Kia Ora,

I just came across the list of the 58 new missions being created! http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/list-of-58-additional-missions-created If I could direct your attention to the one that starts with New Zealand and ends with Hamilton. Yup! That's right! The Auckland mission is full to capacity, and it cannot handle any more missionaries, so it is being split. This will really cause the work to Boom!

Concerning new investigators, great members, transfers, and stake conference

Kia Ora!

So, this week has been a pretty good week. I don't recall if I wrote about Dayna in last week's email. Anyways, she is a friend of the daughter of one of the member familes in the ward. She and her mom and sister were taught by previous missionaries, but these missionaries are the same missionaries that bribed that one girl I wrote about to be baptized with chocolate. So, it's no surprise that they had no success. Lol... 

Concerning Te Kauwhata, Tradeoff, New/Former Investigators, Cooking, Less Active, Blessings, and something that I will think to throw into this email. ;-)

Kia Ora!

So, as district leader, I have to conduct a tradeoff every so often with each of the Elders in my district. "Normally at least once every transfer cycle, a district leader works with each elder in his district and zone leaders work with district leaders in their zone." As it says in the Missionary Handbook. Anyways, I conducted one on Tuesday. I went with E. Jubitz, the senior companion in Huntly, and E. Peni went with E. Brown. It was an okay tradeoff. I say okay because really not too much happened. They are having a really big problem with having people to teach. They are great in the fact that they are teaching heaps of lessons. However, they have very few progressing investigators, and no one that wants to be baptized. Not their fault, just it is "their lot to have fallen into the hands of a more hardened and a more stiff-necked people; therefore they would not hearken unto their words," as it says in Alma 20:30.

Concerning Pain, TWE, New Sets, and the Book of Mormon (and also, how not to baptize someone/be a missionary)

Kia Ora!

Well! This week has been a week of extremes. Well, to start off, I discovered what was wrong with my throat! When I went to the doctors a week ago, Dr. Hemi told me that I had an Ulcer in my throat. Ow. So, I had to get medications for it. I got Amoxicillin, and also Paracetamol mixed with a little bit of Codeine. If you are not a doctor, you probably have no idea what those last two medicines are. Paracetamol is a fairly moderate painkiller, and Codeine is a very powerful painkiller (not as powerful as something like Morphine, but still.). Well, to kinda give you an idea, there was about 500mg of Paracetamol to every 8mg of Codeine.

Concerning Leadership meetings, dropped investigators, New Investigators, Miracles, speaking assignments etc. :-)

Kia Ora Whanau ko Ehoa!

It has been quite the week of extremes. 

Concerning Transfers, Goodbye photos, prayers, New investigators, firesides, leadership, and mail service

It has been a good couple of days!!!

 

So, I got a call on Wednesday saying that for transfers, I was staying. I was thinking, why are the Assistants calling to tell me this? It's usually the Zone leaders. Well, my question was answered. They called me, on behalf of President Lekias, to be Senior companion with my new companion, E. Peni. 

Concerning Teeth, Crazy American Drivers, Prophecies of the Maori, Sayings of the Kiwis, transfers, and changes in the ward

Kia Ora Whanau and Ehoas! How are all of you! I am doing great. I am sad that I missed my big sister's wedding. I was actually planning on having Sis. Flood, a member in NGA, email something to be read at the wedding, but I never had time to write anything down, and it eventually slipped my mind. Oops. :-P I am happy for Kiara, and I want her to know that I think that she has made the right choice. Even though people expressed doubts about you two, I always had that feeling in the back of my mind that you would end up together. To my sister: I love you, and I am happy for you and DJ. To my Brother-in-law: It is weird to have a brother in law. But at least it's someone that I know and trust. This is usually the point when I, the brother, make a life threat about you had better treat my sister with the greatest love and respect or I'll smash you, or something... :-) But really, I am happy for yous, and I wish yous the best. Hope your life is very happy and that you enjoy the start of your lives together for the rest of eternity. Have fun!