Saying Goodbye To President and Sister Balli

Things are moving rapidly here in New Zealand.  We have less than 7 weeks left on our mission and we have many tender feelings about leaving and the time we've spent here.   It has been one of the best experiences of our lives!   We've had many challenges, many opportunities and many blessings on our mission.  We're looking forward to being with our family again, but we will dearly miss the friends we've made here and the wonderful people we've grown to love.
President and Sister Balli, our mission president, are finishing their service at the end of this month and will be returning to their home in Colorado.   They spoke at our Family Home Evening last Monday it was a very tender time for all of us.   After they spoke we took a picture of the whole group together.   The last time we'll all be together in this life.

Elder Frederick and Sister Robyn Ball with all the senior couples in the NZAM mission.

We have been blessed with many wonderful experiences and many challenging experiences as well.
We will come home different people than when we left.   We love the gospel, we love our Savior, Jesus Christ.  The plan of salvation is beautiful.  The Book of Mormon is the word of God.   We know the gospel is true.  We've seen it bless the lives of those we've worked with on our mission.
It's hard to put into words what our mission has meant to us.   We have truly been blessed.