This email was sent by Sister Welker on October 2nd.  We received it on October 1st.

Week 60: Locked Out, Zone Conference, and Woman Conference

So much to write and not enough time!!

This last Monday we hung out with the Harawa and the Waitera sisters.  We drove to Harawa and had bonnie-po-po (I think that's what it's called but I don't think I spelled it right).  I just looked it up.  It is called Pani Popo.  It's basically home made rolls bathed in coconut cream!! It's AMAZING!! Got to love Samoan food!!

Then later that day we get a phone call from the Harawa sisters saying how they couldn't find their house keys.  When they called us it was 9:30PM, and they live an hour away!!  So by the time they got to our flat and we went to bed it was close to 11:45PM!!  It's probably the one and only time a missionary would ever go to bed that late.

The following morning after we had a big breakfast, the Harawa sisters returned back to their flat.  They walked straight into their house and found the keys on the kitchen table.  So they had left the flat unlocked all night.  Luckily, nothing was damaged or stolen but we couldn't help but laugh and think that would totally be something Sister Welker would end up doing, haha.

We also had Zone Conference this week.  So we got to drive up to Hamilton.  For once the weather was actually sunny and we had an amazing view the whole way up!!

The trainings at Zone Conference were amazing!!  President Cummings trained on Agency, the AP's trained on the Book of Mormon, and Sister Cummings prepared a white handbook training on obedience with an intense game to go with it.  It was so much fun and very uplifting!!

The day after we came home from Hamilton, we drove to Stratford to watch the General Women's session of conference.  It was amazing!!  All four speakers were really inspired.  And I, like my mom, loved the speaker who talked about the 80 human chain that helped to save some people lost in a current off the shore.  I'm sad to hear of the lose of Elder Hales.  I know that he was a man of God and that his influence will be missed, but I'm excited to see who will take his place.

Thanks again for all your love and support!! Hope you have a great week!!

Sister Mandy Welker