tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2056201288322931452024-03-20T18:08:29.107-07:00Our Melbourne Australia MissionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-6249644342204251982015-04-02T12:53:00.000-07:002015-04-02T12:53:20.402-07:00Last week in the mission and home coming<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Monday, March 23, was our official last day working at the
Archives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a picture day, for
sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marvin got a shot of taking the
image of the last document we had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other
pictures were of the couples and companionships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were a wonderful group of people to work
with and we surely have lots of love for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were asked to publish our “15 in 15” (4 generation groupsheets) so
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lurae and Delbert Dillingham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marvin taking his last image</td></tr>
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Tuesday we spent the morning in the Melbourne Temple with
all of the elders and sisters and their companions who were going home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we attended the transfer meeting, where
new companionships are created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of
the leaving missionaries bore their testimonies and plenty of tears were shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The afternoon was spent finishing packing and
cleaning our flat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That evening we had
dinner at the mission home with all the elders and sisters who were going home
and another testimony time and lots of pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our mission president, Pres. Cory Maxwell and
his wife, Karen, were the greatest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
had so much love and caring for the missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Karen sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
so we had opportunities during our mission to sing for different events with
either her conducting or playing the piano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Wednesday was our departure day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elder and Sister Hullinger (from Roosevelt,
Utah) picked us up at the mission office after we turned in our car, and drove
us to the airport, after a quick stop at the archive to say our last good-byes
and shed more tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our trip took 14
hours to fly from Melbourne to Los Angeles, one hour to go through customs
(after Marvin realized that he left his ipad on the plane, which was
retrieved), then a trip to Salt Lake City, arriving about 8:30 that
evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a fun welcoming committee
we had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our son Keith and his family and
Marvin’s brother Joseph and brother Dilworth and his wife Pat and our friend
Bob were all there to greet us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
so fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bob drove us home, arriving
about 10:30, and the neighbors had created a sign for us which was lit and had
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neighbors came
running out of the house when we drove into the driveway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a welcome home!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeanne, Bob’s wife, had staged our home like
it was on HGTV, with flowers in almost every room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite spectacular!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Easter decor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The candy eggs didn't last long once the grandchildren found them. They left the bunnies for us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful flowers. Can I keep them alive?</td></tr>
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One of Marvin’s first “to do”s was grocery shopping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He excitedly brought home 12 boxes of
cereal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No more Wheat Bix, Crunchy Nut,
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Thursday morning, President Sargent come to the house for our official release. What a bitter-sweet event that was! Kay (and others) cried all most the whole time he was there. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our family began
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24 for dinner, and then relaxed.</div>
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I realized that we did not have a picture of Mark Kelly who
was our supervisor from Sydney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one
we took in December when Marilyn presented to him his embroidered name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also gave one to each of us (our own
names) and to many of the senior missionaries and important people who have
come into our lives during this remarkable experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How grateful we are to have had the
opportunity to serve the Lord through this Australia Melbourne Mission.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Where has the time gone?! We have less than one week until we return to
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. We are excited and have been so blessed to
have had this mission experience.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So, here is a look at the last two months.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We have waited to go down to <st1:placename w:st="on">Phillip</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Island</st1:placename>
until the days were cooler to go to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Penguin</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>. We began with a stop at the Grand Prix race
track. It was huge and we saw several
drivers out driving the cars. Inside the
visitor’s center there was one of the cars which can be driven. A lady said Marv could get in it for a
picture. Getting in was the easy part. Getting out was much more difficult.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Next stop was the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Koala</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Conservation</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>. You can walk on these metal sidewalks in the
air to get close to the bears. They live
in the eucalyptus trees because the leaves are what they eat. We also visited the farm, the town and the
beach at the north end of town. We
decided to drive to the south part of the island and found this great beach
with lots of surfing going on. That was
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<span lang="EN-US">As the evening began, we headed to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Penguin</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>, but first went to view the
Nobbies. A storm was circling and we did
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Chinese New Year. Although we didn’t get
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days long), we did see the dragon which was set up at Queen Victoria Market.</div>
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Wakeboarders came from all over the world to participate. There were carnival rides all along both
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<span lang="EN-US">We didn’t get any pictures of the next
event, but we had the pleasure of having Elder Packer, the son of Pres. Packer,
and several other Family Search dignitaries and their wives visit us at the
archives. We arranged an afternoon tea
and had the opportunity to meet with them and discuss our work. They were quite impressed with the work we
have been doing and how much the archive staff enjoys our association. And, mentioning work, here is a new project,
inner-coastal shipping records. This
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<span lang="EN-US">We got the opportunity to return to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tasmania</st1:place></st1:state> for one week to
do the metadata for the archives on the last bit of work we finished. We stayed downtown so we were able to walk
everywhere. We were able to have dinner
with Jan and Frank Robbins, our Tassie neighbors, Len and Cecily Watson,
previous digitizers, and Dana and Richard Lang, the ward mission leader and his
wife. It was great to see our friends
from church. We had rain only twice
during our trip. Not bad for a Tassie
autumn.</span></div>
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afternoon tea at the archives, since we are leaving next week. All of the important people at the archives
were there and our Family Search group.
It was a very nice gathering.
Daniel Wilksch, our direct supervisor at the PROV, gave a little speech
which told what we had done in <st1:state w:st="on">Tasmania</st1:state> and
here in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:city>. He is such a shy person, I was surprised that
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much as we wanted, but more than that, we enjoyed the companionship of these
good brethren and sisters. There is an
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we found out it was Marilyn Freeman’s birthday.
We had been so impressed with the hamburgers at Grill’d in Sydney, that
we found one not far from the archives in Melbourne. Since hamburgers are a favorite meal for
Marilyn, be all decided to celebrate her birthday there. We sure do have a fun time with these
seniors.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I received an email from our daughter and
she said it looked like we were doing mostly traveling. I figured the day-to-day work in the archives
is not the most exciting, but I had better let you know that we are there
Monday through Friday, working harder than we have ever worked before. Kay does most of the document preparation
work (since that is Marvin’s least favorite job). The documents are stored, folded in quarters
and tied with ribbon, in these boxes.
Kay must unfold them, remove any brads or staples, cut the strings or
ribbons which are sewn to keep papers together, flatten the documents, and then
let them sit for a few days to flatten out before being digitized. Marvin then takes each stack to the camera
table, and takes the picture of each document, checks for any errors and then
restacks the files. Kay then refolds
each group of documents and puts them back into the boxes. Each box contains an average of 65 document
groups. A group would be the documents
of one person who is deceased. We
average more than 10,000 images each week.
So with the other missionaries here doing the same thing, we are adding
over 40,000 images each week. OK. Enough of work.</span></div>
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back property full of very tall trees and lots of birds. The owner has now cleared the property, as he
is planning on building two flats back there.
I wondered what would happen to all the birds. Gratefully our next door neighbor has a few
tall trees and the parrots have taken a liking to that tree. There can be several hundred which congregate
on the top of that tree in the early evening, and they make quite a
racket. Often we have to close the doors
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drive up into the Dandenong Range (about a 15 minute drive from our house) to
the William Ricketts Sanctuary. We were
greeted in the parking lot by a kookaburra.
He did not laugh for us though.
The sanctuary was built by Wm Ricketts who had become ‘one with
nature’. His statues are of the
aborigines and many of the forest animals who lived there. His statues are ceramic but made to look as
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point where a chainsaw carving contest was finishing up. We got there in time to see the awarding of
the prizes and the auctioning off of the pieces. There was one (we didn’t get a picture) that
we particularly liked and would have bid for it if we lived here. There were eight carvings in total. The artists started with one log and had 5
days to create their masterpiece. An American woman won the participants
favorite prize, but the overall winner was an Aussie and he carved a beautiful
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Marv’s brother, Harold and his wife Pat, from when they were teaching in
China. She is now in Melbourne studying
bio medics and Ashley is a classmate of hers.
It was so fun to get to know them.
We served an authentic American picnic, hamburgers, BBQ beans, potato
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holiday. We celebrated by having some of
the senior missionaries over to our house for a BBQ. We got to know the McFaddens (Orem, UT) and
the Jose (Perth, AU) a little better.
Sis. and Bro. McFadden work in the city with the international branch,
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attraction was Bjorn Again, who sing the ABBA songs, and they were great. They had been on tour some time before in
Australia and Marvin had looked at getting tickets, but they were so
expensive. So, this was great as it was
a free concert. The concert ended with
fireworks at 10pm which we saw as we turned back to look while we made a quick dash
to McDonalds for hot chocolate. Marv had
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<span lang="EN-US">On Jan 15, we had the pleasure of having
the new Pacific Area President and his wife with us for a mission
conference. It was an outstanding
conference and I have included my notes so as not to forget where they are.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Notes from Pres.
