October 13th, 2013

Hello family!

Good to hear from you all, The showleys inviting people to hear the gospel and have a meal in their home, Thomas getting big, Mom Nae and Kelli having a great experience with prayer, and Dad sharing with everybody at the football game that I'm on a mission. Sounds like everybody is doing good! Well, this last week was awesome. We have two investigators and a few Less active come to watch general conference! So it was shown saturday and yesterday throughout New Zealand. We are one week behind you guys, haha. Working with another Elder from my intake was awesome! I went on an exhange with him in Palmerston North and we had fun and had some good visits to a couple less active families and investigators. They have a little basketball hoop in their flat so we had a couple intense games after we did our planning at night haha. They stay in a garage that was turned into a house, but is still a garage so it was cold lol. We also had our second game night here in Wanganui which went very well. We had more nonmembers there than members! We have interviews with President this week and next week is transfers! So exciting things coming up, we are trying to guess who is going to replace Elder Mau to work with us here in Wanganui. I dont think me or Elder Farnsworth will move, but there is a chance. I dont mind either way. We are working great together and even though the work is very slow here in Wanganui, I love it. Well I love you all and miss you all! Have a great week! Also, Thanks for the candy and postcard from dad this last week!!!!

October 6th, 2013

Hello family,

How are you all doing. This last week was awesome. We found a few new investigators that we are extremely happy with and one committed to baptism next month, so we are doing well. The work is moving forward slowly. I went on an exchange with my District leader, Elder Aparicio, who was the first missionary from Spain here in New Zealand. He is very funny and a good missionary, I practiced the little bit of Spanish I know on him. We played tennis with a part member family in Feiding ( his area, also that is how it is spelled with the 'e' first) That was so sweet to play tennis with those guys because they are actually really good at tennis. I came out undeafeated somehow because i fought off match points against Elder Aparicio and Raukawa (who is a LA, but awesome maori guy and he is getting active again and marrying his girlfriend in a couple weeks so that she can be baptized and they can start working towards the temple) We also had two big services this week, helped with a Luao, and played Touch rugby with some nonmembers and less actives. Awesome week, but a lot of sports and service, so Im beat, but were playing touch again today and also having a bbq with bishop and some other people for FHE!! This week im going ton an exchange to Palmerston North to with with my zone leader, Elder Cuthbertson. he is from Arizona and came out with me! he is an awesome missionary and only been out 7 months like me and he's already a zone leader! So im excited to work with him. Well, Love you all and ill see if I can send a couple pictures.

 

 

from the luao, an awesome Tongan missionary who finishes in two weeks!