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:) Hey everybody!!! Hope you all had a wonderful week this last week!! I sure had lots of surprises and fun things happening! We'll start from the beginning of the week.  So things were going really good just getting everything ready for the upcoming weekend baptisms of Junior and Allison and Richard.  Things were super busy and a lot of fun.  Also my bday coming up! We had a fun last pday in Papatoetoe, well sorry spilled the beans a bit but i'm no longer there! haha so our last pday we went got some famous butter chicken that I absolutely love and than went bowling with the district.  It was way fun! A good little bday pday!! :) 

Than Tuesday night I got the call.  Usually the call comes on Wednesday's unless it's a new calling.  So President Lekias called while we were in a lesson so I gave him a ring when we get out.  I was nervous because I knew this might mean that I would leave the area and I really didn't want to!! I know as long as they get baptized but I really wanted to be there for that special day.  Aso I loved Papatoetoe to bits!! :) So President tells me that I also have a new calling in Whangarei/Kaikohe.  I don't know how this happened but I think it's a terrible mistake! But I'm now with Elder Whaanga a Maori and I'm a Zone leader with him here in the very north of New Zealand!! :)  It is definantely THE most beautiful zone to be serving in in New Zealand.. Honestly the world!! That's a fact and that's what they say!!!!  It's stunning here.  We have kind of 3 homes cause we cover a massive area! Two are in bays and are literally vacation beach homes no lie, members live upstairs and we stay with them! One of them we have to literally drive on the beach to get to because it's hidden away in a bay.  When the tides up we can't go because we can't drive through water obviously!

  Our main flat in Whangarei is way nice I'm telling you we're spoiled! We also definantely have a car so goodbye to the bikes! haha :)  We got lucky there as well! We have one of three brand new toyota corallas.  Latest model WAY nice car!! Holy cow we're so lucky!! I really don't know how I deserved all of this but it is paradise out here!!! haha so I definantely was sad about leaving my old area but this will do just nicely!! :) So this zone is massive though.  We cover all the way to the very tip of the mission.  So lots of branches and wards still but more Niue style!! :) One of our words out set alone in a bay is just like Niue but way nicer!! haha We're looking to work there a lot.  Seriously it all is so green out here and looks just like Lord of the Rings but with beaches and ocean and everyone is Maori.  No more indians or samoans and tongans.  Up here in the north it's just Maoris. 

 I am so grateful to be serving here and I know that the Lord qualifies for the work he has called us in.  It's definantely been a crash course for me acting like I know what I'm doing but I'm going to do my best regardless!! So that's the news happy birthday to me!! I have mean pictures i'll send but i left my stuff at the flat so next pday.  This weekend Elder Whaanga and his previous companion had sets for last weekend as well so still got to see lots of baptisms.  We traveled all around to go to the other elders baptisms.  Our Saturday that was all that we did! haha Driving all around in the beautiful country seeing souls saved!  So it was a mean Saturday!! Since we can call any ZL in the mission I called back to see how the baptisms of  Junior, Allison and Richard went.  They went all good:) So I'm Happy!! The Zone is just on fire right now! It's been so much fun! This thursday we have a trade off with the APs so that'll be a bit scary! haha oh well i'll get to learn.  We have lots of things planned for the zone so this is going to be a very fun transfer I can't wait! But so much to learn as well!! So now I'm up here in the beautiful North.  Left the city once again! But pumped to be out here! Besides that nothing else to new.  The wards are very missionary work orientated so that's a big plus! Did the whole new missionary in the area thing.  Gave a talk, went and met the Bishops, etc etc!! This next month is going to be huge I can't wait!! But I definantely need everyone's prayers because I don't know what I'm doing! I miss and love you all so much and wish you could see God's creations out here in the Pacific... I love you all!!!!!! :)

 

 

Love Elder Devey

PDevey's Bday

Hey everybody!! :) How's it going?!

How was everyone's last week?!  Sounds like everyone is doing awesome!! I can definantely say that I miss you all very much! Especially as it draws closer to my birthday!! haha Weird being on a mission during this time! It doesn't feel a thing close to my birthday! Feels like I just had my birthday not that long ago! And I'm pretty sure this won't feel a thing like my birthday! haha :) Oh well! Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven! So I'm all good! :) So this week was really awesome!! Lots of good things happening! 

