Brace yourselves, a new ward has been created - the weekly email

Hello one and all. Yes, that is the biggest news here in New Caledonia. This past weekend we had a special Stake Conference and a new ward was created! The Dumbea ward was broken off from the Riviere Sallee ward, and the Riviere Sallee ward took in part of the Mont Dore ward, specifically Yahoue. The Church is starting to grow here in New Caledonia, which is great to see, because the Church grows exponentially. Good signs for us as missionaries. :) I'm excited to see the Church continue to grow and mature, since it's still pretty young here. 

This past week has been pretty busy, I've been on two exchanges, one with the Zone Leaders and the other with Elder Darche, an Elder from Quebec who has been here all of 5 weeks who's in my district. They were both great experiences with lots of miracles. For example, with the zone leader, Elder Ursenbach, one of our investigators started asking about baptism. Lessons with him are usually just question-answer sessions because he's studied with the missionaries a lot before in Tahiti, and now he just likes to discuss. The Spirit was so powerful as we discussed and engaged him to fervently pray about baptism. We've also begun teaching the son of an investigator who will be getting baptized on the 3rd of December. His name is Adolf, and I think that he will accept the gospel and probably be baptized before the end of the year. He's kind of shy, but super intelligent. 

Hope you all continue to enjoy this special holiday season, Thanksgiving is tomorrow (for me that is) and Christmas is right around the corner. Benefit from this time with your families and friends.

Love,

Elder Miner