Hi Mum and Whanau,
Thanks again for the emails and the letters. Sad to hear that you haven't been felling well Mum and that your hotel room in Rotorua was freezing. After being in this heat for over a year and a half, I can't wait to feel the crisp, cold air when I walk out of the airport. It's all good.
This week has been good and I've been working hard to keep on top of all the records and stuff in the area book. The work has been better and my companion hasn't been sick this week. He said that you got in contact with his family over Facebook. Cool as. Just from hearing what he has shared with me about his mum, you two seem very similar. We've been fed well this week and I'm ready for the upcoming week.
On Wednesday we had MTC exchanges but the only problem was that our first appointment was a luncheon/birthday/FHE. So, we went to the chapel to pick up the Elders and we explained that we had set up the lunch appointment earlier on in the week and that they were to share a spiritual thought at the luncheon. They were fine to do that and they did a great job and after the luncheon we dropped them back at the Chapel where we met up with one of our Ward missionaries and headed out to work again. We taught this one family about prayer and sacrifice and it was a really good lesson. Some of our other appointments fell through so we visited other members in and around that area and then went and grabbed some dinner.
On Thursday we got to teach some good lessons and we met some less active families and were able to get a grasp on how things were going with them. We shared a lesson with some of them and also invited them to come to church. Sadly, the baby of one of our less active family members is in hospital until next week. Kawawa. After the lessons we went to dinner at Sister Ivy's house and it was amazing. Again, a nice waddle home.
On Friday we went out and did some finding of less actives. It was great because we found two families and were able to teach them, but we had several appointments cancel in another part of our area. We had dinner that night at Bishop's house and it was another mean feed - curried chicken and fish and then mango float for dessert. Sarap!
On Saturday we had a visit from the Zone leaders and they wanted to do exchanges with us so I went out with Elder Gallagher from Cosherum, Utah. He is a tall, lanky Elder and he was in batch 1 transfer after me. Good dude. We went out to find more people to teach and met two new families - Royo and Olivero's family. Great people. The Royo family are not all members so we were able to share a lesson as we have two potential investigators now. Cool aye. They are a part member family. Later that day we met up with the Zone leaders again and got out our support (pay day....lol) and then went home. No dinner.
On Sunday we went to church and had quite a few less actives attend despite the rain. After church we went straight to work and we were able to have a really good lesson with this one family where we set a goal date with them to enter the Temple. Cool aye! We shared a lesson with another family and then the inevitable happened, we had someone cancel on us but no worries, we went to another area and visited with this one other family and then headed on over to our dinner appointment where we had curried chicken. Sarap ulit! So good. We shared a message with the family before leaving and then went home. It has been a great week.
Thanks for the PACKAGE! I got it today - my shoes, lavalava's, chocolates and the ties are sweet. Thank you so much.
Cola made me laugh when I read her email. Funny stories. Like I said, our missions are all so different. Thanks for the story you shared with me about faith Mum. Awesome. You put the Lord first and He takes care of the rest. It is so true. I know I'm in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. I love this work and I am so grateful that I've got the best of seven and a half months left to give it my all. Oh, Mum, I'm going to ask the Filipino missionaries from Cebu in our apartment if they know Sister Bunting's companion, Sister Chan. How is her English and when does she finish her mission?
I love you all soooooo much. Keep writing me and sending pictures. My next package will probably be Christmas time. Thats cool and thanks again for everything. I love you all.
Elder Chadderton
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