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Week 87

Hey Everyone :D

What a wonderful surprise this week!!! we got to go see Elder Christofferson! AND SHAKE HIS HAND!!!!! we found out on Thursday, he even said himself that it was an "unexpected blessing" so that's 3 apostles :D (and all in order too haha (Bednar then Cook then Christofferson) isn't that cool) It was so good to feel of his spirit. He and his wife were meant to be in Port Villa but the runway couldn't land planes so they had to stay, so they decided to see the missionaries how crazy is that!!

Here's something to tell Poppy he said about how he had been in the pacific quite a lot and Australia speaking about Perth he said "Perth, Perth the end of the earth" hahaha

Elder Christofferson is really funny too. I wish the conference didn't have to finish I think i felt a bit like the Nephites when the Saviour visited and they wanted Him to stay.

We went up to TA on Friday (ZL area) bc driving all the way from Taumarunui to Auckland and being there by 8.45 would've been absolutely ridiculous and we needed to pick up one of the Cambridge elders bc there are 10 elders in the zone and only 2 cars.... anyway so we did a service up there.

But because we hadn't planned to drive to Auckland and back, we went over our k's for the month too.

W is set for baptism!!! but he missed church bc he was in Waikato hospital (almost 2 hrs away)

M is doing well he is up in Auckland for the long weekend with his kids, so he wasn't at church (Auckland anniversary)

The ZL's (Elder Gilmore and Morley) were at District meeting on Tuesday which happened to be Australia day hahaha so guess what we sung as one of our hymns, yep the national anthem and then we all had ginger beers after the meeting haha

We were helping Sister P with her garden (she is one of the elderly members in the branch) on Wednesday and then it decided to pour on us so she told us come back another day (which will be tmrw)

H had to go to hospital on Thursday for her hand. (they had to go to Waikato too) I heard that she is getting better. We helped K paint the roof (not the ceiling, the outside on top) so I've pretty much painted a whole house; walls ceiling and roof haha

We saw J, he was so excited to see us He really loves the Book of Mormon and says when we're there it makes sense. He's just always busy with work (at the meat works)

Sunday school went well not too many there. only 21 at church this week

I've got a recipe for a steam pudding from S so I thought I'd try it out (see photo) I mixed it up last night and cooked it as we email at the chapel (bc it takes 2 1/2 hrs to cook and we didn't have a pot big enough to steam it)

We have a Zone Conference this Thursday who with idk so I'll tell you next week.

Elder Tibbitts and Holmes (his comp) say thanks for the straws

photos from last p'day of Mt Doom and the "Skiwi"

Love you, have a good week!

Elder Cox