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Life's most fulfilling experiences..

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"missionary work is not easy. In fact, it is often quite difficult, but the Lord is the greatest paymaster in the world. Dedicated missionary service is one of life’s most fulfilling experiences. This is in large measure because of the divine agency which flows so richly from the Lord to His humble and obedient servants to bless the lives of others. I know this because I have seen it manifested in the lives of thousands and have felt it in my own life." How far is Heaven? It’s not very far. When you live close to God, It’s right where you are. sucesses: - We met this vietnamese family who are super sweet and whose daughter named Caroline (9yrold) loves learning the gospel. She is SO KEEN :) literally jumping up and down when she sees us coming. We talked a bit about baptism and are hoping her parents will be on board - wennt fillipino finding in our area with a rm and WOW! it was like the most effective thing ever literally had so many friends and mini lesso...
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Labour of love ♡♡

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" The Savior’s divine nature and sublime character were the wellsprings of perfect compassion during His mortal ministry. The Redeemer of the world turned outward in love and service when He faced spiritual adversity or physical pain—in contrast to the natural man in each of us that turns inward in self-interest, self-centeredness, and selfishness. As we live as He invites us to live and with His help, our nature and character over time increasingly become more like His ." Guess what I learned from general conference??? ..if we desire to bless other people’s lives, God will help us take the opportunities all around... pray to have the eyes to see the missionary opportunities that are in front of us.... :) The work this week: oh my oh my soo much went down :) - KIRK GOT BAPTIZED!!!  - got to go on 2 exchanges.. and got to talk with people as kids were getting out of school goods times as well as a community event which was super fun!!  - MET a man from Japan who's really c...
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Fire alarm drill practice x 5k with the Mackies

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Guess what..? It's been another week or two haha.. and also it's OCTOBER? Also went on some more  exchanges this week good times. And we have just been so incredibly busy I didn't get a chance to press send so this will be a long one so sorryy.  SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENED. AEROVIEW IS STARTING TO REALLY GROW ON ME..  - got to troll my companion haha for her birthday I mean spoil her good.. yipeee!! - met some more members that in our messed up records showed they moved lol - carrying the zone on our call with the mission president ahhhh sayyy whattt the other leaders just didn't show up - got to make cookies and share messages to help our ward more activley live the gospel that's a W - Jeff we will be there for you on the good and bad days.. glad we could be there when it was needed  - WE decided to get out and just walk and talk to people BUS and guess what we met this AWSOME chinese guy who we invited to english class and church and not only did he give us orang...
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Divine covenants make strong Christians.

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​ This week was just all over the place and although a lot of our friends are struggling to make it to church.. this weeks focus was on things that we can do to influence adn control only things within our power. I LOVED THIS QUOTE <3 "fill your life with service to others. As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven’s children, Satan’s temptations lose power in your life." I have found this to be so true while on my mission focusing on others needs provides such powerful spiritual protection :) “The grace of the Lord through the Atonement can both cleanse us of sin and assist us in perfecting ourselves through our trials, sicknesses, and even character defects. … Christ can repair our flaws and failings that otherwise are not repairable (see Genesis 18:14; Mark 9:23) Work: - Service for a older lady included dusting old cabinets with a vaccum.. also vaccumed for another older lady lol - Lesson over the phone to answer our friends questions and started up our ...
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High love. High expectations.

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​ Genuinely this has been the fastest transfer of my mission legit flew on by.. I have only a few more days left with Sister Walker until we send her off into the real world where she will flourish and continue to always be a follower of her Christ xx. Our Heavenly father loves us more than we can comprehend and He knows and sees our potential to become like him.. hence his high love and high expectations :) "As we strive to live the higher laws of Jesus Christ, our hearts and our very natures begin to change. The Savior lifts us above the pull of this fallen world by blessing us with greater charity, humility, generosity, kindness, self-discipline, peace, and rest." I have definitley seen on my mission how my heart has been changed and how I've had to fight off the "natural missionary" who wants to be lazy, selfish, and doesn't talk to strangers but I've seen the Lord bless me with strength, charity, and the spirit to help the people here in New Zealand...
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highest and holiest work

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​ "we invite you to come and do the work that God Himself has bored over and toiled over and wept over and pursued since before the beginning of time, since before the found ation of the world. Itʼs fairly serious business and it doesnʼt men depressing and it doesnʼt men discourging. It doesnʼt men that you  canʼt be happy.. God often works with us, directs us, or inspires us without our knowledge" - Elder Holland The Work - our progressing friends both came to church! Cameron really enjoyed the service and says he wants to bring his kids along next time and we were able to give him a little tour and teach from the book of mormon the first called him he said "thanks for teaching me more about something I've been wondering aboout my whole life". This man has been prepared!! The Quiazon family is one whos just started coming back to the church and we've been teaching their two cute kids kimmy and kirk. They are the sweetest little family and really love gettin...
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Adventures in the northshore 💙

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​ Kia ora! I HAVE OFFICIALLY passed one year serving as a missionary and representative of Jesus Christ.. and I just can't believe it! I can truly say that it is only by the grace of God.. which has helped me every day. It has strengthened me to do good works I could not do on our own. The Lord promised that if I humblde myself before Him and have faith in Him His grace will help me overcome all our personal weaknesses." This weeks work: - member refferal for a pmf to visit! THEY CAME TO CHURCH AND I'm so so happy for their family :) - zone CONFERENCE is like missionaries "holiday" to sharpen the AXE and wow we got some new things to work on! There is a big FOCUS on always having backup plans to the point of having 2 calendars.. being as specific as possible with planning and a focus for more purposeful finding. - met a lad named JET who maybe wants to be baptized?  - had so many lovely folks come along to our singing at the rest home and it was a good time!  - s...
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