Sunday, September 1, 2019

August 31 2019 Zone Conferences and Feijoas


A Busy “New” Week for us!

ZONE CONFERENCES!

Our Mission President (Who is new) wants to get the Transfer message out to all the missionaries as quickly as possible, that means the week right after transfers – That also means 5 Zone Conferences in 4 days (And the associated Interviews!)

The zone Conference message was about having the Faith to “move” people, Obedience to be endowed with the power to perform and Finding more people to Invite unto Christ.

Because the Mission is spread out, we have to split the Interview into 2 weeks.  We had all the Zone Conferences and did some Interviews after the Conferences this week and we will be following up with the remainder of the Interviews next week.

So, what does that mean for us?

Well, Linda is meeting with every missionary and since I am helping coordinate the Zone Conferences and Interviews, we are at every Conference and Interview.  Also meaning, we are seeing a lot more of New Zealand!

On Tuesday we were in Auckland (Papkura Stake Center) [We like going to Auckland because there is a great Real Fruit Ice Cream stop on the way!].

Wednesday & Thursday were LONG days in Hamilton.

Friday we drove to Tauranga (Very Foggy most of the drive) for Zone Conference and Interviews – Then we had a great meal right on the water front, followed by a 3 ½ hour drive in the dark, along the coast and through the mountains (Steep and Winding Roads) to Gisborne – Spent the night at a Hotel on the water front, finished the Gisborne interviews and drove back (6 ½ hours) to Hamilton!  We did drive down along the southern coast of our mission (found another great seafood place right near the water – with a Real Fruit Ice Cream on the way out of town (This Ice Cream was different, Linda had hers with Yoghurt and I had a new fruit called Feijoa (pronounced “Fey-Jo-A”) – I mixed it with Strawberry, it was rather tasty, but definitely different…

We saw a lot of the Coast and some great views –



While it was a busy week, we enjoyed meeting more of the missionaries and enjoying the Spirit of those Missionaries in each of the Zone Conferences – What a Powerful group of Missionaries!

We love yous (practicing my New Zealand talk!) all.

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