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 Hey everyone! To be honest, nothing too exciting happened this week. Like it was a very good week, don't get me wrong, but yeah, I guess just same old, same old. First thing first, I hit my year mark this week. Isn't that crazy? I think it's crazy. Anywho time for the mission stuff. So first on Tuesday we had a lesson with our friends Tyra and Victoria. That lesson went amazing. We had one of our members come (Dave) and the spirit was so strong and we taught a lot. Tyra is from New Zealand and I have no clue where her friend is from. But they're super keen so we'll see where that goes. Then right after that, we went to the chapel and had another beast lesson with our friend Arpan. She had some amazing questions and was open to hear us out. 

    Also this week, one of the less active members has all these Christmas decorations and she won this Adelaide competition. So we went and checked it out and she was super happy to see us. It was pretty cool not gonna lie. And from that, we got her to come to our ward Christmas party on Saturday! We were super happy she ended up coming. It was a lot of fun. 

   

   Also during the week we had another amazing lesson with our Indigenous friends Alfreda and Carl. And we put them on date for baptism, so we'll see what happens there. Super stoked about that. Then one morning we visited some members and they had me dig a grave for their chicken. She said it's good fertilizer. Then after that we had four lessons that morning! By the end I was literally mentally exhausted and slept on the bus ride to lunch. Then later that day while biking to an appointment, my comp broke another bike. So we had to have the sisters come pick up our bikes because we were so far away from our flat. Oh and the bike he broke was mine because I was riding his broken bike. So that was nice haha. 

  

  Other stuff that happened during the week; we had a great lesson with our friend John. And addition to that, we had a couple more lessons with our other friends we are teaching. We also had our ward Christmas party on Saturday, and that was a blast. And yeah that's pretty much it.

  

  A little spiritual thought is this quote; "Being happy does not always mean being without hardship. Sometimes it means just the opposite." Sometimes we need a burden, an extra load or task to help us truly feel happy. 

  

  Well I love you all. Have an amazing week and here's to 12 more months. 

-Elder Kapp

Thanks Dave

Teaching with Dave

Biking

Sunset

My Favorite Book

Christmas Decorations

Keep me in TTG

  HOLY COW, was this week full of miracles and such a joyful week. Hi everyone! How have you all been? If you can't tell, this week was so good for us here in the Tea Tree Gully. First things first, I want to talk about what happened yesterday. So, a little back story, we met another aboriginal family this week. We had an amazing lesson, and they wanted to come to church. So Sunday morning, since there were no buses, we walked an hour to their house at 6 am. And they said they were too tired and sleeping. After 15 minutes the mom came out and we sat on her driveway and shared a message and prayed. But then she went in and said she's too tired for church. We were a little frustrated, we just spent an hour and half trying to get them to church. So we left because we had to walk another 45 minutes to catch a bus. But while at the bus stop, they called us saying they are getting ready and are going to come. And sure enough, they came! They absolutely loved it! It was a roller-coaster of a morning but so worth it. 

   Also this week, we went on exchanges with the Zone Leaders. So Elder Arnold came here with me. It was such a good exchange. We had a some lessons, visited less actives, and found heaps of people. And then to close the night, he and I got the mega feast from Hungry Jacks! It was a lot of food, but hey, new memory haha. 

   The rest of the week was just full of so many lessons, services, and member visits. With some finding here and there. This area is so good and I never want to leave it. So make sure you're praying I stay for next transfer haha. It's crazy to see the Lord's hand in his work. Like it shows that it's his work, and people are prepared to receive him. It's just on us to trust him to lead us to those people. This leads me to our next miracle, Tyra. So there's been this street I've been wanting to knock for so long but for some reason we never had time or something would come up. But the other day Elder Shum and I both felt so strong that it was time. So we knocked it and man was it going bad. No one would let us utter a word. We knocked one whole side and then the next. All felt lost until one of the last houses. We knocked, and the person who answered asked us if we could teach them right then and there. They loved the Book of Mormon, and the spirit was so strong. It was such a blessing and miracle. 

   

  Then some random stuff, last pday was lit. We had chalk wars and played egg roulette. And painted each other's shirts. So fun. We saw a bunch of baby kangaroos, which were so cute. We had a service and I caught a large lizard so that was cool. So yeah that's my week.