Kevin Pearson, Pacific Area President </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Am I a person who Heavenly Father can trust
to do what He wants me to do? The more
we feel without acting upon it, the less and less we will feel. When you pick up one end of a stick, you pick
up the other. Choices have consequences.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Do we ‘act’ or ‘become’ the person we are
supposed to be? God knows our potential
and what He wants us to become.</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> Have faith in yourself and your calling. Rely on the Lord for His help.</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> Obedience and personal sacrifice is
required. What is your attitude toward
being obedient?</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> Seek and ask for the companionship of the Holy
Ghost.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you are happy, notify your face.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you want more revelation, you need to
ask questions. Ponder, reflect and
meditate on what you read for more revelation.
Often it’s in the pondering that we receive revelation. Revelation comes when we are ‘doing’. Pray out loud for increased revelation. A person is more focused when praying out
loud. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Feeling the love of the Savior and Heavenly
Father is revelatory. When we feel the
love, we know we are forgiven. The
Spirit knows <u>all </u>things about us.
2 Nephi 31, we need </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">light from Heavenly Father in order to understand. The Holy Ghost knows what we need</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">to know. True doctrine
understood changes attitudes and behaviors.
Don’t focus on what </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">you are not, but what you need to become. There is no revelation without thinking.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Alma 13 – we are the ones who have been called and set apart to
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<span lang="EN-US">Mortal amnesia – at least a partial inability to recall immortality.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After resurrection amnesia is gone and we have a perfect
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<span lang="EN-US">The only power that can lessen the amnesia, is the power of the Holy
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<span lang="EN-US">Your testimony is the tool which allows the investigator to feel the
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<span lang="EN-US">This is about HIS mission, not my mission. A mission is about doing HIS work. </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -36pt;">You BE what you are BECOMING.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The harder you work, the more Heavenly Father reveals who we are.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The more you do, the more the capacity expands.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In order to become something, you have to let go of what you are.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Quoting Elder Holland, “The spirit of this work is urgency. NOW.
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<span lang="EN-US">in your personal growth. Live
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<span lang="EN-US">Spiritual self-reliance – focus is outside of self and aimed at
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<span lang="EN-US">There is no power is misalignment, only in aligning what we do with
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<span lang="EN-US">Your identity depends upon your values and beliefs which depends
upon your attitude and behavior which depends upon your actions which depends
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<span lang="EN-US">Obedience
is the first law of EVERYTHING. Purpose
of obedience is faith. Faith in Christ
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repentance is to be able to qualify for covenants.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sis.
Pearson – Stand up, Stand out, Stand firm</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So, today is Jan 31 and the middle of
summer, but it is overcast and very cool outside. This part of Australia gets the cool fronts
that come from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. We will still get some hot weather next
month, but this seems like a summer without a summer.<br />
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Another box ticked (a very common phrase in Australia), as
we decided to spend New Years in Sydney with Marvin’s cousins, Dave and Leslie
Moore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We arrived at the Sydney airport
at 9:05 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marvin turned on his phone
to find a message from them that they had been looking for us since 7:40.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had accidentally given them our take off
time instead of arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They took us to
the temple to see the beautiful Christmas lights, the manger scene, and the art
show of the life of Christ (all which they were in charge of).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very well done and quite well
attended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course at 10:30 at night,
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Tuesday was a day on the waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started off by riding on the River Cat
which goes down the Parramatta River to Sydney Harbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we took a ferry to Watson Bay which is
at the point of the harbor and the open sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We walked all around the point enjoying the gorgeous views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back to the Harbor at Circle Quay and on to a
different ferry this time going to Manly Beach. We had lunch there and found
matching hoodies which had Manly Beach on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Another box ticked!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beach
was great and Kay had to stick her feet into the water which was a delightful
temperature since the sun was hot and it was humid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reversed our direction and took the ferry
back to the harbor and another river cat back up river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crazy hat was just for fun, but came in
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking over all the new eateries which line the wharf</td></tr>
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One of the best deals in Sydney is that you can buy a public
transportation ticket for $2.50 for all day and go on any public
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and tram as often as you want.</div>
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Wednesday we drove west to the Blue Mountains and spent
several hours at Scenic World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The air
looks blue because of the oil which is emitted from the gum trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We first took the sky ride to get a good view
of the gorge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was breathtaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hiked around the top for awhile before
coming back and taking the train down into the valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Three Sisters (peaks)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cable car</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>That was quite an experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The train went down at a 57 degree angle of
decline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt like we were standing
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lining up to get on the train</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The narrow space the train went through</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite an angle!</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a picnic in a park, we headed back to
Carlingford (where we all were staying) and got ready to ride the train into
the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met with some of the senior
missionaries on the train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A quick stop
at the Queen Victoria Building while we were waiting for the husbands of two of
the sisters (they had missed the train we were on) and we were amazed at the
beautiful interior of the building (a shopping center) and the huge Christmas
tree which was 3 floors tall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Queen Victoria Building</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Queen Victoria Building</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful stain glass windows</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful clock which told time and date</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Church
owns one of the floors in a city building, so we were going there to the top to
watch the fireworks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But before doing
so, we walked a few blocks to have dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We ate at Grill’d and had the best hamburgers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marvin decided to have “The Lot”, a hamburger
with a fried egg and beatroot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stairs that changed colors</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Up on
the roof, we watched the 9:00 fireworks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were 4 different places along the harbor shooting fireworks and
they were all the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So no matter
where you were in the city, you would be able to see them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The roof closed after the show and all the
missionaries went home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to
stay in town and get a feel of the “party”, all those who were waiting for the
12:00 show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were impressed that the
overall behavior of the party goers was very good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, there were lots of police
around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We felt very comfortable and
safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At about 11:00 we decided to head
for home on the train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to
travel with no delays and when the 12:00 hour arrived there were only 6 of us
in our train car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We celebrated by
passing out candy and Tim Tam cookies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Thursday we drove up to Morisset where there is a mental
hospital out in the bush, but by a beautiful lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our purpose was to see the kangaroos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Dave and Leslie were there before, there
were hundreds of roos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only saw a
few, but Kay and Leslie had a good time feeding those who came to greet
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove down the central coast to
Terrigal where we had lunch and saw some beautiful coastal views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our last stop of the day was Bondi Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was packed with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course it is one of the most popular
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two hungry fellas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Terrigal Point</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made it to Bondi Beach along with many many other people!</td></tr>
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Friday was a day just for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took the river cat to the city and spent
some time in the botanical gardens and enjoyed sitting on Mrs. McQuarrie’s
chair, just like we did when we were here in 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked into the city and Kay went through
St. Mary’s cathedral which was beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then we walked through Hyde Park and looked into the Town Hall which had
lovely architecture. While we rested on the steps of Town Hall, we saw two
human billboards (persons dressed all in black (face included) carrying
billboards on their backs).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
advertising Paddy’s, a flea market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
decided to follow them to Paddy’s, several blocks away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a typical flea market where we found
another hoodie for Marvin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We weren’t
sure where we were, but walked through China town and found ourselves at
Darling Harbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hot and tired, we
decided we had had enough and took the ferry back to Circle Quay and then the
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We finished our Sydney adventure Saturday morning with a
temple session with Leslie and Dave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What a great way to finish a fun week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We love Sydney and we were so glad to see more of the city than we did
when we were there before.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-756865145293004902014-12-27T15:49:00.000-08:002014-12-27T15:49:27.159-08:00Last holidays in Australia
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Last holidays in Australia<o:p></o:p></div>
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We can hardly believe that the year is almost over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The holidays have flown by and now we are
looking forward to a few days in Sydney and the new year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For Thanksgiving, we had the camera gang to our house for
dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lupe had gone to Sydney to be
with her sister and daughter and grandson so we missed her, but the rest of the
group was here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a traditional
American Thanksgiving meal with everyone contributing to the dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We even had turkey this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a fun group to be with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We couldn’t have asked for a more congenial
group with which to serve the last six months of our mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love them dearly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next came a Christmas party for the mission office staff (we
were included since we live in the area) at the Sister Sister’s flat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dede Cox and Adriane Higginson are actually
sisters (also Paul Cannon’s sisters) so everyone calls them Sister Sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their flat was beautifully decorated for
Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed dinner and
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The need to purchase gifts for the Senior’s Dinner kept us
in town one evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After finding our
prizes and a quick dinner at Victoria Marketplace, we headed to the decorated
area of town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Melbourne doesn’t decorate
much with lights, but they have fun decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we are on daylight savings time and it
is almost summer, the nights stay light until almost 9 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Melbourne Town Hall had these huge
soldiers standing outside and down one block was a small park which had the
Christmas tree and other fun things for the children.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over 300 missionaries here for the Missionary Christmas
Conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a fun day that
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talents were shared, then a movie
(How to Train Your Dragon 2), lunch, then a Christmas program in the
chapel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally came passing out gifts
sent from parents and family to the missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost every room in the stake center was
used to organize the gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the
movie, Marv was out talking to the kitchen staff and met the lady, Sis.
