Go Ahead--Hike to the Top! Finish!
Let’s get the COVID-19 update out of the way first. Auckland NZ has gone back to Level 3 restrictions, and the rest of New Zealand is at Level 2. One of our four mission zones is located in South Auckland, so the missionaries there are trying to work from home. We had a taste of return to normalcy, but now we have a resurgence of the virus. Our main purpose as missionaries is: “to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end”. (Preach My Gospel, Page 1) President Erekson, our mission president, keeps reminding us that this great work will continue to go forward amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. How has it gone forward? Our two assistants to the mission president, Elder Ili and Elder Kupu, related an experience they had one evening as they were preparing to go to a teaching appointm...