Kia Ora Whanau! sorry this computer wouldn't let me make a subject but all good! :)

This week was SO good! they just keep getting better and better! 

We had 5 investigators at church and it was the best moment during the sacrament....i was praying and then i looked over ant Aroha and Khan and they were both reading their Book of Mormon and really feeling the Spirit of the Sacrament and it was just a really good moment in time. 

We had another amazing lesson with Khan on Friday. We taught him about the Priesthood and it was just really cool because the whole time we were teaching him he was holding his little son, Malachi, and it was just really REALLY cool having him tell us all the experiences that led up to him being set for a baptismal date. He is so prepared and is excited to bless his baby and hold the priesthood to bless his family and it's just great. 

I LOVE MY MISSION! I LOVE ROTORUA! 

have an amazing week whanau! 

I LOVE YOUS!

may the force be with you

Kia Kaha!

Sister Judd

BAPTISMS! and Soakin in the Love!

Kia Ora Whanau! 

This week has been MEAN AS! I LOVE MY COMPANIONS SO MUCH!! It's sad to see Sister Pagofie go but we're all working really hard until she goes next week :) she's the best! 

This week we had another MEAN lesson with Aroha and Khan the ones i was talking about last week, with the spiritual explosion. We set them for BAPTISM!! YAYYYYY!! it was an amazing experience because we fasted and prayed about when to set them and we had a couple dates for each of them and the answer came to us that we would know what day to set them for when the time came to invite them. so we had an amazing lesson set them for a week in april! Aroha on a Tuesday, it's the date that came haha, and Khan that Saturday! it'll be a great week. These two people have blessed my life so much, it's unreal how much love someone can feel fo a person they have only known for 2 weeks and i feel like only another missionary can really understand. but i love them with all my heart. when we set them for baptism i felt the Holy Ghost whisper to me that these two have been prepared for SO long just for me and my two companions. and i know that is true. These experiences that we having with them are beyond anything i've had my whole mission and it's because they are truly prepared by the Lord. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! 

Also remember Frank? Well he came to church along with Aroha and Khan. and Frank loved it! he was all smiles the whole time. we figured out how old he is and he is a whoppin 86!! But he is so flippen funny and we al realized that we are the best of friends this week. he is going to sing us the scottish national anthem before Sister Pagofie leaves, he claims he doesn't know it but that's a bowl of lies hahahaha. i've got a photo of him so i'll send it after the email. 

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! I LOVE MY MISSION SO MUCH AND I LOVE NEW ZEALAND HEAPSSSSSSS!! 

Thanks for all the prayers and support, i can feel it. really i can. and i love all of you for it. 

Have an amazing week! 

may the force be with you

Kia Kaha

Sister Judd

ps I GOT THE SURPRISE PACKAGE EVERYONE LOVED THE LOLLIES AND I LOVE THE CAMERA THANKS JESS AND WHANAU! LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU! 

Scottish Men and SPIRITUAL EXPLOSION!

Kia Ora Whanau!

This week has FLOWN by! i can't believe i'm emailing you already! This week has been so fun! Just a couple things:

We met this Scottish man, Frank, walking down the street last sunday and he is my new best friend. (now just flash back and remember how much i love old people okay?) So he actually stopped us because he thought Sister Namariel was from South Africa hahah because of her darker cloloured skin haha and so we started talking to him and found out that his wife just recently passed away so it's just him and his dog, lucy. So we made a time to go back and see him, and let me jsut tell you folks HE IS BY FAR THE CUTEST OLD MAN EVER. yes, i have shed some tears because of his cuteness. when we went over last week he showed us heaps of his family photos and just talked and taught us so much. we sang him some hymns and he loves them. we made a day to go back which was saturday and then found out that there was a baptism going on so like 30 minutes before the baptism we went over and said "frank! wanna come to a baptism with us?" and he said "why,sure that sounds good". SO HE CAME TO THE BAPTISM! he brought Lucy and we all had a grand ol time. he says classic old man things really loud like, "wow that's a really big lady" as a lady was getting down form speaking oh man it was so hard not to laugh. and he told sister Pagofie to sit up straighter and it was just a beautiful day. WE LOVE FRANK! 

We also had an AMAZING lesson on monday night with Aroha, and Kahn. and all i gotta say is that Heavenly Father prepares the elect when we prepare for them. and when that happens there is a spiritual explosion that occurs, AND IT IS THE BEST FEELING EVER. i love teaching The Restoration and seeing and feeling the Spirit testify to the heart of the people that what they are hearing is true. and when they let the spirit in and accept it and want to change because of it? best feeling ever. 

i know i say this like every week. but  i just love being a missionary. like so much and i'm so grateful to be here serving these people i have been called to. 

Remember that there is ALWAYS light when we trust in Christ. Read Ether 3 and enjoy :)

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! 

May the force be with you

Kia Kaha

Sister Judd

Roto-vegas and TRIO!

Kia Ora Whanau! 

i have spread my wings and got kicked out of Tauranga! I'm now in a place called Rotorua..or as they say here ROTOVEGAS! It really is like vegas hahahaha SO MANY TOURISTS! I'm also in a TRIO!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!! don't let people deceive you that trios are horrible because i love my two companions! One is from Vanuatu (go look it up!) and her name is Sister Namariel, and then my other companion is Sister Pagofie! i know it's not much to you but this is SO CRAZY!!!! because sister Pagofie and Namariel were some of my sisters that i was able to serve while i was STl and now i'm with them! AND Sister Pagofie and i have been SO close throughout my mission and we always joked how cool it would be if i could kill her (be her last companion haha mish slang) and now it has happened!! AAAAANNNND she's from Flagstaff...so there's that. it's been a very VERY fun couple of days! The Lord loves us! 