   

  The little spiritual thought goes back to a quote years ago. "No empty chairs." I could have it off, but you get what I'm saying. When we're up in Heaven, will all our loved ones be there? Who'll be missing? Why? We need to be doing our best to make sure every single chair is filled. 

   

   As always, I love you all. I hope you have a most amazing week. I'll talk to y'all next week.

   -Elder Kapp

Baby Kangaroo

Our friends at church

Some of my favorite members

Lizard

Pday

Exchange

Dinner (Don't worry, this week we're going on a diet.)

Happy Thanksgiving

 Looks like we meet again. Hi everyone! Another week, another email. This week was really good. Imma only talk about some things for the sake of the length of the email. First things first, on Wednesday we had two major miracles. First one, was our lesson with our friend Chris. He invited us in and the lesson went so good. And later in the week we saw him again. And then the second miracle of Wednesday was we had dinner with our friends Matt and Abi. If you've forgotten, they had us over for dinner a couple of weeks ago, they are a young couple with two young kids, and the nicest people. The time we spent with them was amazing, but not gonna lie, being in a family environment like that made me pretty homesick. But don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved it and it was so good. They asked us questions trying to stump us, but we'd use the Bible and they'd admit that our point made sense. They said next time they'll bring their cousin and we'll bring a member, and basically I think it'll be like a big Bible bash. We'll see though. They're still the nicest people ever.

      Another amazing thing that happened was we had exchanges. Elder Mafi came to TTG with me. Man do I love that Togan. Our exchange was so fun and worked us half to death. We grinded the work. And miracle numero two of that day was after the exchange,  Elder Shum and I went and had a lesson with our Aboriginal friends! Holy crap was I so happy. Definitely don't have favorites;)(ha, says every lying parent ever). Their names are Frank, Judy, and Rosemary. And the lesson went amazing and they loved the things we had to teach. We also got to teach using an Aboriginal art book that explains the lessons. Probably one of my favorite mission memories.

   

   Some other side things that happened: we visited a member in this care places, he's been lonely so we pushed him in his wheelchair and he gave us a tour. (He's the one I have the Santa Clause picture with) Then to cheer him up we played a game of air-hockey which he absolutely loved. So that made us happy to see him happy. Something else that happened was Thanksgiving! And what did we do... got KFC. Because that's a bird. We went to the plaza to get it not realizing that it's Black Friday week! It was chaotic. So most people were shopping when we door knocked later. Hopefully the sale is still on because I have a money spending problem. Just kidding of course haha. 

  

   A little thought I have is who is Christ to us? The Savior asked his disciples of who people say he is. Who is he to us? Just a question I absolutely love asking people. 

 

  With Thanksgiving passing, I just wanted to say how thankful I am for all of you. Definitely couldn't be out here living my dream without all the love and support I get. So thank you so much. I love you all, and hope you have the most joyful and stellar week!

Frank, Judy, Rosemary

Elder Mafi

Finally got a car

Thanksgiving

Door knocking

The 200 Gang

 Hey Everyone! I swear I say this every week, but man did I love this week! For starters, our district made a goal to place 200 Book of Mormons in a month. So with that as our focus, we've been seeing much more miracles. That alone has made the week amazing. You may be asking, but Elder Kapp, what are the miracles that have come this week? Well wonder no further. Because my favorite miracle of the week was Chris. So to back up a little, we had three lessons Saturday morning. And each one fell through. Man was it frustrating. So we had time free up. So I looked at the map and saw this guy taught in the past and we felt strong about seeing him. So we went over, he opens and tries to blow us off. But I had enough! (it was a frustrating morning) So I did what I do best, I talked. The talking led to him having questions, which led to us teaching. By the end he was just in tears because dang was the spirit strong. He said it was a miracle we came that day because that day he was at his lowest and needed someone most. And right before we left, he asked for a hug and said he wanted us back. I'm very excited to see what the spirit brings Chris. 

   Anywho that was long, sorry. Other stuff that happened this week was we had a lesson with our friends Vilameen and Reyno (pronounced Rhino). That was super beast and went amazing. They're a very nice younger couple. We also had a crazy physical service on Tuesday. Which was me with a pickaxe, smacking dirt as hard as cement for two hours. It was hot, it was physical, and boy was I sore the next day. But it made them happy so it was worth it. Oh and I saw a koala in their tree so can't complain.

