Hello everybody, greetings from the world and land down under! I'm doing great here in Tasmania, but last week I forgot to mention one thing:  Our flatt has really comfortable mattresses with thick memory foam pads, but at the expense that there are mushrooms growing behind our kitchen sink (I always joke around that we can grown a tiny garden behind our kitchen, starting with tiny mushrooms, then tiny cucumbers, then tiny tomatoes).

Anyways, my week has been really great! Well, actually, Elder Stokes has been sick for the entire week and it doesn't seem to be getting much better, so our work productivity has been low... Last Monday we went to this place called The Gorge, and it was really pretty and we took tons of pictures. While we were shopping that day as well we ran into a member and she gave us $100.00 for groceries! What a blessing Sister Mitchel is, I mean what a true blessing!



Birthday dinner with the Eccle's family

Wednesday was Elder Stokes birthday, so we went to the Eccle's house for a birthday dinner celebration.  We had a really great time, and for a birthday gift Brother Eccle got Elder Stokes a pair of jeggings. Why Tim why? But we still had a really great time. The three kids love me, basically because they took turns while I swung them by their ankles and threw them onto the couch (Tim was loving it). When we got home Elder Stokes opened the package he got from his parents, and there were two tiny Nerf guns in there, one for him and one for me, so we had a little bit of fun shooting each other from across the room with those powerful little suckers.
One of our recent converts went into the hospital because he hasn't been taking his medications and went a little crazy, and now he's in the "Hard to control psychiatric ward", so PLEASE... keep him in your prayers! 



Scott Prebble (Frankston)

Friday night we went to a members house named Scott Prebble and his family. When he first introduced me to himself he called himself Brother Frankston, and even though I know that his last name is Prebble, and he knows I know, I still call him Brother Frankston just because him and his family get a kick out of it. The ward here is great, we get fed on average about 4-5 times a week for dinner, so that's really cool, and I always push myself further and further out of my comfort zone so I can get to know the ward more and more, and I can tell that the ward is starting to like me, even though I've only been here for about two weeks. Tim Eccles (In his 30's or so), Paul Challis (He's like 60), Job Tai (About 45), Todd Roberts (40's) and Cory Bailey and his 18 year old son Aaron are my favorite members, I love all of dem.


On exchanges with Elder Calachan (he's friggen SWEET!)

Saturday we went on exchanges, and since Elder Stokes is the District Leader going on exchanges is going to be a normal thing. This week I was with Elder Calachan. He's from the Philippians and has been out for about 7 months now. Most humble missionary I think I've ever met, before and during my mission. His English is incredibly well, and he hopes that he will continue to improve it so he can apply to BYU Idaho when he gets back from his mission. Such a meek and humble guy, love him to bits.



Elder Calachan and I eating an awesome meal!

Oh! And how could I forget??? We have an investigator named Jason who is getting baptized this Saturday! It'll be my first baptismal service my mission, and Jason is really excited for it. During church yesterday he came and completely participated in singing and the lessons, and afterwards we showed him the baptismal clothing and you could just see his eyes light up. He's ready, and I'm excited for him.

Well I think that's been the extent of my week. We're going to Mt. Wellington today and then as a Zone we're going to the Cadbury chocolate factory, then we're going ice skating. WAY excited for today.

That's it everybody, I love you all, and I pray for your safety constantly, and as always, God be with you till we meet again.

-Elder Landon Cook