Some more final farewells!

Of course, saying "goodbye" to our Primary class was one of the hardest thing to do. The girls were so fantastic ... always excited to learn and they were great students.

We had a farewell dinner with the Area Presidency and our replacements:

On Saturday we went on our last trip to Goat Island. We even did some snorkeling!

A final dinner with the Nielsens:

We had our last walk to the lake. It was fun to see a laser sailboat race going on:

Serving with Sali and Debbie has been the greatest!!!!

One of our final walks on the beach!

I went on a final sail on Lake Pupuke:

Here's my route in the lake (got the boat going to 6.8 mph):

Here's the route of my final 5 mile run around the lake:

Some more photos on Takapuna beach!

Our last trip to the Zoo:

Farewell Party

We only have only 10 days left on our mission, so we had a farewell party in the office.

It was a great time to visit and reminisce with the employees and missionaries we have served with.

A visit to the south island ...

For the Christmas break, we went to the south island. We started our trip by taking a train to Wellington (the southern most point on the north island). We stayed the night there and then we push all our suitcases to the ferry, boarded, and we were off to the south island. We went to Christchurch, Akaroa, Oamaru, Dunedin, Ivercargill, Bluff, Queenstown, and then back to Christchurch.  From there we flew home to Auckland!  It was a fantastic trip!!!

Leaving from Auckland

Some other senior missionaries were on the train with us.

Beautiful sights along the way!

We had a fun time in Wellington walking around town.

On the ferry!

We pass the other ferry going the opposite direction.

We are now in Picton ... time to jump onto another train!

We go to Akaroa and take a boat trip.

Visiting a castle with the Buckners.

We had a fabulous Christmas meal!

Christmas dinner with the Buckners (our DTA who happened to also be in Dunedin).

Christmas morning in a hotel!

Having a famous "Fergburger" in Queenstown!

We had a great time at the zoo!