Hey family,
I recieved some great news this week from Tennant Creek. Noeleen the lady that I was working with for the past 4 months to baptize actually got baptized. Flipping exciting. Can't wait to hear how they did it. I don't know how the week could get better after hearing that.
Time flys like crazy here. We get up in the morning get ready pack up the ute, go out and teach til night then we unpack, eat, and sleep. I wish I had more time to explain it also but the time also flys while I am emailing so it is hard to write a whole lot.
Love ya.
Love Elder Hyde
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Learning More About the Bush
G'day family,
Great week! Learned more ways about the bush. We went out bush on Wednesday. It ended up being just me and Elder Hepworth because 2 of the communities that we go to, all of the people were in town so 2 missionaries stayed here to look after them. We went to the other 2 communities. It is pretty cold out there. The shed we stay in is tinny, it has a bathroom in it, to have a warm shower when we wake up one person has to start a fire under the water heater thing and it heats up the water. i will send a picture of it.
I could try and describe the bush and the people and how we do the work but it is pretty hard sometimes, and you cant quite get the full picture until you experience it.
We drive quite a bit in the utes between the communities. They love the missionaries out there. The communities are pretty small only like maybe 200 people or less. The main focus is building priesthood leaders because we pretty much run the show for church and stuff, but there are a couple of good men out there that help a lot with the church, soon we will be able to make the switch to them running the programs. We do a lot of activities and movie nights and family home evenings. We collect a lot of fire wood for them so they can keep warm. I love it out there.
Love you all heaps. Keep smiling :)
Love Elder Hyde
Great week! Learned more ways about the bush. We went out bush on Wednesday. It ended up being just me and Elder Hepworth because 2 of the communities that we go to, all of the people were in town so 2 missionaries stayed here to look after them. We went to the other 2 communities. It is pretty cold out there. The shed we stay in is tinny, it has a bathroom in it, to have a warm shower when we wake up one person has to start a fire under the water heater thing and it heats up the water. i will send a picture of it.
I could try and describe the bush and the people and how we do the work but it is pretty hard sometimes, and you cant quite get the full picture until you experience it.
We drive quite a bit in the utes between the communities. They love the missionaries out there. The communities are pretty small only like maybe 200 people or less. The main focus is building priesthood leaders because we pretty much run the show for church and stuff, but there are a couple of good men out there that help a lot with the church, soon we will be able to make the switch to them running the programs. We do a lot of activities and movie nights and family home evenings. We collect a lot of fire wood for them so they can keep warm. I love it out there.
Love you all heaps. Keep smiling :)
Love Elder Hyde
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| The Water Heater |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Packing Up!!
Hello family,
I guess I will start out with the information that you will probably really want to know. It was transfers this weekend. We were planning on going up to Elliott for the weekend but when we called to ask permission they told us that we couldn't. That seemed weird. Then we realized it was transfers, so we knew that one of us was gone and that we would have to be in Alice Springs. They later told us that. . . I was packing. :( I wasn't expecting that. But fortunately they didnt say that I was packing 23 kg because that would mean that I was leaving the Alice Springs zone. I got my new companion yesterday. His name is Elder Hepworth from Utah. And my new area is called "Bushland Water". We are basically in a companionship of 4. We travel out to the aboriginal communities around Alice Springs to help bring the gospel to them. We will be leaving tomorrow and coming back in to town on Mondays for pdays then we go back out each week like that. I was pretty sad when I heard that I was leaving a big aboriginal community in Tennant but now I am going to where there will be even more. It is also way colder down here than in Tennant Creek, there is frost on the ground in the morning when we go play soccer. Love you all. Have a great week.
Love Elder Hyde
I guess I will start out with the information that you will probably really want to know. It was transfers this weekend. We were planning on going up to Elliott for the weekend but when we called to ask permission they told us that we couldn't. That seemed weird. Then we realized it was transfers, so we knew that one of us was gone and that we would have to be in Alice Springs. They later told us that. . . I was packing. :( I wasn't expecting that. But fortunately they didnt say that I was packing 23 kg because that would mean that I was leaving the Alice Springs zone. I got my new companion yesterday. His name is Elder Hepworth from Utah. And my new area is called "Bushland Water". We are basically in a companionship of 4. We travel out to the aboriginal communities around Alice Springs to help bring the gospel to them. We will be leaving tomorrow and coming back in to town on Mondays for pdays then we go back out each week like that. I was pretty sad when I heard that I was leaving a big aboriginal community in Tennant but now I am going to where there will be even more. It is also way colder down here than in Tennant Creek, there is frost on the ground in the morning when we go play soccer. Love you all. Have a great week.
