Week 68 Rose!

February 26th, 2019

Hey all! Not much week but I have one good thing to report! 

Rose from Albury came down to visit me on Saturday! She came down to buy a kitten from someone in Seymour.  So her and Rob took us to dinner. It was so nice of them. 2nd dinner in Seymour  we were both very excited and her Cancer is only stage 2! That's a bonus hahah. Anyway she said out of all the elders she has met over the years I have touched her the most emotionally. So that made me feel great. Well hope you all had a great week! I will have a new companion next week so I'm excited. Love ya allllllll!

Elder Satterthwaite 

Pics:

Lunch with Rose and her new kitty Ruby
For my Comps last pday we went to a beach called Wilson's Promontory Beach

Week 67 Quick Update

February 19, 2019

Sorry the email is late everyone! I was so so busy talking to my wonderful fam! It is such a blessing to be able to talk to them. This is gonna be really short. 

Our week was great, we spent most of it down in the suburbs because my comp was at his departing seminar since he leaves in 2 weeks! So it was great to be able to get some cool work down in that area. Besides that nothing too exciting! I know that God loves us all, keep your head up, you're doing better than you think!!! Love y'all 

Elder Satterthwaite 

Week 66 Speaking in Seymour

February 12, 2019

Well this week was pretty good! A lot cooler so that was a blessing! We saw many great blessings this week actually. 

Thursday we finally had our first dinner appointment in Seymour! It was with the Thomson's, a great couple that have a sheep farm. It was a great time.

Friday was district council, awesome trainings. They were more simple but I learned a lot. After I went on a little exchange with elder Kaufusi. Then we stayed at their place to help them with some work there. Elder midgley and Simi came to help as well so it was a good time. 

Sunday Elder Kerr and I gave talks in Sacrament meeting. We had to subtlety rebuke them (told by president Vidmar) for their lacking. So we tried to inspire them as to how they can be member missionaries. Also we said they could lose missionaries in the branch soon if nothing happens cause of the drop in missionaries coming in the mission. To be honest I dont know if they care hahah. But from the one solid guy in the branch he told us he wanted some pamphlets to give out so that's good.

That's about it for this week. Sorry no amazing baptism stories or miracles where someone just comes to church and wants to be baptized,  that's just not how it goes here. Anyways love you all

Elder Satterthwaite 

Week 65 Zone Conference!

February 5th, 2019

G'day mates! Another great week down hereeeea. 

On Friday we had our district council. We had some awesome trainings given by our district. Oh yeah last pday we went into the city, can't remember if I said that last week! Good times, my zone is awesome.

Sunday was a bit better than last week, the Branch has so much potential. Just a reminder, the missionaries in your area will never ever not be hungry for a dinner appointment so try and feed them. No, I have not gotten a dinner appointment since I've been here in Seymour about 3 weeks. All goods tho I'm getting better at cooking, since my comp doesn't cook

Anyway Zone conference was AWESOME. President Vidmar really knows how to fire us up. He delivered powerful messages so perfectly. I'm excited to see where the mission is headed. We also had interviews after ZC so that was even better. 

I was told by a missionary in Albury that Rose, (one of my closest friends from albury) was sick and might only have 3 months to live and she felt like she NEEDED to see me. So I talked with president Vidmar and he allowed me to call her and see what the deal. She has a massive plethora of diseases and blood cancer. Basically she finds out what stage it is pretty soon. She made a plan that she would come to Seymour soon! She said she didnt want to see any other missionaries but she feels like she needs to see me. She's such a sweet lady. 

I also hit 15 months in 2 days 

Anyway thanks everyone for the support, I love you all,

Elder Satterthwaite 

Week 64 Seymour Sunday

Januray 29th, 2019

Seymour Sunday

So this is gonna be short mostly cause I dont feel like a long one. 

This week we really just tried to get to visit some members that lived real far away. It was fun to get to know the area. 

We had Australia day too!! But we didnt do much for it :(  

Sunday was pretty good, its kinda hard to get used to a new branch after I've been in such a good one for so long. So hopefully I warm up to these guys. They seem real nice. 

Monday we visited people so far away so it was a lot of driving. Tuedsy night we stayed down with greenvale for pday today. We're just hanging with the other missionaries. 

I have a testimony of the book of Mormon and the literal power it can have  in our lives. Read it , pray about it, and prepare to act. It's that simple for us to get closer to Christ. Love you all, keep sending it.

Elder Satterthwaite