Purple Dinosaur

Fun fact of the week: here Smarty candies are chocolate, not the weird powdered sugar candies we have in the states

Hello !! Once again I'm not dead!! Sorry I've been lacking the motivation to send out emails, but I promise things are still going here in New Zealand!

My daughter, sister Tafao is a beautiful but CRAZY human whom I love much. She claims American Samoa, but actually lived most her life in Alaska, and understands but doesn't speak Samoan

We have started teaching people again! Yay we aren't just constantly finding! We are working with A Hindi woman, a Pakea (white person), a Maori family, and a Fijian family at the moment! New Zealand is such a culturally diverse place it is amazing over here!

It is also getting HOT. Since were on an island it's like humid hot as well which is always fun... low key dying but grateful for aircon!!

To make up for my lack of emails I will send a plethora of pictures for your entertainment :))

Love yous all !!!!
Sk

Yay butterfly!
I have an double chin??
I WENT IN A CORN FIELD TODAY
-I will give a New Zealand chocolate to whoever can name that quote (I'm dead as serious. Also Lowkey trying to figure out if anyone still reads these to see if I can get away with not sending another email until my last week...? 🤔💁‍♀️)

KELLER/MORGAN 17MAR2020 AKL SFO

 Morgan has recieved her travel documents to return home at the end of her mission. :) So excited to see her on March 17, 2020.

**Later update, we didn't know that there would be a Covid 19 pandemic.  She arrived home 3 days before they asked all missionaries to quarantine for two weeks after they arrived home.  And missionaries still in the field have to stay in their apartments and will be teaching online and over facebook.  What a blessing that Morgan, Sister Keller, was able to serve her mission and come home right before all of these changes.  She arrived home safely and without sickness.

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Document Issue Date:  03 January 2020

Baggage Info

Traveler:  Morgan Keller (693992-R)

Agency

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Tuesday 17 March 2020

Air New Zealand NZ 008

Departure

17 March 07:45 PM

Auckland, (Auckland International) (+)

Terminal: I - International Terminal

Check-in

Arrival

17 March 12:00 PM

San Francisco, (San Francisco Intl) (+)

Terminal: I - International Terminal

Duration:  12:15 (Non stop)        Distance:  6,526 Miles    Booking status:  Confirmed

Class:  Economy (S)        Baggage allowance:  1 Piece(s) for Morgan Keller

Equipment:  BOEING 777-300ER    Flight meal:  Breakfast/Dinner.

Tuesday 17 March 2020

United Airlines UA 5687 (Operated by Skywest Dba United Express)

Departure

17 March 02:27 PM

San Francisco, (San Francisco Intl) (+)

Terminal: 3

Arrival

17 March 05:27 PM

Salt Lake City, (Salt Lake City Intl) (+)

Terminal: 1 - Terminal Unit 1

Duration:  02:00 (Non stop)        Distance:  598 Miles    Booking status:  Confirmed

Class:  Economy (G)        Baggage allowance:  1 Piece(s) for Morgan Keller

Seat:  18D (No smoking seat) confirmed for Morgan Keller

Equipment:  EMBRAER 175 (ENHANCED WINGLETS)

Flight meal:  Food and beverages for purchase

Ticket details:  E-ticket NZ 086-7437420703 for  Morgan Keller

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Happy New Year!

Fun fact of the week: I havent written an email for a month! Nice !

Hey everyone!!

I'm alive! Mostly... things that have happened (other than me falling off the face of the earth and not emailing anyone for a month straight):

1) sister Mariteragi and Meto went back home to Tahiti :( imma miss them soooo much they were two of my favorite companions.
2) I have a new companion from Alaska! Sister Tafao was born in American Samoa but raised in Alaska.
3) im a mom !!! Sis Tafao is my baby :))
4) the New Zealand  OTC shut down :( adjusting has still been hard, but its definitely been worth it
5) I ate wayyyyy too much for Christmas... #20kilo mission
6) I'm STILL in Rototuna Haha! I've been here for 6 months, I'll probably be here for another two if not my last transfer..

That's basically it Haha. I'm doing pretty good, here are some photos.

Much love!!

Kella

A week of laughter, burgers, and happily ever after

Fun fact of the week: even though most of the kiwis have never seen snow, they still consider a "white christmas" to be a traditional Christmas and hang up snowflake decorations Haha

Hello!!

So as the title stated, this week was great!

So on Tuesday through Thursday we had mission conference!! Basically our whole mission came together and we had devotionals, played games, ate delicious food, and laughed so so so much! I also played guitar (fancy smancy) and am actually significantly better than before the mission?? Watch out Grant I'm coming for you ;)

We also went on exchanges and I was with Sister Rome, this sweet sister from Papua new Guinea! For those of you who dont know, PNG is a very scary country with lots of violence and a corrupt government. Nonetheless she always had a big smile and a sweet spirit! I love her :)) we had  a member shout us burger fuel which is a super flash burger joint that has the MOST delicious burgers which make it so you cant eat for another 12 hours... so good!

