The remainder of the last week was pretty cool. Friday morning, Elder Pasina and I jumped on a plane and travelled down to Perth, to have some specialised training from President Lindsay, as well as to attend the temple.
President had some really good training, as well as some announcements!
Seeing as how the mission age has been lowered, February will see 16 new missionaries in the Perth Australia mission! Of those 16, all but 3 are sisters. March will see 12 new missionaries as well.
Where are they all going to go? (This will mean new areas opening up.)
Our mission, for the next few months, will be focusing on knowing all the doctrines of the 4 missionary lessons. To do that, we've been practicing teaching, for example, the Plan of Salvation, in 4 minutes, including all the major points, explaining clearly, and leaving a commitment. (Note: This doesn't mean we're going to be speed-teaching people from now on. This will help us to be able to know the teachings and be able to help people understand even better what's being taught.) It was cool. Right afterwards, we went to the temple. I love going there.
Then, Elder Pasina and I went to spend the night with some other missionaries. We met our new companions there! Elder Pasina will be companions with another missionary until the actual transfers day. As for me, my new companion is Elder Richmond. Elder Richmond is from Tahiti, and he speaks French! He's pretty cool. We're going to have fun together.
I've noticed that I've gotten a new companion Every Single Transfer. Hmm.
We flew up the next day, back to Karratha. Yesterday, (Sunday) we both gave talks in sacrament meeting. Elder Richmond afterwards met a member of the branch, who is also Tahitian! They spent the next little while talking in french, while I pretended to understand what was going on. It was fun. It really cheered up the member, because he's missed speaking in his language for a long time.
So that's been my week. People start coming back from holidays now, so we're expecting a good week :)
Also, we've been told it's Cyclone season! Haha, Elder Richmond actually came at the perfect time, because for the past couple of days, there's been one just off the coast. Really cooled things down to a nice 30C. But I'm excited, apparently they're pretty common, and people are starting to prepare (ie. tying down their houses, boats, dogs, etc. )
Love you all!
Elder Reeder
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