Mission

All these pictures were taken at the Toowoomba Flower Festival in September.

We spent a lovely afternoon with the senior couples viewing God's glorious creations.

Mission

Pedestrian street in Brisbane

Brisbane City Hall

Anglican Church in Brisbane

Elder Madsen and Elder Mizukawa

Exterior view of City Hall

City Hall Square in Brisbane

Entrance to Queen Street Mall - a pedestrian street that
Sister Madsen drove down by mistake!

Mission

We joined the Richins, the Mizukawas, and the Johnsons for a real
Australian experience at a rugby game.

We also went bowling before the game.  Notice that
Elder Mizukawa's head is a bowling ball!

That is the filling for the chicken enchiladas. Below is the finished product that we served for temple day.

Coomera Zone enjoying lunch after the temple session.

Mission Memories

We attended the temple with the Cleveland Zone.

Elder Dunlop and Elder Graves needed our help to deep clean
a missionary fat that will no longer be used. They are pictured
in the very clean kitchen.

We will miss the Gold Coast Zone.  Our assignment
no longer includes that area of the mission.

Elder Madson from Payson Utah finished his mission this week.

Elder Matu and Elder Stephens came to dinner with
our investigator, Telmo, who is being taught by the missionaries.

Elder Madsen with Elder Gardner and
Elder Murakami in Toowoomba, a lovely city in the mountains west of Brisbane.

    





Sister Limoni is always happy.  She goes home to Tonga this week.            

We spent many hours with Elder Motuliki in the hospital, at our flat and in our zones.  He is a great elder who returns to Tonga.

Elder Kioa is another great elder from Tonga who returns home.

Two more great elders from Tonga - Elder Otuafi and Elder Hakalo also return home this week.  We loved serving with them.

Elder Madsen with Elder Hakalo

Elder Wu from China leaves for his home, too.

The Cleveland Zone at zone meeting - such great missionaries!

We will miss Elder Hatch from Canada.

Elder Cooper came from North Carolina and goes home to Idaho.

We have come to rely on the office elders for help with various
projects - Elder Westenskow, Elder Campbell and Elder Narramore.

Mission Experiences

During Golden Orientation the elders and sisters do "real plays" as they practice sharing the gospel with everyone they meet.

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The Coomera Zone are enjoying lunch after a temple session.

We served lunch to the elders and sisters at the Gold Coast Zone Meeting.  They always appreciate a good meal.

  Sisters in the Gold Coast Zone prepare to give copies of the
Book of Mormon to members at Stake Conference.

Gold Coast Zone at Temple Day

Senior Missionaries gathered at our flat for a dinner and Family Home Evening.

Nigel Shepherd, the complex manager, with his wife and son at his
60th birthday celebration.

Elder and Sister Pearson met with the senior missionaries during the mission tour.
He is the Area President so it was wonderful to meet him after just talking to him on the phone when Elder Madsen served as the Area Medical Advisor.

Mission Tour with Elder and Sister Pearson 

The Cleveland Zone

I participated in the Gold Coast 5.7K.

The Senior Missionaries spent July 4 on Coochie Island.  It is a short ferry ride from the mainland.  We walked around the whole island after enjoying lunch.  A friendly lady riding her scooter stopped and told us all about the history and what to look for on our walk.

We rode the ferry back to the 

mainland and enjoyed this

beautiful sunset!