Love Elder Hyde
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Setting Up for the Circus
Hello family,
Something funny that happened this week was we helped set up and cook food for the circus that was in town again. They did the show outside this time because they were using fire in the show. \We helped set up some mesh fencing stuff around where they were having the show kind of like a backdrop but on the side. During one of the acts the clown had a whip that was on fire. When he would whip it would make a little explosion of fire. One time he did this a little bit of gas flew off and got on the fence. All the sudden it went up in flame. The Tennant Creek crowd likes entertainment, when that happened everybody was cheering. Then they put it out and people cheered some more. ha. Then they continued the fire show. Good stuff.
It has actually started to get pretty cold. Not really, but I got used to the hot. It gets like 60 degrees in the morning and at night which feels pretty cold. And there is a wind that blows constantly too. I remember Elder Tomadakis telling me that it actually got cold here and I didnt believe him. I couldn't see how somewhere so hot could actually get cold.
Keep your heads high. Love you all.
Love Elder Hyde
Something funny that happened this week was we helped set up and cook food for the circus that was in town again. They did the show outside this time because they were using fire in the show. \We helped set up some mesh fencing stuff around where they were having the show kind of like a backdrop but on the side. During one of the acts the clown had a whip that was on fire. When he would whip it would make a little explosion of fire. One time he did this a little bit of gas flew off and got on the fence. All the sudden it went up in flame. The Tennant Creek crowd likes entertainment, when that happened everybody was cheering. Then they put it out and people cheered some more. ha. Then they continued the fire show. Good stuff.
It has actually started to get pretty cold. Not really, but I got used to the hot. It gets like 60 degrees in the morning and at night which feels pretty cold. And there is a wind that blows constantly too. I remember Elder Tomadakis telling me that it actually got cold here and I didnt believe him. I couldn't see how somewhere so hot could actually get cold.
Keep your heads high. Love you all.
Love Elder Hyde
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Special Sacrament Meeting Visitor
G'day family,
This week has been great. We drove down to Alice for p-day. When we got there we had our last interview with President Poulton and Sister Poulton. Then for the next 2 days we had trainings from him. I think they only have like 6 weeks left. They have been focusing a lot on how we can change ourselves to change the world. This time they talked a lot about how we decide if we are happy or not, by thinking positive about everything. I guess our brain works better when we are happy also.
Whenever me and my comp think that something is going wrong we try to look on the bright side. When someone shuts the door, we do a fist pump and say yes! Not really. At the end of the training they gave us our leavers interview even though they are leaving.
I met somebody in Alice Springs from Roy this past week, e had tea with their family. I couldn't understand her last name but her father is a chiropractor and is in the 28th ward in Roy.
We were only in Tennant Creek for 2 days. We held church here and then went straight to Elliott after so that we could have sacrament up there. It has been a while since I have been up there. I love going up there. We always have unexpected visitors at sacrament up there, this time it was a big black pig. All the kids started to chase it away during Elder Tollis' talk. Then we camped at the lake and we just barely got back not to long ago.
Take it easy, love yas.
Elder Hyde
This week has been great. We drove down to Alice for p-day. When we got there we had our last interview with President Poulton and Sister Poulton. Then for the next 2 days we had trainings from him. I think they only have like 6 weeks left. They have been focusing a lot on how we can change ourselves to change the world. This time they talked a lot about how we decide if we are happy or not, by thinking positive about everything. I guess our brain works better when we are happy also.
Whenever me and my comp think that something is going wrong we try to look on the bright side. When someone shuts the door, we do a fist pump and say yes! Not really. At the end of the training they gave us our leavers interview even though they are leaving.
I met somebody in Alice Springs from Roy this past week, e had tea with their family. I couldn't understand her last name but her father is a chiropractor and is in the 28th ward in Roy.
We were only in Tennant Creek for 2 days. We held church here and then went straight to Elliott after so that we could have sacrament up there. It has been a while since I have been up there. I love going up there. We always have unexpected visitors at sacrament up there, this time it was a big black pig. All the kids started to chase it away during Elder Tollis' talk. Then we camped at the lake and we just barely got back not to long ago.
Take it easy, love yas.