Harkness, who started the digitizing of records at the Melbourne Archives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How nice it was to meet her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Waiting on our door step one evening was a Christmas present
from our son Keith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a large
arrangement and lots of fruit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
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Christmas Eve day and into the kitchen we went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marvin made two bubble wreaths, one to take
to a dinner invitation that evening and one for Christmas day BBQ at the
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Christmas day was spent in Torquay at the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found a park across the street from the beach
which made BBQing and setting up very convenient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the camera operators were with us except
Lupe who was having Christmas with her niece. The following pictures are of our
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On the following day, Boxing Day, Marv and I decided to
drive to Ballarat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t have enough
time to go through Sovereign Hill, a mining reconstruction area, ($40 each) so
we went to the Botanical Gardens and Lake (free!) and enjoyed the gardens then
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This has been an amazing year with accomplishing so much in
Hobart and in Melbourne for FamilySearch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have seen and visited beautiful areas in Tasmania and Victoria. We
have made wonderful friends whom we love dearly and will miss when it is time
to return home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have grown in the
gospel and have been amazed at the testimonies and abilities of these young
missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have enjoyed the
miracles which are continuing to happen as the gospel is shared with so
many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, only 7% of Australians are
actively involved in religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there
are many Chinese and other Asian people who are recognizing the truth and
joining the Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many Chinese
families send their children to the universities here in AU, where the
missionaries are teaching them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
six Chinese missionaries from the same branch in mainland China serving
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have learned that the Church is
growing very quickly in India and Pakistan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Truly the Lord is hastening His work and we are so glad to be a part of
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One nice thing about being in Melbourne is that there are
other senior missionaries with whom we associate. The six we work with at the archive celebrate
birthdays and they had my work area decorated on my birthday. We brought in a yummy cheesecake and shared
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The Dillinghams attend the Caulfield ward and have become
friends with an actress who was playing the part of Fantine in Les Miserables
which is playing here in Melbourne. She
let them know about “rush” tickets, or tickets which have not been sold on the
day of performance. So, the Dillinghams
and Sis. Madden and us decided to go downtown and see if we could get them for
that evening. We were able to get them
for $45 each, regularly $110. The
performance was wonderful and we appreciated the fact that even in live
professional performances, sometimes they forget to turn the mics on when
actors are speaking. While waiting in
line to get our tickets, we talked to a lady standing in front of us and she
recommended a Chinese place for dinner, The Golden Orchid, which was just
around the corner. We decided that was
fine so we walked around the corner and were so surprised to see China
Town. We had one of the best Chinese
dinners we have eaten. We will definitely
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And on the other end of the “good food”scale, there is
McDonald’s, but in Australia, everyone calls it Macca’s. I guess the owners decided to go along with
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We are working on a huge project which is wills and
probates. All four cameras are working
on this and have been since last February.
We found the “Rust” name in several places in Tasmania, but here was the
first “Dockery” name we have found.
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A P-day in the Dandenong Mt. Range found us at Grant’s
picnic grounds where you can feed the birds.
Last time we were here (2008) most of the birds were the colorful
parrots. This time, most were the
cockatoos. There is now a specific area
to feed the birds. You must pay for a
dish of food and go into an enclosed area.
However, we found that if you stand outside the area and hold out your
arms, the birds come to you anyway. You
are not allowed to feed them (penalties apply) but the birds don’t seem to
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We had to stop at Miss Marples for a late lunch and
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We came to Melbourne at the most beautiful time of year as
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This week, two of the archive staff members came to our
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community award for volunteers. This is
an award which is given each year to a company who uses volunteers to give
service to the community. The companies
must apply for the recognition and there was stiff competition. The archive uses about 150 volunteers, but we
were told that about 90% of the service has come from our 3 rooms where we are
digitizing records. As a group, we are
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This was our last file to digitize. It almost felt like the last day of school, when there is no more to do. <br />
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So off we went to Ross where there is a historical town with a wool store and crafts (all homemade). This is one of the beautiful churches made from stone, probably by the convicts. They were "hired" to do many of the beautiful stone work in Tasmania. <br />
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The stone bridge over the river constructed by --you know who.<br />
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In Campbell Town there is a park where a sculpturer carved these intrique sculptures from the existing tree trunks. These are wonderful. Sorry that the pictures don't do them justice.<br />
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An interesting sign above the public toilet. I guess this is for visitors who aren't used to western toileting skills. <br />
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Our ward farewell party at the Blackwell's home. <br />
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Ward members singing to us. They are a wonderful group of people who we have come to love very much. <br />
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Can't leave Hobart without visiting the Cadbury factory, especially since it is located in our hometown of Claremont. They had a very interesting video of how chocolate is made. And ofcourse we left with a bag full of samples. <br />
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Just a very small part of the Cadbury store. Everything in here was chocolate. <br />
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On our way to Strahan, we stopped at Derwent Bridge to visit this museum call The Wall. Unfortunately we couldn't take pictures inside of this amazing building, where the artist has these huge wooden sculptures. We did buy the book which has pictures of his work, but even pictures won't depict the grandear of what he has accomplished. <br />
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A stop at Lake St. Clair and the visitors center and we parked across from this van. These people must really be "greens". The whole van was covered with fake grass. Notice the "eye lashes" on the headlights. <br />
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One of the waterfalls and rivers on the way to Strahan. <br />
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Hogarth Falls after a short walk in the rain forest in Strahan. <br />
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A lovely dinner in Strahan (a very small community). It is so small we waited about an hour to receive our food. There weren't very many in the restaurant, but there was only two cooks. Dinner was very good. <br />
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On our way up the Gordon River. It was raining off and on, so we caught a quick pictures as the clouds parted. <br />
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Up on the River, we stopped for a nature walk. If you notice on the tree truck, there is a horizontal fungus plate. These grow on the tree trunks and we had seen them in other rainforest areas in Tasmania. <br />
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Part of the River tour, we stopped at Sarah Island. This island is where the worst of the second offenders were send before Port Arthur was build to hold prisoners. It was said to be the worst place anyone would want to be.<br />
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The entrance to the Macquarie Bay and Gordon River from the Southern Ocean. <br />
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Because the entrance had lots of silt, and was very shallow, "they" (whoever that was) dug a channel at a depth that ships could get through. They had to pass through the narrow area which is on the left of the little island in the picture. Our tour boar took us through that area and out into the ocean for a look.<br />
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Cradle Mountain, a rainy day and quite cold, but a beautiful area. We never really got a good look at the mountain since the clouds kept moving over it. <br />
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The "strike down" begins. Just the black fabric is removed in this picture. It has been our home away from home away from home. We will miss it. <br />
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Our sweet neighbors took us out to dinner to Mt. Nelson Signal Station, where there is now a restaurant. A beautiful view of the bay and islands around Hobart. <br />
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Our dear neighbor, Jan, supervises our loading of the car which we switched with the Huon sisters. The mission wanted that car back in Victoria. We were loaded and very grateful for the racks on top of the car, as we would not have been able to bring most of the "stuff' from the flat to help supply the new house. <br />
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A quick stop at Catarack Gorge in Launceston. That would have been a delightful place to picnic and spend a warm afternoon.<br />
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The lake at Catarack Gorge. <br />
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Sailing on the Spirit of Tasmania. Our ship which we loaded at Devonport, Tasmania <br />
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Boarding the ship. <br />
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Through the rainy windscreen (not shield in AU), you may be able to see the cars that were loaded first and are lifted up on a rack so that more cars can be parked underneath. We were lucky. We ended up going to the right and being parked at the exit ramp, so we were the first car off the ship when we arrived in Melbourne at 6:30 am. <br />
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Our tiny state room. The trip over was rough. Weather was bad and we were awakened several times during the night by waved hitting the ship. But atleast we were able to stretch out and get some sleep. <br />
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Our arrival at the mission office in Melbourne. <br />
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Almost one year ago to the day, we arrived in Melbourne from USA. Elder and Sister Wolfinden took us to the Rododendrin Gardens, so here we are for our one year anniversary to Australia. They were in their splender as was a year ago. <br />
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And as we did last year, we had lunch at Miss Marples Tea Room in Sassafras. This is the cutest restaurant right out of the stories from Agatha Christy. <br />
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We had a light lunch so we could have dessert, but were overwhelmed when we saw what they brought us. Marvin had bread pudding and I had chocolate cake with fudge and custard. Ohhhhhh, they were good. <br />
