Rob

G'day mates!
How ya goin? Its good to hear from yous. The reason i'm writing a bit later is because this morning we went up to 'The Caves' with the Cranes and the Polizzi's. We drove around looking for the entrance for about 2 hours we asked multiple locals for directions, and we still couldn't find a way into these caves. We did find a place where you could get out and take a little hike around an old mine. It had an information sign for tourists and it said in big colorful letters "To really experience the caves you have to imagine!" So we came to the conclusion that the caves were not there at all... they were just imaginary caves. So we all used our imaginations and it was great!
We went to the Botanical Gardens in town instead and played Pom Pom 123 instead which is apparently kinda like the Cranes version of hide and go seek at the base of this big cool looking tree. The Polizzis get along with the Cranes great and they fellowship each other well. Mario always does something Cheezy/funny... here its called being 'cheeky'. He reminds me of you Dad. We all had a fun day and now we are doing our Emails and shopping this Arvie before our Dinner Apt. at 6:30.
Happy Birthday Lisa, John, and Blake Jr. and Jess Peterson! John it sounds like your Birthday was a blast with all your mates there. Does Taylor Nielsen still live there in Provo? Is he married yet? What about Dustin Draper? Do the guys still get together on a weeknight and play ball? Is Tom Woodburry Married?
That would be cool if you guys got to do the new Helaman Halls at BYU. Are there any Murrays in our new ward? Have they put together a new picture ward list yet?
Thanks for giving the grandkids the little roos. i'm glad they enjoy them. Tell them that is their birthday present from uncle Rob. Thanks for praying for Sam. Shes been sick this whole past week and we haven't been able to have another lesson with her. So please keep praying for her!
Mum, i would love for you to put the stuff on my flash drive onto my hard drive. Then you should put some pictures of you guys on there and send it back to me!
The Mission office sent up your package this week with the flash drive in it! Thank you heaps! I also got mail from Travis and Andrea Nelson and a post card from Mark who is apparently in Japan...? It's so good to hear from you! Hope you are all doing well. Tell Chantale and Jeff that Travis is a great example to me of a good missionary and hes always been a great example to me!
Dad that is awesome that you got to talk to Jeff Cook. Tell him I say hello.

I am really proud that the Polizzis are proving to hold steadfast and be good active members who will soon be great leader in the church. When i got to this area i was told that none of the converts in the last ten years had stayed active. So i took that as a challenge. One of our converts - Matt Pope - we haven't seen him in over 2 months. But other than that we have Kylee Hayter and the Polizzi family who are still going strong. Thank you for your prayers.
Dad, its funny that you say there have been snakes in the neighborhood. Today i had my first encounter on my mission with a snake. When we were out in the bush on a dirt road looking for these imaginary caves this morning we went up a long drive way to one of the farm houses off the road to ask for directions. But no one came to the door (sort of like tracting). We went to look to see if there was anything around back and then i saw something moving in the grass, when i saw what it was we made our way quickly back to the car. haha. It was just a small brown.
I'm glad you get a lot of good use out of that Bocci Ball set you got. it sounds like you have a lot of fun.
Matt do you have to conduct a district meeting every week now? Your companions sounds sweet. Tell him i say "whats up." Matt i know what you mean that just because you are skinny does not mean you are in shape. I wish we would play basketball every morning.
Matt i like your story about your look-a-like comments. You'd probably have to be a mix between Earnest (goes to camp) and Channing Tadum (or whatever his name is, from 'step-up'). and its funny that you said that, because i was just talking about that movie today.
I appreciate the love and prayers that i can feel from all of you. It was funny because in some of your letters you said "i hope you're not discouraged" and i was like "why would i be discouraged?" because my mission is the best! But then we had kind of a crappy week, and i was sick half the week and there weren't many people at church on Sunday. Members have beefs with each other and there is no unity in the branch. Sunday i almost started to feel a little discouraged and i remembered that someone mentioned in there letter not to get discouraged. Then i thought about how blessed we are to have the Gospel in our lives and i thought life is Good! Being a missionary is sweet! I don't really ever get discouraged. As long as i stay close to the Lord. I'm glad you guys back home are all such great examples of enduring to the end. Especially you Mum and Dad. Thanks for never giving up!
Never give up! Never Surrender!
Love your Aussie missionary,
*Elder Prina*
P.S. - Dear strong bad, How do you play the piano with boxing gloves on? (see attachment)
I also attached pictures of some of the teaching aids i have created.