July 28th, 2013

Woah, my time here in my first area has gone quick. It is great to hear you guys are having fun. I do remember a little bit going to eat at that chuckwagon place. Also good to hear Cami and Thomas are they spending time, too! Well I am opening an area that hasn't had missionaries in 6 months. I am also training a new missionary from the states, Elder Farnsworth. I will miss Elder kavea, but Im excited for a new comp and new area. Ive been serving in Hutt Valley which is just south of the Wellington zone. now Im going to Palmerston North Zone, which is above Wellington zone! Ill be in Wanganui in the proselyting area of Fielding. I cant believe Im training already,but I am excited! Here is some pix of a hike we did, pig roasting!, and my companions so far in the next e-mail! Love you all and miss you!

July 22nd, 2013

Hey Family,

Yeah there was a earthquake, we did feel it we were at a members house and just finished dinner, it was kinda cool. Anyway, Im already training next transfer! Aug 1 the transfer day. Elder Kavea is training again too. haha he didnt really want to, this will be his 5th time training. Forgot to wish Cami a happy birthday in yesterdays e-mail, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cami! Love you all and miss you all. Got to go back to work, cuz its not Pday but we were able to e-mail today real quick.

 

July 14th, 2013

HELLLLO Family,

That is awesome you are all going to be together when Cami and Kelli drive down to New Mexico! That is not awesome that shannae swallowed a bobby pin for her b-day! Well, the work is going forward slowly. I went on exchanges this last week and it went really well, I felt like I was training because my comp during the exchange is still in his 2nd transfer getting trained. It has been raining like everyday and really windy, I found out why they call it windy Wellington.Not too much else happened, one of our Samoan investigators said he will baptized as he comes to know the Book Of Mormon is true, thats pretty much the only progressing investigator at the moment.He also played ball with us last p-day which helped him meet a couple members and get closer with us all. Well time is going by fast but I love and miss you all! Have a good week!

July 7th, 2013

Hello family!

How are you all doing, sounds like your all doing vacations and having fun! Well, this last week was good, we had a fireside with a rugby star who is a recent convert of about a year. His name is Jonah Lomu (he was an All Black) and some of our less actives went to the fireside! That is pretty much what happened this week, the rest was normal visits and door knocking, still fun though. Yes i was able to watch the broadcast yesterday at church, that is interesting and crazy that missionaries might be using facebook and ipads and stuff next year or later this year. Wish Shannae a happy birthday for me! Well I Love and miss you all! Have a good week, time is going by pretty quick!

July 1st, 2013

Hello family,

Glad to hear you are all doing good and having fun. When did shannae turn 14? and now she is 15, woah, well wish her a happy birthday for me. Well, another week gone by, it was a very good week tho. Sorry I am writing a day late, we were very busy yesterday hiking in the next area over and helping those elders do some finding at the mall. I havnt watched the broadcast on missionary work yet, but I believe we are sunday. We had a missionary fireside this past sunday and it was awesome. A powerful young man named fred who is a recent convert of a couple years bore his conversion story, It was cool to see this big samoan Rugby player cry when sharing how he came to the gospel. my companion also spoke and read a poem about christ which was also powerful. We also had the baptism of the young maori girl, Shade, it was awesome and I was able to speak on the Holy ghost, I shared the story from Acts where simon sees the holy ghost giving through the laying on of hands for peter and john, and he offers them money to be able to give the holy ghost also, it was sweet. her grandpa actually baptized her and he also sang a maori song at the service. yes I am able to wake up on time, it is a little bit of a miracle, no it is good. That is cool tyler is getting to serve in another mission, Elder Sanchez is also, i know cuz i e-mail him almost every week as well. My comp right now is Elder Kavea, He is related to who i worked with at J lake, so it is very funny and awesome. We have fun while doing the work. Well my e-mail time is about up and I need to go shower becuse we just finished clearing a bunch of rubbish out of a man and his wifes yard. They are catholic and not too interested in learning more but we shared a scripture and a quick testimony, if anything we planted an awesome seed and gave him a good impression of members of the church. Well Love you all and miss you all! Ofa atu

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