Week 34 - Trio

Kia Ora Whanau

This week has been a pretty good one for sure. Quite a bit of driving and not too much progress but things are looking good in the end. 

Tuesday we had District Council and now President Walker wants us to do those over Facebook calls so we don't drive as much. So every other week we will be doing that. We did some tracting and some less active visits but not too much went down. 

Wednesday was pretty good we did quite a bit of driving. We had to go halfway to Auckland to pick up Elder Rogers and now he will be with us in a trio! That's so crazy too. We are a trio from the same mtc intake so that's pretty cool. We also drove to whangarei for a stake mcm and that was pretty much our day.

Thursday we got out and did some tracting and did some Facebook tracting as well. Elder Rogers put a free Book of Mormon on the market on Facebook and now two people have asked about it. We had to refer on to down in South Auckland and the sisters are now visiting him and his kids! We did some member visits and introduced elder Rogers to as much as we could.

Friday we had interviews with President Walker and that took up all of our day pretty much so not much happened. Interviews was really good. President Walker and I had a pretty long conversation about our area and ideas to help out so that was good. 

Saturday was good did some door knocking and tried to visit some less actives but not much happened. 

Sunday was good. We had a great sacrament meeting and than did studies and headed off to whangarei for a stake family history devotional and man it was good. The stake is so motivated to do the Lords work on the other side of the veil its pretty amazing. 

It has been a huge blessing to get to serve with Elder Rogers and get to do the Lord's work with him. It has been so fun and I'm learning so much. I am so blessed to be doing His work.

I hope all of yous have had a great time and keep enjoying life. 

Ofa atu! 

Love, 

Elder Wilding

Week 33

Kia Ora!

This week has been alright. We had transfers this week and now I have a new companion Elder Leatigaga from Samoa. He's also from my intake so that's pretty cool. 

Anyway on Tuesday we had District Council and did some other normal missionary stuff and later that day we got transfer news and Elder peaua has been moved to my last area West Harbour! I was so excited for him I loved it there. He was nervous but I'm sure he's doing great. And I stayed here in Wellsford. 

On Wednesday we drove 1 hour down to Auckland for transfers and than we took some elders from our district back up to Whangarei which was 3 hours drive from Auckland because of traffic. Than back down an hour to Wellsford. So we did sooooo much driving haha. 

The rest of the week consisted of trying to stay busy. Talking to people, visiting members and less actives, and door knocking. Not gonna lie I can't really remember all that we did so sorry its a short email this week haha just some updates. 

I hope you all had a great week. And an amazing Easter! What an amazing opportunity we have to remember christ and what he did for us! I love this gospel and I love our saviour!

Alofa atu

Love, 

Elder Wilding 

Week 32

Kia Ora Whanau!

This week was pretty good to be honest I can't really remember much of what we did but I know we did something haha so this email might be pretty short. 

Tuesday was our normal district council and visiting less actives and other members. We had a lesson with a less active and it was pretty good. They have heaps of little girls so hopefully we can have a lesson to get them caught up in the church. 

Wednesday we had companion exchanges with one of the other sets of elders in our district and we went door knocking and we found this Mauri guy who might turn out to be pretty promising so hopefully that will be us soon. Nothing else really happened. But pretty fun exchange. 

Thursday we went to Whangarei to help this lady in a wheelchair get baptized! It was actually pretty cool. I was pretty nervous about how it was all. Gonna go down but it was great she did it! It was seriously so awesome she has been trying to get baptized for 15 years! She was great! 

Friday we had weekly planning and than just tried to visit people. 

Saturday we watched the Saturday sessions of Conference and that was our whole day right there nothing else was done but we drove to another elders flat to stay the night so we could go to the stake center for the Sunday sessions the next day. And that was pretty much our Sunday. Conference was sooo good I hope the rest of you enjoyed hearing the words of the Prophet and congrats to Tooele!! That's super exciting for the Fam! 

