This week has been pretty good! On Monday you already know we went to another beach but when Pday ended we went tracting at 6 and while we were trying to decide where to go to knock doors we were walking on the sidewalk and a car drove by us but quickly stopped and backed up to us. The lady intoduced herself and said she has been looking for us for a long time! She is part of a less active family and her brother served a mission and convinced her to find missionaries to start teaching them. She has a daughter that is 14 that hasnt been baptized and the mother wants us to talk to her and teach her about the church. It was the best thing that could have happened to us! we have been pretty discouraged with door knocking after not finding people. So we will be talking to that family soon this week! I'm so excited for that! But our amazing blessings from Our Father doesnt end there!
I cant remember if I mentioned this but we got a referal from one of the mission home elders and we went to go visit her on saturday. Her name is Meriana. She has had missionary discussions before and has wanted to get baptized but doesnt know which church to join becasue she has been to many different churches. But we talked to her and she is super excited to talk to us and to learn more. She has family members that are members of the church so hopefully that will help her find out that this is the church for her and it will bless her so much! We invited her to come watch conference with us and she quickly accepted but sadly she sent us a text sunday morning and said that something came up that made her have to miss out.. I was pretty diappointed but its okay we will get her to come to church some other time when she is comfortable with us.
On wednesday we had exchanges with the Zone leaders and that was really fun and i learned so much from Elder Salmon. Those of you that are friends with me on facebook probably saw the post with him and I knocking doors and talking about conference. He taught me so much about talking to people on the street and giving me the confidence that i needed. talking to people on the streets and while door knocking has been much easier since then! I'm so greatful for him and his Knowledge. We even found new people of interest that the Chinese missionaries in this zone can teach! You guys dont know but finding people to teach for the Chinese missionaries is super rare and one missionary can have an average of 1 or 2 baptisms for their whole mission and they will be excited for having someone new to teach!
Thursday we had meetings with our Mission president. President Walker is one of the best talkers I know! her can motivate anyuone to do whatever they desire. it was so great to talk to him and talk about what has been going on and if we needed any help. Im convinced that Pres. Walker will be in the 70s someday and I hope to see him talking in conference someday!
Friday was pretty long. It rained just about all day so we couldnt do much tracting. so we went driving to visit some less actives and some old referals that popped up on our phones when we got the area book on them. they didnt turn into anything exciting mustly empty houses and sometimes there wasnt even a house at the given address... but we kept on trying and we know we will be blessed for our efforts.
Saturday and Sunday was AMAZING! We spent must of both days at the stake center watching conference! The talks were so great! I hope all of you guys enjoyed them as much as I did. They are definitely trying to prepare us for the 2nd coming and i hope all of you are doing the best you can to do so! it is coming a lot faster than i think some of us expect! This can either be super exciting to you or a wake up call haha. As i mentioned last week everybody already knows about the temple coming to Auckland and I got to experience first hand the excitement that all the people here have. with the closure of the Hamilton temple the members here have been pretty sad and now have to fly to Australia to go to the temple. This announcement has added comfort to all their hearts and I'm so happy for them! Now i have two temples to come back and go through! I'm so excited!
Well that is all for this week. I hope all of you loved conference and will continue to study the talks given so you can continue to learn and prepare fo rthe 2nd coming! i love you all and love hearing from you guys so dont be afraid to send a quick email my way! have an amazing week and stay safe!
Love,
Elder Wilding
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