We can see the Top

Well this week was a good one for sure! Even tho I couldn't speak since I lost my voice with a sickness, but still good. But we were able to do good stuff! We are excited for this coming week!

We met some good people this week, some crazy people, and some people that could care less to hear from us haha. Average week as a missionary. All of our Baptisms are still on track thankful. This week is our first one! Lydia is her name and she is super prepared! She has a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith already! The only struggle now is making sure we get all our visits in on time haha. But she will be all good to go this coming Saturday. Perfect cherry on top for this weekend aye??;) We had stake conference yesterday. Our bishop is now in the Stake Presidency, so we were bummed about that, but still will push on!

Well my companion and I have almost reached the hump. That's why we can see the top and we are almost there. I hit my year mark or Friday and he hits his on Saturday. This past year has been a great blessing for me in so many ways I couldn't even think of where I'd be without the mission and this last year. Hard, oh yes, worth it, without a doubt. I'm super grateful for the Lord and all that he has done for me.

One last thing. Yesterday was Father's Day in New Zealand! SO HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO THE GREATEST DAD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't be the person I am without him! He is the greatest hero and example in my life and I love him so much! Thank you dad for all the blessing and strength you've given me! (couldn't get the picture in time) :(

Well next week should have heaps of pictures.

Love you all!!!

Elder Maughan

Lincoln is getting More Blessings

Well this week was mean as! Can't believe it's September this week!! 

The week was up and down. Pretty average though to be honest. 

Transfers happened on Wednesday. Sad to see some people go. But glad to say my companion Elder Ponce and I both got to stay!!:) Which we were both really happy about because we have 5 people set for baptism this transfer so we both wanted to stay here to see the miracles happen till the end :)

We were suppose to have a baptism on Saturday but our guy pulled back on Wednesday. Very discouraging. The Devil was present working very hard on him. My comp and I were both so drained after the lesson and both broke down. But we moved forward with it. 

We had lessons with Lydia, a Korean woman set for the 10th. She has a good understanding and knows the Bible. But she said she believes in the Joseph Smith story and the Book of Mormon. She's awesome!! 

On Sunday we had a lesson with the Pinono family. My comp and I love this family!!! They are all crack ups!! They came to church and were all involved with all the classes. They are all keen as and have been so prepared!

Right after our lesson with them, the Lord provided another miracle for us. One guy we've been working with for ages named Clinton. Something touched his heart and he has moved forward! He is now set for the 1st of October! The Lord has done so many amazing things for us and we are very very grateful!

I gotta shoot off!

Love you all! Have a good one!!

Miracles in Henderson.

Hello all once again! 

Life is good down here in the bottom of the world. We had heaps of fun this week too. Lots of adventures and a lot of good teaching appointments.

Last week I talked about Blessings, this week I wanna share a few miracles... We have an investigator named Annette. She has been meeting with the missionaries for over 2 years now. The ward calls her a "dry mormon" cause she's more active than some of our members haha. But she's awesome. She was able to take some even more big steps this last week! We are really excitied for her! Other great things are coming!! A lot of people have started to take interest in our messages and everything we have to offer them! A lot of good things should be coming this week!!

Other than that, the Lord is continuing to work in many different ways here in Lincoln Ward. And In the Henderson Stake! 

I hope you all have a good week. Love you all!!

Love you all!!

Lincoln has Blessings!!

Hello once again from the Pacific!

I can't believe August has come! Time is moving so much faster and it's crazy. Things are really good down here though! My comp and I say basically every day that Lincoln has heaps of blessings in so many ways! We are loving this area and doing the best we can to help the ward. Our ward is very eager to do missionary work and they are always telling us they are willing to help anyway they can! There is some true blessing coming our way. We have the pool, an EPIC ward mission plan, and good things to come.

Teaching wise things are picking up, still working on that but we are trying our best to go through all our old records and find more people to talk to and teach. There's people out there! Just need to go and get them!

