Amis and Goals from Zone Conference



this weekend we had a mission tour where an area of the 70 came and had a zone conference with our zone. The conference was really really good and Elder Cardon and his wife were very sweet and inspiring. Learned a lot about how i can improve in missionary work and just overall in life. During the conference Elder Cardon had had interviews with some of the missionaries in new cal and i was one of them that was asked to have an interview with him. First question he asked was, "tell me about your family" and as you guys know that can take a while, but explained literally everythingggg, at first i gave just a general overview but then he asked for all the details asked which kids were from who, who was sealed to who, what number in the line up i was, who had served missions, who were converts. He seemed genuinely interested and afterward ensured me of the blessing i have from being born into the abrahamic covenant and how this covenant would bless my family. then he asked me to pass on a message from him to my parents, he wanted me to ensure you that "your daughter is a valiant daughter of God that is serving righteously" and he wanted me to personally thank you for him  "for all that you are doing and all the sacrifices you are making to make it possible for your daughter to serve a mission." He was really nice i really enjoyed my interview with him, and also the conference that he lead.

as for the rest of my week all is well. we find out transfers tomorrow although i have the feeling i wont be changing much. Our investigators are doing alright, Bermos is planning on getting separated from his partner so that he can get baptised, Bernadette stopped smoking so that is awesome, she is planning on going to one of the outer islands (lifue) so that she can get baptised with her husband! And Caroline and Veronica are progressing, they are both in the middle of waiting for answers to their prayers to find out if the church is true. Keep them in your prayers. I love the people here i want them all to just have the gospel and just take it and love it! but unfortunately its not always that easy, and you know people have their free agency and everything. But all is well.

by the way sister granger challenged us to make goals for this zone conference/mission tour thing that we had and then follow up with them and share them with someone who can keep you accountable. So my goal right now is to be a more powerful teacher, to teach simply and with the Spirit. I have planned out how i am going to achieve this goal, or at least how i plan to. Soeur chung tien is a good teacher so ive been observing what shes doing, i am planning on always doing good studies, reflecting on lessons and writing down things i could improve on or things i learned after lessons, listening to the spirit more and acting upon it, and never forgetting to testify (and other things among that.)

soeur rodriguez 

our investigator Bermos is the one in the black shirt, his partner is just behind him, she is a member and she has such a powerful testimony she speaks english and she says all the time "i feel like what we really need to do is flood the world with the book of mormon" love her

then inthe last picture thats henry, hes way cool, he served his mission her in new cal as well, and grew up here as well. i swear he has the gift of tongues he knows so many languages without even living in the other countries, just by having friends that speak other languages 

and yah theres lots of pictures of me and soeur chung tien!  (these were all taken during lunch at Frere suns house after church on sunday)







Tahitian raw fish salad at the Suns.

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