   There was a day this week where we just visited less actives. And to my surprise, a lot invited us in. We met heaps of members and made loads of connections. That was another miracle. Overall this week was just jammed pack with lessons like I've never had before. It was very much needed because days here and there have been kicking my butt. But our Heavenly Father knows me, and boy does he know how to help. 

   A little spiritual thought I have is from the Come Follow Me lesson. And like the most famous scripture from the Bible for our Church. James 1:5, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." Like how much simpler could they put it? If you have a question, go to the source which is God and ask. Like if people just did this first off, we'd just all be happier, and second, there would way less confusion. The world is confusing, so why turn to it for answers. Like confusion, plus confusion, doesn't equal peace. So we need to go to the source of peace to find it. Huh, makes sense haha.

   There's heaps more that happened this week, but again to add it all, you'd be reading a novel. So just will have the moments that impacted me most. 

   I love you all and am so very grateful for all you do for me. Y'all are the best. And again, if you're ever bored, then hey, I'm a good listener, shoot me an email:). I hope you all have a great week. Talk to you next week!

The grind never stops

All I pickaxed

Aren't we dramatic

Tis the season

Vilameen and Reyno

Koala

Gotta add the dog

My Third born in The Wilderness

   First week done with Elder Shum. And let me tell you, it was a pretty stellar week. So Tuesday was transfers and Elder Carr dropped off Elder Shum and took Elder Orr. And then there were two. So first day we went out and door knocked off the start. And that actually went pretty good. Elder Shum is willing to jump right in it, and its been so great to see. 

   Wednesday we had district council with our new beast district. Then after we saw a lot of people and then had lessons with our friends Anna and then Theo. So pretty beast day. Then on Thursday we had two amazing lessons with our friends John and then our friend Will. Then after we knocked doors which was super beast. Then we went to visit some members and past people being taught. Friday was probably my biggest struggle day in the mission. Elder Shum hadn't broken in his shoes and got this huge blisters. So our mission nurse grounded us for the day. So we studied, literally all day. And then called a ton of people until we called everyone possible. But that evening we had a dinner with a family in the ward. And then after that we had our Samoan Bible Study. Now I was able to bring a Samoan with me so that was nice. But with that, I'm now the only white person in the room. But it was good and then after they made us eat more food. KFC to be exact. 

   Saturday was our grind day. We had a lesson in the morning at the chapel with our friends Gihad and Tom. That went super beast. Then after we had a service where we put down heaps of mulch and then planted trees. Pretty fun service not gonna lie. After that we saw some more friends and later in the evening we had a lesson with our friend Stephen. And to close the night, the park by has had heaps of food trucks, so you know we had to stop by. 10/10 it was so good.

   Then Sunday we had church and most of the ward was gone so Elder Shum didn't get to meet too many people. Then we had our weekly planning which went awhile. Had to walk Elder Shum through everyone. Then we had some visits and went to the Neave's for dinner. Very classy, we had our non alcoholic red and white wine (just sparkling cider but dang was it fancy. Video on my google photos.) Then we ate heaps of good food. So I went home happy happy. 

   A little spiritual thought I had was just that no one said following Jesus Christ would be easy, just that it would be worth it. If we have our eyes on him, then we can't get lost in the bad and negative things of life. 

   Well everyone, I hope you have a great week. As always, thank you for everything. Today I hit 11 months, so I'll see you all in just over a year. Love you all, talk to you next week!

Proud Dad

At the food trucks

Elder Shum

Lunch with the district

Good food

God Has a Sense of Humor

   Guess what time it is??? Weekly email time!!! Woohoo! If you want to know about the title of the email, it's about transfers later in the email. Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing great. This week was all over the place, but we ended on a high note. For starters, last pday was pretty great. We played heaps of volleyball and painted shoes. Did I mix up American and Australian sizes? Maybe. But will I still wear them? Absolutely haha. 

   Then for Tuesday, we had a couple of lessons which went good. We door knocked some and ended up visiting some members. So overall it was a pretty alright day. Wednesday we tried to visit heaps of friends and were striking out left and right. Finally we hit a foul ball by just getting the door opened. So we had lots of time to door knock, in which we found more people to teach. Then we visited one of our members and he was dressed up as Santa and asked us to take a picture with him. It made him happy and now I have a picture with Santa in Australia. So a win, win situation. After that we had a lesson with Tunui which he's still doing awesome. And then one with his neighbor Stephen who's super nice. Then to close the day, we had our last District Council with this District. 

