Michael's email came this afternoon. He answered a bunch of questions his mom had asked.
What food do you eat? Heaps of new food! They have Mcdonalds and B.K. and Subway and stuff like that but they also have heaps of takeaways (drive-ins but more like walk-ins) with different types of food. But it's usually great food. They have a thing called Kumara (coo ma ra) which is like a sweet potato and it's really good. Probably my favorite so far. Other than that the food is basically the same. We've had pizza and stuff that is fairly American, it all has a different taste but it's way good.
How big is your area? It's the Henderson Stake. But we are over the Lincoln Ward which covers Lincoln, Te Atatu (ta ata two) South and the Te Atatu Penninsula.. so it's a pretty big area our address is 10 Takapu road Henderson.. check it out on google earth but don't send stuff there.
How are the missionary lessons going? Are you teaching any particular people or mostly tracting? Lessons are going great, we are teaching heeps of people. We haven't tracted once yet. We always have appointments and so your just going from lesson to lesson all the time. The other day we had appointments at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. so it was really nice. We are teaching a couple right now that are progressing and it's so sweet (Tona and Cheryl) they are such a cute couple and we feel they are going to get baptized in April sometime.. Probably late April.
Oh, Elder Nofoa is my Samoan name. It means couch or sofa because that's what a davenport is. So basically NZ is sweet! Theres so many people in our area that aren't members and our ward is awesome and they are super nice in helping out with us. The area (one ward boundary) we cover is so big and so populated that I feel it could totally make another stake if they were all members.
When we flew in it was very dark but the sun was coming up and it was so beautiful and I thought we were over the ocean and I kept looking to see it but I couldn't. It's because the whole world was covered in clouds and it looked so sweet because it was just a huge blanket of pure white and it was sweet. Then we cut through them and it was just beautiful green islands for as far as you could see. The parks here are so green. It's intense. But the parks don't have any sprinkler systems. So that just shows how humid and how much rain that they get here!
It's amazing how much you grow here while you're out. I feel I've learned so much. And teaching by the spirit is definatley a big deal. If you don't have it than you are waisting time. I've done that already. I let my mind wander a little on the first couple days and it wasn't pretty when it got to be my turn to teach. But I've learned how important it is to listen with love to the investigators and always be paying attention to the spirit.
But all is well here and it's just an amazing work and I've learned and grown so much.
I love you all so much and thanks for everything you have ever done for me!
Elder Nofoa (Davenport)
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It certainly shows that he is growing so fast!! It seems that he's been gone forever, and yet it's only been a few weeks.
Once again, thank you for letting us be a part of the site and this time in your lives.
Our love and prayers are with Mike each and every day!
Sounds like he has jumped right in and will make a great difference of the people in New Zealand.
You are certainly welcome. The Lord has given Michael gifts and opportunity. It is up to him to use the gifts to make every opportunity count for good in his life and the lives of those within his circle of influence.
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