Dear Brother and Sister Brunson,

We are the senior missionaries (Elder and Sister Sterzer) in New Plymouth but we also work with the Waitara Branch a lot. Elder Brunson is the District Leader of our district and we wanted you to know what a good and faithful missionary he is. If he were our son, we would be very proud of him! He is a hard worker, diligent and obedient. He is a good leader and has a wonderful, happy spirit about him. His last companion, Elder Vaea, from Tongo left a few weeks ago and he has a new companion, Elder Suriben, a brand new missionary from the Philippines. We haven’t got to know him well yet, but he seems great.

We thought you might enjoy a few pictures:

Elder Brunson, Elder Lingwall (from Utah), convert Les Parrish,
Elder Fogaloi (Samoa) Elder Vaea (Tonga) 

Zone conference
The middle two sisters are serving in Waitara
Sister Flake (Arizona) and Sister Katene (Australia) 

These boys DO love to play rugby and Elder Brunson is getting pretty good!

Dawson Falls on the south-east side of Taranaki

Mount Taranaki

Mount Taranaki

Back Beach in New Plymouth

Elder and Sister Sterzer, Senior couple in New Plymouth
with Elder Brunson and Elder Vaea

Elder Brunson and greenie Elder Suriben
Elder Brunson is taking good care of him!

New Plymouth Elders
Elder Fillingham (New Zealand) and Elder Lingwall (Utah)

New Plymouth Sisters
Sister Watson (Australia) and Sister Johnson (Nevada)