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Miss Marples Tea Room. We just loved it. <br />
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We stopped in a puppet shop across the street from the tea room. It was filled with puppets hanging from the ceiling and toys. <br />
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Home sweet home. Well, not yet. Home yes, but there are plumbing issues which have not been addressed yet. The plumber is coming next week to fix leaks in the kitchen sink and bathroom faucet and to replace the hot water faucet in the laundry room. So we are doing cold water laundry. But it is a nice house, 3 bedroom, 2 lounge areas (living room and family room), a really weird toilet area off the laundry room, lots of roses in the front and back yards. It will be home for 5 more months.<br />
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We have a neighbor on the south of us who is taking the missionary lessons. She met the Wardles, who are over the flats for the mission and she is a new Christian and is looking for the truth. She is a single adult of about 30 years old. Hopefully we will be good missionaries to her too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-91652444264557971702014-09-30T19:16:00.003-07:002014-09-30T19:16:32.785-07:00Almost doneHere it is Oct 1 and we should be finished with our project here in Tasmania today. We still have to wait around for another week to get the audit results from Salt Lake, so we will take a little "holiday" next week. We will tell you about it and the transfer in our next blog. <br />
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We absolutely love this area of Tasmania.</div>
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The beautiful stone church in Port Arthur built by the prisoners. The story behind it's demise is that a land owner east of the prison decided to clear some of his land with fire. The wind came up and blew embers onto the roof of the church which of course burned. There has been talk about rebuilding and using the church. Several parts of the prison have been used by the community for different purposes after the prison was closed. </div>
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Two weeks later, a group of Senior Missionaries from our Melbourne Mission came to Tassie for three days of R&R. We were able to join them for the first day up in the Launceston area which is northern Tasmania. We met them (about 30 in number) at 8:30 in the morning at the Launceston airport. We drove out to Ashgroves where we enjoyed watching the cheese making and enjoying the tasting table in the store.</div>
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Next stop was Trowunna Wildlife Park in Mole Creek. Because of the rain, the workers brought two of the animals out to us while we sat under some protection at picnic tables.</div>
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Next animal was the Tasmanian Devil. I enjoyed the handler too with his dreadlocks and beard. These too are very shy (don't know about the handler!) and it kept ducking it's head under the handler's arm.<br />
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Notice there is no hair on the Devil's ears. The story goes that when the explorers were exploring Tasmania, at night while they were camping out, they noticed these animals with red "eyes" and were fearful that they would be eaten alive. Therefore they named the animals Devils. What they were actually seeing was their ears lit by the fire from their campfires.<br />
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This kangaroo knew what it wanted. FOOD. It came up to a<br />
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hoping that somehow it would get fed. Here is Sis. Bennion,<br />
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This is the entrance into the Cave. This cave was certainly different than any other caves we have been to. There was a good sized stream running through the cave and we walked along side it as we toured.<br />
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All of Tasmania is limestone, so there are caves everywhere, but this one was very impressive. One of the things we couldn't get a picture of was the glow worms. In one area, the lights were turned off and the worms were on the ceiling and glow a brilliant blue light. This light attracts insects, thinking this is the way out of the cave, and of course the insects get eaten.<br />
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On the way home we noticed this mass of clouds hanging quite close to the hills. It was an unusual sight. The rain clouds were high over all the sky and these "extra" clouds over the hills. Doesn't God create the most beautiful sights!<br />
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Thursday evening we met the group at the Horseshoe Inn in Cambridge for dinner after they toured Port Arthur, in the rain! Pictured is a Chinese couple from China who spoke no English. We had our fun Chinese sister missionaries with them throughout the trip to interpret and keep them entertained. Sis Chan is from Taiwan.<br />
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We were so impressed that a missionary couple could come out of China. They are really strong members. They are working in Melbourne with the Chinese students and Chinese investigators. Wow, they don't have to learn English.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-65224113454586983002014-09-03T03:58:00.001-07:002014-09-03T03:58:30.837-07:00Where Does the Time Go?How can it be September already. In Australia, this is the third day of Spring and we have had some rain each day since Sept. 1. August ended with two weeks of gorgeous cool/warm days. It really seemed that spring had sprung. Now, it feels like winter again, but looks like spring. There are flowers blooming everywhere. <br />
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These are the cherry trees which are along the drive way into our flat complex. Below the trees are rosemary plants which have a lovely lavender blossom.<br />
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Bouquets of flowers from South Africa which were used for our stake conference.<br />
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There are so many unusual flowers and I'll have to take more pictures. Daffodils are up, but tulips are not out yet. I'll have to wait a few more weeks.<br />
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August started on a sad but happy note, with Elder Harvey returning home to England. He has been such a wonderful missionary and a great teacher. His "final transfer" came at the same time as Shantel Blackwell's 18th birthday, so the Blackwell family had a dual birthday/goodbye party at their home. Many of the church members attended as well as friends of the family.<br />
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Elder Harvey looking on. Anya Muir, Bro and Sis Summerfield and friends watching Bro Blackwell light the candles on the cake.<br />
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Elder Shepherd (Boston, MA) and Elder Cavanaugh (Queen Creek, AZ) enjoying the party.<br />
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Bro Lang, ward mission leader, filling his plate with sausage rolls. Sausage rolls are served at every social gathering we have been to. <br />
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Elizabeth Wright (YW Pres.), Sue Lownds (Stake Relief Society Counselor), John Lownds (ward clerk), Archor Funsang (YSA leader) and David Blackwell.<br />
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Betty Humes (87 years old and as spry as she can be) visiting with Carrie Fulsang. <br />
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Sis Catherine Ross visiting with Elder Rust.<br />
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Having only 4 wards in a stake can be advantageous. On the Friday evening before Stake Conference, the Stake hosts some kind of family activity. This month it was the Battle of the Wards. Each ward was assigned a color and had to perform 22 different activities. Points were assigned to winners and losers and trophys were given to the winning ward. Glenorchy Ward won the trophys.<br />
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Rosy Ward was yellow. <br />
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Glen Huon Ward was blue.<br />
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Glenorchy Ward was red. <br />
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The next weekend we had a ward party with an international flair. Samoan baked pig, Wallaby stew, and many different cultural foods and entertainment.<br />
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In our last blog we posted Sunrise pictures. Here is a sunset picture. This picture motivated me (Marvin) to put together this short video featuring some very scenic places we have been able to visit during our time in Tasmania. Several have been shown before, but with the music added, I think it makes it more enjoyable to watch. This should make all of you want to come to Tasmania.<br />
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Last month I mentioned that we enjoy our beautiful sunrises but we didn't have any pictures. So, we captured some this month. I hope you enjoy our early morning views.<br />
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We don't have double moons here but we do have a good reflection of our dining room light.<br />
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Winter has arrived in Tassie, yet the locals have said it has been very mild so far. We are grateful for that. It's not that it's more cold than Utah, but that the buildings are not insulated. So, 5 minutes after you turn off the heater, it's cold. It is surprising that as energy concious as the Australians are that they do not insulate their buildings. Looking at the picture, Marvin said, tell them this is how they build their houses. Let the breezes blow through! He is joking!<br />
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We are at the MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) (more new than old!) As with most everything in Tasmania, it is either old or very contemporary. We found the museum to be very contemporary.<br />
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This was the coolest art. Water is released from the track and it comes down as words.<br />
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What do you do with an old train that doesn't run anywhere anymore? You just park it and turn it into shops. We are at the Margate Train in Margate. During the summer, there was an advertisement about an international foods shop here, so we decided to see if they carry American food. We didn't find the shop, but we did find a lollie shop (candy store) that had really good black licorice. They also carried Red Vines from America. (Maybe that was the "international" part).<br />
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Each car had a different shop. Quite unique. Maybe if the Heber Creeper goes out of business, they can turn the trains and the station into a shopping district! (hehe)<br />
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On one of our noon time walks we passed this tree which was full of persimmons. There were no leaves, just bare branches and lots of fruit.<br />
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We were on our way to our friend's home, the Ross's, to bring Catherine some flowers. She had fallen and broken her hip. We were greeted by their herd of cows on the driveway. They must have enjoyed that spot because as we left, they were back there again.<br />
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These next pictures are of Russel Falls National Park. We had visited there last November and decided to see what it looked like in the winter. There was less water, which we expected, but were delighted to see that there was any water at all. It is still just as beautiful.<br />
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We have our Nov. pictures of the these two falls on our lounge (living room) wall in our flat.<br />
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We thought these were very colorful fungi. We didn't get a picture of the ones that grow out from the side of a tree like a plate. Very different and beautiful.<br />
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In our mission, the missionaries are doing a fast in June with the goal that there will be 80 baptisms this month. In our ward, the total will be 4 baptisms. They are all young adults who have found the gospel and are very strong individuals. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the mission has done. On the mainland there are many, many more missionaries (more than 200 more than Tasmania) so the numbers should reflect that. Can't wait to find out. It has been so fun to be in a ward where there are active investigators and growth in the Church. One of our recent converts, Bronte, has moved to Melbourne, hoping to find a better job. We will miss her.</div>