We've been working with a lot of members lately they've been a huge help.  We've been able to find many prepared people.  This last weekend we had the baptism with Adam.  His mom and little brother will be next month.  They have a little more work to do.  But Adam is choice! He's almost 13 and just a really good kid.  So that was fun having his baptism.  Also this last week we knocked a random door(which I guess we do always) and we found Darryn and his 2 daughters.  We set them 3 for baptism at the end of the month in September.  We can really see our hard work paying off lately:) So September will also be huge for us.  This coming weekend will be Junior and Allison and also our man Richard on Friday night!! :) And it's gonna be big the ward is planning all this stuff for it so it's going to be a really fun baptism! Not only that but out of all the people i've taught I honestly think that Junior and Allison may be two of my all time favorites!! Their conversion has just been so beautiful to see and they've gone through so much.  I think just really seeing the Lord take over and wrought a change in their hearts was so wonderful.  When we first met them they wanted nothing to do with us! It's been a couple of months and now they are absolutely pumped about this friday! So please pray for these three!! :) So this weekend will be really fun and on Wednesday I turn 20! Thursday is transfers.. I really hope I stay.  I love it here so much.. 

 The ward is so awesome and it's such a great area and I love my companion as well.  What more could I ask for?!  I really do hope I stay! And I know that as long as Junior, Allison, and Richard are baptized that's all that matters! But I still would love so much to witness them make that promise with God.. But it's all good if I'm not there!! Hopefully I am though!! :) So this week should be an exciting one!! A lot of fun things coming our way!! Definantely a good birthday week!!! :)  Really what more could I ask for?.. I'm serving the Lord.  There's nothing more beautiful than this.. I am so blessed and lucky.. Happy Birthday to me!!! :) That's for sure!! Well I love and miss you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week!!!! :) My prayers are with you all!

The ward is getting very excited about missionary work I love it!   

Love Elder Devey

August 14th, 2011

Hey everybody!!:) I love and miss you all so freaking much holy cow!!! It's closer to mybday! Outta the teens aye?I dont think I'm a kid anymore and that realization is a bit scary!! Oh well gotta do what ya have to!  Wellthis week was awesome! Another week of going nuts!! We had a zoneconference with the zones in the area here in Auckland.  I had to give a talk so that was quite intimidating! But it was fun I enjoyed it:)


 Conference was really really good! Learned a lot! I'm coming to love the Lekias family more and more.  They're initiating many wonderful changes in the mission  that I know will take us all to the next level so we're all pretty pumped about it! Things have been great here!Hopefully the next two weekends are big for us.  We're doing our best to make sure that we'll be saving souls these next weekends! so hopefully we do! This next weekend it should be Richard  and Adam.  A 10 year old and a 12 year old.  We're really excited for them they're awesome kids! :) So hopefully you hear about that next monday!  Shout out to Brooke Steve Peyton and the man Bradyn!!!! :)Welcome to the world Bman!! LOVE YOU GUYS!!! :) 


Not much else to update you guys! Junior and Allison for the next weekend are freaking awesome! They may be two of my favorite investigators my whole mission so far! They're so great! We had a lesson  and than dinner with them the other night.  They're a lot of fun!  Earlier this week we did a prank on them and their car it was funny.  So they've been trying to mess with us too. But they're not as cunning as us so they don't stand a chance! We're really really excited for them the upcoming weekend!  Nothing else is really new! Just got lucky not having a district meeting the last week! haha na just messin! WellI love you all and miss you very much!! Next time i write ya it will be the last time ya hear from me as a teen! ha Can't wait to hear again from you all!! Have a wonderfulweek and may God bless you all!!! I love you all so so sooooo much!!!!! :)

Love Elder Devey
Ps this is a pic of me my son and my first grandson! My mission posterity! haha :)

August 7th, 2011

Hey everybody!!! :)
 How's it going everyone?!  Ah just love being here writing you all again far away from home!! I cannot beleive that it is almost at a year! Halfway that's a joke! WAY too fast!!! I'm kinda scared! It's been making me serve like I have never have before that's for sure!! We've been going all out pulling out all the stops! 


