Easter Week!

 

WHAT AN AMAZING WEEK!!!! 

We had so much success it really was a blessing! We were able to teach 3,  member present lessons to

investigators, 1 other lesson to an investigator, 7 less active lessons, and 2 of our investigators and a less active member came to church yesterday! ALSO, WE SET A BAPTISMAL DATE!! Kathy our investigator is planning to be baptized on May 7th! She is so sweet and was telling us that whenever

she reads the Book of Mormon and prays she feels "good and warm." We are SO excited for her!

This Saturday is the big Lu'au activity that we as missionaries planned! We are getting pretty excited and it sounds like a lot of members are planning on coming and bringing friends! And a big surprise, our mission President and his wife decided they want to make an appearance! Wow! That makes me a bit nervous, but even more motivated to be sure it is successful!

This week we had Zone Conference. It was focused a lot on planning as a missionary. One analogy I loved during that meeting was that we need to be "Sniper" missionaries, not "machine gun" missionaries. We need to genuinely take the time to really focus on people and their progression not just try to talk to and teach as many people as possible to improve our numbers. It was so nice to be among all the missionaries of the Christchurch Zone and be led by President Hudson and his sweet wife. I felt so uplifted and motivated, which is probably why we had such an awesome week!

I am really looking forward to the days to come. To keep working with the awesome people and spread the gospel around New Zealand!

Easter is a wonderful time of year to be a missionary! People like to talk to you more about Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for Easter and getting the chance to really reflect on Christ's ministry, atonement, and resurrection. As much as I appreciate it, nothing makes me feel more inadequate than trying to understand for myself or teach the Atonement to someone. There are no words of gratitude eloquent enough (unless you are Jeffrey R. Holland) to get across the magnitude of what happened on our behalf in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the Cross of Calvary. It is something I will never comprehend enough in this life. But, I am so eternally grateful for Christ, who knows me, and you perfectly because of what He did. I hope there is never a day that I take for granted the opportunities and knowledge that I have because of His great atoning sacrifice.

If you have not yet, please visit FollowHim.mormon.org and watch the video that the church put out for this Easter season.

I hope this Easter finds all of you and your loved ones as happy and healthy as can be. I love you all!

Love, Sister Golden