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As for us, we are into our second project. It is not very big. We are going to be doing some imaging for the justice department, but we understand that it is not a very big project either. So, the prospects of moving to Melbourne seem greater than before. I keep telling Marvin to slow down and not work so fast, but he doesn't slow down much. We are both feeling a desire for a change, but if we leave Tassie, we will really miss it and the beautiful sunrises we enjoy each morning. We will see what transpires.</div>
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This past month we have been working on the district registers which are huge and tiny but thick butts of cash books. It has taxed our abilities to learn how to get good images, but so far, we have passed the Salt Lake audits. There has been only one book that needed rework which had a focus problem.<br />
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We were grateful that we were in a big enough room to be able to house all these huge books. We do not return them to the archives until we know they have passed the audit, so by the time we receive the books, image the books, then wait for the audit results, it may be 3 weeks. Meanwhile, we receive more books and keep imaging. Several weeks ago we had a group of library staff from different parts of Tasmania come for a tour. One lady who works in Launceston told us how much she appreciated the work we have done. Evidently many people have researched the images we have taken. "Good on us." <br />
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As we have come to the end of this project, our supervisor said there was one more book to be imaged, one that the first camera operators, three and a half years ago, could not do because the archive couldn't find the book. The book was found in conservation, and it was marked number 1 in it's series of volumes. We found it interesting that the project had come full circle, the last book was the first book. In the eight months that we have been doing this work, we have imaged almost 200,000 images of burial records, patient admission records, gaol (jail) records, birth, marriage, and death registers, immigration nominations, and mariner's examination papers.<br />
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Australia celebrates Mother's Day on the same day as the USA. Not so with Father's Day. Marvin will have to wait until September (if we celebrate it Aussie style). Our thoughtful son, Keith, ordered flowers for me and they were delivered on Friday while we were at work. Our sweet neighbor, Jan Robins, kept them and enjoyed them throughout the day. It was a delight for her as well.<br />
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Months ago, when we took Danny Chin on a short tour of Tassie and came to Richmond, we bought a wooden pepper mill. We have kept it sitting on the kitchen table with a bowl of fruit, but it looked a bit lonely. So we asked the artist, Chris, if he would make us a salt grinder using the same Sassafras wood which is only found in Tassie. Here is a picture of the artist when we went to pick up our salt grinder. Now our kitchen table looks complete.<br />
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Transfers!! We have enjoyed working with Elder McCleary, from South Jordan, Utah. He has transferred back to the mainland. We had eight missionaries transfer from Tasmania this time, many with whom we have gotten to know in the last eight months. We hate to see them go but we know others need their strength and experience. Pres. Maxwell sends only the best to Tassie!!!!<br />
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Thank goodness for the USA. You don't know how much we take for granted the blessings we have until you are in a foreign country and think that things will operate the same. What a shock we went through. We bought a house in Mesa, Arizona for our daughter. When it finally was in the closing process, we were sent the mountain of forms which needed signing and notarizing, and we needed to get them done ASAP. We talked to several different people about where to find a notary. Everyone said that here in Australia, the Justice of the Peace can notarize documents. OK, so where do we find a JP? Someone said the main post office. So,off to the post office we go. Yes, there is a JP, but she says she can sign all documents except those that need identification. She sends us to the court house and the lady there says the same thing. We have to go to an attorney. Ugh!!!$$$$$$$ We call all in town and no one can get us in that day. So, we picked one and got an appointment the following day. We think, there are only a few documents that need notarizing, this won't take long. Au contrare!<br />
We are ushered into a lovely conference room by the attorney's assistant. He comes in and introduces an intern which as he goes through all the papers, instructs her about different ways the US does things. Forget a speedy meeting! After an hour, we finally get finished. As the assistant starts to prepare the billing, the attorney, thankfully, tells her to rate this meeting in a bulk billing, because if it were priced on individual work, it would be too expensive. Oh, that's nice. Still, when we received the bill, it took us by surprise. $400. If it had been priced on individual work, it was almost $1,400.<br />
Well, that's one example of why the people here are so poor! On the bright side, the assistant and the receptionist were very interested in the work that we are doing and we were able to come back and bring them pedigree charts and the new My Family booklet to help them get started on doing their family history.<br />
Well, today is another holiday, the Queen's birthday, although it is not actually her birthday, this is the day Australia celebrates it. I wonder if Canada celebrates it today or some other day. As with all public holidays, everything is closed. We are going to try to see if any of the museums are open.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-51997518521929016742014-05-07T21:23:00.000-07:002014-05-07T21:23:06.976-07:00Holidays, Baptisms, Fire, and MoreWhere has the time gone! It's apple season and you know that means Marvin's apple pie making is in full swing. We traveled down to the Huon which is where the apple orchards were and are. Tasmania used to have a booming apple market and shipped apples all over the world. We were sure we could buy apples in one of the sheds, but they were all closed. We did find a roadside shed with different apples in the coolers and you left your money in the jar. What trust!!! We stopped at this apple museum which had a good display of the business throughout it's start to the present.<br />
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A small sample of the Huon Valley. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do the area justice.<br />
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Our friends from Scotland, Catherine and Alistair Ross. We are celebrating their 55 wedding anniversary at the Riverfront Restaurant. <br />
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Brother Geoff Palmer, and others at the dinner. <br />
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Still more friends at the restaurant:<br />
Archor Fulsang and Carrie Fulsang<br />
Chris and Marin Barnhard<br />
Sue and John Lownds <br />
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Marvin always wanted to make a race track for remote controlled cars at our home in Heber. Well, we found one here in town, a really nice one. <br />
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We got hooked into watching My Kitchen Rules on our tv. It is a contest where teams cook and are rated by judges. Here at Harvey Normans (an appliance store), the Tassie girls who were in the show are cooking. It was before Easter, therefore, the bunny ears!<br />
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The Australians really celebrate Easter. Good Friday is a huge holiday and everything is closed. The Easter holidays were 5 days for us, 4 days for those on the mainland. So, after church on Sunday, we traveled to the northwest of Tasmania and enjoyed traveling around that area. The weather had been beautiful until the day we left. It rained most of the time we were gone, but that didn't stop us from seeing so much beautiful country.<br />
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We found two caves where the aboriginal people once lived. There were lots of shells just outside the cave where they ate.<br />
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The view from the cave.<br />
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Quite a beautiful view from their "front porch".<br />
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Finally, the sun comes out. We were driving down the "most beautiful highway in Tasmania". It was in a gorge area. It was so striking, that we stopped right on the road and took a picture. <br />
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The little community of Wahrata. It has a waterfall right in the middle of town. A miner founded the town and used the waterfall as part of his tin mining business. <br />
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Cradle Mountain is a very different area. It is about 5,000 ft in elevation. The picture above is north of the national park. We hiked up the hill to get this view. To the left, we are in the park, in a rain forest area. It was so thick with "mother nature". It was beautiful.<br />
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You needed to watch where you stepped on the boardwalk as the wombats also use the walkway and deposit dropping along the way. Those droppings are not so small!<br />
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Turn the corner and we came upon this lovely waterfall. The clouds were too low for us to see the unique geography of this area. So, we will have to return when it is clear.<br />
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We stopped and had lunch (in the car) at Sheffield. This town is noted for it's mosaics which are painted on most of the buildings in town. They were having the International Mosaic Festival so we got to see and talk to some of the artists.<br />
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Yes, we love waterfalls, even if they are just painted.<br />
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Marvin bought himself a tin whistle which he is learning to play. It was pretty rugged at first, listening to him as he practiced. But now, he can play through some songs and it sounds pretty good. He already has some ideas for the band at home, using the whistle.<br />
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A Sunday afternoon walk in the park and the black swans have come down to our area. Marv couldn't get a picture with their heads up. I guess they are finding lots to eat down there.<br />
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And then there was the fire in the library. We were working one morning and the fire alarm went off. I left the room to see if others were leaving (we had had fire alarm checks not too long before, so we didn't know if it was the same). Everyone was up and leaving so we left also. Thank goodness for school fire alarm drills. They finally came in handy.<br />
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This is where we evacuated to. This is the senior center which is between the library (on the right) and the theatre playhouse (on the left). This is also where we like to eat lunch during the summer on pleasant days.<br />
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We were out there for about 1.5 hours while the fire department put out an electrical fire in the ceiling in the library. It didn't effect us in the archive but I guess the library was pretty stinky. Marvin played games on his ipad and I went shopping. Thankfully it didn't rain until we were back inside.<br />
