Yeah, so they don't really celebrate thanksgiving in Australia like they do in the US, since it's an American Holiday. My companion and I weren't planning on doing anything for it either (I had actually forgotten about it). We went to the church that evening to use the library's copying machine, and while we were there the relief society President asked if we could help a bit to set up for their thanksgiving dinner activity thing. She also told us that some refugees would be coming, and one of them was male and would be the only male at this relief society activity, so she asked if we could sit with him and talk to him. So yeah, we got free dinner, a free show, and we got to know this refugee, who was pretty cool. He's from Afghanistan and Iran, and had been in Australia for 3 years. His english was really good, even though he just started studying when he got here. He (and the other refugees there) are all studying together now. He told us that when he was in Iran, he wasn't aloud to go to schooling because his parents were Afghan. He also told us that his dad (who's career was making sculptures) was told not to do so anymore. They said that unless he could give life to his sculptures, he shouldn't be doing it since only God was supposed to make sculptures, or something like that. They threatened to cut his father's hands off, so they left, and ended up coming to Australia. All three of the refugees had unique stories, and it helped us to have a greater appreciation for what we have.
Anyways, other investigator, Tamara, is still on date for the 10th of December, and is progressing really well. She has very supportive friends who are members, so that helps a lot. We also have been getting to know the young men more this week, and we got to make fires at one of their activities, which was pretty fun. Pretty much every young man had his own fire, and within 15 minutes there were around 10 different fires all in one area, which looked pretty cool. Unfortunately, I can't send pictures on this computer, sorry.
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