Elder Hyde
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| Big Black Pig visiting for Sacrament |
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| Alden splitting the big Red Rock! |
Monday, May 14, 2012
New Comp and First Taste of Goanna
G'day family,
Far out. It has been a full on week. Our P-day was changed to Tuesday due to a public holiday on Monday. Unfortunately on Tuesday the internet was down for Tennant Creek, the landline phone and even our mobile phones didn't work. We didn't have any communication with anyone for a day, then the internet still didn't work for another day, so now I am writing today. Anyway, I will get off my soap box now.
Now I will tell you the info that you have been waiting for. My new companion in elder Tollis. You will never guess where he is from. . . another Tahitian. ha. He also has a quarter french in him. He has been on his mission about 18 months now. He is pretty funny. He doesn't have his driver's license so I have to drive the whole way. 5 hours. Ha
I ate my first goanna this past week. It tastes like chicken and fish mixed together. They cook it in the ground.
On sunday the N.T. district president was down for church. He brought his wife and a kid. That was cool to have him down. Someone else presiding at the meeting besides ourself, ha.
We are still making progress with the baptismal candidate, she was able to have her interview for baptism and passed, yeah! So it will happen soon. I wish I could say a solid date, but we will just have to see when the time is right and everthing works out.
Love yas heaps. Keep smiling.
Love Elder Hyde
Far out. It has been a full on week. Our P-day was changed to Tuesday due to a public holiday on Monday. Unfortunately on Tuesday the internet was down for Tennant Creek, the landline phone and even our mobile phones didn't work. We didn't have any communication with anyone for a day, then the internet still didn't work for another day, so now I am writing today. Anyway, I will get off my soap box now.
Now I will tell you the info that you have been waiting for. My new companion in elder Tollis. You will never guess where he is from. . . another Tahitian. ha. He also has a quarter french in him. He has been on his mission about 18 months now. He is pretty funny. He doesn't have his driver's license so I have to drive the whole way. 5 hours. Ha
I ate my first goanna this past week. It tastes like chicken and fish mixed together. They cook it in the ground.
On sunday the N.T. district president was down for church. He brought his wife and a kid. That was cool to have him down. Someone else presiding at the meeting besides ourself, ha.
We are still making progress with the baptismal candidate, she was able to have her interview for baptism and passed, yeah! So it will happen soon. I wish I could say a solid date, but we will just have to see when the time is right and everthing works out.
Love yas heaps. Keep smiling.
Love Elder Hyde
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| Alden with a Goanna (not the one he ate, obviously) |
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Somebody is Leaving. . . .
Hey Family,
This week was like a roller coaster-it has been full of ups and downs.
We weren't able to baptize our investigator because she wasn't quite ready, but she is still looking forward to being baptized in the next couple of weeks. She is still coming to church and we also had a few new investigators at church also, it's growing!
We helped cook a meal as a service for a kids activity in Tennant Creek. These people from the circus came and were teaching the kids how to do circus tricks and then they put a show on at the end where the kids did the circus show. So we cooked the meals for their practices. The clowns got us to do a few tricks. Like riding unicycle, juggling. etc.
We found out transfer information this time and . . . somebody is leaving . . . Elder T is leaving and I am staying. We are in Alice Springs right now and I will pick up my new companion this afternoon. That's another up and down, it is sad to see Elder T leave but it will be good to have a new person in Tennant Creek. It's been a good 6 months. We will drop him off at the airport then get the new guys.
Well love you all. Have a fantastic week.
Love Elder Hyde
This week was like a roller coaster-it has been full of ups and downs.
We weren't able to baptize our investigator because she wasn't quite ready, but she is still looking forward to being baptized in the next couple of weeks. She is still coming to church and we also had a few new investigators at church also, it's growing!
We helped cook a meal as a service for a kids activity in Tennant Creek. These people from the circus came and were teaching the kids how to do circus tricks and then they put a show on at the end where the kids did the circus show. So we cooked the meals for their practices. The clowns got us to do a few tricks. Like riding unicycle, juggling. etc.
We found out transfer information this time and . . . somebody is leaving . . . Elder T is leaving and I am staying. We are in Alice Springs right now and I will pick up my new companion this afternoon. That's another up and down, it is sad to see Elder T leave but it will be good to have a new person in Tennant Creek. It's been a good 6 months. We will drop him off at the airport then get the new guys.
Well love you all. Have a fantastic week.
Love Elder Hyde
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