Dear Shanell,

On Thursday we drove to the airport to pick up President Sonnenberg. It took us 45 minutes to get there and it is usually only a 5 minute drive. The traffic was bumper to bumper. We dropped him and his wife off at the mission home and then Elder Jackson and I had the opportunity to teach them the "Crossing the Bridge" program to them. We taught a general authority how to do missionary work! We thought that was quite funny!

On Friday we had a city-wide zone meeting with President Sonnenberg and it was excellent! I loved it! He is excellent! You listen to him for 2 minutes and you can tell he is a general authority. He is definitely a man of God. I know it! After that we had lunch provided by the Payneham Ward Relief Society--my ward. It was good! Later we met in a zone leaders meeting with President Sonnenberg and it was super! At 7 p.m. we attended seminary graduation and heard President Sonnenberg speak again.

On Saturday we drove up to Whyalla and Port Augusta with President and Sister Sonnenberg. They are super! You can feel the Spirit when you're with them. He likes to go up to people and ask, "Are you a Mormon?" When they say, "no", he asks, "Why not?" He likes to see them stammer and stutter. When we arrived in Port Perie, we got hamburgers and President Gray paid for everyone. Then we drove on to Port Augusta for the chapel dedication.

We left the dedication and headed for Whyalla and saw 2 kangaroos that had been hit by cars. About 25-30 km. out of Port Augusta, we noticed we were on empty. We decided to turn around and go back and barely made it. It seemed like the gas gauge was moving faster than we were. We filled up and headed back to Whyalla. As we drove into Whyalla, it was really weird to get the feeling that I was coming home.

At the chapel we had a tea with the Whyalla, Port Perie, Port Augusta, and Port Lincoln branches. Elders Cash, Spencer, Jackson and Sisters Wahlquist and Dewis were there. The Copes, a missionary couple, were also there. At 7 pm we had seminary graduation and President Sonnenberg and President Gray spoke, as well as their wives. It was excellent! Afterward we came back to the motel and Jackson and I showed President and Sister Sonnenberg and Gray how to work the heaters in the rooms. Then Jackson and I went for a walk to the beach. While we were walking, I heard someone yell, "Wallentine!" It was the Ernests! She had her baby last October and they were so fun to talk to.

On Sunday we had zone conference from 7 to 10 a.m. and it was very spiritual! Then we went to the Whyalla District Conference. President Sonnenberg spoke in it also, and it was very good. After I certified Sister Dewis, we left for Adelaide and stopped at KFC and President Sonnenberg bought us dinner. We arrived in Adelaide at 5:40 and came home and ate and then met all the zone leaders at President Gray's with President Sonnenberg. We got photos taken and President Sonnenberg signed my kangaroo skin!

The gospel is true!!

Love,
Elder Wallentine