And for the happily ever after... I had an online baptism!!! So I have been working with Aidan for about 8 months now, he came on as a book of Mormon request this March. When we called the number, his mom answered and said she wasnt interested, but then an hour later Aidan texted and asked if he could still have a copy. For the next six months me and three of my companions (Meto, Isabell, and Mariteragi) taught him online. We taught him all the discussions over messenger, and then in September he met with local missionaries. Earlier this week he just got baptized!! Hes so amazing I am so grateful for him and his testimony :))

I love love you all!! Have a splendid week ❤


Sk
Pictures:
Mission conference where I got hella sunburnt
Aidan's baptism!! I wasn't there but still got pictures from the cute sister missionaries in Connecticut(:

:)

Fun fact of the week:
In New Zealand many people consider Hawaii outside of the US. for example:
"are you going to school in the states?"
"No, I'm planning on going to Hawaii!"

This week I'm just going to send lots of pictures which will probably be very out of order but probably go along the lines of:

- Some crazy sisters in a car with me
- The kids we are working with! Two have been baptized (also fun fact a lot of people pronounce it "bapatized" here and it's funny haha), and the younger girl we are still working with :)
- Me and Sister M after Zone Conference!!
- Me proving to Sister Raymond that I do, in fact, know how to roll my tongue
- Sister Mariteragi made more flower crowns!! This time with roses so it's so beautiful
- the view of Hamilton from a bridge
- We have been working on a song that will be on our Christmas album called "I'll be home for Christmas 2019" (Since my companion is going home in two weeks :((( haha) and decided to dress accordingly!

Cool Beans

Fun fact of the week: If you ever go to Kiribati, don't say "komaremare Kiribati!" Apparently people will get mad...

So transfers happened... and I am staying in Rototuna for a fourth transfer with Sister Mariteragi! I am actually killing her, which is kind of sad, but I am so pumped to be with her another one! Shes very hard working and I know I'll continue to learn lots from her. A lot of sisters left to go home which was so hard for me but I know that they're in a better place now :,)

As a new transfer has come, we have made new transfer goals for baptism. One thing I love that our Zone leaders did was ask for a plan of how we are going to reach our goal! So we have a girl we've been working with for some time, and we usually teach a lesson to her each week with her siblings, who are recent concerts. Well recently weve started doing lessons with just her and we feel it will definitely help her faith progress!

Another highlight of my week was Sunday evening! Since the Tahitian sisters go on exchanges to work on the French queue, I go on exchanges with the other sisters to continue to get work done. Yesterday I went to a lesson in the Tuhikaramea ward with someone who speaks Spanish! So I was able to translate the whole lesson! It was exciting as I haven't been able to teach a Spanish lesson  yet. That was a miracle for me!

Hope yous all have a great week !!

Ofa atu!

Sister Keller

Hello From The Other Side... Of The Equator

Fun fact of the week: Tahitians eat banana with everything! Even chicken...

Heyyya toks!

So it's been two weeks! Noice. Sorry bout that haha.

So fun story from P day two weeks ago: We decided to go to a beach because that would be lots of fun right? Well half way up the steep hill to the beautiful beach (where they filmed parts of Narnia??? look up Coromandel), our car decided to stop working. It just gave up. So the Elders had to push our car until it had enough momentum to go down by itself (thx physics/gravity), and then we spent the rest of the day stranded. In a beautiful countryside with a fun park in New Zealand, so I wasn't too upset, but stranded no less.

The other main highlight was trunk or treat! Me and my companion dressed up as each other (I'm in Islander clothing with a flower in my hair and Sis Mariteragi is wearing my dress and illuminati earrings...), and for trunk or treat we had a booth for the first time! We had a "good better best" option where if you played a game you got some candy, if you gave our number to a friend you got a cookie, and if you gave away a Book of Mormon, gave us a referral, or invited a nonmember to church you could pie us in the face! You already know which one all the kids wanted to do... Needless to say many copies of the Book of Mormon (no one finna argue with me on whether its "Books of Mormon or Book of Mormons" today...) were given away, and I left with whipped cream in my hair :')

Another cool thing (this is kinda boring so you can skip it if you want haha) was we had someone from Salt Lake come down and give us a training on OTC stuff! She also came and watched us do weekly planning, and we gave her and her mom their first NZ ice cream which is a big deal... but we learned so much about how to improve our online teaching and individual areas. It was awesome because basically everything we learned was from the Book of Mormon. (now to turn this into my spiritual thought...) I just love that no matter what the topic, the Book of Mormon is always related. It truly can help fix all our problems if we turn to it :)

love yous all ! Have a semana superbien!

SK