Ceff Mission Blog

A Green Tree Frog. Cute little guy (or girl) hey!   Monday 20th June 2022 Seniors Zone Council this morning. Our last one with President and Sister Ence before they go home.  Tuesday 21st  - Wednesday 22nd June 2022 Mostly running around getting the new flat organised for Elders Dollery and Pollock. Tuesday night was our last Temple Preparation class with Tammuz Fa'Aoso. As with all our students, it has been a pleasure teaching Tammuz. He hopes to have his missionary recommendation completed soon, so could be called to serve anywhere in the world before the end of the year.  We have been storing a spare fridge outside at our our unit, waiting for the time when we need to use it in a new flat. Margot was cleaning it out today and found this beautiful green tree frog sheltering in there. With a brush and shovel I very gently nudged it out of there and found a nicer home in our garden (see pic above).     Thursday 23rd June 2022 Tonight we attended our fi...

 Monday 13th June 2022 This afternoon we visited Sister Adidi Wigness, who was a convert to the Church about 4 years ago. Sister Wigness, like many of the Church members here, is a Torres Strait Islander. The locals seem to think there are more TSI people living in Cairns now than in the Islands. Cairns is "their city". There is also a TSI community up at the Cape York towns of Sesia and Bamaga, from what I've been told. Lto R Dollery, Pollock, me, Margot, Tuave and Pemberton. We had the four young Elders over at our place for dinner tonight. Elders Pollock and Tuave arrived at Townsville from Brisbane at at 8.30am today and then drove up to Cairns. Thursday 16th June 2022 Oops! I just skipped a couple of days. With a new pair of missionaries (Dollery and Pollock) moving in to a new flat in Manoora (in Cairns 1st Branch) we have been doing a fair bit of preparation to get all that they need in the flat. Mainly just working out what we need to buy and where we need to buy ...

 Monday 6th June 2022 Visited Sister Cassie Bell and her mother today. Both long time members of the Church, but the mum is unable to come to Church now because of the air-conditioning, which makes it too cold for her there, in her delicate state of health. Some of the brethren in 2nd Branch often administer the sacrament at home for her. Had a Single Adult activity at our place tonight. Tuesday 7th June 7.00am Another big brekky with the Kimiia's. Good old Sister Kimiia, puts on a spread for breakfast to rival the best hotels! No need for another meal till very late in the day! 10.00am Zone council, which Pres Ence asked me to conduct. Visited Iamin and Marcella and Emmanuel      7.00pm Temple prep class Wednesday 8th June Yet another real estate inspection with a prospective buyer. We've never lived in rented accommodation, while it is up for sale. It's a bit of a pain in the neck to be honest, but the landlord has the right to sell of course, so you really just ha...

A few weeks ago, we were invited to dinner with a friend of Miriam's, Latrelle Balmes, and his wife Lael. They cooked a beautiful dinner for us and I'm pretty sure I forgot to mention it. Here's a picture of us all. In contrast to last week, when we had Miriam and Taylor staying with us, this weeks report will probably have no pictures and no definitely no kitesurfing. It's probably been our busiest week doing real missionary work so far. And I think the busier we are like this, the less I will be able to write. Monday 30th May 2022 We had the pleasure of visiting our District President's mother, Sister Delilah Fa'Aoso and her mum, Mary Harris, today. It happened to be Sister Harris's 90th birthday, so it was a good day to visit. Unfortunately, because of the Sister Harris's health condition, neither are able to attend Church, but they were both very pleased to receive a visit. Tuesday 31 May 2022 One of our favourite members in Cairns, Brett Marr, was a...