Kia Ora from Auckland

"Every challenge you face, every hard thing you confront, every bad thing that happens to you, every unfairness, every conflict, every sadness, tragedy, every disappointment and heartache, every temptation and every opposition happens for one purpose only: to give you opportunity to respond by applying in your life the teachings of Jesus. As you do so you are changed to become more like him." https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pet0qvfF0i6yjDCHHH5pd-UokO85dTi2/view?usp=drivesdk This is a must read! Just take a second to stop and think about who you want to be :) Ok so this week we had an apostle of the Lord.. Elder Anderson speak at our mission wide zone conference.. here are some things I learned from the conference.. 1) What is the secret to life? Put your best efforts in thr smallest tasks 2) What is the answer to life? Choosing charity 3) What are we grateful for? We are grateful for everything and entitled to nothing Ephiany that we get around 547 hrs to be converet...

Hello hello it's been another week can you believe it? So much has happened but here are a few things I've been learning and coming to realize.. Learns: - The harvest is plenty laborers are few.. Turns out there is actually so much work we could be doing but only so much time.. and only the 2 of us.. however when plans fall through and things happen I'm learning to better trust the Lord in His plans and His will. - “Four things a man must learn to do, If he would make a record true, To think without confusion clearly, To love his fellowmen sincerely, To act from honest motives purely, To trust in God and heaven securely.” - Sometimes it just helps to talk about things. Those who share their concerns with another person often find their concerns diminished. On the other hand, missionaries who kept concerns bottled up usually felt that their concerns seemed larger and more difficult to manage. I can ATTEST that it works and it makes you realize th...

"Go the extra mile to bless the lives of others 🏃‍♀️ " That is the best motto you could live by missionary or not 🫡 I'm by no means perfect but there are always blessings that come.. This week was different. Full range of emotions but what a ride! * We did some service at a MENTAL INSTITUTE and boi did we clean out that hoarders room lemme tell you.. sheesh. * We got to go on exchanges and we basicaly went in the big city and just talked with as many people as we could inviting them to english classes and at first I was super intimidated but i low key have gotten already a lot better which is good haha. SUCH an incredible experience going with our mighty STLs. It taught me the blessings and the peace of mind of exact obedience. It truly helped me see how missionary work is already hard enough and how we make things so much simpler when we do wha we can. Fear no man. This is a new thing I have to come to terms with this transfer lol but it's already getting a lot...

How are we doing..? Because I don't know about you but it's been a crazyy past lil bit because I got transfered to the Mt. Roskill area..and have a new comp sister kau shes from PNG. Our area is ward sharing with the elders which is actually a party but our AREA is like half of Auckland I swear. So we gotta figure out how to eat this elephant.. 🐘We are a walking now buss'n and bik'n area which is a party. My first day here we walked like 8ks or something crazy :) Also we are flatting with my mission mom and her new comp she's training ayye we sleep in the living room and eat breakfast in bed every morning. 🧇🥤 Something that was shared this week was that "Pain that brings us closer to God is better than comfort that keeps us away." I think this is especially true as it comes to missionary work but also life in general it won't be easy.. but that was never the intention it's supposed to be worth it! The Work: 🚲🚌💨⏩️ - tbh hard to say as of r...