Coconut and Emu

 Hey Everyone!

   My emails have been all over the place. So I had to redo my email list and all that. But hopefully this week everything will be normal. 

   Well this week was super fantastic. We had to cover two areas again but saw great miracles from it. One great thing this week was our friends Derek and Mavis want to be baptized! They have been seeing a lot of opposition but their faith is strong. We had a lot of good lessons with them so they should be alright. During the week we also had a couple of lessons with Linda and her household. They're doing well. We went over and there was a group of people outside their house so we went in and started our lesson and some people outside came in to hear it. It was cool to see them choose Jesus Christ over the worldly things.

   During the week we also had some lessons with Kay. She's doing good, she's usually between two houses so if she's not at one then she'll be at the other. Her daughter absolutely loves the Book of Mormon stories book and has Kay read it to her. We're glad she's excited because she helps her mom keep her commitments. 

   A really cool part of the week was doing service for sister Backers. She lives out in Humpty Doo a ways and has a massive property. But with that she has a literal zoo there. She has an emu, wallabies, heaps of dogs, so many birds, cows, horses, and fish. So we were literally cutting plants with an emu. It was pretty cool. 

   Two weeks ago we got a referral for this guy named Adam but sadly he's been sick. But he and his family came to church Sunday. They absolutely loved it, and they have a little daughter who loved primary. We have a lesson with them Saturday which we are very excited for. And lastly is about Nancy's family. We see them once to twice a week. This week we had a great lesson with them. The kids love missionaries and this week we told them if they sat in the whole lesson then we'd play soccer. Let me say, I've never had such good participation in a lesson. So of course after we played soccer. Such a good family.

   This week, Agnes and Dennis came to church. It was great to see them there and see the smiles on their faces. Then today we played basketball with the Katherine and Darwin district and then just hung out the chapel. Fun time with the zone.

 Spiritual Thought: Alma 37:36 

"Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever."

 Super excited for this next week. We won't be covering two areas this week so we should get a lot done. Well hope you all enjoy this second email this week. Love y'all.

Wallaby

Irwin Rd

Dwayne and Stacy during soccer

Baby Wallaby

Emu

Don't be Cheeky

  Let me say, this week was packed. Since we're double covering two areas we've had a jammed pack week. Which is a very good thing. For a couple of days, we were in the other area which was good. We were able to teach a lot of friends and members which was good. 

    This week we had Derek, Mavis, and their daughter come to church which was amazing. We had a lesson with them during the week which was good. This next week we're planning on going over baptism with them which I'm excited about. They've come to church the past month and have loved it. 

   A lot of our friends are going out to community for funerals these next weeks. So that means we won't be able to teach in person for a while. But we work with what we got. Before Elwin and Polly left we taught them the ten commandments and some actions to help remember it. They absolutely loved it. They thought it was so fun and they remembered them very well. 

   We had a couple of lessons with Linda and her family. We found out that Terisita was on date for baptism and the only reason it didn't happen was because she went to a funeral. So we're going to work with her with setting baptism as a goal. So hopefully that goes well and she doesn't leave again.

   The remainder of the week was spent with lessons and member visits. We've been working with Dennis and he was going to come to church but the member didn't show up to pick him up. But he wants to come so that's a big step. Our friend Kay has been hard to catch but we've been making it work. And then the rest of the week was spent in the other Palmerston area. We had a lot of visits and lessons which was good. Just working with the time we have.

   Today we went bowling and played pool with the district which was fun. I did horrible in bowling but we won pool. Definitely wasn't because of me but hey I'll take the win.

   Spiritual thought: "We are God’s children, set apart for immortality and eternal life. Our destiny is to be His heirs, “joint-heirs with Christ.” Our Father is willing to guide each of us along His covenant path with steps designed to our individual need and tailored to His plan for our ultimate happiness with Him." -Elder D. Todd Christofferson

   Sorry this email is a week late. Hope you all are doing well. Give me an email if you want. Love ya.

-Elder Kapp

Brother De Guzman

Service

District

A tree

Biking in the NT

Hello everyone! A week done of biking in Darwin. Let me say, it's definitely an experience. By that, it has its ups and downs. For example, a positive is I'm exercising and I love that. A negative, it is hot, like crazy hot. But overall, I enjoy it. It's frustrating we can't see as many people but the work continues. 

