March 25, 2012
I have finally been transferred. Before my mission I thought it would be horrible to spend 6 months in one area and now that I have done it I see that the hardest part is leaving. Geelong was my home and I loved it and the people there.
I am now in a place called Wonthaggi (aboriginal for 'wind and rain'). Where is Wonthaggi......exactly. Google it.
Our area is huge and pretty out bush but it is also very beautiful from what I have seen so far. Despite how large it is Sister Peter and I have been walking everywhere. They doubled us in and so we have been finding for the last week.
It's strange. My new companion and I couldn't look any different but personality wise she is more like me than any companion I have yet had. It works really well. She is from Vanauatu and this is her last 6 weeks. She is awesome.
When we go running in the morning we see kangaroos in the fields across the street. yup. They are the deer of Australia. I will have to send pictures of Kookaburras and Galaws and all the parrots they have in Australia at some point. They are everywhere and you get used to them. Some very lovely birds.
The people in Wonthaggi are nice. Very Australian, so most of them have little religious background at all.
It's lovely. I miss Geelong but could not be in a better place or with a better companion right now. We like to get out and get it done.
We have been able to do some impromptu service while we have been out tracting this week as well. Including helping a man named Dennis fill in a ditch in his driveway.....in our pros.
All good, and we are good getting around out here because one of the Elders going to Tazzie let me borrow his GPS while he's there. Thankfully, because there is no map for our area and it is massive.
Love you all heaps and will write when I can. I intend to put some lovely pictures on here of Wonthaggi and Geelong, and as my mother and father used to say, "Good intentions are like crying children......they should be carried out".

-Sister Edmunds