Hola Familia!
Yep, Hermana Goff received a great welcome as we walked under the trees on the street we are on multiple times each day - a bird pooping on her shoulder. So sad! I have a few pics that will come your way. She is just one transfer "younger" than me. She spent all her time in the mission before now in Fallbrook. Which is where Hna Pechin went. (they switched places.) She is from Maryland and the only member in her family (wow!) because she was baptized at age 15. She was attending BYU-Idaho (woot woot) and plans to go back after to continue prep for elementary school teaching. and yeah. Things are good. I'm learning and growing. She is about my height and very thin naturally. She speaks softly because she has very good hearing. And she has a beautiful smile.
Thank you, thank you for the package! You are fabulous. The treats are sitting in the freezer and have been since I received the package. Man I want to eat them. But on I go. Hna Rosa is not doing well. She had another rough weekend. But Hna Yule is doing better with her word of wisdom problem. We shall see. Hna Zehuancatl keeps offerring treats and being crestfallen when I can't enjoy them. he he. You sent way more treats/snacks than I need because there just isn't time to eat snack food. I'm enjoying the granola bars for sure so thanks. Don't know what to do with the huge bag of pretzels. Hna Goff has eaten a few of the top ramens and I don't think I'll need anymore popcorn for the rest of my mission - still have some from before. Oh and ps I don't love that kind of gum. Phew, not trying to complain but let you know what works and what doesn't. THANKS!
So, Hna P did receive the pillowcase at transfer meetings. And I asked her to open it while I had my camera out. She was SO excited. Jumping around and saying "shut the front door" She really did love it. And I didn't need/want one but thanks! I've missed her in the past week. We were just together so long and so used to each other! Other people have missed her as well.
So pictures. You know I haven't seen a single picture of JJ since he returned home?!? How sad is that? I think it's pretty sad. Could you please send me one or two? Maybe just electronically? Great that you are keeping Jana busy and helping her do exciting, new things.
Yeah for the Cheney family! That is great news. And exciting news about Rebecca.
Well, I'm on my way out. Irony of ironies - my comp needs more blouses so we're visiting Kohl's today and I might end up going to the mall (ugh). Hopefully the birthday items will hold me over.
Oh! I felt really old at transfer meetings when I knew 5 of the 10 departing missionaries. Am I really on the ending slide of my mission? Weird.
Love you all so much. Heavenly Father loves and knows us and He supports us. I know that for sure. I'm just one of the weak things that He uses to help His other children. Hna Zehuancatl is doing well, coming to church and her husband joined us for a lesson which was great. Hno Hernandez continues reading and accepted a baptismal date - first time he's ever thought about the invitation seriously. Hurray!! We still have a bit of work to do with him. I LOVE studying in the Book of Mormon and hope you are all doing it regularly, as in every day.
Love,
Hermana Green
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
13 July 2010 - The scare is over
Hola Familia!
Coming at you with tons of love for all the support and great e-mails from.....Mission Viejo, CA. Yep, I'm staying right here. Interesting. But Hna P is on her way out in just a few hours. AH! It's exciting. I feel like she is going on a vacation. This week we decided we are like an old married couple. Ba ha. I even tell her names of people in the middle of her prayers. So our 3-transfer party is coming to an end. We are sad. Changes are so good, and so hard. And no pictures this week. Sorry. We need 90 mins to arrive in Vista for transfer meeting. Yuck!
And the scare, "what scare?" you ask. The scare of thinking I might train a new missionary! Nearly all the missionaries in my district were certain it would be so. But no. I did not receive a phone call from Pres. Cook yesterday. Although I was a touch nervous about it happening all day. So now we just don't know who our companions will be.
Yeah for keeping the commandments! I'm excited you are going to the Mexico City Temple. Why don't Chez and Shantaye do baptisms while you older ones are in the session? That will be SO cool. I'd love to be there.
Thanks for the package...with the homemade treats I cannot eat. Not very nice. Will they last in the freezer for another 4 or 5 weeks? Hna Rosa Magana hasn't been available for teaching. And isn't progressing much...so it looks like I might not get any treats for my birthday. >sad face< But life goes on. Maybe I'll receive the package today or tomorrow at the transfer meeting.
We haven't really added to the investigator pool, but we are on the lookout. Hna P feels like the area is about to explode as she is on her way out. We had a really good lesson with Hna Roxana Magana. Hna P called it a DTR. We want the same things for her! A conviction of the prophet Joseph Smith. She was really focused in the lesson and showed a strong desire to act and know, which was great. She's grateful for our persistence. (we've been teaching her since the beginning!)
