March 31, 2014

G'day!

 

Thanks so much for the e-mail! Glad all is well. So today's e-mail is going to be really short because I only have about 30 minutes to e-mail. For P-Day today we are going into the city as a Zone and thus have to take an early train, and also the library computers weren't open for a little while so we were unlucky today. But that's alright. So this week was interesting, it was themed the "sick and broken" week. So for a few weeks now Elder Suan has had pain in his ankle and so we went to a doctor to have it looked at and he said it was a torn ligament. So Elder Suan from that day was told to rest his ankle for 2 weeks in order for it to heal, and Sister Maxwell (who is sort of the missionary doctor) said to keep the work level to about 20%. So unfortunately we couldn't do very much this week, but I was able to go on exchanges twice with other missionaries last week so I was able to go out for a little bit. And then on top of that I got really sick as well with just a big head cold, so both of us were out for the count. And on top of THAT the Mooroolbark sister missionaries got really sick as well, so it was just pretty ridiculous how the entire area was basically shut down for a bit of time because all of the missionaries were incapable of working. But we're all starting to heal so hopefully it will be back to normal soon. Elder Suan still has 9 days of rest so it wont be until next week that he can do a whole lot, and that's only if it has fully healed. In other news, this is the last week of the 40 day fast, so hopefully everyone can finish strong. One good thing that happened was that a returning less-active member we've been working with said he was ready to prepare for the Melchizedek Priesthood, so we're excited for him! With the rest of our investigators there aren't any at the moment who are shining forth, partly because they haven't been keeping commitments, but also because we weren't able to see many this week. But hopefully this week turns out a bit better and healthier for us! We have an Easter music fireside coming up this Sunday (similar to the one they had in December, I think I'd mentioned it to you) which will hopefully be a good opportunity for investigators to come. Anyway, my time went very fast because I still have to send the weekly e-mail to President Maxwell as well and we leave soon. Thanks for all your support! Amazing that there is only a few weeks left that I will be writing from across the world. It will certainly be a bitter-sweet experience when the time arises to finish. I hope you have a great week and I'll talk to you again soon! Love you heaps!

 

Love,

 

Elder Hopkins