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The is the Blackwell family. Tara (kneeling with her little sister) had been going to the church for about a year. When we arrived here, she and her sister Brianna (pink jumper) (that's sweater in Australian) were attending church. Her parents told Tara that she couldn't be baptized until she was 18. On April 6, conference Sunday, Tara, Brianna and Jarod (young boy in the middle) were baptized. The following Saturday, Janette and David (mom and dad) were baptized. Two weeks later, Shantelle is baptized by her father. That is remarkable. When we visited the family at Christmas, we said to each other that there was no way this family was ever going to make it. And here they are. The other couple in the back are older children/spouse which hopefully will listen to the missionary lessons. David is heavily tatooed and Janette was a chain smoker. At David's baptism, he bore his testimony stating that earlier in the day, a neighbor had asked him where he was going. He told him "Church". The neighbor responded that he would have never figured David to be a church going guy. David's response was that it's not what is on the outside of a person, but what is in your heart. He is so open to learning all he can about the gospel. It is wonderful.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-76674946483764489852014-04-10T22:53:00.002-07:002014-04-10T22:53:48.976-07:00Training in MelbourneWe have had some wonderful experiences in these last three weeks. We took a Saturday afternoon and drove over to Richmond which is a historic town. We had been there before but hadn't really looked around too much. The town is only about 3 blocks long, so this time after going to the wood shop and the ice cream shop, we walked to the park where a famous bridge crosses the river. This is the first bridge to be build in all of Australia. It was build by the convicts and is a beautiful work of art.<br />
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If you look closely you can see the top of the church through the opening of the bridge. We walked over to the church and found a lovely Catholic Church, the oldest and continuously used church in Australia.<br />
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Although we didn't get a picture of it, there was an old cemetery in back of the church. Some of the grave stones were huge and falling over and if I remember correctly I think the dates were in the 1840s. It was pretty neat.<br />
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Last week we had the opportunity to go to Melbourne and help train two new couples who are doing digitizing there at the PROV (Public Records of Victoria). We had a great time with them. Sunday we attended the International Branch, Melbourne 2 Branch. There were 17 different nationalities there that day. Most were Asian, many Vietnamese and Chinese, some Spanish, and a few Americans. President Maxwell and his wife were there and a slew of young missionaries. About 20 missionaries sang "I will go where you want me to go, dear Lord" in Chinese. There is a huge university there so most of those missionaries work with the students. It was a farewell for one of the senior couples who were going back home to Centerville, Utah. Also, it was the one year anniversary of the branch so after Church we all had a pot luck dinner.<br />
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Elder and Sister Freeman from Meadow, Utah (near Fillmore, Utah)<br />
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On Thursday we all went to the Melbourne Temple, ate left overs at the Mission Office which is across the parking lot from the temple, and then went hunting the American Store. That week the Tour de Cure, a bicycling group that traveled from Sydney to Hobart to raise money for cancer research, was peddling and we happened to come across them in Melbourne as we were searching for the American Store. No pictures :(. We found the store and bought cereal for our missionaries, Crisco for Marvin and Red Vines for me.<br />
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As we left the store, a gentleman said he had never seen anyone so excited about buying cereal. We finished the day having a nice dinner at an Italian restaurant in town.<br />
Friday we went into work but decided to let them be on their own for a few hours. So we went downtown to the Victoria Market. It was huge. It reminded me of the Mesa Flea Market but much bigger.<br />
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We also went to the Melbourne Museum where we watched an IMAX movie and toured the museum.<br />
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The Dillinghams took us to the airport, but before we left, we toured an apartment which they liked. They are living on the other side of Melbourne and come into the PROV at 7:00 am to miss the city traffic. Hopefully they get the apt. which is a few blocks from the PROV. We stopped in the Royal Park to have a quick lunch.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Back at home, we caught this pansy fighting to live among the concrete sidewalk. <br />
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Last weekend was General Conference and here we will have it this weekend. However, we were able to listen to Saturday's sessions during the week as we were working in the archives. What wonderful talks were given. We are so glad to be able to serve the people of Tasmania in this way.<br /><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-3371301195481883262014-03-13T17:05:00.000-07:002014-03-13T17:05:21.325-07:00More beautiful TasmaniaLast Friday we had Danny Chin from Hong Kong visit us. He is the tech person for the Pacific region for Family Search. He spent the day with us, learning what and how we do things. On Saturday, we took him for a mini tour of the countryside since he had never been outside of the city in all the years he has come here. We first went to Richmond, a historic town, and poked around the shops, buying some interesting wood products. Then down to the peninsula around Port Arthur. We did some hiking at Remarkable Caves and then at Tessellated Pavement. Very unusual geologic formations. <br />
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We had another holiday on Monday. It is called "Eight Hour Day". It is like our Labor Day, when workers finally got an 8 hour work day. We decided to take a mini vacation, so after Church on Sunday we drove up to Swansea, on the east coast, about 2 hours from Hobart, and stayed in a Bed & Breakfast which was a lovely Victorian home. They called it a Colonial home. It seemed like a little farm, with ducks and ducklings and turkeys greeting us upon arrival. We wanted to see the penguins which come in at dusk, so we drove up to Bicheno. We found the tour place, but the tour was sold out for the evening. But the note on the door made up for our disappointment. They were only seeing 5-10 penguins coming in at night. We didn't think it was worth the $50 for the tour for that few penguins. So, hopefully we will be in a place to see many more next Nov/Dec when the numbers are in the hundreds.<br />
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On Monday we spent the day at Freycinet National Park. (Pronounced Fray si nay. It is French). It is on the coast with Oyster Bay on the inland side. Marv hiked to the top to see Wineglass Bay. Kay got 3/4 of the way up but realized she couldn't get to the top and back down in time for us to meet a group doing an ATV tour. Our tour consisted of a couple from Darwin, AU and three from Hong Kong who had never driven an ATV before. Marv and Kay were in a Ranger and the guide took one of the Chinese girls in his Ranger. Our guide did some training with all of us and determined that the other two Chinese people could not operate the ATVs well enough to drive. So the other girl joined the guide in his Ranger and the Chinese man took Kay's place in our Ranger and she got to drive the ATV. She was so glad to have had the experience of driving over rocks and holes in the White Mountains of Arizona on our ATVs. We drove 10k (about 6 miles) through the forest to the coastline at Friendly Beach. Had a snack, then drove back through the rain shower. It was a fun experience.<br />
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Unusual phrases we hear often:<br />
"Good on ya" said when you are doing something that they like.<br />
"Let's see how you went" We would say "Let's see how you did."<br />
"How are you going?" We would say "How are you doing?"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-11508804307586691552014-03-03T19:04:00.000-08:002014-03-03T19:04:00.069-08:00Prisoners!!!!!<br />
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As you probably already know, England sent their “hardened”
criminals to Australia. The destination
was Port Arthur, 60 km from Hobart, Tasmania.
It is on the beautiful Tasman Peninsula and was known as a non-escape
prison. It was used from 1833 to 1853
and used a psychological approach to reform it’s prisoners. Food was used as reinforcement for good and
bad behavior. Young boys were also sent
to prison, as young as age nine. One boy
stole 3 boxes of toys and was sent there.
The boys were not housed with the adult criminals, but in a separate
building. Life was hard with a lot of
physical work. Many of the prisoners
were also sent to Hobart to build the infrastructure of the town. So here we are at Port Arthur. We took our two zone leaders and a young
elder who is waiting for his visa. (He got it and will fly to Provo on March 17
to learn French in the MTC and then fly back to New Caledonia to really start
his mission). Google Port Arthur and in
the wiki you can read all about the prison.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We planned this trip in conjunction with the Fun For Less tour group. (They usually are composed of 95% LDS adults.) We got their itinerary and found that the ship was coming to Hobart and the tour was for Port Arthur. We arrived about 10:00 and didn't see any sign of a tour group. We took the bay cruise and looked around a little and then had to meet back at the main building for a walking tour at 12:30. Well, who should we see when we got there. We recognized the blue Fun For Less flags and as the walking tour cleared out, we stayed behind on the outskirts of the group. It was fun to see the expressions on their faces when it began to register that "There are five missionaries standing there." We were invited to join their group to hear the walking tour. I think we got them a little distracted as many seemed to wonder over to us, asking questions about our mission, etc. It was really a fun occasion.</div>
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Processing BOOBOO<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Rust really thinks this is a funny mistake I
made. (Easy for him to laugh)! We are now working on immigration files. There are about 70 boxes full of files which
contain letters from people inquiring about immigrating to Tasmania. We have a 111 page document which lists the
files in all the boxes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a few of the boxes we have completed.</td></tr>
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Our supervisor
had highlighted those that we did not need to image because the contents range
beyond 1960 (privacy laws). So, it is my
job to pull those files. So, one morning
I was preparing the documents and we spent all morning on the box imaging all
the letters, etc. After we image a box,
we have to go back and evaluate our work on the computer and change any that we
feel didn’t look right. All that was
done. I was putting the files back into
the box when I realized that the first one we imaged (a very large file) was
highlighted in yellow. DO NOT
IMAGE! It was almost 500 images! You can make sure that I double check all
yellow files now.<br />
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Symphony in the park: It had been dry and warm for days and we were looking forward to hearing the Tasmanian Symphony in the park, a free concert. Luck would have it that it was supposed to rain that evening. Sure enough, as soon as the concert started, it began to sprinkle and it got increasingly heavier. After the intermission, the MC decided to call it quits. He said it was hard to play stringed instruments when they are wet. The symphony is really good and we enjoyed what we heard.<br />
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But this one was a nice evening. We went to the botanical gardens in Hobart to see A Mid-Summers Night Dream. Kay had acted in it high school and really wanted to see it. She had to interpret what was going on to Marvin, but we both enjoyed it. There was no stage, just three light poles and two ropes laid on the ground to designate seating areas. Most everyone sat on the ground. They must be younger than us!!! The cast used the area in front of us and between the seating areas and the trees. It was really fun.<br />
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Summer in Tassie</div>
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Where has the time gone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s almost the middle of February and summer has finally come, for
sure, to Tassie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our coats are put away
and only occasionally do we need a sweater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yet, the weather is always a mystery as one day we will turn on the air
