Brace yourselves, a Seventy is coming - The Weekly Email

Hello everyone, so once again the Mighty VPVM will be receiving a visit from an area 70, Elder S. Gifford Nielsen from the Pacific Area Presidency will be visiting us for a stake conference and then a zone conference here in New Caledonia. He'll also visit the two zones in Vanuatu. I'm pretty excited about his visit, I think it'll be fantastic and this will probably be my last meeting with a general authority while a missionary.

This week has been prety tough for us, lots of cancelled or missed appointments which is kind of frustrating, but that means more time for finding I guess. I prefer teaching by a long shot, but finding is super important, even though our teaching pool is huge. 

Some great news, Marie-Rose had her baby! She gave birth last Monday, and came home from the hospital on Sunday. Their baby is super cute, her name is Mackenzia, and she's healthy and doing fine, we saw Kena and the baby yesterday at their house in Vallée du Tir. Now that she's given birth, she'll be able to be baptized even sooner now, we just need to sort out details for a wedding or what. I'm really excited, or in the vernacular of my new companion "super stoked." (He's kind of a skater sometimes).

Speaking of my new companion, Elder Scroggin is great. His contacting skills are sharp form his time in the North since that's about all they do up there, but he's a great missionary and a great companion, and it's a lot of fun getting to work with him. Our interests and personalities aren't super similar, but that's a good thing. 

Love you all!

Elder Miner

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