Kia Ora Whanau!

Sister Toi and I have been going to teach some people in Turangi because the senior couple needs help down there. We are teaching a lot of YSA and it's been sweet as! The youth have such strong faith in God already (even though they are surrounded by drugs, rape, alcohol, and other evil etc.) We teach them a lot about how our Heavenly Father can communicate with us because he loves us so much, hard out! He communicates with us through his spirit, the scriptures, words of the prophet, and personal revelation. He is always there! Speaking about communication, did y'all hear about the missionary communicating to families change? Wow, that'll be weird aye? It's amazing how these changes were made and approved by our Heavenly Father himself, these changes are made to for a divine reason!

Arohanui,
Sister Wihongi

Huka Falls

This week was filled with ups and downs.
But right now, I want you to watch a Mormon Message youth video called Reach Out With Love. It's so important to love first, to truly care and to see others as Christ would. Even before meeting them! The video also shows how you can be a missionary without the badge. I know that Ihu Karaiti lives and he needs our help to share his love and gospel!

Arohanui,
Sister Wihongi

P.s. New Zealand is amazing, and I'm gaining so much weight...too much fish and chips and no veggies. My companion and i just eat salad when we are in our flat Haha. and yes, I'm meeting relatives and whanau almost everyday!

This week Sister Toi and I went to drop off some bread to a lady. She wasn't home but her husband answered the door instead. We started talking to him casually about religion, nothing too deep. And then he started asking questions like "Why are there so many churches?" And "How do you know which one is true?" Etc.. Do those questions remind you of anyone? And what surprised us even more was that he also said, "If there was another book just like the bible, I'd read it. Just to know more about Christ." You probably know what went down next. We told him, "We have the answers to all those questions... and guess what? we have a book too!" Haha I wish you could have seen his face as we told him why there were so many churches, and how there was a boy who had the exact same questions he had, his name was Joseph Smith. It was beautiful! We left with our testimonies and the Book of Mormon. Haha our first intention was to give them bread but we left the Book of Mormon instead. He didn't want the bread. I know that this is the only true church and it was restored through JosephSmith. The Book Of Mormon is here to fulfill the gospel. I want you to ponder: why is the Book of Mormon is so important? Find out.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Arohanui,
Sister Wihongi

Grace is getting baptized this Friday 2/8/19! She was the elders investigator but they handed her to us to teach.

Had comp study at the lake front.

For Pday, we went to the Redwoods in Rotorua.

Mina ran into an old friend of the family, Tomasina Garisau who used to live in Temple View and now lives in Tokoroa. She messaged Jody (Mina's Uncle) on Facebook.

"Hey Jody. I met this beautiful Sister missionary today at our stake raft race at Kinloch (near Taupo). We are in the same Stake. I had a good chat with her. I went to give her a bag of snacks but they had left our activity early. She’s doing great!"