Saturday, 6 February 2016

A Surprise Visit.

It is sad that one man’s loss is another man’s gain. The Apostle Elder D Todd Christofferson was due to speak at a conference in Vanuatu this weekend but the run way at the airport had some problems so he could not go there. So he decided to go to New Zealand instead. What a delightful and uplifting two days we have just had.
That was after we had a few days of preparing for the Hamilton and Auckland Mission Conference on Saturday morning. Elder Saunders took charge of the car park and with the help of the other senior missionaries everything went smoothly. I organised inside and because of the help of the other sisters, that too, went smoothly.
What a blessing it was that Elder Christofferson wanted to shake all of our hands.
The talks were brilliant. First was Sister Pearson who encouraged us to have faith in ourselves and in our callings. “Who the Lord calls he qualifies.” Lovely talk.

President Pearson is the Pacific Area President. Wow he is such an animated and motivational speaker. We just loved the counsel he gave.

Sister Christofferson looks quite a small, frail lady but boy does she have a massive power when she speaks. There is nothing small or frail about this humble lady.

Elder Christofferson’s talk was so special.
He invited the missionaries to ask him questions and then he gave marvellous answers to each of the questions. What impressed me was that at the end of his talk he blessed us all with the ability to receive the answers to the questions that were asked him earlier.
This included that we would know how to get closer to the Lord, we would know that he is pleased with us. There were a lot of other special things that were said during this meeting but I would have to refer to my notes to get them right.

When I explain that we went to a special Stake conference that evening in Hamilton and also to Hamilton’s Stake conference on the Sunday you will understand why all my talks are jumbled up in my head. That is why I write little notes of who said what.

Elder and Sister Christofferson, President and Sister Pearson spoke at all three meetings, I think!
Sister Gowing the Hamilton Temple Matron spoke on Saturday night.
It was just such an uplifting weekend. I may write another blog about this but I will have my note to guide me.

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