Kia Ora from Auckland

​ "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...

​ 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...

​ Transfered happened again.. and now I'm in Northshore Aeorview ward serving as a sister training leader with sister Walker who goes home this transfer!! This weeks theme: “God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another mortal that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other.” Some really cool things happened this week.. a lady we met for the first time Michelle broke into tears giving her heartwrenching story of how she and her kids had recently been left desitute by her husband.. but how GOD WORKS miracles and multiple people strangers and family included reached out to support them with groceries and with thousands of dollars.. all they said was God told me to do it. God works with willing hands.   The Work: MLC for the first time figuring out this whole leadership thing!  -basically we are coming in with no real friends meaning they don't have adresses, or aren't progressing, or aren't in our area.. so we are p...

Can't believe it's been another week but here we go again... :) here's to this week's motto “Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge; wish for more wisdom. The best feeling in missionary work is to come home after putting in a long day of well-used time, regardless of whether people have rejected you or invited you back, knowing that you did your best. “To walk with God, no strength is lost.Walk on. To talk with God, no breath is lost.Talk on.To wait on God, no time is lost. Wait on.” Overcoming the Fear of Man The burning desire to share the gospel felt by servants of Christ is replaced by fear in the carnal man... contacting requires a driving sense of responsibility to reach the unreached and a high tolerance for rejec- tion. Developing these traits is one of the most difficult emotional and psychological tasks many missionaries face, and many never develop them ov...