   Thursday was ok. We had a lot of appointments fall through. So we door knocked heaps but nothing too exciting came from that. But we had a lesson with John which went very well and very long. Boy does he like to chat. And then to end the day we started an exchange with the Zone Leaders. Elder Cardiff came here to TTG with me. Man was it needed. So Friday, our exchange was beast. We had a service in the morning so can't hate that. And then we had a lesson with our friend David. That went super well and he's started to keep commitments! Super stoked about that. And then we had lessons with some struggling members and those went amazing. We then got in contact with some of our friends and were able to talk a little and set up some appointments. And then we door knocked a bit which was great. After that we had a lesson with Margaret and Elder and Sister Sant joined. And let me tell you, that lesson was beast. Margaret is doing amazing still and is loving the church. So that was great. And then to close the night we had another lesson with our friend Va'a who has us over for Bible study. But we were able to talk to him about the Book of Mormon. And that went good, he wants us back again. So yeah, the exchange was beast. 

   Then to close the week, Saturday, we had a lesson in the morning which went amazing. And then service after for this other person. Then we helped a member put up shelves and went to some lessons after that. We had a very long lesson with this guy who doesn't want more than the Bible. But he was willing to listen to us, we shared a lot of Bible Verses and now he wants us back. So we'll see how that goes. Then we had some more lessons that went actually really good. And then Sunday we had Stake Conference and I was in the choir for it so I had to sing. But it was a super good conference. After we cleaned for our flat inspection because it was pushed back 4 days. And then we visited people and when we went to leave, our neighbor pulled up and offered to give us a ride to the bus stop. He had his son in the car and was very nice. A little miracle. And then we door knocked up to the baptism our ward had for one of the members. It was super cool to attend that. And then later that night we had transfers...

   Now the moment you've waited for, will Elder Kapp spend a year in the mission in just two areas, or will he be transferred? The answer... I'm staying and TRAINING AGAIN!!! MY THIRD GREENY! And guess what, there's only three in the intake. So yeah that happened. God really does have a sense of humor. Guess we'll see what happens.

   A little spiritual thought is when we put full trust in the Lord, he'll bless and help us greatly. Even if we can't see where it'll lead, he has a plan and we need to trust that plan. 

   Well again I love you all. I hope you have the greatest week! Talk to you next week.

Santa!!!

Elders

My bestie (aka Margaret's dog)

Elders building

Stake Choir

Shake and Bake

    Happy Halloween everyone! Even though I hate the holiday, I hope y'all enjoy it. This week was crazy good. A lot happened and so many miracles. And we had zone conference so can't complain about that. Anywho a couple of good from the week, numero one, we had such an amazing visit with our friends Matt and Abi. They're a younger couple with two little girls and asked if we'd come over for dinner. And then after dinner we has a great lesson and we're able to connect with them super well. They were super nice and very welcoming. That was probably my highlight of the week. It made me very happy. 

   Another great thing that happened was a Bible study we had with another young couple. They had us over late Friday and the topic we picked for the study was our purpose to life on Earth. So they shared some chapters, I shared some. And it was going great. And at the conclusion, the husband just asked to learn about our church. So we gave him the run down of the restoration and they were super nice and open about it. It was another super great experience. 

   Then on Saturday we had a couple of services. One in the morning doing gardening on like a ten foot ledge. So that was exciting. Then later in the day we went to a members who's wife just left on a trip and he's redoing her studio room. So we had to move like a ton of stuff. And then we tore up the carpet and everything. It wad a good service and a lot of fun. 

   The rest of the week was just busy with lessons and member visits. And an occasional door knocking sesh here and there. This was one of my favorite weeks in the area. Oh and also, I got my final X-Rays and everything is looking good. On a down note, once again my mission sister left. But we'll serve around each other again. But yeah it was a good week. 

   The little spiritual thought I have is from Ether chapter 2 and 3. This is when the Brother of Jared is trying to find ways to light their ships. What he did was come up with ideas and ask the Lord which was right. And I love that because we can sometimes just go straight to the Lord and ask what to do. But in reality, we need to do our part and present him with ideas that we tried. Then based on our efforts, he'll help and guide us.

   Well thank you again for everything y'all do. I hope y'all have a good week. Love you all, talk to ya next week.

-Elder Kapp

My favorite painting

Shake and Bake

Gotta teach everyone

Bye Sister Mataiti

Matt and Abi

Spider