Hi, everyone! Long time no hear? (It's only been 4 days since the last time I emailed.)
Since Thursday, things have still been keeping along at a brisk pace here in Noranda. Elder Ward and I finally managed to get a new copy of our ward directory, which we were in sore need of- the old one was from last June, and since I've been here, at least 4 families have moved into the ward :) So now we have a better idea of who is actually in our area. We've found a couple of less-active members on that list, that invited us back! So that's good news.
Dianella Ward is really starting to get the hang of missionary work- We discussed beginning an english class taught by the ward missionaries, to help with the increasing numbers of non-english speaking members, nonmembers, etc. Recently the mission has been seeing an incredible amount of baptisms of people from Persia, Korea, Japan, the Phillipines, Serbia, etc. etc.! It's great.
Short story: We were looking for a house, and came across a spider. A BIG ONE. Like small tarantula sized. Elder Ward took a picture of it, and a lady came out of her house, and chatted with us about said spider. We talked for a bit- she leaves the spiders because they eat the bugs- and then her husband came out. With a can of Mortein (bug spray) and a blowtorch. Combine those two and I think you can guess what happened next :D
Siniell, Klea and Nicholetta, and Hailey are all doing great! We had another lesson with Siniell- we read 3 Nephi 11 with him, and talked about Jesus' purpose in coming. He brought up baptism. We asked him if it was something he'd ever thought about, and he said he hadn't. We invited him to think on it, and to think about what he should do.
We had a lesson with Klea and Nicholetta on Friday- We're going to be postponing their baptismal dates, for now. They're so eager to go through with it! The ward is very supportive and helpful of them as well. The only thing holding them back right now is Visas- Nicholetta may have to return to Albania in a few months, and certain circumstances mean that we need to make sure she'll be all right first. But they're still very much a part of the ward :) The Evans family, in particular, have really befriended them, giving them rides to church, etc.
So yeah, that's been the last few :) Today we're all going to King's park, as a zone, for a dinosaur-themed scavenger hunt. (Our Zone leaders are awesome.) And then, for the first time ever, I will get to go INSIDE PERTH CITY. AND LOOK AT IT.
I love you all! Stay safe, wear sunscreen, and don't ski into any trees!
Love,
Elder Reeder
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