G'day family...
Man this week was so boring, honestly nothing happened. we work really really hard and nothing came of it. I had a new missionary in my area for a few days and i wanted to show him some good effective hard working missionary and it was just a no fest. but eh it happens, but I'm definitely making sure i finish with nothing left, and sometime i think I'll finish up short. i never thought it would be this much of a struggle to continue to have a burning desire all the way until the end. but i guess it's probably cause nothing happened this week, usually when we find someone great and they're progressing it's like a re boost that's all we've gotta do. But of them seem to be duds and not wanting to do much or being just yanked from us at the worst times. But other than a bugger week, I'll happy as always. everything is going great and this week is packed with fun stuff like meeting Julie B Beck, the Relief General President and the Daughter of the Patriarch that gave me my blessing. and we have president interviews my second one since the new guy and my last one for my mission until the final interview. but they'll be included next week. be good Family love you all.!!!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
October 10, 2010
G'day family,
This week was pretty dang good, mostly cause we got to watch conference this weekend. i love just sitting there for ten hours over two days and just get spiritually fed, for yourself, cause we worry so much about what everyone else needs and how we can best help them but during conference you have the opportunity to look and yourself and find the weak part and decide to act and make them strong. The big message that i got form conference was LISTEN to the living prophet, he's critical right now, and also They hammered the gift of Agency into us, our righteousness is all on us and we need to make good decisions always, so great that we get to have that every six months. something sad that happened this week is that young girl who was gonna be baptised this week, well here mom wasn't informed of her recent investigating and choice to be baptised and she chucked a whobbly (tantrum) and forbid her from seeing us and breathed out threatening to her friends in the church who were assisting in her teaching, we're still assessing the situation and we hope some things can be reconciled. Also this week we finally went to COSTCO it was the best, so exact like the ones there, except mostly aussie brands but there was some unique American stuff man it was so fun, felt like i was home. And i finally discovered one thing i am allergic to. we did some service for this older lady and she wanted me to mulch this plant with massive green leaves so i did and right in the middle of handling them my hand felt like it was on fire, like there was a billion micro cuts all over my hand it was highly painful i tried to wash it off but this invisible mini ninja continued to hack up my hand. it sucked but I'm over it and now i know I'm not immune to everything, bummer, but as for my week thats about it, i have nine weeks Left oh boy oh boy!!! love you all hepas and actually email me next week... except for Christy she did well. hahaha.
-Elder Ballard
This week was pretty dang good, mostly cause we got to watch conference this weekend. i love just sitting there for ten hours over two days and just get spiritually fed, for yourself, cause we worry so much about what everyone else needs and how we can best help them but during conference you have the opportunity to look and yourself and find the weak part and decide to act and make them strong. The big message that i got form conference was LISTEN to the living prophet, he's critical right now, and also They hammered the gift of Agency into us, our righteousness is all on us and we need to make good decisions always, so great that we get to have that every six months. something sad that happened this week is that young girl who was gonna be baptised this week, well here mom wasn't informed of her recent investigating and choice to be baptised and she chucked a whobbly (tantrum) and forbid her from seeing us and breathed out threatening to her friends in the church who were assisting in her teaching, we're still assessing the situation and we hope some things can be reconciled. Also this week we finally went to COSTCO it was the best, so exact like the ones there, except mostly aussie brands but there was some unique American stuff man it was so fun, felt like i was home. And i finally discovered one thing i am allergic to. we did some service for this older lady and she wanted me to mulch this plant with massive green leaves so i did and right in the middle of handling them my hand felt like it was on fire, like there was a billion micro cuts all over my hand it was highly painful i tried to wash it off but this invisible mini ninja continued to hack up my hand. it sucked but I'm over it and now i know I'm not immune to everything, bummer, but as for my week thats about it, i have nine weeks Left oh boy oh boy!!! love you all hepas and actually email me next week... except for Christy she did well. hahaha.
-Elder Ballard
October 3, 2010
G'day family.
