Elder Wagner, Sydney Australia South

Well, this week went by kind of slow! We had a zone conference on Tuesday then the rest of the week we did lots of finding and knocking! this Friday I did get the opportunity to go with my comp to a funeral in one of his old wards. the tongan people are the most loving and caring people in the world I swear!! I love the ward and the people of Australia. yes my mission is full of rejection and appointments falling through, but for some odd reason I love it and I didn't really know why until yesterday when I read a talk that said " forget yourself and go to work" that is why getting rejected is so easy to me because I have lost myself in the work and I know why I am here. I am here to find and help people come unto Christ. I know this church is true with out a doubt in my mind. and I am going to keep working my butt off till I find those that are ready to hear of this great gospel. I love you all!!    El...

This week has been kinda tough!!!  I have been really trying hard to learn the language, it's hard but I am slowly starting to get it and I am doing sipe (good)!!  The people here are really not nice (except for the Tongan people in our ward, they are the best),  we face alot of rejection and it is hard sometimes, but its ok I'll get over it!!  my area is really populated and it is sooooo big haha we visited 6 less actives and guess how many we committed to start coming back to church?   5 of them! heck yeah!! we even committed one of them to quit smoking and drinking for his wife!! and so far he has gone 5 days with out a smoke and a drink!!! we are going to meet with him and his wife tonight for fafanga and family home evening!  My days consist of lots of studying and knocking on lottssss of doors!  We talk to lots of people at the train station.  It's getting really HOT here!! Like super holy cow crazy HOT!  This wee...

Well I made it to Australia!      The plane ride was lonnnnngg, I placed 2 Book of Mormons and set this guy up from LA with the missionary there!!   (I tracked him the entire way!) Malo lelei Everyone!... this week has been so awesome!!! I got here the first day, got assigned my comp and learned that I am speaking Tongan! Tongan...it is the best thing that has ever happened to me.... my comp is Elder Veehala from Tonga! Mom, I  know what you are thinking, "how the heck is Tyler going to learn Tongan?!?" it's ok I am thinking the same thing mom!! haha it will be ok, I will get it!! Tongan food is crazy. The past 3 days I have not gone hungry because they feed us so much, it's insane! Like, I come close to finishing the plate of food and they bring me another plate with even more on it!! haha! They call me the new Kolipoki from the movie, "The Other Side of Heaven".  Saturday I ate this squid stuff with raw fish and pork, All I can say w...

(We made sweet ties out of paper towels) Yes, Week three update! I am so ready to get to Australia! Monday cannot come any faster...... Everything seems to be going by so fast and it's kind of sad because I've made such good friends here in the MTC.  This week we got the chance to teach a man named Don.  Elder Kaas and I got the impression that we needed to teach about The Book of Mormon.  If you guys get the chance,  listen to the conference talk given by, Thomas S Monson about The Book of Mormon in the last conference.... do it!!!! We were told by some of our teachers that this could be his last talk.  So knowing that, what does our Prophet decide to speak on?   He speaks on The Book of Mormon and it's importance in our lives.!!  He could've spoken on anything he wanted too or made it all about him, but he didn't. He spoke of the truth of The Book of Mormon.  As we shared this with Don, you could see him feel the spirit an...