Week 8

Talofa! 

This week has been pretty fast! We started off with a day of service at the Auckland City Mission again and this time my group got to hand out food to the poor and the needy. It was a great experience it helped me realize how blessed we are to know about the gospel of Jesus Christ and how our Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of us no matter what has happened in our life. Serving others is a big part of the church and I've really come to enjoy it! If you look at it as helping children of God and not just work you will see all the blessings that come from it! Not only the blessing we receive but the blessings the other people get. In this case it was a meal and the smile they have on their faces makes it so much better! 

On Tuesday we had district council to set our goals for this next month and that was fun! I'm still getting a little confused on the numbers part but I'll get there. Since Elder Baasansuren is the district leader we participate in the goals for the zone as well so we help combine all the district goals and put them into the whole zone. That gets a little bit more confusing and since we did it over a conference call it made it a tad bit harder but we got it all figure out and we feel great with where we are as a zone and a district! 

We also went over to a members house to celebrate his birthday and we made brownies from scratch it was way fun! I love spending time with the members but we have to make sure we dont spend too much time there because some times we get caught up in the conversation and spend too much time there and then have to catch up with the rest of the work haha. But it's been way fun to get to know the members.

On Thursday we went and visited a less active member and he talked to us about his mission and a little bit on why he's a less active now but let me tell ya the spirit was so strong when we talked to him. We told him that no matter what happens in our lives our Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to be happy and to return to him some day and that the Atonement can and will help with everything in our lives! We told him that we care about him and love him and that Jesus Christ knows his trials and pains he just needs to go to Him. We invited him to church and sadly he didnt show up but we know he felt the spirit and that God does love him. It was a great discussion!

Friday was kind of a let down we had 2 appointments get dropped but we kept on doing the work we went tracting for most the day. But on Saturday we had a service at the elementary school in Massey. It was way fun to work with the other elders and sisters in this stake. I love all of them and the examples they are to me. We than went on a district blitz. Which is when all the missionaries in the district go to one area and door knock. It was awesome we got two new potentials and they have heaps of good questions about the church! I'm excited to get to go and talk to them! 

Sunday is always fun! I love going to church and getting to listen to the members talks. The members here are so amazing and loving! And the most important part is the sacrament. It's such an amazing opportunity we have to partake of the sacrament and I hope you all know how blessed we are to have it.

That's all I have for this week and this next week on Wednesday is the start of my 2nd transfer so that is pretty exciting. Elder Baasansuren and I dont expect to go anywhere but you never know! I hope you all have a great week and look for opportunities to serve Gods children!

Alofa atu!

Love,

Elder Wilding