Arrival

After our 2ond day in NZ, I thought I better write something before I forget everything concerning our trip here.  On the way to the airport, Sheila and Kyla, who were taking us, graciously agreed to stop by and see our newest grandson who was born about 1 1/2 wks earlier.  (Kip &Amy's)  What a good sendoff it was!  Flying to LA was nice as we were upgraded to 1st class.  So wish the flight to NZ could have been!  We arrived in LA with 2 1/2 hrs to make our connecting flight and only took 2hrs/10min of the allotted time.  Had I known we had so much time to spare, we wouldn't have hurried!  We did get in conversations with  5 delightful people sharing what we are about and finding out about them.  The flight to NZ was 13 hrs which took all night and very little opportunity to converse with anybody.  When we arrived, we were met by 2 senior missionaries and 2 of our Niuean friends who are like family.  We were taken to our apartment, given a car and were told we would meet the mission pres the next day.  (He was on his way back from the island, Niue, where we will be going)  We did a little shopping-then a little napping.  In the evening, a few of our Niuean friends came over to assist us in connecting with the internet.  They were a great help!  We talked and  shared memories of the past and had a delightful time.
   Today, we got to tour the missionary training center. Nice experience and learned a few things about preparing the missionaries for service.  We then met with our mission pres. who filled us in on current conditions on Niue and what he would like us to work on.  The only down side is we still have to wait for our visas to arrive.  Probably a couple of weeks.  In the meantime, we have the ability to choose what we're about.  So if we can refrain from getting into any auto accidents,we will be visiting as many Niueans here in the Auckland area as we can.
  Ato to tohi foki,  Elder Mavy