June 23rd, 2013

Hello family. Another week gone by very fast. Love and miss you all but I am having a lot of fun while doing the work. This last week was very wet, windy, and rainy! We still got two new awesome investigators despite the weather! Also, the maori girl Shade is all set for baptism this Saturday. We have been meeting very interesting people this last week. Ill share an example of the different people we have been meeting. We just got done with a couple visits on and we were just about to bike around the corner and leave that street when we heard Elders!, Elders! from way down the street, so we biked back and we thought someone was dying or something, but it was just a guy stranding outside his house. He just wanted to say hi, we could tell he was a little bit special needs, so we just talked with him for a little and asked how he knew the missionaries. The best part was he had a bunch of food in his mouth and as he kept talking he got closer and closer to my companion and was accidentally spitting on him a little, and my companion kept backing up further and further, lol. Anyways I have to say it was a great week. It is good to hear what you all are doing back home. Well, time is short as always! going to go meet up with other missionaries and play some sports! Love you all and take care! also dad i got your last postcard of the castle in Ireland!

June 16th, 2013

Hello family, another week gone by quick. Anyway, first off Happy Late Fathers day to James and especially dad! Without whom I would not be out here helping the New Zealand people today. It is good to hear you are all doing awesome things back home and having fun. How is Grandma Williams doing? That is awesome about little Thomas getting a certificate to his first white sox game. Well This is transfer week and my training is over! A couple elders are leaving our zone, which is sad and exciting at the same time. 25 new missionaries are coming in the mission the next couple days! Well me and my companion Elder Kavea have a small teaching pool right now. The same maori girl who we have been working with, her baptism date is at the end of the month, the 29th. We have found a good amount of potentials through our street contacting and door knocking, now the trick is to catch them at home and have them feel the spirit and know what part of the gospel we share with them will help them. I know that comes as me and my comp. rely on the spirit. The other missionaries around me are awesome and help make it fun as we work hard. I do have the video on a disc of our happy birthday skits to President. I will ask the senior couple in my area (they are awesome) to see if they can send it to one of your e-mails. If not I will send it home later. anyway Love you all and I do miss you all, but I am loving it out here and have a great week! Love, Elder T Williams 

June 3rd, 2013

Hello Family!

So I am e-mailing on a Tuesday morning instead of Monday. Yesterday was the Queens birthday( public holiday)so a lot of things were closed.  Now that the boring stuff is taken care of I can write how things are. Well, My new companion is awesome. Elder Kavea. He is related to the Tongans I worked with! crazy but it is sweet because we are able to joke around a little and have fun, even though we are working hard. Had my first Zone Conference and that was awesome! We had an awesome FHE with one of our investigators, we reset her baptism date for June 29th! It is awesome to hear how you are all doing back home. The miracle for this week was that we caught one of our potential investigators at home. Tyson. He is a very cool, open to learn more samoan 17yr old. He is always busy though(Basketball,Rugby,school), but we had a first lesson and he said the Restoration is true. He also said when he comes to know the rest of our message is true he will be baptized! He is very active in his church, though. His father is the pastor, so that might be a concern. Anyway I am enjoying my mission and eating a lot and biking a lot! Love you all and have a great week!