Kia ora everyone!
This last week was pretty eventful and had us quite busy! We had to run around the zone heaps and deal with a few different disobedient and struggling companionship situations. On top of that, we had to prepare everyone including ourselves for a mission conference on Thursday. We had Elder Nielson and Elder Nattress of the Seventy come and hold a conference with our mission and teach us a few things. I especially appreciated a few things that Sister Nielson shared with us focusing on companionship during and after the mission. She spoke about how everyone is their own person and that the most important thing you can do in a companionship that you're struggling with is to allow your companion to be their own person and love them for who they are. Instead of focusing on their faults and trying to change them into the person you want them to be, love them and adapt and learn to work together with your individual strengths and weaknesses. It's a lesson I will not forget.
Other than that, it was a mostly standard week. Papakura is looking to improve soon. The Stake President has asked us to start organizing a massive stake "blitz" where every missionary in the Stake goes on a split with a member and do some ministering for an hour in one ward. That'll be 12 missionaries in one ward at once! My companion and I are also starting to organize a stake musical Fireside and getting every ward and missionaries involved. It should be a lot of fun! Anyway, I hope everyone's week is good!
Arohanui,
Elder Green
