is where it all started.
We just got transfer calls this week, Elder Ucunibaravi and I are staying together again> Elder Jin the new missionaries from China that was staying in our flat is getting moved to Hornsby. Elder Kat the other one in our flat is staying and he is getting a companion that has already been his companion 2 times, his name is Elder Lam. Elder Lam and Elder Ucunibaravi go home at the end of this transfer. Elder Ucunibaravi flight is on July 2 so just over a month.
This week has been ok. It has rained a lot so that always puts a damper on things. We had 2 really good lessons with a man we are teaching at member’s homes but he got sick so he couldn't come to church. I went on an exchange with elder Jin on Saturday, that was really fun we tried to go see a bunch of Chinese people in our area, he was able to teach a few so that was good hopefully we can continue to teach them. And on sat we had a ward progressive dinner, so Elder Jin got to go meet a lot of members in our ward that was good. Elder Jin is so funny; his English is not very good so when he talks to people they really have to listen to understand him which is good.
Today we are going to play volleyball again at the chapel last week we had a lot of fun playing even though I got smashed in the face with the ball. Everyone was sore after playing because we played for ages.
Thank you for the pictures, everyone is growing up so fast I can't believe that is Jessi. Wow time is just flying. Thank you for all your support Love You HEAPS!!
Love Elder Andreasen

Email from May 17th

G'day mum It was so good to hear from you last Monday. This week has been really good. We started teaching a guy a few weeks ago, he has a lot of problems that he has to overcome but we will help him through them and hopefully he will be baptized on June 14. The lady we were teaching earlier is still not back from China. But when she does come back hopefully we will be able to set a baptismal date with her as well. OH just so I do not forget again we live in Dundas NSW, we live in a big apartment complex. Today we are going to play some sports with the zone that will be fun. Well I love hearing how everyone is doing. Thank you for all the updates, I love doing the lords work. This really will be the best 2 years that I will experience. Thank you so much for all of your prayers Love you heap Love Elder Blake Andreasen

Email from May 3rd

G'day mom I love the novels, please don't worry about writing a lot. Sorry I don't, but I am just not very good at that so I will try to answer all of your questions.

Everything is going well. This week our Chinese district did really well we all hit our goals this week. If we keep it up we will be able to go to a rugby game.
Hey I don't need a calling card elder Kat from Cali and I will share like a ten dollar one.
I am telling you I had no clue Australia would be so diversified. But it really is.
The only thing that I need is just shirts and if you could get 15 size that would be best. Oh and by the way thank you for the shirts the fish and Reese’s and the jerky did get through. Just to be safe I will just buy the not as good jerky here.
The weather here has been good at night it gets pretty cold and during the day it is really nice. I think everyone in the flat has been sick but me I think it’s just that I am used to cold weather.

The Chinese lady is going back to China for a few weeks, so we will work with her when she gets back. We went on exchange this Friday and sat with the Elders in our flat. I went to work in Ryde. Wow! Ryde and Eastwood are just full of Chinese people it is like China town there. It was really good though we had a lot of teaching appointments and they went well.
Thank you so much for all of you prayers. I am loving it here and I love doing the Lord’s work
Love you Heaps!!
Love elder Andreasen
Little Bro like Big Bro (look familiar Brian?)

Email from April 26th

G'day this week has been really good Don't have much time.
I will attach some pictures for you then send the memory card soon.
I got a call from the mission office today and they said they have a package for me from you.
I am loving doing the Lord's Work
Thank you for your prayers
Love you Heaps!!
Love Elder Andreasen

Email from April 12th

Thank you for your email, we were able to watch general conference this sat and Sunday. That was really good 10 hours seemed to just fly by. I really enjoyed Elder Hales talk on sat and Elder Holland Easter sermon on Sunday... Last Friday we had the missionaries from Ryde Ward Elder Cia, Elder Kat and Elder Lam move in. We have a really big flat that elder Ucunibaravi and I live in so they moved in, We just got transfer calls and we are staying but Elder lam and Elder Cia are leaving and Elder Kat is training a fresh one from china named Elder Jin, I am learning quite a bit of Chinese because our district is all Chinese except Elder Ucunibaravi and I.
Oh and by the way. Yeah I know Elder Thrift he is pretty cool. He served with Elder Tobiassen and then he served in Dural right before he went home. He came out one transfer after me.
Well I have had a really good week Elder Cia is hilarious so we have had a really good time with him. I really enjoyed watching general conference it is such a blessing to know that we have a prophet in these last and trying days. Thank you for all your support love you heaps!!
Love Elder ANDREASEN

Email from April 5th

G'day mum, this week has been pretty good. I am not sure if I told you about this Chinese lady that we are teaching.. We have invited her to church the past few weeks and she didn't want to come to our ward because it meets early but she would go it the next ward meeting. So the past 2 weeks she has gone to that ward but this week with day light savings and all she came to our ward for all 3 hours I think she liked it. We invited her to be baptized but she wanted to come to our ward first and maybe see a baptism first. She is a really nice lady she used to be a journalist in china and now she is an accountant.
We had interviews with President last Thursday. I enjoyed that because President talks to all of us at once then he takes us and interviews us then while we are waiting we have workshops and stuff.
Oh no I haven’t gotten you package yet I was just pre-thanking you for it and telling you what the stuff was for.
Oh and please no rush but if you really like sending packages I could use some short sleeve white shirts and 1 long sleeve 15 neck size. I have some it’s just they are not as white as they used to be.
Today for zone activity we are going to play laser tag that should be really fun, Elder Ucunibaravi has never been, and I don’t think that some of the Chinese missionaries have been either. I will probably win, I think my natural halo skills will take over and I will waste some noobs. :) I am excited for conference as well. I just got an email for president Scruggs and he said that Elder Holland gave one of the best Easter sermons I will ever hear. We get to watch conference this Saturday and Sunday.
Well I better go warm up for laser tag. Love you heaps!! Thank you for your support and prayers
Love Elder Blake Andreasen

Email from March 30th

G’day this week was a pretty good week. We had a zone conference with 2 other zones. One of them was orange zone so I was able to see Elder Tobiassen and the other missionaries still serving in the bush. Parramatta Zone is one of the biggest zones, when I first came into the mission it was the highest baptizing zone but now it has really slowed down. Hopefully it will start to pick up again. Any way we are teaching this Chinese lady that has a friend that is a member, we usually go over every Saturday and teach her in the morning but this sat we had an elder quorum activities in the morning so we went to her house in the afternoon and had a really good talk with her, She came to church last week to a ward that meets later and she said it was boring but I admit it was. But we were able to get her to come again and she really liked it hopefully we can start to get her to come in the morning to our ward.
Today we went to the temple as a zone so that was really good and on Thursday we have interviews with president Scruggs. Transfers are coming up in a couple of weeks as well.
Well I am doing well and I am loving Australia and especially serving the lord down under Thank you for all your support and all of your love and prayers Love you heaps!!
Love Elder Andreasen