Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Jetty (Week 54-55)




 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!!!

 
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! 
 
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

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