conditioner and the next we may need the heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The storms here are ferocious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yesterday, the morning was very warm and then a cold front blew through
in the afternoon, breaking lots of trees and rattling our little flat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heber winds don’t hold a candle to Tassie
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Our first big accomplishment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We finished our first big project which took
5 months to complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 161
record books of burial records to 2001.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then we added 26 more books that were for cremations only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our current project, Registration of burials,
we will finish this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are 9
very large books and we are able to digitize both the left and right pages in
one image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The books register those
burials which are in the 161 books.</div>
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One warm Saturday afternoon we decided to take a drive to
Kingston Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were delighted to see
some lifesaving competitions going on at the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was fun to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of people and their dogs were enjoying
the beach, although it was very windy and a bit cool.</div>
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On our way back to Hobart, not far from the city center, we
came to a shot tower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were built
to manufacture shot for guns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The metal
is poured into a very long tube of water (the length of the tower).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the metal falls through the water, it
turns and forms a ball that can be used in old shot guns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just outside the tower, there was an area for
picnic tables and there a Kookaburra flew into the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was quite large.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had only seen small birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were leaving, he entertained us with
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Our zone leaders invited us to teach the full time
missionaries up in Deloraine about Family Search at their district meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we took the zone leaders with us and drove
the 2.5 hours up to northern Tasmania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were so excited to get onto Familysearch and find their families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The district meeting was the last one for
Elder Atkinson (one of our zone leaders) as he was finishing his mission and
returning to Queenland, AU the following week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was a hard day for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had
never realized how difficult it is for some missionaries to leave their
mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have only been on the other
side, as a mother who is so excited to get their sons home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That next week was transfers which really
effected Tasmania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we have been
here, we have kept all the same missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only two out of eight companionships stayed the same (excluding
us).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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These cockatoos fly freely in our community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of our home teaching families feeds these
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interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we were walking
through the park on our own, the only animals we saw were some birds and the kangaroos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She woke up and carried the other animals and
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poor Tasmanian Devils!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are so maligned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These creatures are not the ferocious mean
animals as we have been taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
move very slowly and their eye sight is very poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They only eat dead animals, all of them,
bones, meat, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are great
scavengers to clean the roads of roadkill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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roadkill and are quickly declining in numbers in AU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Tasmania is nicknamed the “holiday island”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought it was because many people vacation
here, but yesterday a friend told me it was because Tassie has so many “public
holidays”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today was one of them,
Regatta Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went down to the river
in the city early in the morning, 8:30, and were able to watch the long boat
rowing races and the Trans Derwent River swim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of the swimmers wore wetsuits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure the water was a little bit cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were activities all during the
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed the wood chopping events
and the kayak polo games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Royal navy
also provided a rock band, two types of helicopters and the manpower for a
tug-of-war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Tassie governor came to
present the trophy for the fastest long boat which was won by high school aged
girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was another fun “holiday”.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-90322889140843954652014-01-16T20:03:00.000-08:002014-01-16T20:03:11.000-08:00Summer?We think summer may have arrived, at least for today. It is supposed to get up to 38 (100) degrees today with thunder storms. Marvin doesn't believe it one bit! But we have had some very nice days this week, so we are enjoying it. Southern Australia (mainland) has had record breaking heat of over 40 (abt 105) for the last 4 days and are suffering greatly. The Australian Open (tennis) is being played this week and they had to postpone some of the games yesterday because the players were experiencing heat related issues.<br />
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Since I usually write about our escapades other than work, I thought I had better say a little about what we are doing at the Archives. We have been imaging burial records and creating metadata for records previously imaged. As of this week we have imaged 83,533 images since we started in October. So we really have been working hard.<br />
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Every man needs his BBQ.<br />
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I finally said OK when Marvin found a BBQ for $12.00 in an after Christmas sale. So, here is a picture of our little BBQ which really works quite well. <br />
We had to refresh our memory about charcoal brickettes and learn how to use Australian firestarters. They don't sell lighter fluid in the stores.<br />
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Our latest trek has been to the most southern part (at least by paved road) of Tasmania to the Hastings Cave.<br />
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It is a dolomite cave filled with stalagmites and stalagtites. We took about an hour tour through the cave. The walk to the cave went through a temperate rain forest that was amazingly beautiful.<br />
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We also drove to Southport which is the last southern community in Tasmania. We enjoyed a leisurely walk on the beach and picked up a few different shells. <br />
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We have come to realize that not far south from Hobart, towns disappear. There are homes and summer cottages but no real towns. So much of southern Tas is bush and hills and dirt roads. I guess that's what makes it so unique.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10387933380873095835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205620128832293145.post-68195786635774647992014-01-01T19:46:00.002-08:002014-01-01T19:46:23.083-08:00Happy New Year<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Well, Christmas day was certainly different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started with a brekkie (breakfast) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>barbeque at the Dowe’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tracey BBQed chicken, beef, sausages, and
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On Boxing Day, a national holiday, we decided to take a tour
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jurassic Dolomite cliffs</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Qingdao boat cross the line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Qingdao is
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China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a coincidence!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had a wonderful experience at our missionary Christmas activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was held up in Launceston, 2 hours north of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sister missionaries from Glenhuon drove up and carpooled with us, so it was nice to get to know them better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Relief Society of the Launceston ward had decorated the cultural hall beautifully.
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</span>Sister Maxwell had planned the day and we started out with community singing then went into a missionary talent show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each companionship was to do some talent, but not all completed the assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sis Roberts played the flute;
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we had a violin solo;
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Elder Garret did beat-box (making noises with your mouth while you sing); Elder Sessions performed Shamugel; Elder Jones did a frisbee demonstration;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elders Guilan and Solomon did a skit which ended with the haka;
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and we sang a song, O Holy Child, with Sis. Roberts and Elders Sessions, and Sis. Maxwell playing the piano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earlier in the fall, each zone was given the assignment to make a short video take-off from a movie theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were edited into a movie (not so short, 2 hrs. long) and we watched it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then came lunch prepared by the Relief Society. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After lunch, we did a gift exchange game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had brought two packages of Lindt chocolates which we were sure would be fought over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But to our surprise, both young men felt that they were not good for you, so they were actively trying to get others to take them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pres. Maxwell ended up with one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows a good thing when he sees it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then met in the chapel and had a Christmas program with script and songs prepared by Sis. Maxwell and sung by many of the missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then came gifts from the Maxwells for each missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 23 of us there and the camaraderie was just wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is such a love between all of the missionaries serving in Tasmania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pres. Maxwell said that the best missionaries are sent to Tasmania because they are not close to the mission home and they have to be more mature and willing to work hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That certainly is the case here. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wonderful day.