An adventure from this week, my comp and I got a new couch from the side of the road!!:) It reminded me of when me and the boys back home got our own couch haha. But this one was just sitting on the side of the road, we knocked the door and they said they weren't interested, but we just asked if we could have the couch haha, they told us to just take it for free! It was an adventure and challenge getting it in the trailer and into the house but we did and it looks shux!!

Other than that I'm loving it down here!:) Hope you all have a good week!!

Love you all!!

Elder Maughan

 

 

Welcome to August

Hello everyone again!!

Life is going great down here in Aotearoa! I'm having so much fun and getting into the work!! My comp and I are getting along really well and we are having lots of fun.Our zone and district are both really united and the ward is awesome. And it's cool cause heaps of people here know people from my first area. Some are even related! But the ward is great and we are doing all good :)

On Tuesday we had the great chance to get a training from President Haleck. Q of the 70 and new Pacific Area President. We spent most of the day with him and had some really good insights. After the training one of the AP's came up to me and said President Haleck wants to meet with me. Of course my heart dropped. So I waited around till he had me in. He just said he always picks a few random missionaries to talk to and get to know haha. So it was a really good interview. Just gave me some personal counsel and encouragement and then he gave me a blessing!!:) It was a very cool experience to get a blessing from a General Authority :)

The rest of the week just kept moving forward. We were able to teach a few people. Slowing picking that up. Our Ward Mission Leader got back from his trip so we got to meet him and now we are gonna get going like crazy!

On Saturday I had the great oppurtunity to baptize a child for a less active family :) It was a little rough tho haha. He didn't want to get in the water. Then he kicked his foot up so we had to do it again and he was very against that haha. But we calmed him down and he came back in and he yelled "YAAAY I DID IT!!!" So it was a true blessing to be a part of that :)

The Blessing in the Lincoln Ward keep flowing and it's a great place to be :) My comp and I are very excited to be here and to be working hard!!

Hope you all are staying cool over there!! Love and miss you all!!

Elder Maughan

I need more creative subjects....

Hello everyone!!

This week was good! Our first full week in the area and we are just getting started with our work! There's some good things to come this transfer. The ward is more than anxious to do missionary work. Our ward is awesome too haha. Everyone is willing to help and do anything they can to help us. 

Yesterday in Church we had a couple missionary come home from their mission in Hawaii. The reason they came home was because he got a new calling. The new New Zealand Temple President!! So we got to hear from him and his wife, that was really special :) 

We met an investigator this week finally named Wiremu. From the states but moved here and is learning Maori. He's pretty cool. Very hungry for the truth and just needs to recognize his answers! But he's way cool. We did a lot of tracting this week. Which neither of us are good at since we've been up north for so long with no tracting haha. But we had some fun with it and found a few potentials. The sisters before us have been us to everyone mostly but we are still doing good!

My comp is the man. He's really random and funny haha. We are still working on our teaching skills together since we haven't had heaps of lessons yet but we will and we will have a blast! 

We are having heaps of fun down here too. Our zone and district our awesome. I'm excited to be here and to keep this work moving!

I already know this is going to be a great week so I'm really excited!:) Hope you all have a good week and a good Pioneer Day!!

Love you guys!!:)
Elder Maughan

Area #4 Lincoln Ward, Henderson Stake

Talofa!! (Hello in Samoan haha)

Well I'm back down in Auckland!!! We had transfers this last Wednesday. Very sad to move from Wellsford and Bream Bay. The Northland was super fun but it's fun being back down in Auckland! 

I'm now on the west side of my mission in the Henderson Stake. Back in a ward too with a chapel. It was really weird. I miss my chapels up in the North, but we have a really nice ward. 

We had a massive ward feed for a missionary who got home on Saturday. So It was a really good welcoming to him and us haha ;) 

The sisters left us some good notes and a few people to work with. Not a massive teaching pool but it's more than 0 so it's all good!!! 

My companion is Elder Ponce from the Philippines. We are from the same in take so we have a good connection there. Still need to work on working together and everything but it's only week one! It's his first time in Auckland too so he's going a little crazy haha.

Sorry this email was kinda lame, not too much to share from a whitewash haha. 

I hope you all had a good week and will have a wonderful this one!!

Love you all!!

Elder Maughan