Speaking of the Prophet we got news that he is coming to Auckland! We might even get to meet him! We are all super excited! We aren't too sure if we will meet him but the chances are pretty good! Gonna be awesome! Oh and I can't forget about Elder Gong! What an amazing opportunity for New Zealand and the rest of the Pacific Islands. 

I hope you all had a great week.

Ofa atu! 

Love, 

Elder Wilding 

Week 31

Kia Ora Whanau!

This week has been a pretty great week. I've seen so many great people take huge steps on the path to our Father in Heaven and I couldn't be more excited for the things happening here in the great NZAM! I'm so grateful for the opportunity to work with such amazing people!

We didn't do too much on Monday but we did have a lesson with a referral and it turned out so great! He has been going to church for a few years and his grandparents have been trying to get him baptized for a while now and he has finally got the chance here in Wellsford. He's a 10 year old boy named Maasi and he's been up in Kaikohe going to church and now lives here and he's so great he knows just about everything already and wants to be baptized so bad! It was awesome to get to meet him. 

Tuesday we had District Council and hit up Macca's for lunch with the elders and than took off for Wellsford to do our studies and a little bit of tracting. We than went to pick up the branch president, President Pere. We took him with us to a lesson with Maasi. President Pere being from farther up north has heaps of relatives and friends from up there was able to connect with Maasi's grandparents and gain a relationship with them and we were able to discuss where Maasi will be baptized and where he will go to church. He will get baptized up in Kaikohe (2 hours north of us) but will be confirmed in Wellsford and will attend church here as well. We have been flying through lessons because he is so smart and knows everything pretty much he just needs to be dunked in the water😂 it was such a fun lesson and great to get to meet the rest of the family.

Wednesday we had some appointments with members and less actives fall through so we ended up in the flat cause it was just raining so hard haha. We had a lesson with Maasi again and I'm so excited for him and the path he is on. He's so excited to get baptized and he should be baptized sometime after the 20th of April! Exciting news and can't wait! We than drove to Whangarei for a baptismal interview with a little girl who just turned 10 for the sisters in the district and boy was she super shy! It took her a little bit to answer the questions and warm up a bit haha but we got it done and she was baptized that Saturday. It was great her mom who is a less active was crying because she was so happy and has been trying hard to get back into church.

Thursday we drove to Kaikohe for exchanges with the zone leaders and not much happened but we did meet with the stake President up there and got to see how the work was moving forward it was great. We than went back to Wellsford Friday and did some weekly planning and because of all the driving that's all we pretty much got in haha

Saturday was a day I will NEVER forget! We got to go down to West Harbour to go to Erica's baptism and I was blessed with the opportunity to baptize her. I can't explain how happy I was for her. She has become such an amazing young lady in the past few months. I was able to have a warm welcome by the members of the ward as well. They all thanked me for what I was able to help the ward with and all I could think about was how blessed I was to be put in such an awesome area. And it wasn't me the did great things it was our Father in Heaven and Christ. They were the ones that did those great things I was just the one that was able to be there for it! I'm so blessed to be a missionary and to have had the opportunity to serve with such amazing people especially Selena and Erica Wong and I pray they will continue to love the Gospel!

Sunday we had fast and testimony meeting and it was pretty good. Such a small branch has such an amazing spirit with them and I couldnt help but think of the love God has for all of His children. We were able to go to Whangarei again for another baptismal interview and than back to say goodbye to the senior couple that has been serving here. It was pretty sad to say goodbye and to watch them say goodbye to the 1person they were able to baptize. They love each other so much and that's what is so amazing about a mission is the friendships that we build.

I can't say it enough. I have been so blessed to be apart of 2 baptisms and 1 coming soon, also being able to interview so many people that have been truly touched by the spirit. I have a strong testimony of the Gospel and how it truly does bring happiness. I love watching people grow and shine with the light of Christ. I'm so grateful for what God has blessed me with and can't thank him enough for putting Selena and Erica in my path. I know they still have some work to do but I know they are in good hands. This is what it's all about! Spreading the Love of Christ to all!

I love you all and hope you have enjoyed conference so far. Have a great week!

Ofa atu!

Love,

Elder Wilding