Australia Sep 14, 2014
Dear Family;
We just got back from the Archibald’s flat so we will start
with today and go backwards. Sister
Archibald called after Church and invited us up for desert about 7. She said Rashika and Devmini were coming up
with the Moore’s after the missionary discussion. She also invited all the other Sr
couples. She made a dump cake and used
cherries, blueberries and pineapple, with whipped cream. It was very, very good. Everyone was there except the Feil’s, they
had another meeting. The Allen’s have
been in Perth for a week so it was good to see them back. Rashika said Dave found the Church in Sri
Lanka, and said it was just a small branch but he enjoyed it. It was only about 20 min from his house. He even wrote notes from Sacrament Meeting,
Sunday School and Priesthood, and even gave the hymn numbers of what they
sang. We were so excited he went on his
own. There are no young missionaries in
that country, and we don’t know about Service Missionaries. We are getting excited for their baptism
date, the Sr couples are going to do the dinner with the Oatlands Ward
helping. Rashika is doing the rolls, and
the cake because it is Devmini’s 14th birthday. We saw the counselor in the Bishopbric from
that Ward in the store yesterday and he said they are so excited. We are also!
We had a lot of fun visiting tonight and Rashika told us a little about
Sri Lanka and Devmini told about her school.
Always fun to get together. We
are so blessed to be serving here with all these wonderful people. We are going to miss them.
Church today was really good, it was the Primary Program,
there are about 60-70 children in the Primary and they sang so good. Bishop Curtis’s wife is the music director,
and he sat on the front row and sang every song and the little kids were
watching him. It was so cute. We were asked to take a few minutes in the
Sunday School class to talk about what we are doing on our mission.
Let me tell you about the weather this week before going
on. Monday thru Thursday was beautiful,
Spring was definitely in the air. Sunny,
no wind, and 75 degrees all 4 days. We
were all ready to put the winter clothes away, and then Friday morning we woke
up to rain and wind, and it stayed in the 50’s.
Saturday was the same, all though we didn’t have too much rain, just
cold and wind. We decided about 9 to
brave it and go to the Quays on the rivercat.
We changed ferries when we got there to the Manly ferry. When we got to Manly we walked a couple of
blocks to the beach, and it really is a pretty beach and the waves were
beautiful. Not too many people in the
water though, it was pretty chilly.
There were no shells, so after walking for a bit we walked up another
street and found a cute little café and had prawns and chips, and fish and
chips and salads. We had the best
dressing on the salad we have had in this country so we asked what it was and
they said homemade basil, oil and vinegar.
We walked back to the ferry, waited about 10 minutes, then went back to
the quays. We had our bowl of mango
yogurt, mine with kiwi fruit, and Dad’s with strawberries, before catching the
rivercat back. By the time we went to
the store and came home it was almost 6.
Another good day. There were lots
of fun stores on Manly but we didn’t go in any.
Friday we were in the office alone which worked out well as
we listened to the entire BYU game. The
Smylie’s were in Wollongong for a Family History Fair for 2 days, Mark was off
getting ready to go to the States on Monday, for 2 weeks, and he told Kailee not to come in because she
left today to go back the BYU Hawaii.
She did come in to bring the bike back the mission gave her when she got
here, and to tell us goodbye. We are
really going to miss her. She is going
to be in Hawaii about 3 weeks to give her report to the Uni, and help interview
the next intern to come in January.
Tuesday we took Kailee to lunch and Mark had asked us to get the lunch
for Wednesday, a farewell for Kailee, and a birthday for Elder Smylie. We ordered the cake and nenish tarts for the
lunch. Wednesday Elder Smylie got a call
from Hyde Park FH center that they had major computer problems and needed them
fixed that day because the director was going out of town Thursday and they
would be gone Friday and Saturday so Mark told them to go get it taken care of
and be back by 3 for a birthday tea. We
went across the street and got the sandwiches and chips and drink for lunch,
and went back and got it ready. The
Smith’s came because they have worked with Kailee in the Young Single Adult
program. We just visited, the 2 service
Elders were in that day also. They are
really going to miss Kailee in the office.
The Smylies got back just before 3 so we got the tea set up. That day was really a sugar overload!
Thursday we were working away when Elder Smylie said they
wanted to take Kailee to lunch and would we come with them. We all ran across the street and had a good
lunch, at least as good as you can get over there. 3 times in a week is a little much.
Monday night for Family Home Evening the Smylie’s had the
dinner and they had meat pies, Harry de wheels, style with mashed potatoes and
peas and gravy. She also had a green
salad. The Archibald’s did desert and
fresh fruit and cookies. Elder Archibald
read an article from the Meridian Magazine “Why we Suddenly Have So Many LDS
Missionaries from Zimbabwe. It was
written by Maurine Proctor and if you have time you need to look it up and read
it. I did post it on FB last week. She starts out by saying “If you have been
praying for missionary opportunites, you will want to learn about this. You can pack a suitcase for an African
missionary who may not be able to serve without your help.” Three very high profile LDS professional
golfers from the Ladies European Tour put it all together. Check it out everyone! We were also thinking it might be great for a
service for the family Christmas Parties.
After reading that they showed the DVD “Called to Serve” with David
Archuleta. Very good.
Last week I said I had bought Colliwog dolls, but I hit the
wrong letter, it should have read Golliwog.
C and G look sort of alike right?
This coming Saturday we go the Opera House to see “The King
and I” and we are super excited. The
Feil’s, Killebrew’s, Moore’s, Smith’s, and Archibald’s are going, and we are
going to eat at a restaurant on Darling Harbor before the play.
We send our deepest sympathy to Mandy and family in the loss
of her grandfather. He was a great man
and will be missed by the many people who knew him.
A very Happy 11th Birthday to Dixon on Friday.
We Love You All and you are always in our Prayers! Looking for to talking to you tomorrow.
Love, Mum and Dad
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