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Week 58

Hello Everyone :D

Yes I told you you had nothing to complain about with your cold! bc guess what!!!! it SNOWED!!!!!! just a little and then it hailed but IT SNOWED!!!!!!!!!!!

and we had a power out on Wednesday night so no heaters THAT WAS COLD we could see our fog breath inside like it was outside....

Last Monday we went to Waiotapu I think you saw L's photos. but I'll send you some more.

I text J to go see him tonight but no reply yet. we'll see. we're going on exchange with the APs tonight so hopefully he's there haha. N is really keen on doing Family History so her and her husband will probably do that sometime this week. We found a new investigator last night on the street H, he said to come over. We had dinner at the B's last night and Opa (grandad) asked if I was a missionary and I said yes he said "I didn't think you were an Elder. Where was your companion when you slept here??" that's when it clicked that he thought I was someone else who stays with them hahaha. Sis B asked if you were the bishop Dad, someone from Aus had been visiting.

We had an amazing lesson with Sis D, she said she didn't understand the atonement so we read Alma7:11-13 Here. but sister D usually keeps reading so she finished the chapter with us. but anyway she got to v14-15 (14 Now I say unto you that ye must ^arepent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.

15 Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every sin, which easily doth ^abeset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the waters of baptism.) and she said (I think it was to herself but I heard) "I wouldn't mind being baptised" so we continued reading and after we had finished reading and explained everything I brought it up, and she said that she had been thinking about it but she had some things she wanted to sort out (smoking) so we said we would help her quit and set her for baptism on the 15 of August. so Wed hopefully Elder Tibbits (ZL) and I will be doing the stop smoking thing with her (bc he knows it quite well). And Bro B said he would pop by in the week and see how she was doing.

I went on an exchange with Elder Tibbits on Sat morning that was good we had an awesome studies. I noticed something in Ether when the Lord spoke to the brother of Jared "Go to work" (Eth 2:16).Here. We found them 3 new investigators. One asked "so what's the Book of Mormon" and we thought they were going to pull a 'don't add' but they said (it was a couple) yeah the Bible doesn't have everything, we'd love to read it. and what made it even more of a miracle it was some guy we stopped on the street to talk to who said 'I'm busy' we asked if he knew anyone who would be interested in hearing a message and he said "go see my sister she lives there." that never happens hahaha

It's Elder Tuiaki. no stitches just butterfly tape. (I spelt it wrong!)

@ TAYLOR By blue writing do you mean hyperlinks or what? complete, does that mean more details??? oh btw ~~HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR SATURDAY! :D ~~

Scriptures:

Isaiah 61:1 Here.

Jacob 1:8 Here.

Love you

Elder Cox