Some things to note from this week start with exchanges. I was with Elder Burgess in the other Palmerston area. The exchange was great. We had heaps of lessons which was great but that night we had dinner with a member in Darwin. We got a ride over and the other Elders biked. For your information it took them and hour and a half to get there. So we decided to be decent and we took the bikes home and they got a ride. Let me say, biking in the pitch dark was pretty good. So good, we did it a second time later in the week coming back from Humpty Doo. So yes, biking is great.

Elder Wijaya has finished his mission and goes home this week. So he's in South Australia, and that means Elder Burgess is with us for two weeks. I'm honestly excited because I love trios. And it's been way fun and productive. 

Some miracles, Mavis, Derek, Barbara and her family came to church. We had an amazing lesson with Dennis who's the member we've been working with. We we're sharing a message and them his grandkids came in and he was so excited for them to hear our message. We also had some amazing lessons with Derek and Mavis, Elwin, Linda and her family, and Barbara and her mob.

Overall being up here has been amazing. We're just super busy with teachings and member work. I absolutely love it. 

Spiritual Thought:

Mosiah 5:7

"And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters."

Well I hope you all have an amazing week. Thanks for everything y'all do. Talk to you next week!

Some nature

Bike Riding

Dennis Family

More Nature

Week of Miracles, and The Unexpected

 Hi everyone!

There was lots of excitement and good things this week. Ranging from lessons, to zone conference, to member visits. It was just a great week overall!

So to start with Tuesday. We had a literal 10 minute service we had to drive about an hour total for. So that was something. After that we had Palmerston district council and got lunch after. A sister tried beating me in a pizza eating competition, but you know I won. After that we went out to Caroline and had a great lesson with her. After we had a great lesson with our friend Barbara and her family. Then such a great lesson with their neighbors Elwin and Polly. They accepted baptism so we're now preparing them for that. Then in the evening we went to Nancy and her huge family. We had a great lesson with them. It was honesty super cool to teach so many people at once. 

Wednesday we had an exchange with the Darwin Elders. Elder Mafi came to Palmerston with me. We had a lesson with our friends Derek and Mavis who came to church this past Sunday. The lesson was very good. They'll be going out to community soon so we're trying to teach as much in person as we can. After that we had a lesson with Kay and then with Linda and her family. Then we went to a member who was less active but has been coming back. His name is Tevita and he's from Tonga. He gave me a haircut and we talked a lot about his mission experiences. It was great to see his testimony and the growth he's had. Elder Mafi is a great missionary and we had a good exchange.

The rest of the week was just filled with lessons. We went and saw Agnes, she's doing amazing. We had more lessons with all the friends from earlier in the week which was great. 

So Saturday was zone conference which was great. President Standley knows how to get missionaries motivated and excited for the work. After zone conference and before the dinner with the zone, we went out with the Katherine Elders for a lesson. We went to see Linda and her partner John. So we had a lesson about the Plan of Salvation which was good. They were really understanding it which was great. At the end of the lesson John like groaned and I asked if he was ok and he said they were waiting for an ambulance! Like what! We just had a 45 minute lesson and the whole time you've been bleeding out. An ambulance came but we found out the next day, he died. At least he got to learn about where he's going. 

Then to add to that, Sunday evening we got in a car accident with an Aboriginal lady. We had to sit there, in Gray, at night, for three hours. We'll be without a car for six months. So yeah, that's about the week. 

Today we went fishing for a little with some missionaries and then spent the day in the Emergency Room. 

Spiritual thought: Take Up Our Cross By Elder Ulisses Soares

"My dear friends, we must remember that taking our cross upon ourselves includes being humble and trusting in God and in His infinite wisdom. We must acknowledge that He is aware of each of us and of our needs. It is also necessary to accept the fact that the Lord’s timing is different than ours. Sometimes we seek for a blessing and set a time limit for the Lord to fulfill it. We cannot condition our faithfulness to Him by imposing upon Him a deadline for the answers to our desires. When we do this, we resemble the skeptical Nephites from ancient times, who mocked their brothers and sisters by saying that the time was past for the fulfillment of the words spoken by Samuel the Lamanite, creating confusion among those who believed. We need to trust the Lord enough to be still and know that He is God, that He knows all things, and that He is aware of each of us."

Everyone on this email, I hope you know how grateful I am for you. Family, friends, missionaries, whoever, I'm glad to have you in my life. If you're bored then send me an email. Love you all!

Darwin District Lunch

New shoes just dropped (thanks to little Kiana)

Agnes

Elder Mafi with Derek and Mavis