This week was pretty good we worked way hard and got quite a bit done and the blessings are pouring in. so update on Jesse so two days before his baptism he was all set and going so great and all of the sudden his Nan and Pop (g-parents) drugged him threw him in a burlap sack and tossed him in the boot of their car and drove to New South Whales to brain wash him back to the JW faith. OK so it may have not happened that way but i read between the line of what i was being told. so ya he did up and go to his grandparents who are JW's and i do reckon they will have something to say about his up and coming baptism. but I'm sure he'll be fine he has a good testimony, and when he gets back we'll have to suss it out. But as one door closes another one opens so this last week we found Danielle, she is a friend of a members and we had dinner with them and taught her this week. we taught the Restoration and challenged her to pray, though she has no previous knowledge of god or anything, but that night we got a call from he and she was all excited she told us we were right and she did get her answer just like we promised, she said she prayed for time and it worked every time, she was at church yesterday and she was able to witness a baptism as well, and she is now preparing for her own baptism. so that's the best news from the week, we also have heaps of appointments this week with new people we hope to help progress in the gospel, so Also this weekend was the first time the sun actually came out in the two months I've been here,and oh man it was wonderful, it was probably 75-80 the whole weekend and the beaches were packed and there were hundreds of boats and jet ski's it felt like i was in the Bahamas with the turquoise water. i'm pretty sure by the time summer is in full swing i won't come home. but all it well family, only 10 weeks left thats ages so don't get too excited. i lvoe you all and be good.
Elder Ballard
This week was pretty good we worked way hard and got quite a bit done and the blessings are pouring in. so update on Jesse so two days before his baptism he was all set and going so great and all of the sudden his Nan and Pop (g-parents) drugged him threw him in a burlap sack and tossed him in the boot of their car and drove to New South Whales to brain wash him back to the JW faith. OK so it may have not happened that way but i read between the line of what i was being told. so ya he did up and go to his grandparents who are JW's and i do reckon they will have something to say about his up and coming baptism. but I'm sure he'll be fine he has a good testimony, and when he gets back we'll have to suss it out. But as one door closes another one opens so this last week we found Danielle, she is a friend of a members and we had dinner with them and taught her this week. we taught the Restoration and challenged her to pray, though she has no previous knowledge of god or anything, but that night we got a call from he and she was all excited she told us we were right and she did get her answer just like we promised, she said she prayed for time and it worked every time, she was at church yesterday and she was able to witness a baptism as well, and she is now preparing for her own baptism. so that's the best news from the week, we also have heaps of appointments this week with new people we hope to help progress in the gospel, so Also this weekend was the first time the sun actually came out in the two months I've been here,and oh man it was wonderful, it was probably 75-80 the whole weekend and the beaches were packed and there were hundreds of boats and jet ski's it felt like i was in the Bahamas with the turquoise water. i'm pretty sure by the time summer is in full swing i won't come home. but all it well family, only 10 weeks left thats ages so don't get too excited. i lvoe you all and be good.
