It was really good to get to see President and Sister Langland when they came to district conference. They will be missed as they will now return home the end of the month. Hats of to all Mission Presidents, three years is a long time to be away from home.
Last week was transfers and we said good bye to a really great elder, Elder Sio. He is from Sydney and did some great work here. His companion, Elder Morrison also had to leave as he had injured his back and had ongoing pain and needed time to heal, he was possibly going home to Melbourne while he healed and then come back to the mission. The President took opportunity of an already white washed area to send us sister missionaries. They have settled into Townsville quickly and said they have never been in such a productive area, so we are looking forward to good things continuing.
Today Enoch decided to ring another couple serving about 8 hours away in Gladstone that we had never met. They are also feeling a bit isolated and so we are planning a get together, possibly each of us driving 4 hours to meet up. They are from Cody, Wy and arrived the end of March. We are excited!
We had another holiday Monday. It was the Queen's birthday, not too many people did much as most consider it way to cold for camping. Most stores were closed though.
The weather does actually get a bit chilly in the evening, we are forced to use a cover at night. Temperatures range from a low of 60 to high of 80, so it is very pleasant.
We took advantage of some of the tourist attractions and went to the Reef Museum, great way to see the reef without getting wet.
They also run a turtle hospital at the museum