 It's been so much fun lately!! Something that was super fun this week was a leadership meeting that we had.  Oh man it was so good! :) So inspiring and uplifting! I love the Lekias family they're awesome!  One part of the meeting was all about talking to everyone.  We were in the middle of the city which they never allow.  There's one chapel in the heart of Auckland hidden away and President wanted us to make a statement to the world.  So all us leaders of the mission just charged out of the chapel and for two straights hours talked to everyone!!! You should have seen it it was crazy!  One of Lekias' daughters was taking pictures of all of us missionaries flooding the streets and charging all these people everywhere!  It was pure chaos!! But it was so so so much fun!!! I loved it!! :)  


Turns out from that from what we heard of 3 people accepted the invitation to be baptized within those preach by the ways!! Crazy huh?! Miracles all over! It was way fun but for sure a lot of the people were frightened!  Felt like we were freaking everyone out seeing this army of missionaries charging random innocent people.  I'm not overexxagerating any of this by the way! It was awesome! :)  That meeting was all just really fun!! Also hearing from other missionaries about old investigators I used to teach that were baptized. Also seeing Espino my son!! He became DL when i did too.  He did at 4 and a half months that stud! And now he's training so I already have a grandson!! :) I was proud of him that's for sure! Wonderful missionary.. I also was sent more gifts from the people in Niue! haha ran into some who came here like Miriama and Magaoa.  Got some gifts in the mail.  Those blessed wonderful people in Niue.. Gosh I miss them.. Now that I'm gone I kinda wish that I would have stayed longer.. I miss it very much!! Besides that Elder Rangi and I hit a record this week in Papatoetoe!! :)  We talked to 306 people on the streets! Not bragging we just went nuts!! These last few weeks we've been literally talking to everyone! It's been way fun!! :) The baptisms coming up at the end of the month we're very excited for!  4 are very solid now.  Richard, Junior and Allison, and hopefully Adam.  Shaneen and her son Jordan are a bit shaky but we'll do everything we can for them to get them as well.  We found some other really good investigators lately that definitely have potential.  So we are very busy lately!! Just loving serving!! :) There's nothing like it! Especially here in the great NZAM!! :) The best mission in the world!! (pretty sure everyone says that about their own missions!) I'm loving it thought it's very cold who cares?!  This works far too important for any of my weaknesses to get in the way!  I'm trying to completely devote and consecrate myself.  More so than I have before.. Nothing is more worth it.. I love it so much out here!! :)  


Sorry for just going off but I defiantly will remember the time that I served for the rest of eternity!! That's why there better be no regrets yo!!! :) Well I love and miss you all very much and wish you the best this week!!!! Have a wonderful week!!! :) I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Love Elder Devey

August 1st, 2011

Hey everybody!! How's it going?! Well can I just say I miss you all very much!!! This week has been an awesome one!! We're starting to see our hard work and our sacrifice pay off!  This week was huge for us for this month of August!! I'm hoping and praying that my birthday month will be something very special.. Because so far it's looking that way!! Our little heater caught on fire not that long ago so now our flat is like a freezer!! I just figured out that in this big conference were having I have to give a talk! :( Oh well!! Elder Rangi is the man he works very hard!! We have fun with eachother it's been great! 

So some good news from the week we were able to set a small family for baptism on August 20th!  Shaneen, Adam and Jordan! A mom and her two boys:)  Also two investigators that I have felt very close to.  Junior and Allison for the 20th:)  So we have 6 set for this month now!!  Ah it's gonna take a whole lot of qualifying though that's for sure!! Goodness we need all the prayers we can get!!  There's been so many miracles lately it has just been incredible!! :)

The Lord is so merciful and so loving it's amazing..  We continue to do our best we've been working our tails off lately!! Seriously though each day has just been nuts! haha I really do feel as lately i've been serving with "no regrets" or I would at least like to hope so!  I love this area and ward.  It has been so much fun serving here.  The members are incredible and so are the people that live here.  We had lots of our investigators to church this sunday just more blessings!! Ah I'm just loving serving the Lord!! It's not easy.. But it is so worth it.. This is the salvation of God's children.. I am so blessed and honored to be a part of this great work and to bare the Savior's name.. I feel I don't deserve it but I will forever be grateful for this time in my life in which I got to serve him..  Well I hope everyone is doing amazing and that you all are loving life!!! :)  God wants us to have joy so if you're not do something about it!! I wish you the best and I'm always praying for you!!! I miss and love you guys so soooo much!!!! :):):)

