Tuesday we had District Meeting and those are always fun!!
Then
on Friday, we had Sports Night at Ngamotu Beach again and Te Ata, one
of our member's husbands, went diving and he brought back a heap load of
kinnas. If you don't know what a kinna is, I'll attach a photo of all
the ones that he caught..mind you, they were all still alive when this
photo was taken. 6909 They are some of the sharpest things that I have
ever held in my life. If you touch it lightly, the wrong way, they draw
blood. It's pretty intense. You break them open, either with spoons or
with a knife. It's a little sad to watch, because you're basically
murdering a real life creature. So, you break them open and there's
their guts and stuff and their teeth and tongue and such. I was so game
to try one. Being in New Zealand around a bunch of Islanders, you have
to game to try anything. So, I've learned to try everything once and
then to not eat it again if I don't like it. Well guess what? I really
enjoyed the kinna. It really only tasted like salt water because they
were completely fresh out of the ocean, but it was so nice. (: Slimey,
but nice! Sister Baird, who isn't much of a sea food person, didn't like
it at all. (: It was a little bit comical watching her gear up to eat
one. (: 6902, 6910.
Saturday we had interviews
with President Rudd. So, we drove down to Hawera Saturday morning and
picked up the Stratford Sisters along the way. The trainings were all on
The Book of Mormon. 5 hours worth of training on the Book of Mormon and
my testimony of it is stronger than it has ever been in my life. At the
end we watched How Rare A Possession and that was one of the greatest
movies that I have ever watched. If you haven't seen it, I highly
recommend it. It truly makes you grateful for the Book of Mormon. So,
that training took most of the day and by the time we got home, it was 5 o'clock.
We
didn't really know what to do and so we sat outside and spoke with our
neighbour, Martin for a little while. He got out photos of his family,
who have all passed away and that was really touching. He is so ready to
be baptised, he just has a few changes before he can enter into the
waters of baptism, but we definitely feel that he'll be baptised this
year. (:
Sunday was one of the greatest Sabbath days that I've had in the mission field. At 8:00
I got a call from President Heremia and he asked me to speak in
Sacrament Meeting. He told me that I could speak on whatever I felt so
inspired to speak on, so I decided to speak on the Book of Mormon! I was
a little bit stressed out because I didn't really have that much time
to prepare, but guess what? I didn't even have a paper with everything
written down on it. For the first time in my life I trusted in the
Spirit enough that I let Him guide my talk. And he did! It was
absolutely amazing. After church we visited a couple of families and
then at 4:00
we headed back to the chapel to see Hannah Anderson and Tiffany Gaastra
be set apart as Missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Sister Anderson will be going to Auckland, New
Zealand. A completely foreign land for her, but she is so excited and
Sister Gaastra is going to the Ogden, Utah mission. They were both set
apart by President Rudd because Districts fall under the direction of
the Mission President and both of their blessings were so unique and
individual. It just testified to me that Heavenly Father knows each of
us individually. It was awesome!
Then straight
after the setting aparts, we had a devotional that President and Sister
Rudd were the guest speakers at. It was truly amazing. Sister Cardall
and I played a duet on the piano and I think that that was the first
time in my entire life that I have played through a song that I have
prepared without making a single mistake. Even Sister Cardall played
through without a single mistake. It was amazing. And guess who came?
Martin! He came to the chapel for the first time! And he had a really
great time. The Spirit was so strong. It was amazing.
Well, the Gospel is True! I love being a missionary! It is the best thing that has every happened to me.
Sister Pearce
6870-> The Elders Brought us a pet. A cute, stinky hedgehog!
6878-> The puzzle that we made for Martin abut the Plan of Salvation.
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