4-25-16 Group Email

So this week was alright!

We went to this place called Staglands which is like an epic zoo. We went with the holiday program that all the members here work for and own.

It's like a walk through petting zoo kind of place but with native New Zealand animals! It was a beautiful place with pretty interesting animals!

Then the next couple of days I just worked like crazy on my fireside videos. Which was 2 days ago and it turned out great! We had lots of great feedback and tons of people came! I only heard good things(:

We also had a pretty awesome day of sports yesterday! We went to petone which is like a beach area in the Hutt Valley and it had courts and also a rugby field! So I was there playing basketball with a bunch of less actives for a few hours.

Other than that, I don't feel like much happened this week! Just stayed busy with the videos pretty much! I'll get up to more this week. Sorry for the short message!!

Love you all thooooo(:

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Elder LaMunyon

Group Email 4/17/16

New Zealand Fern Tree

This past week was good! 

I've been working a lot on these videos for a fireside which is Sunday! They are called "His Love."  They are based off of the Church messages called "His Grace"! It will be interviews piled with pictures of people from the ward I'm serving in and their conversion stories and finding the gospel! It should be really cool. I will have them done by this week. 

We had Zone Training this past week as well where we learned a lot about rules and how they're tightening down on them. Which is okay.. The only one that is weird is how we can't use any church studying material to learn more and simpler! We probably won't even be able to read ensigns soon since they aren't in the official missionary reference library which is crazy. I was starting to really enjoy using student manuals and things like that for my studies but I guess no more. haha

We also had some Rugby practices for the local High school! It's going well! A lot of the kids recognize us on the streets now and say Hey instead of growling us haha. It's cool to learn about rugby as well!

Haynze

We taught Haynze the Gospel of Jesus Christ this week and I invited him to be baptized! He said yes and he is super keen! He is so excited to be a member and to get the priesthood and help the Deacons Quorum grow! (to 1 member) hahaha. He is already looking at the future hoping to serve a mission and everything! He will be my first baptism and I'm so excited! He is a great kid and asks a heap of questions! He's the man.

We spent 13 hours straight in the chapel yesterday due to meetings and rescue visits, cottage evenings, potluck, and song practice for those with numbers in next weeks fireside! Suchhhh a long day.

Elder Withers

And i'm sad to say bye to my lovely companion. Elder Garisun Withers. He is THE man. I have learned so much from him and he has been such a great example to me of being a proper and obedient missionary. He taught me how to get things out of my studies and how to be a great leader. I'm excited for him to experience new things as he goes to Nelson to take the Zone Leader position there, but.. I will miss him so much. Thanks for everything Sole.

spillway behind the chapel

But this has been my week! Thanks for all your support and prayers and please email! I'd love to hear from you (: Love you and love the work! OFA ATU!!

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Elder LaMunyon

Dr. Pepper splurge.  He said it was worth the $13 for the 12 pack.