Hna Z is doing great. She fed us on Sunday because she is really sad to see Hna P leave. As is Hno Hndz. He was doing really well on the one big commandment he struggles with, then slipped up. But we have a great plan to help him overcome and be baptized. It's going to happen - we know it. Hna Z understands things well and has so much real desire to learn and understand. It makes lessons hard because she has so many questions and we have things to teach her, but on we go. We love her lots.
I think that's about everything. I've had a few restless nights where I kept thinking of all kinds of random things. Maybe I need to switch my pillow ;)
Thank you, thank you for all your love! I'm hoping for some letters from transfer meeting since haven't seen anything for a week or so. Sounds like you are all really busy in all kinds of things. Hurray. Say hi to Jana for me. I'd love to meet her - she sounds busy with you as tour guides. Don't you dare forget the little spiritual things that are essential for your salvation! I know this is God's true church. I know He loves and helps us. I know the scriptures have answers and power. I KNOW the Spirit can truly guide us. He should be everyone's senior companion!
Love to you all,
Hermana Green
Coming at you with tons of love for all the support and great e-mails from.....Mission Viejo, CA. Yep, I'm staying right here. Interesting. But Hna P is on her way out in just a few hours. AH! It's exciting. I feel like she is going on a vacation. This week we decided we are like an old married couple. Ba ha. I even tell her names of people in the middle of her prayers. So our 3-transfer party is coming to an end. We are sad. Changes are so good, and so hard. And no pictures this week. Sorry. We need 90 mins to arrive in Vista for transfer meeting. Yuck!
And the scare, "what scare?" you ask. The scare of thinking I might train a new missionary! Nearly all the missionaries in my district were certain it would be so. But no. I did not receive a phone call from Pres. Cook yesterday. Although I was a touch nervous about it happening all day. So now we just don't know who our companions will be.
Yeah for keeping the commandments! I'm excited you are going to the Mexico City Temple. Why don't Chez and Shantaye do baptisms while you older ones are in the session? That will be SO cool. I'd love to be there.
Thanks for the package...with the homemade treats I cannot eat. Not very nice. Will they last in the freezer for another 4 or 5 weeks? Hna Rosa Magana hasn't been available for teaching. And isn't progressing much...so it looks like I might not get any treats for my birthday. >sad face< But life goes on. Maybe I'll receive the package today or tomorrow at the transfer meeting.
We haven't really added to the investigator pool, but we are on the lookout. Hna P feels like the area is about to explode as she is on her way out. We had a really good lesson with Hna Roxana Magana. Hna P called it a DTR. We want the same things for her! A conviction of the prophet Joseph Smith. She was really focused in the lesson and showed a strong desire to act and know, which was great. She's grateful for our persistence. (we've been teaching her since the beginning!)
Hna Z is doing great. She fed us on Sunday because she is really sad to see Hna P leave. As is Hno Hndz. He was doing really well on the one big commandment he struggles with, then slipped up. But we have a great plan to help him overcome and be baptized. It's going to happen - we know it. Hna Z understands things well and has so much real desire to learn and understand. It makes lessons hard because she has so many questions and we have things to teach her, but on we go. We love her lots.
I think that's about everything. I've had a few restless nights where I kept thinking of all kinds of random things. Maybe I need to switch my pillow ;)
Thank you, thank you for all your love! I'm hoping for some letters from transfer meeting since haven't seen anything for a week or so. Sounds like you are all really busy in all kinds of things. Hurray. Say hi to Jana for me. I'd love to meet her - she sounds busy with you as tour guides. Don't you dare forget the little spiritual things that are essential for your salvation! I know this is God's true church. I know He loves and helps us. I know the scriptures have answers and power. I KNOW the Spirit can truly guide us. He should be everyone's senior companion!
Love to you all,
Hermana Green
Sunday, July 11, 2010
6 July 2010 - Eyes the color of the sea
Yep, family, that's what I have. According to Hna Z. She is pretty funny! Right in the middle of the lesson she pulls out that line. And then Hna P and I both remembered back to our first days together when so many people we were talking to in the streets mentioned my eyes. I don't know what has changed, but woo hoo!
We met Pres & Sis Cook on Friday. They are pretty great. Hna Cook sort of, kind of looks like you Mum. It took me a bit to put my finger on it. They took pictures with us and may send them home to you. I have a copy and we plan to print pictures next week. They are from Logan and have 8 children and have no idea what they are doing :) They are wonderful, but very different from the Bradys.
