Wedding, Baptism and other events

We have had some great experiences over the past week. On Saturday we were able to attend the wedding for our friends H and M. It was a special event put on by her family, President Ferguson performed the ceremony and then there was a full sit down dinner hosted by the brides family. Her aunt is in the catering business and so it was really lovely.

Following the wedding festivities M was baptized which was a great way to finish the day. The couple is just amazing and have made many changes in their lives and are so happy.

It was also a great way for Elder Field to end his service in Townsville as he was transferred on Monday after being here 6 months. We wish him well in his new area, he is a native Australian from Melbourne.

On Monday our new missionary arrived, what are the odds that we would get an elder from the Idaho Falls West Stake? Well we did! Elder Pickett is representing the West Stake well, we only know him a bit but he was quick to want to make goals that will stretch the missionaries in our district meeting. We know Elder Picketts's father as he was a friend of Jackie's from the past. We look forward to good things while he serves here.

The other really good news is that the missionary car was finally put back in service from the wreck that occurred the first week of December. It is not perfect and are still getting some parts to fix a few things but the elders are thrilled to be able to now get to all their areas. This should really help the work move forward.

Really great things happening in the Branch as all the leaders have really gotten on board with the Prophets call to reach and resue. We are helping in those efforts.

The weather is really changing, still have to use air conditioning but much cooler.

We send our love to all.