Love Elder Devey

July 25th 2011

Hey what's up everybody?! :) How's everyone doin?! It sounds great as always! I miss ya'll very much and in about a month I'll be out of the teens!! Can't beleive it! I'm an old guy.. Ha not really but freak that's crazy! Not droppin any hints or anything but it's my birthday soon! haha :) Next year I'll be almost coming home! Not getting trunky or anything of course just sayin.. Sounds like everything's going great back home and that's what I love to hear!!

 

This week was good! It's all kinda the same everyday now! haha but I feel I'm gettin a better hold on this DL stuff.  Finally gettin a little comfortable and used to it.  A whole lot more organized now! It's been fun I've been workin with the missionaries a lot doing tradeoffs and comp studies and such.  We're very close this transfer I feel it's been a lot of fun so I'm loving it!  August my bday month should be a big month for my companionship!  We gotta a lot of promising things coming our way so we're very excited! :)  So things are going great here!  We're just doing our best to qualify!  This week we talked to I think about 240 people! The most on my mission so far we've been going nuts working very hard!  Still had lots a lessons we just talked to heaps! It's been great! I love E. Rangi! He's the man! Very humble and willing to work hard!! So it's been great with eachother! We're going hard out! So things are great here! Not much else to update! Just having fun serving!

 

We had a few miracles this week with these investigators that are a young married couple.  They're so awesome they're like way good friends of ours! Anyways lessons have been powerful and now they're both preparing for baptism!!  She had to work this sunday and we were'nt expecting them at church but bam they just showed up!! She skipped out on work so they could come!! They're awesome we're really excited for them!! :)  We've been working with a few part-member families reactivating them and teaching the non-members.  Have a kid looking for Aug 20th as well!! So things are picking up and we're loving it!!! :) Thank you for your prayers in my behalf and your support!! I love you all so much and wish you all the best this upcoming week!!!! Love you all and God Bless!!!!! :)

 

Love Elder Devey

July 17th 2011

Hey everybody!!! :) How's it going?!  

I hope things are going awesome! This week was a really good one!! Some new changes as always!  That's all the mission is i swear! haha But Fuataga got transferred and I have a new companion again.  This one's name is Elder Rangi and he is from the Cook Islands!  I've had comps from all over I swear!  He's been out about 6 months and he's awesome!  Very humble willing missionary so I'm excited to be working with him!

He's funny but he doesn't just mess around all the time like Fuataga gosh darn!! ha so it's good to have him here!  The weather has been bitterly cold so it makes it a bit hard on the bikes!  But we manage and that's all that matters!  So enjoy your wonderful weather over there I"m green with jealous rage over here! just kiddin but things are great!

  I love this area it just has heaps of chinese and indian people so it's hard to find but we're doing our best to qualify!  The district's doing good, but not as good as they should be doing!  So everything's a work in progress right now!  But we're doing the best we can.  I love being here and having this calling.  I have been learning so much and can see the changes within myself already and I love it!  I'm very grateful to be here and I'm excited for what's to come!  There's been a lot of changes in the mission which is normal with a new mission president coming in! I've loved it and there's a lot of new leaders like myself who are strugglin so I'm not alone! haha It was sad to see Fu go he was way funny!!  He became a very close friend, but I gotta admit it was hard to work with him because he mostly just wants to have fun so I had to slap him around a bit.

Things are good with missionary work.  We got a couple of sets for August so that should be a great month!  Well of course it should it's my birthday!!! :) Not that I want anything from anyone... ;) hehe.  It's funny having a phone I'm texting investigators and members all the time to arrange stuff it feels like back home with a cell phone! haha texting a lot it's weird!  Anyways I don't know what else to update!  Just working hard and having fun doing it!  I love this work.. It means the world to me..  But I love you all and hope you all have a wonderful week!! 

With my prayers and love

Elder DEvey