June 11, 2018 First Transfer to Darwin Australia - Trio Companions

Heyyyyy everyone

So a lot happened this week and I'll try and tell everyone the important things.

So we left last Monday for Australia and ended up traveling for a grand total of 38 hours so that was just the best 10/10 would do again ;)...But in all honesty it wasnt too bad like there was a section of the traveling that was a 13 hour plane ride and I slept for like 12 of that so I wasnt like jet lagged at all when I got here. It was just orientation stuff when I got here and then on wednesday night we found out where we were going. I got sent to Darwin which is a 4 hour flight from Adelaide (where I arrived in). I couldnt go up till friday evening tho so I stayed with two Elders in Adelaide and that was pretty good. Friday we flew up to Darwin and I got in at like 10 30 at night. I have two companions cuz I'm in a trio with Elder Dickson (from Canada) and Elder Syme (From Mississippi). They're both super nice and good trainers. Elder Dickson only has like 3 months of his mission left and Elder Syme has a good deal left but he ran track as well in high school so we talk about that alot,

 

Last weeks schedule was pretty wack cuz I was just getting here and it was different cuz of just weird meetings and stuff but we should be getting into a usual groove soon. I'm trying to pick up all the slang here, its not as bad as people said it was going to be like its pretty easy to understand everyone just words here and there I have to learn. The aboriginals are sometimes hard to understand cuz they talk really fast and sometimes throw in their tribal languages so that can be confusing. Australia is pretty cool tho, its like super pretty and the people are really nice and friendly but as soon as you mention religion they pretty much shut off so thats fun. But yeah its good here, the work is hard but I think thats the way youd rather have it.

 

I should be emailing every monday (this week is different cuz here it is like 10 40 on tuesday) but yeah I hope everyone is doing great! Miss and love y'all

 

Elder Nelson

 

P.S. The place we live in is the pink palace and we are with another trio of Elders so there's six of us there its pretty wild

June 2, 2018 Leaving Monday for AUSTRALIA...The Exodus

Heyyyyyyyyyy everyone,

 

This week was good and we leave Monday so that’s super exciting, the MTC has been great and I’m sure the mission will be too. We got a new “investigator” named Kyle this week and he was fun to teach, we think he may have been an actual investigator but were not sure, he had like a million questions about the church, so lessons were interesting to say the least.

 

The other district that was in our zone left on Monday and on Wednesday. The elders left on Monday to salt lake east and the sisters to Nampa Idaho on Wednesday. One of the sisters in that zone, Sister Jones, gave me new stickers for my water bottle so that was a highlight of the week ;)

 

The food took a wonderful turn for the worse this week as we had some truly phenomenal creations in the cafeteria, the true highlight was a nice piece of “chicken” that had some neon green sauce on it, it was truly great wahoo but in all seriousness I am grateful for having food that is made for you and then cleaned up for you.

 

We (choir, me included) sang for the devo on Tuesday night and it was awesome we sang a medley of called to serve, all I will be valiant, army of Helaman, and I hope they call me on a mission and that was super fun! Me, elder kunzler, elder fackrell, Sister standadge, Sister Randall, and Sister Isbell are singing come thou fount tomorrow during church. Also we got a new district in our zone and they’re super awesome!

 

We watched the 40th anniversary of the priesthood for everyone last night and that was super awesome, I’d for sure recommend watching that. Elder Norman has perfected the art of scaring elder Kunzler late at night so that’s been happening. Elder Norman like hides on top of cabinets and scares people it’s quite phenomenal. I’m gonna miss having him as a companion and I’m not sure when I’m gonna be emailing next cuz idk when my next p day will be but I miss and love y’all and I’ll be on for a couple more hours and later tonight

 

Much Love