Elder Tyler Larson Wellington New Zealand Mission

Kia ora everybody. Its been a good week, I hope you're all doing good. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you guys. Well, this area is super cool. We are covering a branch even though it's bigger than most wards. 150 people come to church every week which is like double what wards get. The only reason they aren't a ward is because there isn't a stake in the area. So, we get a giant branch. Not complaining. The area is beautiful. It's super green and hilly and tropical, we are right next to the beach. Also, not to forget, we are probably in one of the nicest missionary flat/apartment/houses ever. Kid you not it is ridiculous how nice and big this place is. I've only been used to old and trashy flats, but for some reason I've been blessed this transfer. So, this zone is a bit interesting. It is a very large zone and all the missionaries are very spread out. We have a set of missionaries in Greymouth which is 4 hours away from us. Then, we have an...

Kia ora yall!! Hope you're having a lovely week. I'm doing awesome. Having a good time out here and loving life. This has been a good and very long transfer. The 8 weeks is finally up. Alrighty, so we got transfer news the other day and I am moving again. I know, I'm kinda sad about it too. This is already my 6th area in my mission. So, I am definitely tired of packing up and leaving almost every transfer. I've been living out of my suit case for way too long. Anyways, a little news about the transfer. I'm getting transferred to Nelson, which is on the south island on the very north part of the island. From what I've heard it is beautiful. I'm going to be zone leader and I get to be companions with Elder Tidwell, which is Elder Landon Nash's cousin. Kinda crazy. I'm excited, he seems like a stud! I get to fly for transfers since it's on the south island. Not many people get to say they fly for transfers so it's pretty cool.  A quick update on...

Kia ora yall!! Hope you're doing good. Hope everything is just dandy and sweet. Anyways, I'm doing pretty good right now. Just chilling and loving life. It is week 7 of the 8 week transfer so we'll see what happens next week. Anything could happen. With how much I've moved around in my mission I definitely would not be surprised if they just booted me out. But, we'll see. Here's a quick run down on the work right now. So, this week we had ALL of our lessons get cancelled or rescheduled. That was pretty frustrating. So, me and my soa just did heaps of knocking. We knocked all day everyday hoping to find some more people to teach. We had a pretty good week and we were able to find some more people to teach. All of our friends (besides Niko) are not progressing. So, we just decided to try and go find some more people to teach. Anyways, we will keep working on our friends, hopefully we see some progression soon. Alright some cool things from the week. I'm sure s...

Telofa lava yall! Hope you guys are doing good. I'm doing alright. Just chilling right about now. Anyways, a little update on the work. We are teaching a grandson of one of our members and he is pretty keen so that's cool. Might put him on date for baptism this week, we'll see how it goes. Other than that we are having not much success with the rest of our friends. They all are super busy and can never meet with us. Or they just bail on us last minute. But, the work keeps moving. Which reminds me of a scripture I came across this week. It is Doctrine and Covenants 24:7 "For thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion; and in this thou shalt have strength." Pretty simple, yet very wise words. One good thing that happened this week, was I was able to teach my companion how to ride a bike. That was hilarious but honestly so cool. It took a lot of convincing to get him out and trying it, but we did it. He still has more to learn. He doesn't know how to turn. But he ...