Christmas time in Brisbane

IIt is really hard to believe that it is almost Christmas.  The weather here is just beautiful, a bit cooler than usual and very green from recent rain storms.  We are shocked at how long it has been without an actual blog posting ! But that it how long it has even without an actual p- day.  We are surprising ourselves by how much we can sleep when Sat and Sunday come.

The Saturday before Thanksgiving we had a dinner with 34 other Americans in the Brisbane ward, it was a wonderful dinner with 12 kids running around so it pretty much felt like home.   

Two days ago we had the ward Christmas party at a park along the river.  It was very nice and relaxing.

The warm weather keeps us from getting homesick.

We are holding right around 250 missionaries in the mission.  We got two new couples that both went north.  One up by Cairns in a branch called Atherton, the other in a branch called Whitsunday Branch.  Both are serving in very beautiful parts of Australia.  They will really be a blessing to the church in these areas.

We continue our work in the office and while it can sometimes seem mundane we receive enough miracles that we remember whose work it is and that it is an important part.

We send our love and Christmas greetings to all.  Without Christmas there would be no reason to be missionaries - Jesus Christ truly did come to the world as a baby and fulfilled his calling as Savior of the world, atoning for our sins so that we could repent and return to live with our Heavenly Father.

That is truly a reason to celebrate. 

Love, Enoch and LaRue