Sister Sughroue : Week #23 - December 3rd, 2017

Christmas at the VC in New Zealand!

KIA ORA! I hope everyone is doing good! This week we had transfers and I got transferred outside of the VC finally to
Whakatane!! It's on the east coast and it's sooo gorgeous! we cover 6 little beach towns and I LOVE it. There are heaps of Maoris so we really get to see the culture! we did our weekly planning the other day on the beach and it was so nice, I've missed it so much!! I feel like I'm in HEAVEN!! haha

Decorating the VC for Christmas

Besides being on the beach, my (SOA) companion is Sister Gase from Samoa/Wellington, she grew up in Samoa but moved to Wellington 5 years ago. She is so great and has such a big heart! I love islanders they are so crack up and always laughing at everything and everyone, I love her!

Decorating Crew for VC!

My STL knows Michael price from school she use to play basketball up at Virginia (Sister Cramer) she's cool! I'm in Tauranga zone and the sisters are so chill and nice! We had dinner at our Branch Presidents house, and had a bbq my second night here, He is a big Maori man with tats and is so funny, the family taught me some songs in Maori, the branch is SMALL, but we just got to get to work and work smart ;)

VC Decorating

The branch mission leader's family reminds me of the Papworth's from home! So far it's been hard in the past finding new people to teach here that are actually keen and once you do they don't keep commitments so it's gonna be way different to be here in Whakatane as suppose to the VC in Hamilton but it's gonna be a good different! The bus ride down to Whakatane was GORGEOUS, New Zealand gets prettier and prettiest.

The New Zealand Hamilton Temple CHRISTmas Lights!

I don't have many pics of my new area or with my SOA but I will send some next week! But real quick here is a little spiritual thought, the other day I was reading a talk "The Fourth Missionary" (on the beach hehe) and as I was reading I gained a whole new perspective on what faith truly means. In the talk it says, "FAITH is to know the course of life which you are pursuing is according to God's will." just thought I would share this and invite all of you to "re-evaluate" your FAITH! I love you all HEAPS and am so blessed to be able to share this BEAUTIFUL gospel that truly brings pure bliss and happiness to our life's in such a BEAUTIFUL place! Have a great week and remember Heavenly Father lovesyous and so do I!

arohanui, xo

sister sughroue

ill send pics later!!!