So yeah, another week has come and gone as well as another transfer. So with the transfer news I was for some reason feeling really anxious about it like I've never really felt about a transfer call before, just anticipating something different and exciting. But before I get into that I'll tell y'all's about the week I had.

So last week Monday we went to the ZL's area to play basketball with about 20 of the youth/YSA members, and all of them are Polynesian. All I can say is that if you want to see 15 year old girls play hard out in basketball, go watch Samoan girls play, because when it comes to sport they don't mess around. It was great fun and a TON of exercise which is something that I've taken a lot more seriously in the mornings because my face keeps getting wider. UGH!!!

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was honestly a blur. I do remember that we were able to pick someone up to teach, his name being Jake, and about a month ago we tracted into him and gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he'd read it. We rocked up on him a couple of days back and he had already read all of 1 Nephi, and so we taught the Restoration and he's pretty keen for us to come back because he's always been confused on why Adam and Eve are taught so differently between denominations, so I'm sure he'll be pretty keen to hear what we know about them. But seriously, I hate to say it but I can't even recall what we did this week. Seriously, I sit here at the computer with a blank in my brain trying to remember. I remember we did service for a member on Saturday that took almost all day, which was a good thing because the footy finals were on (footy being an Australian sport where the men hit a ball around and wear their little sisters shorts. Look it up). If we went tracting on Saturday we'd get a LOT of people angry at us for interrupting that because they WORSHIP that sport down here. It's pretty entertaining how worked up people can get about it. But other than that, I'm really pulling out a brain fart on what happened this week. All I can remember is that we tracted and worked and visited people and we're really trying to help the members find people for us to teach.

So yeah, lest not forget transfers!! So Elder Cuenca is leaving and I'm staying, but this District now has two trios of missionaries, which means that our District now has 10 Elders in it! Holy crap that means I'm gonna have to do a TON of exchanges for DAYS!!! It'll be fun. So my new companion? ELDER FREAKING VIAOUGA!!! WE'RE COMPANIONS AGAIN!!! I was pretty dang excited for that, and also, Elder Howell, my awesome-as Zone Leader in Heidelberg Zone when I was in Eltham, is going to be the new Assistant to the President! What the heck? Things are just getting awesome around here! I'm still the District Leader, we get to do exchanges for days, Elder Vaiouga is my new companion, Elder Howell is the new Assistant, and life is good so far. I'm excited for it all, and this, like every other stinking transfer, will be another quickly spent one. We've got General Conference, interviews, tons of exchanges, and just holy moly. And also, on the 12th of this month the mission is having a specialized training regarding that "The Book of Mormon" Broadway musical conducted by a General Authority I think. And also, from what I've heard, that wherever that play is aired, baptisms SKYROCKET because people see it and then have genuine interest in the church. The irony is that Satan tries to attack the church but then in it builds it up.

But yeah, excited for this new transfer! Love you all heaps, and sorry that there aren't as many pictures as you'd like to see from me, but it happens. Love you all, and as always, God be with you till we meet again.
-Elder Landon Cook
Ponderize: Psalms 118:8-9

Us with one of the converts in the branch that was baptized about a year ago