Update

We finally got Koreen to tell us who she wants to baptise her. Elder Bridge is going to do the honors as well as confirm her. I was hoping I'd get to but that's okay. As long as it happens. And it'll be really good for him to do it anyways. For himself and things he's going through. But she's just blossomed. She understands everything so well and she's just completely ready for it all!

Ros and Elly didn't come to church this week gone. =( They went to another church instead but we visited with Ros after church yesterday and sorted some things out with her and helped her understand and things are looking up again! They have had a lot of things going on and it's just been hard to teach them. But it'll all be good this week!

We are probably going to be dropping Vicky this week. She has missed like 5 appointments for no reason and she's moving to Aus in mid Feb and she's allready packed all her stuff. Including her B of M. So at least she's taking it along but she won't read it here.. haha.. No, not haha.. sad..

Francis is still smoking and stuff. She hasn't been to church yet. But she's still reading and praying. She said she is getting more comfortable with it all and that's a good thing. She prays when she wants to smoke and she said that helps her. So she's going slowly..

Hailey and Haze are doing really well. I"m not sure if I've told about them yet. Haze is less active and has been since his dad died about 4 years ago. His partner Hailey is not a member. We started visiting them and then we've taught them the Resto and the Plan. After the Resto we gave them the commitment to read and pray together. They did it! He hasn't prayed since dad died. It was sweet. They said they felt good. We taught them the Plan this last week and it was soo good!!! The spirit was definitely there and you could tell that it was testifying to them the truth. I was teaching the Atonement and then I just had this thought. HMMM... and I'm sure you can guess what came out of my mouth next.. Ian. It was really good though because Haze could relate. He shared an experience with us similar to that that he had with his dad. It was so good. The spirit just was amazing in the room that moment. But it helped them understand and it helped me to cry... haha.. As always. But oh well. Lets them know the sincerity..

That's really all we have that's going well. We are looking to do some more work in different areas that surround us. Matata, Poroporo, Opotiki, Waimana, Taneatua, Edgecumbe and some others. The area is massive and we've been very focused on just Whakatane and Kawerau so we need to spread ourselves out.