Senior Couples Mission Conference

In October we had a senior couple’s conference that was just so amazing. We started the Tuesday morning off with a presentation on the Book Of Mormon. President Rudd shared with us his testimony and love for the book of Mormon then we discussed a book written by Gordon L. Weight called Miracle On Palmyra’s Main Street. Most of us read a passage from the book and then shared their personal feelings about what they had just read. My account was of Scriptural Miracles. It was good for me to share the Prophecies written in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon for-telling of the Prophet Joseph Smith and also the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

We are so grateful for the restoration of the gospel, our lives would be completely different without the knowledge of God’s love for us and of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. We hope and pray that we can be good example to those we meet and share our lives with and that they will come to that same knowledge and love of our Saviour’s gospel.

Now back to our couple’s conference. At lunch time we had a delicious meal provided by Sister Papple. Sister Papple is a legend in our mission for providing amazing and tasty meals at our meetings. We then had a fun visit to Hamilton Gardens. We have visited there before but had no idea that it had lots of different gardens from around the world. The evening was finished off with a movie night, President’s choice. “It’s a Mad Mad Mad world” most of the missionaries enjoyed it!!!!!

Our next morning started with a visit to Bridal Veil Falls. Again somewhere we have been before but I have never ventured down to the bottom but this time I did. Providing you take it slowly the walk down and up is so pretty.

Our next stop was to Raglan where we ate fish and chips on the Wharf. Before leaving Raglan we stopped at a local ice cream parlour and had either fresh fruit ice cream or yoghurt in a cone. This time paid for by Sister Parker, who is another legend in our mission. She compiles the history of the church in New Zealand and has been to many places around the world to get all her information.

We went to the Hamilton Temple Tuesday afternoon. It was so good to be with our special friends in the Temple.

 

Our dinner that evening was again provided by Sister Papple. Yummy!

After Diner we met in the Chapel and were given a presentation from Tones of Aotearoa. In my ignorance I thought that it was going to be a talk by someone about New Zealand (Aotearoa). But it was a brilliant musical group who sang just for us. We, in return, sang our mission song for them. Not really much comparison between us but we did our best.

To finish our 2 days off we had an inspirational and motivating talk by Elder Pearson, Pacific Area President. Who shared some of the words that were spoken at the training given by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve just before the last General Conference. Such powerful messages were shared which we hope to share with you when we get home.