Hey Mum and Whanau,
Another good week has past and I have a new companion - said goodbye to Elder Ofahulu and had an awesome weekend watching General Conference. Thanks once again for all the emails and pictures. Last weeks email was a bit rushed due to our busy schedule, but this week I've got some time. How's everything going? How's little Rawiri? How's your health? How are you doing in applying what you learnt from Conference? How's all the Uncle's?
So, this week I want to try something a bit different because Elder Ofahulu said that when we write our emails home we should write about our feelings and events that have happened and not just about what we had at our dinner appointments. Cool aye. Mum, were you able to contact his family? So, I'm going to listen to him and try his suggestion.
On Thursday as you know, Elder Ofahulu was transferred to the Quezon City South Zone and he has a companion from the States. My new companion is from the Marshall Islands and his name is Elder Braind. He is two transfers ahead of me which is nice because we can share the teaching load. I have been learning a lot from him and he's awesome at speaking Tagalog. Most people think that hes a Filipino because of how well he speaks. After transfer meeting we went back home and Elder Braind unpacked and then I took him and introduced him to some of the families in our area. He is awesome!
Friday we went out and worked and found out that two of our investigators are going home for a holiday, so it's a bit hard to help them if you can't visit and teach them. They said that they will be back sometime next week so we will visit them next week.
On Saturday and Sunday we attended General Conference. It was mean az and I learnt heaps. But the thing that stood out to me the most was the inspiration I had about raising my own family and what kind of example I would set for them and what kind of rules and traditions I will have in my family. It is a lot to think about. But, I've got to finish my mission first. The talks by Elder Bednar and Elder Holland were awesome. The part where Elder Holland says, "Do you love me... over and over again!" I could just feel the spirit asking me if I was doing everything I could to show that I love Jesus Christ. Elder Bednar's talk about your testimony was mean. He said that a testimony is pure knowledge of spiritual truth obtained by revelation through the Holy Ghost and he compared it to the story of the Ten Virgins and how you have the lamp of testimony and the oil of conversion. Mean aye! Then Elder Marvin B Nash shared his thoughts about Faith and Reason and that you can't have one without the other. It was astig!
Well family, I've had an awesome week and I look forward to applying what I've learnt to myself and also to my District. It's awesome and my companion is good, I'm doing good and the area is good. I hope these pictures send this time. Hey mum thanks for the letters and please thank Uncle Dan and Aunty Dale too.
Take care and keep being awesome and know that I love you all.
Elder Chadderton
P.s Pictures still aren't working. I don't know what happened… Sorry!
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