Well it has been a very busy but good week. President Lindsay met us at the gate when we got off, so it was really nice to have someone to tell us where to go, and not have to worry about anything. We went straight to the bike shop, and the owner was super friendly since the missionaries have been going there for a couple of years he gave us a discount. Then we just hung out at the mission home, had a great dinner and some interviews, and then crashed. It was an amazing nights sleep, probably because I hadn't slept in a bed for two days, and the bed was way better than the one at the MTC. I have actually had no jetlag, I guess if you cross enough time zones your body just gets so confused that it adapts pretty easily. I love both President and Sister Lindsay. We were their first real intake of missionaries since six weeks ago only one missionary came in, so they were really excited to have us. It is a little weird to see President Lindsay in real life, even though I didn't watch too much KSL I still place him there. Sister Lindsay is so worried about being new, but she tries so hard to learn and be the best she can. I am in the Heathridge North area in the city of Joondalup. I believe it is about 30 km from Perth, but is suburb of Perth. I am a little sad I have not seen a kangaroo yet, but I am in the middle of a town, so wasn't expecting too much. My trainer Elder Thomson said it was a couple of months before he saw one, but there are some big cemetaries that we can go too where we can see them, so we will have to do that on a pday soon. Elder Thomson is from British Columbia and has been out for a year. He is a Zone Leader with Elder Martin in our flat, who is training Elder Evans from my MTC district which is the first time the Zone Leaders have not been companions in this mission. Good to know that I am being trained by one of the best. It has been interesting because we are both new to the area. Actually the area was just split, and it is almost like opening a new area because the missionaries did not go up here that much because it was pretty far and they were on bikes. We are on bikes for the most part, but share the car with the other companionship, but they get it most of the time. It was stake conference on Sunday, so I still have not been able to meet the ward. It is a little weird driving on the left side of the road, but I am getting used to it. I just have to remember to look right then left, which is opposite of what I have been taught, but I am learning. I have actually been surprised by how subtle the Australian accent is, it really is not that thick. We will see if I pick it up, but I will definitley come back with some of their words like "heaps" and instead of just saying "sweet" or "cool" they say "sweet as" or "cool as" and don't finish the statement, just leave it like that. I haven't started saying those yet, but I will. I will probably have a slight accent but just not realize it since the assistants did, but they nor President and Sister Lindsay thought they did, but some missionaries do pick it up, so we will see. It probably just depends on how many Aussie or Kiwi companions I have.
Love you all, hope you have a G'Day (I have not actually heard this as much as I was expecting)
Elder Cook
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