Titahi Bay District Car Wash in Paraparaumu Last Saturday. Great job, Elders and Sisters!

We attended a beautiful Musical Fireside tonight, produced by the Wellington Sister missionaries. Many missionaries, and others performed in " Come Unto Christ". Many people were touched by the Spirit. Thanks to all who participated!

Our Sister Training Leaders, feeling God's love and reflecting it to others!

As of 30 June, there are 85,728 missionaries serving worldwide, which includes 6,735 seniors (8%), 54,053 elders (63%), and 24,950 sisters (29%)

Elder S. Gifford Nielson of the Seventy will be joining our Area Presidency in August. We met him at the MTC in June. He and his wife are on the left, with us and the other new Pacific Area Mission Presidents and their wives. Elder Nielson calls us "Team 2014"!

The office missionaries bless our lives every day! Thanks for all you do!
The Assistants have been working hard, too!

“I have learned that today’s sensational headlines eventually become tomorrow’s historical footnotes. Always remember the gospel, or ‘good news,’ we proclaim will continue to be the most important news to the world your missionaries will teach in clear and simple terms.” —Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve , New Mission Presidents Seminar 2014

Our Wellington Zone Leaders with President Hudson at the mission home. They have helped us a lot!

We arrived at the mission office today for interviews with our dedicated Assistants . Thanks, Elders, for helping us understand how the mission runs. You have definately been OUR trainers for these past 3 weeks!

One more Zone Conference! I am still missing one or two.

We saw this pretty scenery on our drive from Palmerston North to Hawkes Bay!

More pictures of our first round of Zone Conferences. Our theme is " Good to Better to Becoming Great in Christ" We LOVED meeting with all of our missionaries!

Some beautiful scenery

We have arrived in Wellington, to the best mission in the world!
We have had a whirlwind 2 1/2 weeks, and we have travelled to each of the 7 zones in the mission. Turbo prop planes, driving on the left side of the road in our car, seeing the larger cities in the mission, meeting individually with 180 missionaries (25 or 30 more to meet tomorrow) and loving the good people of New Zealand!
Here are some pictures from Zone Conferences in July.

We have arrived in Wellington, New Zealand! it is BEAUTIFUL! And the people we have met our so lovely and welcoming! Here are some pictures from the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah  and from when we were "set apart" as Mission President.