Week 67

Kia Ora and Merry Christmas Whanau!!

This week has been a roller-coaster ride. We had so much going and and I'm not sure how we were able to make it through.

Monday night we had to plan out transfer. Our last hole zone had at least on person in each companionship moving so we had to plan every little detail perfectly or things would get messed up (spoiler... It all got messed up😂😂)

Tuesday we had a pretty normal day. Did a lot of tracting and had to plan out some more transfer stuff so nothing crazy yet.

Wednesday was an absolute crazy one. We started our day with moving Elders within the zone and getting there luggages moved. We than went to transfers and had to switch out our car with another one but get this.... No one knew where the keys were!! So we spent hours trying to sort out where the keys were but it turns out a zone leader just left them at his flat. We than had other zone leaders take care of some of our transfers while we had no car... We finally got our car and took some elders and their stuff to their areas, dropped off some sisters stuff at their flat and we forgot to grab a sim card from a set of elders so we could give it to some sisters so there went the rest of our day tracting down the sim... Moral of the story... Make sure you plan better or someone ends up with a sim car somewhere in the middle of Auckland😂

Thursday we got to work. Our area has been very slow 1 because of Christmas and 2 because we have been dropped by heaps of people... It's been pretty sad but we know if we stay diligent we will see miracles!! That night we had dinner with a part member family and have been trying to work with them so hopefully that turns out good!

Friday we had weekly planning and some other stuff. We got to plan our district skit for our Christmas Zone Conference and let me tell ya it was pretty crack up! I'll send the video when I get it! We again spent heaps of time tracting in hopes of finding someone and we were able to find 2 potentials so hopefully we can visit them again after the new year.

Saturday we had the Auckland City Mission and we got to do it with another zone and it was super fun getting to work with a few newer missionaries and some good friends! That took up our day and it definitely was worth it!

Sunday was good we had the special Sacrament meeting and man sometimes things just go down the drain😅 haha our ward didn't prepare very well so our musical numbers were out of tune and bad but hey we all enjoyed it and felt the spirit of Christ so it was great! We had lunch with family and had a nice meal and got to visit more with them about Christmas.

Monday we didnt have pday we had our Christmas Zone Conference. It was so fun!! The district skits this year were so funny!! I will try to send as many videos of them as possible. There are quite a few mission jokes in them so you might not get some stuff but it's funny either way!! It was such a fun day!

This week has been pretty crazy but none the less it was fun. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas is definitely what makes it Christmas out here when there is no snow and no real family to celebrate it with, but I'm enjoying it so much!! I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!! ❤️

Ofa Lahi Atu!!

Elder Wilding

Week 66

Kia Ora!

This week was so fun. It went by so fast as well. We had so much going on the made us have to leave our area and not get too much done but it was definitely a good week!

Tuesday we had the Auckland City Mission and we went and packed food for a few hours and got to enjoy the company of the missionaries in our zone. We went and had lunch and came back and did some clothes sorting so they could set it all up for donations or selling. It was way fun. That took up the most of our day and then we tried to do some visits that night.

Wednesday was pretty good. We woke up and went straight to the north shore to have a MLC meeting and it was really cool because Elder Ardern was there of the area presidency. We got to talk to him and receive some insights so that was great. We than had lunch with him and then off to a Zone Conference. Elder and Sister Ardern gave some great trainings there and I recken helped a lot of the missionaries to get a bit more on track and understand some stuff. It was a great day!

Thursday we had the Auckland City Mission again and this time we were part of serving food to the poor. That is always fun and I love doing it. It can be very tiring and such but it is so worth it when you think of the good you are doing for all the people there. That was pretty much our day there as well. It sure does take up a lot of time haha.

Friday we had an awesome lesson with a recent Convert who is kind of struggling and needs some help so that was great. And we then started an exchange and I went with an elder from Australia named Elder Afoa. We spent heaps of time door knocking and trying to find people to teach. We did some member visits as well following up on an activity we did with them. Pretty fun day for sure.

Saturday we finished the exchange with a service. We went and pulled weeds cleaned up some stuff and that was us. Elder Yardley and I than finished the day with contacting potential people and finding. We have been doing a lot of that in hopes of getting the area pumping a bit.

Sunday was good we had a typical day. The young women did put on a little Devotional about the Savior so that was really cool. This week a busy one for sure!

I hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season and don't forget to serve others!! ❤️

Ofa atu!

Love,

Elder Wilding 

Missionary Haka and cold flat!

Week 64 - No letter

Jeff didn't send a letter this week... So I thought I would share pics that are in his google drive.