Elder Ballard
September 26, 2010
G'day Family,
This week Was great! it went pretty quick but we are making a lot of progress with the people we are teaching so this one young man i've talked about before, if he doesn't smoke form now til saturday he'll be able to get baptised and men he's so pumped it's something he wants to do really bad and he's 19 so he wants to thuink about a mission maybe, and thats would honestly be the best for him, so were helping him make that journey. and then we have Anne, a mum of five and she is great we helped clean her yard the other day, her whole family wants to be baptised but she soen't feel like she should go to church but after a lot of the ward nmembers helped her last week she had a change of heart and she told us she wants to come and she is very excited about it. she said she doesn't want to miss one week ever. so we'll get her there finish up teaching her and help her and her children recieve baptism. Another awesome thing this week was it was the "Australian Football League" Grand final... so basically their super bowl. and we got to watch it and manit was so fun it's such a completwly different sport, but so fun to play anf watch but it was so back and forth such a good match, anf it ended in a draw the teams tied exactly. and so they have to have another grand final next week, so funny for the 100,000+ people who pay'd hundreds for their tickets hahahaha they don't get to go next week hahah but it was really cool. i can't wait to watch all the games with you guys when i'm back but the season starts next april so i'll fill you all in. other than that our week was great, went fast and the end is drawing nigh. i love you all be good
Elder Ballard
This week Was great! it went pretty quick but we are making a lot of progress with the people we are teaching so this one young man i've talked about before, if he doesn't smoke form now til saturday he'll be able to get baptised and men he's so pumped it's something he wants to do really bad and he's 19 so he wants to thuink about a mission maybe, and thats would honestly be the best for him, so were helping him make that journey. and then we have Anne, a mum of five and she is great we helped clean her yard the other day, her whole family wants to be baptised but she soen't feel like she should go to church but after a lot of the ward nmembers helped her last week she had a change of heart and she told us she wants to come and she is very excited about it. she said she doesn't want to miss one week ever. so we'll get her there finish up teaching her and help her and her children recieve baptism. Another awesome thing this week was it was the "Australian Football League" Grand final... so basically their super bowl. and we got to watch it and manit was so fun it's such a completwly different sport, but so fun to play anf watch but it was so back and forth such a good match, anf it ended in a draw the teams tied exactly. and so they have to have another grand final next week, so funny for the 100,000+ people who pay'd hundreds for their tickets hahahaha they don't get to go next week hahah but it was really cool. i can't wait to watch all the games with you guys when i'm back but the season starts next april so i'll fill you all in. other than that our week was great, went fast and the end is drawing nigh. i love you all be good
Elder Ballard
September 19, 2010
G'day Family,
This week was a bit differnet than the lasts, because this one felt like an eternity but it was still pretty good none the less. first off i guess i'll tell you all tranfer news.... after much fasting a prayers Elder Fenochietti and myslef will be staying in the mornington area and we couldn't be more jazzed about that. we really really really hope we can die here (that means finish you mission) But as for our week We are Hammered as, due to fatigue. man we did so much this week. so One of the highlights/ worst part about the week was on friday we decided it would be a wonderful idea to hop on our push bikes and ride them all the way to end of the penninsula. wich was a 55 kilometer ride but hey what the heck mostly flat and along the beach the whole way and we were gonna visit some people along the way. man we got 20 kilometers into the trip and we were finished, already climbed like three huge mountains and then when we got to the flat beach paert we had a 35kmh headwind that stopped our progression it wqas ridiculous but after many tears and a lot of sweat we made it to the end of the penninsula dn it was amazing in the Bass straight there was a swell with like 25 foot waves it was mouthwatering hahaha and there was the coolest cliffs and old army barracks and man it was fun but the whole time our aching bodies knew we had to eventually ride back but we actually did the alternative and just hucked our bikes in the bushes to collect later and we hopped on a buss and took the hour trip home. but still completely woth it. but we were so sore and the next day we got up early and did soem yard service for our investagator, then we went to the kannar's house and mulched sticks for three more hours, if it was for anybody else i probably would have passed but they're the best so we trudgged on.... by the end of the day we were fnished, spent zero energy. and my body just gave up and at our tea appointment my nose just started pouring blood it was yuck but i servived and lived to type about it. thats about it for my week. starting my 2nd to last transfer today, thants crazy but fun to think about it. love you all be good and play safe.
