This week we got to chat with Elder Beattie 2 days in a row. He was able to call home on his Christmas after church and then then the next day (our Christmas) because it was his PDay. It was nice to get the extra facetime in during the holiday since it seemed harder to get into the mood of Christmas knowing part of our family was celebrating so far away. He did mention that it was sort of strange to see all these houses totally decorated for Christmas while there was no snow and it was so hot out. Some houses went all out and light danced to music on radio stations (which they watched the lights but couldn't listen to the music).
It's nice to know that the members seem to caring for the missionaries and kept their Christmas Day busy. Elder Beattie seems to be growing a lot while learning how to deal with other personalities and being around others 24/7 while keeping yourself positive and motivated. I'm sure as he stays proactive and keeps doing what he knows is right, things will fall into place for him.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!🎅
It's so weird that it is Christmas for all of you, and it is boxing day for me down here. The highlight of this week for me was definitely Christmas day. We had a lot of member meals, one lunch and 2 dinners! It is crazy, I feel so full right now! One of the houses that we went to was a super rich family that had a super mansion. We did a white elephant dice game and I ended up with a monster truck toy, it is pretty awesome!
This week has been pretty uneventful for me, not alot of teaching visits and finding new people has been pretty dead for some reason. Hopefully this week will pop off a little more.
I had some cool experiences though. We did an exchange and I was paired up with Elder Phelan. He is a pretty cool dude, him and I are very similar and we get along super easy, so it was nice to be able to chat with him and do some missionary work in his area. If it weren't for Christmas, that would've been the highlight of the week for sure.
My Christmas was really cool though. We had 1 hour church at 9, there were a couple of good talks about Jesus' birth and there were some pretty good musical numbers that were sung. After church, we went to the super rich family's house and had a really good lunch there. After that we went over to a farm an hour away and had lunch part 2, it was quite good (at this point I am getting pretty full) we got to go on a zip line and I was able to throw around an actual American Football! At the end of our visit, they gave us all matching Tshirts that say Australia Brisbane Mission on them, they are really cool. Then finally we made the long trip to our last appointment which was a dinner one. They had lobster and meatloaf. Yum. After the meal I was stuffed. I was about to explode, when they brought out a fruitcake. Oh no not more. Thankfully, I was able to stuff it down my throat without having it come back up. After that, we sang some Christmas hymns and shared the message of Jesus' birth.
The cool thing to me was that even though all of these people that we visited with are so different, they all believed the same thing and had testimonys of the Savior. That made me think of Luke 2:10:
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
I like how at the end it says that it is for all people. Everyone has the opportunity to have those good tidings of great joy.
I know that Jesus Christ did walk on this earth many years ago, and that he gave us the greatest gift anyone could ever give us, that gift is the Atonement.
I am excited to learn more about Jesus Christ and about all of the many great things that he did while he was on the earth.
Emoji of the week:🎅🏿
Slang word of the week: Fair Dinkum: genuine, honest, true. (If you say like some crazy story, like my comp hit a car while riding his bike. Someone might say "Fair Dinkum?")
Lots of love, and Merry Christmas,
Elder Brayden Beattie.
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