Loong Suffering

I gotta be honest, there's not much to report on this week.  The work has been really slow and it's been pretty rough.  I'm still trying to figure out why the Lord is having me finish here, and I'm sure I'll understand it a lot more in the future, but for now, I'm gaining a great understanding of enduring to the end.  Any moment we can spend with members keeps us sane, we're so grateful for that.  From this week on, we have at least one trade-off each week, so hopefully we'll be doing a bit more than the everyday train finding.  

• Went to Richmond this week and worked with Elder Kalomtak.  He's from Vanuatu and every once in a while would remind me of Elder Usua.  First time I tracted all transfer, it was fun to hit the doors.  
• Working with the Sisters to hopefully reactivate a Chilean sister that just moved back to Oz
• Low key drove by a Lambo this week 
• Just trying to remain as positive as we can.  This week we talked about how fun it is to just walk around with white shirts, ties, and badges.  We aren't teaching a ton, but I don't have much longer to rock the badge, so I gotta enjoy it while it lasts.  

Going to Claremont and Macquarie University this week on trade-offs, plus a couple of dinners set up.  Sanity for real for real.  

Love you heaps!

Elder Muh

The Sequence.  Elder Metcalf is golfing, but I'm really playing baseball out here

Twinning it up at DTM

My training on 2 Nephi 31:20 ft. Elder Metcalf's "Endure Tunnel"

 The bro shouting us a family box 

Blessings are...The Effects of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

I forgot a pretty cool experience we had last week, so I'll start with that and then move into this week.

So we're getting into the elevator after visiting Elder Tasker and say hi to the lady in with us.  We walk out with her and she ended up shouting us strawberry milks.  She was Muslim but really (as PMG says it) recognized us a servants of the Lord in saying that she knew we were doing the work of God.  Her husband is pretty sick, but she had a very positive outlook on it.  Shared brief portions of the Plan of Salvation with her and bore testimony of it's truthfulness.  Great reminder for us all after that pretty hectic week in the mission.  

• Big week with MLC & Zone Conference.  Weird having four Elders from our intake all bearing a final testimony at MLC.  Great group to be around, really motivating to do more for the missionaries in our Zone.  
• Finished up the mound of mulch this week.  Got a picture of the finish, but still haven't scored a beginning shot.  
• Taught the Restoration in a very hands on way to this Filipino girl we met train finding, but she lives in Katoomba and her mom low key bashed us over the phone so I don't think we'll get to teach her the Plan of Salvation now... 
• That was the second bash in a 15 hour span.  Gotta love when you listen all day but they'll never listen back.  Also, we still haven't been told which plagues from the Book of Revelation have come upon Joseph Smith and the Mormon's.  Revelation 22 is the opposition's fave :)
• Zone Conf. was great.  The past three transfers, we've had big Special Trainings, which are awesome, but the smaller settings are definitely more spiritual.  Great trainings on the Sacrament and the Spirit by President and Sister Checketts.  
• Our training was on the GofJC, so we worked up an intro that brought up the Restoration.  Grateful for those plain and precious truths full of what we can do every single day.  

Week 2 in the books.  That was the busy part of the transfer.  Now we got trade-offs throughout and interviews in week 6, so it should slow down a bit now.  Been doing a lot of what I haven't done in 3 months: train finding.  The struggle is finding people that live in our actual area.  But  the show goes on.  

Love you heaps!

Elder Muh

The Cardigan Brothahz

When the Sisters think you're trunky... 

You know we on that burger buzz #ClaremontEldahz

This was the final barrow

Hectic As

Last "Week 1" in the history of week one's of my mission.  This week one was literally like no other.  Drove to and from the St. Mary's flat a few times, jumped a couple cars, and, have been back in a trio this weekend.  Hectic is the best way to put it.  

