Saturday evening the 23rd

I wish for the words to share my heart. We've just returned from an amazing dinner with Bishop Loney, his sweet wife and their 3 sons. Apparently Bishop Loney made the entree, which was excellent and Sister Loney made the dessert which was so good that I'll have to put extra time on the elliptical on Monday.  For me, the memory that is going to last the longest was their introducing us to Cricket in their backyard.  It's going to take me 18 months to learn all the rules and terms but it was pure joy to watch Evelyn take her first swing with a cricket bat and then to have a turn myself. 

We made another trip to Costco today and we're starting to navigate around the Capital city by landmarks like Black mountain and construction cranes around Belconnen.

This morning we made our fourth day in a  row of going to the gym. It feels good to get my heartrate up and use some machines to try and stay in shape.

We had our second District council meeting yesterday and it was so nice to be with the young missionaries again,. Their spirits are strong and their faith is wonderful.

Tomorrow we'll attend church in the Yerrabi ward and Black Mountain ward.  It was cooler today and less dust in the air. Thursday when we went in to the Australian National University it was up to 40 degrees Celsius.

Rambling about so it's probably time to have prayers and call it a day.

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