WEEK 5

We have been here 5weeks yesterday!  It's a bit hard to believe.  We have learned SO much and of course have much left to learn.  The computer is still a bit daunting, but Ray is going like crazy on it and has his part about down!  No one is surprised, I know.  There are still new levels and parts of the website to conquer, but we will!

 Last Saturday, May 17th, we drove about 90 minutes to see tha kangaroos!  It was our celebration for being here a month and was the first Saturday we hadn't gone into the office. It was such fun!  We went alone and it was like an ordinary outing on an ordinary Saturday and we enjoyed the whole day!  

They were so great, lined up along the road on both sides like a welcoming committee!  You just have to love them!

We noticed along the way that their are few American food chains here.  The only ones we've seen are McDonalds ( which seem more plentiful than back home) KFC, Dominoes and Outback.  We may find others, but that's pretty small compared to what you all have.  There are others of course, but they aren't recognizable and have a bit of a strange taste to some things.  Don't worry though, we eat anything but lamb, pretty much.  You know us!

Last Monday night we went to a real rugby game and sat in a box.  A lady from down in the service center had offered tickets to the couple missionaries and we all snapped them right up!  It was such fun! We went with 4 other couples and one brother, whose wife was in Utah.  Those players are SO fierce with each other and no helmets or pads.  It's like they go after the necks.  But it turned out to be one of those games where the home team came from way behind and won in the last quarter.  We got lots of food in the box that was catered.  Lamb Curry.  (Only in Australia.)  I had some and it wasn't bad actually. Just not JAZZ food.

I read a conference talk from April Conference this morning.  It's called 'Your Four Minutes' by Bishop Stevenson.  I remember hearing it, in April and liking it, but we weren't in Australia then and our mission hadn't started.  It took on new meaning to me here.  We have less than 17 months out of 18 left and that is amazing.  Want to just get out there and make it count!  

We love you all, and love each other. This work is awesome.  Their are public affairs people all over this country trying to get the word out through social media of what the Church really stands for.  Which in a nut shell means, "We Follow Jesus Christ".  We know that, but the world doesn't.  We are sending a letter out to a reporter this week to correct her misconceptions about the Mormons being exactly like Big Love. She honestly believes we are the polygamists and they are us!  Oh, there is so much misinformation!  Send out those LDS articles and videos on twitter and Facebook and the like.  It's the TIME for that.  Who knows how many we could touch! I have a twitter account.  Now I just need to use it.  Stay safe everyone, and keep in touch!