Jones, Jarret

Two emails in a row! Hope everyone's week has been great! It has been another adventure of a week for me!  Fun Australian things:  -Australians love honeycomb. They will have honeycomb ice cream at the stores, honeycomb covered chocolate, honeycomb flavored candy…. -Kangaroos and wallabies are the funnest animals to watch jump around -Koalas make weird grunting noises. Weekly highlights:  -We had MLC and it went very well. It went for 4 hours and so it was very long, but productive. The new mission president is making changes and it is interesting to watch how the missionaries react to the changes.  -We ran exchanges on Kangaroo Island!  -The ferry ride across on sea link was fun. We spent the 50 minutes on the top of the boat with the sea breeze in our faces. It was picture perfect. I spotted some dolphins and they swam toward us jumping out of the water. They ended up jumping out right before going under the ferry. Then, with the sunsetting, I watched them jum...

G’day mates! This week I will hit 1 year as a full time missionary! Time has flown so quickly! I can't believe I have been down under for 1 full year! I have learned and grown so much in this 1 year. I can't even imagine how many more experiences I will be privileged to have this coming year! I would never trade this year for anything!  Life has been insanely busy and I haven't had a p-day to write an email the last 2 months! It has been go go go 24/7! It is just how I like it! I am always amazed at how much we can accomplish in one week. The Lord consecrates our time as missionaries to allow us to accomplish the most work possible. I will try to give some quick updates on what has happened the last couple months of my mission. Fun Australian things: -Vegemite sandwiches made the Australian way are actually pretty tasty. -There is a kitkat bar that can only be found in Australia. It is called a kitkat aero. It is very tasty. It is a mixture of a kitkat and a york mint put t...