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</span>When it gets dark, people turn on little battery charged candles, or strings of Christmas lights, or real candles and wave them during the different songs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our choir was very well accepted and we sounded pretty good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t sing until 9:30 but there were still lots of people there until the end at 10:00.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dashing through the bush, In a rusty Holden Ute , Kicking up the dust, Esky in the boot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kelpie by my side, Singing Christmas songs, It’s Summer time and I am in My singlet, shorts and thongs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Engine’s getting hot, We dodge the kangaroos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The swaggie climbs aboard, He is welcome too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the family’s there, Sitting by the pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christmas day, the Aussie way, By the barbecue! Chorus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Esky = portable cooler, boot = trunk of the car, Kelpie = sheep dog, singlet = sleeveless undershirt, swaggie = homeless person,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holden = Aussie made car, Ute = utility truck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sunday, we performed the same numbers plus several more for the Stake Expressions of Christmas held in our stake center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had several political people attend, the Glenorchy mayor and his wife, someone from Parliament, and I don’t know the rest, but the front row was filled with distinguished visitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It didn’t hurt that the Stake President is also the Glenorchy Fire Chief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Monday evening we were invited with the Glenorchy missionaries for dinner at one of the homes of the ward widows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 5 sweet widows who have Family Home Evening together each week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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appointments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, we had our zone
leaders, Elder Wood and Elder Atkinson (both Aussie) and Elder Soloman (New
Zealand) and Elder Guilan (French Tahiti) (from right to left).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was asked if Thanksgiving always meant
having lots of food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following day
we had a wonderful zone conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Besides President Maxfield and his lovely wife, we were the only ones
over 25 years of age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were both
amazed at the strength, knowledge and dedication of these young
missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mission is not an easy
one for conversions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most Aussies are
satisfied with how their life is and don’t see a need for religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are working with four families who are
inactive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three are trying to hide from
us, but one is very receptive to us and we enjoy visiting with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last night, Elder Rust challenged them to
come back to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have committed
to attend the Stake Christmas Program this Sunday in which we both are
singing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope we can bring the
blessings of the Church back into their lives again.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Last Saturday we took a drive east and went
to Seven Mile Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wind was quite
cool yet we saw 3 people swimming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and water temperature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking along the
beach was wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found several
different varieties of shells and very few people on the beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That evening we attended a symphony concert
with a recently returned senior missionary couple, Maron and Kris Barnhard, and
heard the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra play for the HUSH Music Foundation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HUSH is a project brainchild by Dr. Catherine
Crock of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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The hospital staff interviewed patients and
parents regarding what could be done to help them feel better when having to go
through the ordeals at the hospital. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
suggestions were to create a more uplifting and positive environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the Foundation invites certain Australian
composers to produce music to reduce stress and anxiety for the children,
families and others in the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
symphony played the music from their current album and it was marvellous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could feel how it might raise the hopes
the children and their parents would feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is played in the hallways, operating rooms, and everywhere in the
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a wonderful project.<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">We actually are enjoying a Christmas tree
with decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children of Elder
and Sister McDonald who were here before us, sent them the tree for Christmas
last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We appreciate their
thoughtfulness as we and those who follow us, will enjoy the tree each year.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Each morning, on the way to work from the
bus stop, we walk down this lovely pedestrian walkway on Elizabeth Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love this open air flower shop which adds
so much color and beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a great
way to start a morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The city has
added Christmas decorations in the trees and around the tree trunks and fun
games for the children to play on the sidewalks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hobart really is a lovely little city to work
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On a rare sunny Saturday, we drove south to the Huan
Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it might look a bit like
Ireland, as it is green rolling hills and pastures, small communities along the
river, and sailboats moored in the little bays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a beautiful place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
destination was the Tahune Airwalk which is on the edge of the National
Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike our forests which have
pine trees, here, most of the trees are eucalyptus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was like a rain forest with lots of
different plants, trees, ferns, and a river running through it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is one of the homes of the Huan Pine which
is now protected from logging because it is so rare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Woodworkers can only use salvaged Huan Pine
which has been washed down by floods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
had a lovely guided walk through the forest and then up onto the metal airwalk
which is like a catwalk that winds through the tops of the trees.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After lunch, we walked around the other side
of the path and crossed the swinging bridges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Marvin was not too happy after he crossed the first one to notice that
there was an “s” on the end of “bridges”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He does not like heights and hanging high above the rushing river was
not fun for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I thought it was great.</span><br />
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Sunday was church meetings and choir practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are practicing for two performances, one
for the community and one for the stake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course the director wants the music memorized, so Marvin has been
working on getting it on his computer so we can practice it more and be ready for
Dec. 14 and 15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Nothing outstanding occurred during the week, just work, but
here is a picture of some of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the volumes
of books that we have been digitizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The first books we did were about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>500 images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, they are closer
to 900 per book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each book is one year’s
burial records for a large cemetery in Hobart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are about 1/3 of the way through this project.</div>
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Yesterday we had a baptism after church of a 19 year old
girl, Bronte.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so few young
single adults in the ward, but they are strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Afterwards we went for “tea” at the Stake Relief Society Presidents/High
Priest Group Leader’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
wonderful to get a chance to socialize and become better acquainted.</div>
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Getting ready for Thanksgiving has been a bit of an
eye-opener!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were looking for turkeys
(ham is the Australian meat for holidays) and finally found this one, a 16
pounder for $70.00!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t buy it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found a turkey roll with dressing in the
center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will have to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, no canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people are huge pumpkin eaters and you
see lots of different pumpkins in the grocery stores, but they all cringe when
we talk about pumpkin pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be
making pies from scratch this year and will probably have to make extra to take
to people who can’t even dream of making pumpkin into pie.<br />
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(The Australian dollar is about the same as the US
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Word of the Week: “panel beater” =<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a car repair business (which we hope we never
have to visit).</div>
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Observations of Tasmania</div>
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I think living in Tasmania is like living in Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rains and rains and rains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are told that it will get hot ---really?
I’m looking forward to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I’ll
believe it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took only a few pictures
this week, so I’m writing about my observations of differences in living.<br />
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Women:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women, middle
age and older, don’t wear makeup and don’t wear hair styles other than
ponytails or straight hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have yet
to see anyone with a hair style that I could ask where they get their hair
cut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we have seen some very
interesting hair COLORS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pink, bright
red, florescent green!!!!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And most
wear dark colored clothing, usually all black.<br />
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Girls:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how
cold it may be, the girls will wear shorts or short skirts and puffy black
parkas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess they don’t mind having
their legs cold as long as their bodies are warm.<br />
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The bus:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are now riding the bus to work each
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is pretty cheap: $1.52 each way
for seniors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a car park next to
the archive where we park when we do drive in to the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you park there all day, it is $22.00 a
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you get there before 9:00 am and
there are still early bird parking spaces left, you pay $11.00 a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or you could do what we do – the car
shuffle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first 1 ½ hours is free. So
we set the alarm at 1hour 20 minutes and drive the car around the block and
then back into the car park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a
pain, but cheap – FREE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Roses:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While riding the bus we are able to see the
beautiful roses around town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They grow
very well here and are gorgeous.<br />
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Swans:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have driven to Bridgewater, about 15
minutes north of our home, to help with the Family History lessons taught by
one of the men in our ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we pass
over the river, there are huge numbers of black swans that must live there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were invited to Family Home Evening at
this man’s home and his home looks over another river which flows into the
Derwent River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, there were numbers
of black swans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told us you only see
black swans in the southern hemispheres and white swans in the northern
hemispheres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t know that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had never seen a white swan until he
traveled to America.<br />
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Travel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
cannot believe how many people here have traveled to America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost every person we have talked to has
been there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there seems to be a
reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The minimum wage here in
Australia is $15.00 an hour!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And their
vacations are for 1-3 months long after working 1 year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But looking at homes, you would never think
anyone had any money.<br />
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Teeth:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must be a poor dental program here as
we see so many men and women who have missing teeth or very crooked teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colored hair but no teeth!!!<br />
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Welcoming:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been very impressed with how polite
and welcoming everyone seems to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
when we run into a homeless (or so he seemed) as we are walking in town, he
stops and says “Have a good day.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
children who ride the bus to school always allow the older riders to get on the
bus first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have tried to allow them to
go first, but they refuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents
must have taught them respect.<br />
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Food:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, this could be a blog by itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marv was so firm that we bring peanut butter
with us because Australia doesn’t have peanut butter—but Tasmania does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, with the extra money we spent on over
weight baggage, we figure we had $30 peanut butter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t have shortening, canned pie
filling, or pancake mix. Hot dogs are actually sausages with a tough skin and there are no green
peppers for Mexican food. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have found
some cereals which we like and Marv is grateful for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Australian oranges are really good and
juicy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seems to be an abundance of
fresh vegetables. So I think I am going to have to learn to cook like my mother
did back in the 50s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the recipes
I brought call for packaged goods of some kind, so I guess I’ll learn to cook
from scratch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fun! Not!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those who have been to Europe and eaten
eggs, this won’t be unusual, but, like England, the yolks are orange, not
yellow. (Actually, this picture makes them look fairly normal - they really are orange.)<br />
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Word of the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our abode (flat)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are
getting into a routine, kind-of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We come
to the archives Monday thru Friday, just as if we were employed here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are working 7-8 hours on most days. Our
“P” day is Saturday and of course Sunday is Church and rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a few different happenings this
past week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Monday, MJ Dowe (we can’t
remember her given name, it’s a Maori name although she is not Maori) came to
the archive and invited us to dinner and Family Home Evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We arrived at the family home and met an two
of her brothers and a sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
parents were working, so the youngest, a teenager, was making dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had also invited a young man, Sean, who
had been baptized only 4 weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
had dinner and then MJ gave a wonderful lesson on the Restoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so impressed by the knowledge and
respect that the family had for one another and the lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sean gave the closing prayer, and, again, I
was amazed at how sincere and personal he was saying the prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been impressed by these Tasmanian
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are very knowledgeable and
have such wonderful testimonies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The mission
had asked us to buy a clothes dryer, so Tuesday we purchased one and it was
delivered to our flat on Wednesday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no room in the laundry area for it, so it sits in our dining
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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In Australia, the dryers do not
have to be vented to the outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, it
blows moist hot air into your room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But,
then the windows fog up and mold grows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So we bought a plastic venting pipe kit which allows us to run it to the
sliding glass window and out the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been really nice to wear clothes dried
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Halloween, and true to our tradition, we stayed away from our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next door to the Archives is “The Playhouse”,
so we stayed in town, had dinner at the Fish Frenzy restaurant on the wharf,
and attended the play, “The Hollow” an Agatha Christy murder mystery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Playhouse sat about 200 seats and it’s an
old building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people attending were
interesting to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most were in their
senior years and seemed to know each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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beer, and other drinks in stemmed glassware.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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surprised us by being warm and sunny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
went to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The spring flowers were beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We found a lovely spot to sit and rest (and nap) before the breeze got
too cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On our way home, we stopped at
a hardware store and bought a weed whacker, so we could cut our lawn in the
backyard, two tomato plants, and weather stripping to go around the front and
back doors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Australian Lawnmower</td></tr>
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</span>It’s amazing how poorly they
build the homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we have been in
other homes, they are all cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone
wears sweaters and coats inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I used to
think Utah weather was changeable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
it is even more so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The clouds are
really low and the wind blows a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
you can watch the clouds moving very quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The winds are usually from the west which blows up and across from
Antarctica, carrying rain often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So,
during a typical day, it can be sunny, then rain, then sunny, wind blowing, and
rain again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think we will have
to water our lawn and tomato plants at all.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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