Thursday, January 30, 2014

Happy Australian Day!

Hey Family and friends,

First off, Happy Australian day!  Something cool that Aussies do is that if a holiday lands on a weekend Monday is a public holiday.  Cool, eh?  That is why I am emailing you on Tuesday instead of Monday, because the library is closed when there is a public holiday.

Also, I just want you all to know that I am healthy and doing well.  A lot has happened this past week.

It was cooler this week, and supposedly next week is only supposed to get to 32 Celcius!  Thank goodness for that! 

One random thing that I did: I picked up a dead cockroach with two pens like chopsticks and put it in the rubbish bin. 

A lot of missionary work is progressing here in Australia.  It is so exciting, and I am really excited to keep going and to push as hard as I can.

I love you all, and here is a picture of me and my companion, and our mission president, President Howes.

LOVE YOU HEAPS,
UNTIL NEXT TIME

ELDER HAN


Monday, January 13, 2014

Blessings!

Dear family and friends, 

It is another week in the beautiful, but hot summer in Australia.  We were privileged to be able to keep going in the ward and our area.  I am amazed at how many nice people there are here.  

Just wanted to share a couple of miracles this week.  First of which I thought I would never speak Korean here, but the first sunday, I met a korean family that was in the korean fireside a little while back.  not in the same ward, but just visiting.  Then this week, one of our ward families does this homestay thing, and we were able to meet two korean girls that are both 13.  It was really awesome, and so I am planning to get to know them and practice my korean.  One looks like KARA......  I'll take a picture sometime with them.

Other than that, Elder Somsen is very awesome.  He is leaving his mission in less than 4 weeks, which is kind of weird, knowing I will already get a new companion.  There is a term in the mission field where we get to 'kill off' our companion, and the person who ends his mission is dead.  So it's pretty funny.  

We have been really blessed to have air conditioning in our room, because if we didn't... we would die.  My old area just had fans, so it probably is really hard for them.  

I am using all of my christmas presents from my family, one of which is some modeling clay.  

I made me! (see picture)  


LOVE YOU HEAPS,


ELDER HAN

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Transfers!

So family and friends,
I have to keep this short this week!  
Sorry, but there is a lot going on, but it is very exciting news!

Christmas was amazing, and I have some awesome photos of it, except I didn't bring my old camera and cord to show you.  I said old because the second awesome news is that I got a new camera!  Attached will be some pictures of me taking a selfie with it. THANK YOU GRANDMA AND GRANDPA!

I also received many gifts from the family, all of which were fantastic! 

Also, the ward members gave us lava lavas.

So, the title is transfers and I was in summer hill for about 5 months, and guess what?!?  I got transferred!  TO BAULKAM HILLS, KELLYVILLE AREA!  It is a rich community with a lot of people, but no Koreans to my dismay....

I am really excited, because my new companion is Elder Somsen, he is from Idaho, and loves Soccer.  However, he will be leaving after this transfer so I will only get to know him for this transfer.

So, right now I am in Baulkam Hills, and during the transfer meeting I was able to see all the same faces. 


But I love you all and hope you all a fantastic week.  More will come next week.

I was going to send you pictures, but I am having some difficulties, so maybe next week, yeah?

Alright talk to you soon,

Love,

ELDER HAN