Sunday, July 8, 2012
This is a copy of a post from the New Zealand Wellington Mission Blog written by President & Sister Kezerian. We have a great group of hard working missionaries that we are serving with and were delighted that the coal project was so welcome and successful in our community. We wanted to share this post with you.
Keeping Warm in Westport
"My life is like my shoes - to be worn out in service." Spencer W. Kimball
"We can't do everything for everyone everywhere, but we can do something for someone somewhere." Richard L. Evans
The missionaries, the Westport Branch and community members worked
together to provide needed warmth for homes in the area. Each bag of
coal delivered to needy homes, was labelled with a tag that read, "A
Gift from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Westport
Branch 10-16 Dellaca Place, Westport & the Branch President's phone
number."
With the help of the Branch President, school principles, Home Builders
Social Workers, Maori Trust and Work and Income (a local government
organization), families were identified that could use help.
President Evernden, in working with the local Coal Company provided the coal.
Deliveries were made in 3 geographic areas. The local Westport newspaper
and the regional paper will be reporting on the great effort that was
put forth to help community members in need. A big thank you goes to the
Turner's and everyone involved. We can always count on the
missionaries!
Elder Kelly, Elder Pae'a, Sister Turner, Elder Fahina, Elder Dalit, Elder Turner, Elder Bender and Elder Christensen.