Elder Ballard
This week was a bit differnet than the lasts, because this one felt like an eternity but it was still pretty good none the less. first off i guess i'll tell you all tranfer news.... after much fasting a prayers Elder Fenochietti and myslef will be staying in the mornington area and we couldn't be more jazzed about that. we really really really hope we can die here (that means finish you mission) But as for our week We are Hammered as, due to fatigue. man we did so much this week. so One of the highlights/ worst part about the week was on friday we decided it would be a wonderful idea to hop on our push bikes and ride them all the way to end of the penninsula. wich was a 55 kilometer ride but hey what the heck mostly flat and along the beach the whole way and we were gonna visit some people along the way. man we got 20 kilometers into the trip and we were finished, already climbed like three huge mountains and then when we got to the flat beach paert we had a 35kmh headwind that stopped our progression it wqas ridiculous but after many tears and a lot of sweat we made it to the end of the penninsula dn it was amazing in the Bass straight there was a swell with like 25 foot waves it was mouthwatering hahaha and there was the coolest cliffs and old army barracks and man it was fun but the whole time our aching bodies knew we had to eventually ride back but we actually did the alternative and just hucked our bikes in the bushes to collect later and we hopped on a buss and took the hour trip home. but still completely woth it. but we were so sore and the next day we got up early and did soem yard service for our investagator, then we went to the kannar's house and mulched sticks for three more hours, if it was for anybody else i probably would have passed but they're the best so we trudgged on.... by the end of the day we were fnished, spent zero energy. and my body just gave up and at our tea appointment my nose just started pouring blood it was yuck but i servived and lived to type about it. thats about it for my week. starting my 2nd to last transfer today, thants crazy but fun to think about it. love you all be good and play safe.
Elder Ballard
September 12, 2010-
G'day family!
This week.... hmmm honeslty nothing happened it feels like it was just a flash. we did do something pretty cool, we got to go the temple and the better part was we got to see some people from Tasmania, that was awesome i havn't seen them in ages but it was great to see a few of them,i also saw Elder Don Carlos Leota he was there with the Tazzy people, that hoon went back to tazzy were me and him served and picked up some Palagi (white) girl. hahaha it was wya nice to see him. We also got to teach these two pretty great families, one is a Mum with four kids and she is keen as, her and her kids have been taught before and they said they all wanted to be baptised when we got there and thats good to hear but were teaching the lessons over and it's gonna be a pretty fun time teaching them, then i was on exchange but Fenochietti finally got to teach the Hispanic family and they are "golden" and i 'm so excited to see them this week. things are great i love this ward, they are the coolest... transfers are next week pray hard that i stay cause if i move i'll die. hahaha love you family be good and take care.
Elder Balllard
This week.... hmmm honeslty nothing happened it feels like it was just a flash. we did do something pretty cool, we got to go the temple and the better part was we got to see some people from Tasmania, that was awesome i havn't seen them in ages but it was great to see a few of them,i also saw Elder Don Carlos Leota he was there with the Tazzy people, that hoon went back to tazzy were me and him served and picked up some Palagi (white) girl. hahaha it was wya nice to see him. We also got to teach these two pretty great families, one is a Mum with four kids and she is keen as, her and her kids have been taught before and they said they all wanted to be baptised when we got there and thats good to hear but were teaching the lessons over and it's gonna be a pretty fun time teaching them, then i was on exchange but Fenochietti finally got to teach the Hispanic family and they are "golden" and i 'm so excited to see them this week. things are great i love this ward, they are the coolest... transfers are next week pray hard that i stay cause if i move i'll die. hahaha love you family be good and take care.
Elder Balllard
August 29, 2010
G'day Familia
This week could not have gone faster, man it feel like i was just one this computer tell you about my week, but another one (week) bites the dust, and there are only a handful of these weeks i have left but we''l make the best of them. this week was actually a good one, we have some success coming up in this area. So on Friday we went all the way to the polar opposite of the peninsula to go and see this member named Bree, some call her Breesus, and it fits cause this girl is on the ball about missionary work, we went to her house and she had a friend there and his name is Jesse he's 18 and way into the lesson his grandparents are JW's and have been pestering him to join but he's confused so we taught the Plan of salvation and committed him to baptism and he's be baptized on September 11th which is way cool he's solid and the best this is Breesus has more friends we went through a list of nine of her friends that want the missionary discussions, so that;ll be a gold mine and it'll be fun going down there all the time. Also this week, I Went on exchanges wich a samoan Edler that was way fun he is F.O.B. as! (fresh off the boat) but way cool i feel like a greenie missionary cause we are surrounded by East Side boys, some are lame but most are very cool. but the weather is warming up and the Beach go'ers are coming out and this place is getting pretty busy, i'm so glad spring is here but i want it to be hot. soon it will come. I'm pretty sure i decided that i could quite possibly move here this place is so great. but as for anything else exciting this week there was none, but i love you all and be good.