Thank you, thank you for all your love and support!! We don't have tons of investigators right now. We are working on looking for more. We have been knocking on doors of people that talked to missionaries a while back and said they were interested (maybe). It has been an adventure.
We survived just fine on our low funds. Yes, I have money in my personal account but would prefer to not use it. I'm learning all kinds of good lessons on the mission - doing fine with less, going without "essentials", and eating healthier.
Speaking of, we decided to give up sweets and treats along with Hna Rosa giving up smoking (but our time limit was until her baptism.) We stopped by and she was not available for the lesson at all so we haven't talked to her about it. We aren't sure now because she was breaking other important commandments. We actually haven't met with them for a few days now :( Things have changed and we are out of the loop. But what a big sacrifice it will be to give up sweets and treats!! And I realized it is almost my birthday. Hna P's grand solution = they follow through with their baptismal date on July 24 and we have a big cake and ice cream afterward. Yum! We shall see how things go.
Today is rainy and colder. Oh and there are changes in the sisters' clothing rules. Worldwide. One is that nylons are now optional. How crazy is that?! I'm not sure about it - I would feel a little undefended. But when the heat of summer comes I may be very grateful. Oh and the church is changing their preparation for missionaries in a super cool way. A pre-MTC curriculum with PMG so the missionaries go in knowing the doctrine and are trained in the MTC on teaching with the Spirit. So inspired!! Hna P and I have been working on that and have gotten lots better. Hna Roxana Magana told us we are good teachers and explain things well in our lesson on Sunday. Why thank you. It's senior companion, completely.
Oh yeah. Happy 4th of July!! It just made things a touch harder - not as many people home and lots of people out and about that evening - we didn't feel quite as safe in our normal neighborhood. We went to church and taught people the gospel to celebrate :) We did sing 1 verse of the Star Spangled Banner in English at the end of Sacrament meeting. It was powerful and neat. Heavenly Father really did give us this precious, free land. He blesses us in so many ways!
I love you all and hope you are still doing well in your reading and prayers. And how about that temple trip? You should visit the temple in Mexico while you're there - that would be cool.
Love,
Hermana Green
We met Pres & Sis Cook on Friday. They are pretty great. Hna Cook sort of, kind of looks like you Mum. It took me a bit to put my finger on it. They took pictures with us and may send them home to you. I have a copy and we plan to print pictures next week. They are from Logan and have 8 children and have no idea what they are doing :) They are wonderful, but very different from the Bradys.
Thank you, thank you for all your love and support!! We don't have tons of investigators right now. We are working on looking for more. We have been knocking on doors of people that talked to missionaries a while back and said they were interested (maybe). It has been an adventure.
We survived just fine on our low funds. Yes, I have money in my personal account but would prefer to not use it. I'm learning all kinds of good lessons on the mission - doing fine with less, going without "essentials", and eating healthier.
Speaking of, we decided to give up sweets and treats along with Hna Rosa giving up smoking (but our time limit was until her baptism.) We stopped by and she was not available for the lesson at all so we haven't talked to her about it. We aren't sure now because she was breaking other important commandments. We actually haven't met with them for a few days now :( Things have changed and we are out of the loop. But what a big sacrifice it will be to give up sweets and treats!! And I realized it is almost my birthday. Hna P's grand solution = they follow through with their baptismal date on July 24 and we have a big cake and ice cream afterward. Yum! We shall see how things go.
Today is rainy and colder. Oh and there are changes in the sisters' clothing rules. Worldwide. One is that nylons are now optional. How crazy is that?! I'm not sure about it - I would feel a little undefended. But when the heat of summer comes I may be very grateful. Oh and the church is changing their preparation for missionaries in a super cool way. A pre-MTC curriculum with PMG so the missionaries go in knowing the doctrine and are trained in the MTC on teaching with the Spirit. So inspired!! Hna P and I have been working on that and have gotten lots better. Hna Roxana Magana told us we are good teachers and explain things well in our lesson on Sunday. Why thank you. It's senior companion, completely.
Oh yeah. Happy 4th of July!! It just made things a touch harder - not as many people home and lots of people out and about that evening - we didn't feel quite as safe in our normal neighborhood. We went to church and taught people the gospel to celebrate :) We did sing 1 verse of the Star Spangled Banner in English at the end of Sacrament meeting. It was powerful and neat. Heavenly Father really did give us this precious, free land. He blesses us in so many ways!
I love you all and hope you are still doing well in your reading and prayers. And how about that temple trip? You should visit the temple in Mexico while you're there - that would be cool.
Love,
Hermana Green
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