Feb 12/13, 2012



Elder Rowe at sunset

Elder Rowe and his companion smile awkwardly as a drunk guy snaps a photo for them

Elder Rowe in a moment of joy

Malo soifua!

Greetings from the ever changing Palmy (weather-wise I mean). It's funny how your winter has been much hotter than expected, while mine has been much cooler than expected. Summer already seems gone! Can you believe I've only worn short sleeves once this entire summer? And that was only because I had to wash all of my long sleeves that day. Palmy has got perfect weather. Sometimes.

It's been another great week! I went up to Hawera this week for the 4th and probably last time. I was with Elder Lammi again, my Australian mate whom I met 17 months ago in the Aukland airport. We had a good time talking to a lot of "elderly people"--less active members who we were trying to invite to the chapel open house they were having this weekend. We realized three hours later, after visiting to houses that it's pretty difficult to have a "quick chat" with people who haven't had visitors in a while. But it was good. We also got to take some awesome photos. There are others we took, but I didn't want to make you too jealous of me.

Palmy is doing great! All this transfer, Elder Segi, my Samoan soa, and I made a big effort to work more closely with the members of the ward, and have been emphasizing the same thing within our zone to the other missionaries. And we have been seeing great success with it. I've been in Palmy for five months, and I thought I knew the members and the city pretty well, but these past couple weeks, it's become like a whole new area for me. Though with all the same good things from before. We've been getting to know the members very well and as we visit them they've been continually offering to do Family Home Evenings with our investigators. We've got one tonight with two cousins that we're teaching and a family with daughters the same age. So it will be great!

We've also been getting a lot of referrals. Which i've actually never gotten much of before in my mission. There's one particular brother in the ward who usually gives a Book of Mormon away each week, and that fire is spreading the other members as well.

So, I love Palmerston North. And most members actually know my name now. Though there's one who still calls me Elder Lowe.

Have a wonderful week! Thanks for your continual love and support.

Just remember:
"True happiness comes only by making others happy"---David O. McKay
Keep doing what is right, and praying day and night!
Have a wonderful week!
I love you all so very much!

Love,

Elder David John Rowe