Gisborne????

So what is Gisborne going to be remembered for?

District Meeting

Another first for us this morning. We attended the district meeting in Gisborne and it was so good. Elder Harrison is the district leader and he did a wonderful job of instructing and inspiring us all. Near the end of the meeting they did some roles playing both Elder Saunders and I got to be people on the street and that was so much fun. And no we didn’t give the missionaries a hard time.

The District  with their Zone Leaders.

Pure Beauty

Just a few of the beautiful pure images I saw this past weekend.

 

Missionary Rescues?

What is that? A lonely lost stuck Big Stick.

 OH NO! A big Wave.

 I will rescue you.

 Saved!

 Back into the Ocean Big Stick.

 You are finally free big Stick.

 

FHE

On Monday after a busy day of flat hunting we were looking forward to our Family Home Evening with Elder and Sister Belliston.  They had invited a few friends and families to come to an outside activity, so dress up warm was the order.  Elder Belliston had chopped up some firewood earlier in the day and Elder Saunders was supposed to arrive back earlier to help him but that didn’t happen as we were so busy. The evening was such a fun. We all sat around a log fire listening to Sister Belliston tell stories of pioneer children. I think we were all listening intently including the children but maybe that was because they were promised hot dogs if they behaved. I’m not really that keen on frankfurter style sausages but toasting them on the campfire actually made them delicious!!!

A Bit Of Fun

 What is Elder Saunders looking for? Elder Romney's bald patch.

Ha Ha Ha you couldn't find it because I don't have one.

 All's good now Elder Baker

House Hunting Week 2

Elder Saunders has had a very busy few weeks closing down a lot more flats, about 6 I think. Thankfully most of the time he has had help from the strong missionary Elders to move the furniture out. He has stored some of the items but some was rubbish and had to be dumped. Other things he gave away to the charity shop or took them to Camp Tuhikaramea.

This week I have just tried to catch up with all the baptism records and updating the missionary records after the transfer week.

We left for Whakatane early Friday morning that was after a quick stop at the office to check the mail. I don’t like going to any areas without checking to see if there is any letters or parcels for the missionaries. There wasn’t much there but I took what there was. We arrived in plenty of time for our 12 o’clock appointment to see a flat. To be honest Elder Saunders and I looked at the outside of the flat last week and he decided it was not suitable. But after having looked around the inside and seeing that everything was on the one floor he decided to give it a big maybe and would let them know on the Monday. After a weekend of pondering on the flat he decided that he would go for it. So we know have a flat in Whakatane for our missionary couple arriving in 3 weeks.

We stayed the weekend in Gisborne at the Belliston’s home. For the first few days we did not see much of them as they were busy of course with missionary work and we were busy flat hunting. There isn’t much in Gisborne at this time sadly. Mainly because we are fussy, we want the sisters to be in a safe location and for it not to be too small. We looked at two flats that were so small and one of them would have had to have the fridge in the living area which already could barely fit table and chairs in the room. I think it must have been built for Hobbits!!!

On Sunday we went to Te Hapara Ward and stayed for all 3 hours. This was a first for us as we normally go to Mangapapa Ward or start travelling back to Hamilton after Sacrament. We had wonderful meetings and felt spiritually feed. We attended the Gospel Principles class and the topic was The Word of Wisdom. The missionaries gave the lesson and as we were reading from the manual each of us were sharing experiences and our testimonies on how living a healthy lifestyle blesses our lives. We also shared how not living quite such a healthy lifestyle pulls us down. My Relief Society lesson was also good especially as we divided into three groups and shared our experiences on how to keep the Sabbath day holy. Something Elder Saunders and I have always tried to do.
We spent the afternoon relaxing and reading. The most relaxing day we have had in months. We spent the evening chatting with Elder and Sister Beliston.