-Elder Ballard
This week could not have gone faster, man it feel like i was just one this computer tell you about my week, but another one (week) bites the dust, and there are only a handful of these weeks i have left but we''l make the best of them. this week was actually a good one, we have some success coming up in this area. So on Friday we went all the way to the polar opposite of the peninsula to go and see this member named Bree, some call her Breesus, and it fits cause this girl is on the ball about missionary work, we went to her house and she had a friend there and his name is Jesse he's 18 and way into the lesson his grandparents are JW's and have been pestering him to join but he's confused so we taught the Plan of salvation and committed him to baptism and he's be baptized on September 11th which is way cool he's solid and the best this is Breesus has more friends we went through a list of nine of her friends that want the missionary discussions, so that;ll be a gold mine and it'll be fun going down there all the time. Also this week, I Went on exchanges wich a samoan Edler that was way fun he is F.O.B. as! (fresh off the boat) but way cool i feel like a greenie missionary cause we are surrounded by East Side boys, some are lame but most are very cool. but the weather is warming up and the Beach go'ers are coming out and this place is getting pretty busy, i'm so glad spring is here but i want it to be hot. soon it will come. I'm pretty sure i decided that i could quite possibly move here this place is so great. but as for anything else exciting this week there was none, but i love you all and be good.
-Elder Ballard
August 22, 2010
G'day Family,
Man this week went fast they all seem to be going faster and faster. one thing i forgot to tell you last week is we got a call from the office and i'm talking to the office sister, and she asks me what airport i'll be going home to and who will come pick me up because she has just purchased my flight home and i will be home in utah on December 15th 2010, I hung up the phone looked at Elder Fenochietti who just had the same conversation moments before me and i just said "That was Scay!" it made it feel so close, uh oh it's soon but at the same time i have ages to go so don't get trunkie family cause i'll probably never get trunkie (read further to find out why not). So i really like my area but this week my companion had Strep throat and so we took it really easy, but we still found a few people to teach and it's going alright, a bit slow but i have no worries this ward is picking up and will fill our teaching pool in no time. But we met this super Awesome family in the ward this week it's the Kannar family. we went over on saturday to remove "a small little stump" said sister kannar but we got there and is was seven medium size stumps and one massive gum tree stump with four tree waiting to be planted hahaha, it was a big job but it was so fun to help them out they're way funny filled with that dry Aussie humor. They are so fun and We were having lunch with them and just talking about austrlaia and our mission and i just was hit by a trunkie wave, not homesick or anything but irealized i'm gonna hate leaving this place, i love australia no matter how weird these people are, it's just the best, and i just want to make the best of it. but as for that nothing bug happened this week, we have a potential familia of five from mexico to teach soon and i really really really hope we get to teach and baptise them it would be a dream come tru hahaha but i'll continue to make it out here, thatnks famiyl for all your help love you all heaps!!
-Elder Ballard
Man this week went fast they all seem to be going faster and faster. one thing i forgot to tell you last week is we got a call from the office and i'm talking to the office sister, and she asks me what airport i'll be going home to and who will come pick me up because she has just purchased my flight home and i will be home in utah on December 15th 2010, I hung up the phone looked at Elder Fenochietti who just had the same conversation moments before me and i just said "That was Scay!" it made it feel so close, uh oh it's soon but at the same time i have ages to go so don't get trunkie family cause i'll probably never get trunkie (read further to find out why not). So i really like my area but this week my companion had Strep throat and so we took it really easy, but we still found a few people to teach and it's going alright, a bit slow but i have no worries this ward is picking up and will fill our teaching pool in no time. But we met this super Awesome family in the ward this week it's the Kannar family. we went over on saturday to remove "a small little stump" said sister kannar but we got there and is was seven medium size stumps and one massive gum tree stump with four tree waiting to be planted hahaha, it was a big job but it was so fun to help them out they're way funny filled with that dry Aussie humor. They are so fun and We were having lunch with them and just talking about austrlaia and our mission and i just was hit by a trunkie wave, not homesick or anything but irealized i'm gonna hate leaving this place, i love australia no matter how weird these people are, it's just the best, and i just want to make the best of it. but as for that nothing bug happened this week, we have a potential familia of five from mexico to teach soon and i really really really hope we get to teach and baptise them it would be a dream come tru hahaha but i'll continue to make it out here, thatnks famiyl for all your help love you all heaps!!
