Oct. 6, 2013

Dear Family,
 I got the package of candy and cookie mix you sent! thanks so much! It was so good! I haven't made the cookies yet, maybe today. It's a rainy Monday here in Timaru, so we will probable be indoors for P day. I am going on exchanges with the Zone leaders up in Christchurch tonight, I will be there till Wednesday morning with Elder Cottle, and the other one, Cunningham, will be here with Medley. I'm excited to go up there, apparently it is referred to as a "den of iniquity", and maybe some of the reason for the Earthquakes recently, but I am still excited to go! To learn from the Zone leader, awesome!
 K's are Kilometers that we are allowed to drive each month. We can go 1800 K's each month, for meetings and activities and anything else we want to use it for.

P days, we have been down to the bay, biking around town, going to the shops here, looking at everything, finding fun things to do, and a lot of relaxing. it's our wind down day after we do all our laundry and such. Yep i do like fish and chips, it's really good here, all fresh, even the store bought stuff is really good! I have no problem with having that at all! 

 We have so many great people we are meeting and teaching, and so many great experiences! I think we have a few at least who will or can be baptized in the next month or so. I will let you know when we have confirmed dates and stuff. We are working as hard as we can to find more people to teach and get baptisms in the mission! there are a couple families we are teaching right now who we really really want to get baptized! and with conference next week for us, it is delayed a week, we are going to invite them to come see living prophets speak to us! I think as long as they come for even one session, they will be able to see how much of an impact it will have on their lives and everything else, questions answered, and revelation heard. Our investigators do have many questions, and I know that conference is a place to get them answered! 

We are doing our best out here in Timaru to find and teach the gospel to all who are willing to hear. It is going to be spiritual as! (New Zealand term for like a lot, tons, heaps, sick as! hot as! etc.)

Hope you are all doing great at home! love and miss you all!

Elder Passey