So Rotorua is like a wanna be baby Yellowstone. So remember when we went there a couple summers ago and t

Kia Ora Whanau! 

i have spread my wings and got kicked out of Tauranga! I'm now in a place called Rotorua..or as they say here ROTOVEGAS! It really is like vegas hahahaha SO MANY TOURISTS! I'm also in a TRIO!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!! don't let people deceive you that trios are horrible because i love my two companions! One is from Vanuatu (go look it up!) and her name is Sister Namariel, and then my other companion is Sister Pagofie! i know it's not much to you but this is SO CRAZY!!!! because sister Pagofie and Namariel were some of my sisters that i was able to serve while i was STl and now i'm with them! AND Sister Pagofie and i have been SO close throughout my mission and we always joked how cool it would be if i could kill her (be her last companion haha mish slang) and now it has happened!! AAAAANNNND she's from Flagstaff...so there's that. it's been a very VERY fun couple of days! The Lord loves us! 

So Rotorua is like a wanna be baby Yellowstone. So remember when we went there a couple summers ago and thought it smelt so FLIPPEN bad? yeah i live with that! :) it's fun! there's places here that as we drive by the sewer drains there's just this smelly rotten egg steam coming out. We call it Rotorua Farts. and there's all these parks that just have these rotorua farts coming out that we're going to today so i'll send some photos next week :) i already love it here SO much! the people here are so fun and loving, like it's unreal. 

okay well i'm out time and don't have much more because that's pretty much all i have done this week :) nah we work hard and have seen so many miracles already! I LOVE THIS LIFE IT'S THE BEST! 

I'll have more for yous next week and WAYYY more photos! :) love you! 

Kia Kaha

May the force be with you

Love you

Sister Judd

hought it smelt so FLIPPEN bad? yeah i live with that! :) it's fun! there's places here that as we drive by the sewer drains there's just this smelly rotten egg steam coming out. We call it Rotorua Farts. and there's all these parks that just have these rotorua farts coming out that we're going to today so i'll send some photos next week :) i already love it here SO much! the people here are so fun and loving, like it's unreal. 

okay well i'm out time and don't have much more because that's pretty much all i have done this week :) nah we work hard and have seen so many miracles already! I LOVE THIS LIFE IT'S THE BEST! 

I'll have more for yous next week and WAYYY more photos! :) love you! 

Kia Kaha

May the force be with you

Love you

Sister Judd

Baptisms and WHO AM I... 24601

Kia Ora Whanau! This weeks has been SO GOOD!! as you can tell by the photos we had a baptism on Saturday! Shekainah was SO excited and her mum came to the baptism which is such a miracle! The Spirit was incredible and i'm just reminded how amazing this work is when i see someone walk into the font and as i witness the saving ordinance that will bring her back to her Father in Heaven. I AM OBSESSED WITH MISSIONARY WORK!

Also i have discovered so much, no like SO MUCH, about who i am and who Heavenly Father sees me as. hence the Les Mis quote...pretty much the only person who will get it is Kylee and her sisters but that's okay. i have figured it out people! I KNOW WHO I AM! I KNOW WHO I'M BECOMING! LIFE IS GOOD!

I would just like to say how much i love being here in new Zealand and having enough time left to say that i only have a few more months is so scary and really exciting at the same time. i love it here and i love how my life has changed a long with all the other people i get the opportunity to help. I'm so grateful for the Spirit, for all Heavenly Father has taught me and for my relationship with Him. I know ALL of this is Him and i'm grateful.

I LOVE ALL OF YOUS SO MUCH

May the force be with you

Kia Kaha

Sister Judd

ps si bump some loud as country music in your truck for me! :)

WHAT A WEEK

Kia Ora Whanau! This week has been a lot better than last week :)

We have a baptism this week and we are SO STOKED! Can't wait to tell you all about it.

I am so grateful for the blessing of being pulled and stretched to become the person that Heavenly Father wants me to be. Sometimes I think or say something and then I think "who are you sister judd?" hahaha and i'm so excited to be this person. to be the person Heavenly Father has made me, on my mission and off as well. this week has made me reflect on something jess said when she was still on the mish and I think was about at the same place left that I do and she said that she has to remind herself to just keep swimming and because of that I've had dory stuck in my head allllll week. and i'm grateful for the reminder that if we just keep swimming, kicking, stroking, we will make it. if we stop, we sink. we lose the race. we don't make it to the end. and I want to make it. and I want to be stronger at the end of it.

PEOPLE I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY! AND I LOVE YOU!

May the force be with you

Just keep swimming :)

Kia Kaha

sister Judd

it's been a SCORCHER

sorry whanau this email is going to be short but this week has been full of trials that have been testing my faith and miracles mixed in.

Everyone who has served a mission knows that rejection is hard. they know that pain that comes from it when the people who feel like family tell you to not come back. they know how it feels like a part of you is gone when the door gets shut. and that's what our day was yesterday. it's hard but I gospel is true and I need to stay strong for the other people that Heavenly Father has prepared for me and my companion. But when trials come if we are faithful miracles follow. We set one of the little girl in the pictures I sent, Shekainah, and she is so excited to be baptized. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!

Have a fun Superbowl

enjoy the beyonce concert

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS

May the force be with you

Kia Kaha

Sister Judd