Earthquake in New Zealand

Dear Parents & or Family Members,

You may have heard on the news that we have had an Earthquake in our mission. The earthquake was on the South Island near Christchurch. We wanted to reassure you that all the missionaries in the mission are fine and that none of the apartments have been damaged. All our missionaries have mobile phones and so we have been able to stay in touch.

Thank you for your prayers and support you give to your missionary. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to e-mail us.

Kindest Regards,

Clive R Jolliffe

Mission President

Wonderful Letter about Connor

Hi President Jolliffe,

I just wanted to email you and let you know how OBEDIENT your missionaries are! I just had Elder Rawle and Elder Socco (?) drop off a dish, from a meal I had provided for them to take to an investigators home. It was about 2pm in the afternoon and I had only just got home myself and I was heating up a pot of soup for lunch. My husband is away at the moment in Papua New Guinea, and will be back tomorrow night, because of that I haven’t been able to have the missionaries here for their weekly dinner date on a Friday night.

I thought as I had some hot soup just ready I would offer some to the missionaries. It is a very cold day here in Dunedin with a very cold wind. They gladly accepted the offer of soup, but wouldn’t come in. It was absolutely perishing outside. I must admit I tempted them by saying I would stay in the family room and have my soup if they would like to come in out of the wind and sit either in the lounge or the conservatory. They were severely tempted, but politely declined and sat outside in the cold wind on a concrete block wall. I am so IMPRESSED by their obedience and desire to keep all the mission rules in every respect. You have a great team of missionaries President Jolliffe!!!

Kind regards,

Sister Jocelyn Fortune J

(St. Clair Branch Relief Society President)

Dunedin

We are waiting for more pictures from Connor. He went from training Elder Mataupu from Samoa to Elder Hussein from Fiji. He is learning about so many different cultures. He is still a district leader. He had 2 baptisms last month and is working hard for more before his next transfer. We love you Connor! Watch for more pictures to come soon!

Welcome to Dunedin district leader!

Congratulations Connor!

6 months!

District Leader!

Transfer to Dunedin!

Dunedin is in the very south of the South Island of New Zealand. Connor is on the Pacific Ocean coast in the suburb of St. Clair, which is famous for surfing. It looks absolutely beautiful! We love you Connor!