The Fleet Commander

Hello! I hope all is going well for you guys. Life down under is going really good! I have been so busy this past week I just love it! So last preparation day was so much fun and painful in a weird way. I went and played golf for the first time in my life and had a really fun time. I went with my old zone leaders in Hebersham. I miss them heaps. I also went with the assistants to a place called Killaburger. They have this challenge where you have to eat a hamburger the size of a small pizza. So me being the person that I am who doesn't always think things all they way through tried it and I failed miserably! And, yeah, that was the painful part of the week. The rest was way good. We did a lot of paper work which I absolutely adore! NOT! But we were able to go on a few adventures in our mini van. We drove down to Canberra which is a good three hour drive. We went down there to fix a toilet and a hole in the wall. It is some pretty country down there and I hear the more south you go the more beautiful it gets so I am hoping to make it down there in the next few months. But I love being in the office. Yeah, paper work stinks and my hand went into a toilet this past week where not too many people like to stick their hand but I'll get blessed for it.

I took a missionary who was going home to the airport... that was a weird experience.

Surprisingly this last month we have been so blessed with missionary work. Last week I was talking about how we don't get to do a lot of prosylyting which is a huge bummer but it went real well this week. We went to a family in the ward who is from Russia. I can't spell their name but I remember it by saying "stretch-a-cough". That is how you phonetically say it. But when we went to dinner we were sitting there and three Chinese girls walk in and we start to have dinner and we learn they are living with the "stretch-a-coughs" while they go to uni. And the end result was three new investigators which rocked and was a boost to much needed motivation! I love how when you try your best the Lord makes up the rest!

The highlight of the week was the opportunity that I had to be a part of Robert Murphy's ordination. It was a miracle that I was able to make it. President said I was able to go but that I needed to find things to fix or do things for the missionaries. There really was not much that needed to be done up there so I was kind of bummed till I got the call that said a fridge died up in Charlestown and they needed one asap. Ironically it is the area that is right next to Cessnock. It was a huge blessing so I strapped a fridge down in the trailer and me and Elder Nube went up to Cessnock. It was an incredible experience and I felt the spirit so stong! It was also so neat to see the ward again! I love this work so much.

I love you all so much
Elder Brough