-Elder Ballard
August 15, 2010
G'day family,
This week has been crazy, man my new area is crazy i'll tell you about it in a minute, but my last day in Glenroy was so awesome, i got to see all my recent converts, and man, it made my whole mission worth it i was basically surrounded the whole day with people who i had grown to love and also i have pointed towards eternal life with heavely father, it was so nice to see all of them one last time before the ned of my mission. So were so cut that i was going and so am I but I like my new Area it seems so cool. So I have moved over to the east mission or the east side of the city, i was really hoping to go to some town out in the woop woop and die (as a missionary) out in the country, but i am in a place called Mornington penninsula, it is a thumb hanging off of melbourne, and it is so cool we can the ocean all the time i love it and my new companion is the coolest, It's Edler Fenochietti from the MTC were just as close as Zabriskie, man i've served with everyone form my intake except Elder Feller but he is my Zone leader so i see him lots. but As for my ward my ward is way awesome, there are so many white people!!! hahaha its fun as! they are so excited to have us around. Also there are Hispanics and some somoans so i can get weened from Glenroys onslaught of Tarro (yuck samoan potato thing) There hasn't been a day that has gone by where i havn't seen the ocean. We really don't have much going on in the way of work though there is this one guy who came to church his name is Phil, he's a talker man he goes for ages, but he's way smart, and pretty cool guy, he used to be gay, but now knows better and he's the coolest, we had an hour appoinmtent and it went two hours and i bearely said anything, but i'll let you know on his progress a little later on. Our Area is massive and we have to drive at least half hour to get anywhere it seem, but i got a little bimbed this week that i only get to be here maximum four months, i want to be here longer but it i die (finish) here i'd be happy its way awesome, except it's raining 24/7 i want summer!!
Love you all be good.
Elder B
This week has been crazy, man my new area is crazy i'll tell you about it in a minute, but my last day in Glenroy was so awesome, i got to see all my recent converts, and man, it made my whole mission worth it i was basically surrounded the whole day with people who i had grown to love and also i have pointed towards eternal life with heavely father, it was so nice to see all of them one last time before the ned of my mission. So were so cut that i was going and so am I but I like my new Area it seems so cool. So I have moved over to the east mission or the east side of the city, i was really hoping to go to some town out in the woop woop and die (as a missionary) out in the country, but i am in a place called Mornington penninsula, it is a thumb hanging off of melbourne, and it is so cool we can the ocean all the time i love it and my new companion is the coolest, It's Edler Fenochietti from the MTC were just as close as Zabriskie, man i've served with everyone form my intake except Elder Feller but he is my Zone leader so i see him lots. but As for my ward my ward is way awesome, there are so many white people!!! hahaha its fun as! they are so excited to have us around. Also there are Hispanics and some somoans so i can get weened from Glenroys onslaught of Tarro (yuck samoan potato thing) There hasn't been a day that has gone by where i havn't seen the ocean. We really don't have much going on in the way of work though there is this one guy who came to church his name is Phil, he's a talker man he goes for ages, but he's way smart, and pretty cool guy, he used to be gay, but now knows better and he's the coolest, we had an hour appoinmtent and it went two hours and i bearely said anything, but i'll let you know on his progress a little later on. Our Area is massive and we have to drive at least half hour to get anywhere it seem, but i got a little bimbed this week that i only get to be here maximum four months, i want to be here longer but it i die (finish) here i'd be happy its way awesome, except it's raining 24/7 i want summer!!
Love you all be good.
Elder B
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