Hello Everyone,
54 (1/1) Happy New Year!!!! I hope you all had a happy New Year! It was a very busy week. The holidays are finally finished. I now have been transitioning and helping everyone in the zone get back to
focusing 100% on the work. It's great to get back into the work. The missionaries up here in
Darwin are fantastic! On Friday we had MLC or missionary
leadership council. It was the first one I have attended, and we were able to
talk about the mission's vision and focus for the new year. We were able to
set yearly goals for the mission and the individual zones, which is exciting to
be apart of. It is the wet season here and it has been raining quite a
bit, but not as much as it is supposed to.
Yesterday, Elder Dickson and I went
to the Jetty to go find people, Jetty is the local Pier for fishing in Northern Australia. We went to the Nightcliff, Jetty and heaps of people were fishing and catching sharks! The tide was really high up
because a monsoon was off in the horizon just absorbing all the water vapor. Luckily it passed by, but I guess there are Cyclones that start to form at this
time of year. Fortunately, for Darwin there are two islands off the coast that usually take the hit and blows from the Cyclones. It has been very
good here and this next week will be great and most importantly this new year will
be great! New years are great because they allow us to reflect. I invite
everyone to reflect on 2017 and to create goals to become more like our Savior
Jesus Christ this year. I promise you that as you do this, not only will you
become a better person, but you will truly come to know Jesus Christ, as you do
your best to become more like Him. I hope you all have a great week. I love
you all and Happy New Year!!!
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| Nightcliff Jetty Darwin |
55(1/7) This
week went by really fast, it felt like I just had emailed ha-ha! Last week I had to do a baptism interview for a man named Josh. It has
been a really great experience to be able to see him make really big changes in
his life. He is a great son of God! He bikes to church every Sunday even
though it is hot and rainy here, he is just great. The Monsoon has started up
here in Darwin, yesterday there was a big monsoon which was crazy! There was
heaps of rain it sounded like a waterfall next to the window where my bed was ha-ha!
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| Josh |
This week we have been teaching an investigator Ricki who plans to get baptized and
has been progressing a lot. He has a nice dog that has so much energy. Every time we go over she runs around and jumps heaps. I always get mud on me from
it and the dog likes to have her belly rubbed ha-ha! We also met
a new family from Liberia who are members. They are such a great family. They
have been through lots of challenges in their life. I have been able to connect with
their son, as we both love to play soccer, which is great and able to help
him get new friends. Not too much else happened this week, but I hope
you all have a great week and I Love You all!
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Sincerely,
Elder Ethan Salcedo
