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My cousin Brenn, and others, have highly encouraged-more like demanded- that I update my blog. Unfortunately with the internet costs and the fact that I still haven't bought a cord to connect my camera to my computer-I have no pictures to put up. I will let you all hang in suspense as you just imagine what it looks like here. Im doing great! The weather is great! Perfect for the beach, however, not so perfect for work. The office has no air conditioner upstairs where I spend most of my time. We have lots of fans though. Work is good. I like all the people I work with and it is starting to get more interesting. Sarah and I are still in pursuit of a new apartment. We believe we have found it, but we are having troubles actually getting the leased signed. Hopefully that will happen this week. I went to church here yesterday. Basically like any other ward, except the building did have a nice courtyard in the middle. So far mostly what I have done in Australia consists of going to the beach, walking around town, riding the bus a lot, grocery shopping almost everyday (as we do not know how long we are staying in the place we are now), going to work, going to the market, eating (the food actually isn't all that great here... Sarah and I did have our first BBQ in Australia the other night though! That was delicious! ), sleeping, and repeat. I really am having a great time here. I need to plan out all the things I want to see and do before I leave-I feel like time is already flying! First task-make plans for Easter weekend! Any suggestions?

G' day mate!

G’ day mate! So I’m finally here in Australia! The past few days have been crazy but amazing. I still can’t believe I’m living in Australia. Sarah, my co-worker and I arrived in Brisbane Australia Wednesday morning Australian time. We then took a bus to Mooloolaba where our hotel is located. The weather is wonderful here! Yesterday, however, there were a few minutes of down pour rain but then total sunshine. We walked around the town for a while and ate lunch, then went to the grocery store where everything is so expensive! We are in a touristy area so I think the prices are jacked up. We also got new cell phones and an internet card. This morning Sarah and I went to the beach. After, Sarah and I started house hunting. Our company put us in a hotel for two weeks and we are now in charge of finding our long term stay… no luck yet. Tonight we plan on taking a stroll down the beach, and then on to more house hunting tomorrow. We start work on Monday but I have some research reading to do before that. Not gonna lie-I have seen so many attractive guys here! I just want to find our long term stay so I can figure out where I will go to church and then start meeting people ;) Well sorry I have no pictures up. I don’t have a way to get my pictures off my camera and onto my computer yet. I need to buy something for that. Well until next time!