MENAGERIE - a collection of things Clevedon, NZ Boutique  Prophet and 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Spencer W. Kimball  As a girl I loved to hear President Kimball speak  because often he wouldn’t just talk about one thing, but a collection of things.   This week instead of just one theme, you will get a collection, a menagerie... because our week (still on University break) and travels have been that too. We visited a little boutique on a drive near Clevedon and found quite a menagerie of things Mountains in our Menagerie There are three active volcanoes near Lake Taupo here on the North Island in NZ,  (left to right)  Mt. Ruapehu, Mt. Ngauruhoe, and Mt. Tongariro (last eruption in 2012). wikipedia web photo Mt. Ngauruhoe was the movie set for the Mt. of Doom in Lord of the Rings.  Mt. of Doom (Ngauruhoe) Pinterest web photo Last Sunday Donovan Bickford, ac...

  In the course of our mission these little blogs have sort of taken on two purposes for us.  The first is a chance to record a bit of the visual pictures of the beautiful country of New Zealand and a few of the things we have seen.  The second is to share things we have learned or felt because of this great adventure.  Thanks for your patience with our imperfections if you've followed along. So “in line” with those two purposes,  we will pen a few "lines" about this week: AUCKLAND IN LINES web photo backpackersguide.nz   With an extra afternoon and evening we did a bit of exploring in downtown Auckland.   We lined up our schedules so we could go on an adventure with our friends the Periera family.   We started at the wharf where dad Ricky Periera works, and while dad was working we went exploring with mom Larissa and sons, Calvin and Dentzel.   We found all kinds of “lines” on the wharf, from lines on the...