• Bid farewell to the Idaho breathahz.  If you haven't given 'em yet, good luck on y'alls homecoming talks! 
• Elder Metcalf and I roll up to the station on transfer Tuesday rockin' the same tie.  But we didn't take a picture.  Nor did we take one all week lol.  
• Got transfers finished, welcomed Leura Sisters in, replacing 4 Elders up there.  Also welcomed Elder Niesner who's training Elder Schone in Claremont.  Get to hit up that great place on trade-offs again!  
• Did service for an older couple in our Ward, the Wilson's.  They had a pile of mulch and we're working on distributing it throughout their garden bed and what not.  You won't believe me because we took no pictures (hashtag lame we are) but the mound was probably about 7 feet tall.  
• Had dinner with our Elders Quorum President and his wife again.  They're both Returned Missonaries and totally relate with us.  Great energy boost and motivation when we visit them.  
• So that trio.  We got a Kiwi Elder in hospital (hopefully he gets out today because he is bored as) and so his Tongan companion was with us these past few days.  It's hard to describe in words why this weekend was so funny, because really, he's just so fob.  Gotta love it.  
• Because we were in that trio, we stayed the night Saturday at the St. Mary's flat (for Minchinbury Ward the next morning) and got to hang with the new Elder.  He just graduated (so he's the same age as Jaren) and I just love the kid.  
• Stake Priesthood Meeting last night was suuuper good.  Great talks and a good reminder at how privileged we are to hold the Lord's Priesthood.  Blessings on blessings.  

Stoked for Mission Leader Conference and Zone Conference this week.  Should be great, especially since we're currently trying to plan a dank as training for Conference. 

Love y'all!

Elder Muh

Deuces potato brethren! 

Elder Metcalf's got this game called Spike Ball, it's huge on the mainland and we played it at the MTC.  We got the flat going in the living room and it'll make for a mean P-Day activity.  Featuring my new $5 fern socks.  

Yep here's us in non-proselyting clothes. haha  (Elder Metcalf)

The Final Six

Well, Elder Dransfield and Elder Mayes last week went aight.  Was a bit slower than the last 2 (probably because everyone's back in school), but we still had a lot of fun. Tracted out the bottom third of the area, so that's cool.  It's an interesting feeling "killing" my past three companions.  Almost as if I myself have "died" a couple times already.  But, I have still have 6 weeks to go, and we will hit it.  The new comp will be Elder Metcalf from Utah.  Don't know too much about him but he's a pretty dope dude.  As for the highlights.

• Went on trade-offs with Elder Afa, whose first area was Harbord.  Always fun to serve with fobs, especially when they're your flatmates.  
• Mean trainings when Elder Haleck visited, always great to see the other missionaries as well
• Saw Sione Ta'ofi (recent RM) from Harbord Ward, that was awesome
• Went to Big Daddy's Burgers again this weekend and some of the Afualo family from Claremont were there.  They low key shouted us.  #blessings
• Tracted into a guy yesterday who said: "sorry boys, not interested.  I'm an aethiest, and I stab people".  Don't get that one every day hahaha.  

Headed into that final transfer.  Lets geetit!  

Love you heaps.

Elder Muh

The burger place we were gonna hit on P-Day was closed, so we stopped by the America shop instead

We ballin' out here 

Sister Fuller made our District matching ties and skirts for Conference

Round 2 bby

This is how you stay fresh in Emu Plains.  Sunnies and bouncy balls #thisiswhywetract

#OperationBlackout in full effect.  Two transfers worth, baby

Mini-Missionaries and Miracles in the Making

Great week.  We pulled up next to a real life Chevy Silverado with a diesel engine, that was cool.  And a lot of other things much cooler than actual American trucks.  Like... 

• We've been on this fajita buzz recently and two member fams (big ups to the Davison's and Hamann's) had burrito's for dinner.  That is how you make American missionaries happy.
• Got to chop some wood for our Ward Mission Leader's family, the Ferreira's.
• Tracted into this high school basketball player I met at Penrith Station like two transfers ago.  He seems keen, we'll see what we can do.  
• Witnessed the second front door that opened outward my entire mission.  Both doors have been in Emu Plains.  Maybe it's because we knock so many.  
• GQ'ing at Mac Uni in a trio was very interesting, but serving with Elder Lamb (old Celestial Coast Zone Leader) is always fun 
• Penrith Stake Mini-Mission this weekend, we had Ben Macvean with us on Friday (who I knew from Claremont) and then a mini Zone Conference on Saturday.  It was awesome.  We knocked a few doors with the four of us, and then got permission from President to each take turns serving with Ben.  
• Ben & Elder Mayes found a potential that we followed up with on Saturday.  Taught the Restoration and placed a Book of Mormon.  Honestly it was so crazy, she let us in straightaway and her and the husband are pretty keen.  Young people rock.  

Racked up a few more potentials this week and will continue to tract for Elder Dransfield and Elder Mayes' final week.  We got Elder Haleck (Area President) visiting the mish and that should be way good. 

Love you heaps!

Elder Muh

3 for $20, that's us g!  As Elder Dransfield calls this place, #YungDisciple

The pile post chop

Back in the Blues

Comp photo 

Flat squad at the Three Sisters

Us with Elder Macvean!