Workin all the time

Hello Everyone! We had a great week! Lots of good things are coming! The Lord has provide more and more people for us to teach. We have 5 total sets for baptism at the moment and its all from the Lord!

Lucas and Katia are doing awesome! Both excited for their baptism this weekend. Same with Jacob! Its gonna be good for the ward to see some baptisms coming in. The other two, Richard and Mata (new) are both really good as well. Just need to get the commitment up but are doing awesome!

Things in Panmure are looking great for March. We have a goal of 8, with 8 sets and 2 accomplished already. My companion and I are really grateful for the work that is going on in the stake and how hard everyone is working.

Life is good now. Couldn't be happier! 3rd quarter is coming to an end so it's crunch time now!

Love you all!

Have a good week!

Elder Maughan

Lookin Pretty in Panmure

Another week gone. I don't know how to start these anymore. I feel like it gets boring to everyone haha. But I hope you still enjoy them 

This week has been super good. My comp and I are starting from square one and have seen the Lords blessings in our work! We have found heaps of potential from the ward action list and unbaptized list. So many good things coming from it. And it has all come from just getting down and dirty in the Lords work and doing what He's asked us to do and He takes care of the rest! 

Vinny is the man. He was able to have a talk with President Balli this week and really felt the spirit in their meeting. He's still searching for his answer, but he's doing awesome and we love seeing his growth. Jane and Paula are also doing awesome! We really love their family and we always feel the spirit stronger and stronger each time we go there. They are awesome!!

We found 2 new investigators this week, and we were also able to set them for baptism! Lucas and Katia Percell. Both teenage kids who are very smart and open. They both came to church yesterday for the first time and both loved it. They'll be going to youth on tuesday and have plans to get baptized on the 11th of March! If all goes well maybe the mum will be touched by it too and want to start learning about the Gospel again!

Other than that, things are just the same aye. Wake up, study, work, eat, work some more, sleep, then repeat! I've come to really really appreciate my mission. It's a true blessing to be here and to be serving the Lord. I wouldn't change it for anything ever! :)

Love you all! Have a good week!!

Elder Maughan

Welp I survived the Transfer

Hello everyone! 

The subject of this email was made up by Sister Trull. It was a good transfer but I'm super pumped for this next one!!

I have a new comp named Elder Whalley from Melbourne Australia. He's been out since Oct. 2015 so we are ready to kill it in our time together!!!

Things are moving really well in Stonefields. Vinny was at church yesterday and things are looking up for his baptism. Maybe not this week but soon for sure! Jane and Paula also came to church for the first time this year. It was awesome cause they both really felt the spirit and were getting emotional during the talks. We are really excited to see where all these people go!

The ward has heaps of potential. We've got a lot of really really good potential. A lot of families to work with that are trying to come back to church and have their whole family come back.

Looking forward to the new transfer and all the miracles that come to Panmure!

Love you all!!

Elder Maughan

Miracles in Panmure

Kia Ora all once more!

This week was great. The entire zone really stepped it up and we all saw heaps of miracles! On Monday of last week we met this guy named Vinny. Found him by texting all the investigators in the phone, yes that actually works haha. We caught up with him and the Spirit was so strong from the very first minute we got in. He asked us to teach him more about the plan of salvation so of course we gladly did! He was on to it! He understood it all, had his own Book of Mormon and was asking some mean as questions!! We didn't know how but we wanted to invite him to be baptized, and thanks to the spirit for setting up the situation, we were able to make it happen! Then we met with him on wednesday, he had been giving baptism some serious thought and was talking to his auntie in Aus about it. We felt very prompted about it and he agreed to be baptized on the 18th of this Month! Super excited for this guy and to see the steps he's taking!

For the rest of the zone, we found 12 new investigators total and got 5 new sets for baptism all in this one week! I was super happy and humbled to be a part of it. Seeing the hard work that all the missionaries put in this week made me want to work even harder and help the best I can!

This week coming we have our transfers. It'll be interesting to see what happens! Exciting time for the mission and all of us!

That's all for this week guys!! 

Love you all and Happy Waitangi day!!

Elder Maughan

New Missionary Life!

Hey everyone! Back at it again after an awesome week! We had a very busy week I guess you can say, but it was awesome!! 

On Wednesday we had MLC, and we had a mean training from a senior couple on mental health, and got a sneak peak at the Missionary Broadcast. On Thursday for zone training we had a combined one and we watched the Worldwide Missionary Broadcast. Not gonna lie it was a little cheesy and funny, but it was so cool! We got to hear from Elder Oaks, Bednar, and Andersen of the 12. And they announced a new missionary schedule and key indicators! With these changes its giving us a lot more freedom to choose how and when we do things, also to focus on people a lot more and not just numbers. It's honestly gonna be awesome! I'm very happy and blessed to be part of missionary work at this time! So many different changes to make the work move forward even more!

Saturday I had a tradeoff with Elder Nu'usila from Layton! We attend a baptism in our Zone and then went out and did a few things in my area. This kid has great potential and I'm glad to be serving with him so early in his mission!

Well that's about it for this week! Thanks for all the love and prayers.

Love you all!!

Elder Maughan

Time is going and going fast

Hey everyone! 

Things have been pretty good this week. Lots of rain and sunshine all together but it has still been good. We had interviews this week and it was really good to sit down with President Balli and receive some guidance and counsel from him. I really love meeting with him and receive the counsel.

We have heaps of stuff to work on in our area. We have one awesome family that we are working on named Jane and Paula. They are doing good. Lots to work with and so I'm excited to see the steps they make and do the best I can to help them come closer to Christ!

It's weird how time is going. The beginning of the week seemed so slow, but the back half seemed so fast. Especially since we had stake conference. But it's made me realize how little of time I have left to serve. 8 months isn't heaps, and I want it to be the best. Time is something the Lord has given us and I don't want any of us to waste it. If you're a missionary or not, every moment we have been given from the Lord should be cherished and we should use it to the fullest. So no matter where you are in life or what you are doing, cherish the moments you have, and thank the Lord every day in your prayers for the opportunities He has given you. Open your heart of gratitude to the Lord.

Love you all!!

Elder Maughan

Hot in Panmure

Hello all! We had a good, hot, muggy, humid, week this week. I think that describes it well. For church yesterday it was cloudy as all day, but it was still 28 degrees. (82 in F) so everyone in church was dying of heat. But I had the great chance to speak to the ward on missionary work. It worked out well considering I didn't write it until 8 o'clock that morning with 9 o'clock church :) The Lord provided big time haha! We are really excited to be working with one particular family, Jane and Paula. Paula is a member but he's been less active for a while, Jane has had heaps of missionaries just has had some rough patches in her life. Yesterday we were able to meet with them and talk about an action plan to help them with smoking. Jane told us she wants to be baptized as soon as she can!  We are really excited for her. She knows the church is true and wants it so bad! Please keep them in your prayers to help them out :) I also had the chance to go on trade offs with the Assistants this week. I got to go to the Takapuna Ward with Elder Hixon. We had a mean time! Their ward is really cool and very helpful to them. It was fun to get to see more of the mission and meet some more really awesome people of the church.

Time to grind this week and get the area and zone moving in the right direction! Thank you all for your love and prayers! It's very much needed!

Love you all!! :)

Elder Maughan