28/29 April 2012

Patea Beach. The scrunchy face is due to the sun.

Presumably also Patea Beach, on zone leader travels

Hello hello!

Sorry if this is really short, I don't know what's happened to the time.

It's been a ___ week in Palmy. I'm not sure what adjective to put there in front of "week."

I was blessed to go to Hawera for the 5th time this week. I thought that last time would be my last, but I'm sure that this one definitely was. But i'm glad I was able to. go I learned a lot. Hawera has always been a really slow, less-than-successful area. But I was there with Elder Tukukino, who just got there last week. And everything that I thought about Hawera completely changed. We had an amazing exchange with some amazing lessons and amazing new investigators. That place is so full of people to teach, you just need the attitude and the love for tall people. We visited some former investigators whom I met the first time I was there, but hadn't really been taught since. We had a really simple-but-spiritual lesson with them Monday night. And then they texted us Tuesday morning to see if we could come over again for a "feed" (to have a big dinner with them). We had dinner already planned with a member family, but we couldn't turn down either. So we got stuffed! But it was a really good night we were able to have with Nigel and his family. And afterwards, the parents and two sons sang us a Maori song with the guitar. It was cool, to say the least.

Well I gotta go! I love you! I wish i had more time! have a wonderufl week!