Swooping Season and Summer (September 27, 2023)







 






Summer has officially started here in the Aussie land of Wangaratta (I accidentally said I went to Werribee). We have been able tosee and talk to more people now that the summer holiday has started. I definitely was able to see the hand of the lord with one potential new friend. While we were doing a service he actually came to us and started talking with us. Which is something that is very rare for up here. A few weeks ago we went on a hike which unfortunately made me realise how out of shape I am. I did make it to the summit though and the view was pretty good. I gave a talk two Sundays ago. The branch president simply said to talk about something uplifting. I decided to base mine off of a talk by President Uchtdorf from October 2011 titled "you matter to him" I'm glad that I've learned how to use the scriptures when I teach or talk because it makes it so much easier to be guided to whichever scripture best fits.


As a side note the magpies are starting to swoop and i was swooped today for the first time and I learned that my high amount of fear is completely justified. The most dangerous animal in Australia isn't the spiders, snakes,  kangaroos, blue ring octopus, or box jellyfish. It is 100% the magpies. They scare me more than any other living creature out there.

[What is swooping, you ask? Check out this link for information]

In the two pictures with animals are a wallaby and a few wild cokatoos that live here. They sound like dinosaurs when they squak.


Cockatoo sound from youtube






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