Hello Hello,
I hope everyone had a Holly Jolly Christmas! This is the story of my life but it's going to be another quick e-mail today. Thank you all for the thoughtful gifts this Holiday season. My first Christmas away from home and it actually went very well. I'm looking forward to one more Christmas in the field!
I'll try to send some pictures off next week if I can since I'm past due! Also transfer calls are next Monday so I most likely won't be able to write until Tuesday. I feel that I could stay in Leander for another transfer but a lot of the other Sisters seem to think I'll go. It'll be interesting to see what happens :)
One of the things our Mission President asked us to do in our interviews with him this transfer is to pray and ask Heavenly Father what His will is for us. And also to ask for direction and guidance on the things He would have us do in this New Year. I would also echo my Mission President and ask all of you to consider some of the things your heart desires and then to pray to our Heavenly Father and ask Him for help. We already know the path and the great thing is that we don't have to walk it alone. If we sincerely ask, God will not withhold His blessings from us.
I'm excited to see how this year will unfold. 2009 flew by and before we know it we'll be preparing for 2011. I love (ya'll) and look forward to hearing from you. As always thank you for your love and support. 2010 is going to be a wonderful year. I can feel it!
Until next week,
Sister Green
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Hello Hello,
Because we will be spending the day in San Antonio tomorrow for Christmas Conference our P-day ends at 2 instead of 6 which means, another short e-mail this week.
This past week we've seen some awesome miracles in our area and in our disrtict. We've set goals to find more investigators and this Thursday we found a sweet familt of 6. the mom and the Grandma were not really interested at first (and the mom still isn't) but the mom allowed us to teach her four kids ages 10, 11, 12, & 13. We've taught them twice now and during the second lesson the grandma came and sat down and she read from the Book of Mormon with us. Three of the kids came to church yesterday and they loved it. The mom and grandma are Catholics but they're really nice feel that the children are old enough to choose their own religion.
We have a few other investigators as well and we've been working with them to help them progress and prepare for baptism. Heavenly Father has really blessed us and he's made up for the things we are lacking.
Other than that nothing new except of course Christmas Conference which I am so excited for!I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week and a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for all that you do.
Love,
Sister Green
Because we will be spending the day in San Antonio tomorrow for Christmas Conference our P-day ends at 2 instead of 6 which means, another short e-mail this week.
This past week we've seen some awesome miracles in our area and in our disrtict. We've set goals to find more investigators and this Thursday we found a sweet familt of 6. the mom and the Grandma were not really interested at first (and the mom still isn't) but the mom allowed us to teach her four kids ages 10, 11, 12, & 13. We've taught them twice now and during the second lesson the grandma came and sat down and she read from the Book of Mormon with us. Three of the kids came to church yesterday and they loved it. The mom and grandma are Catholics but they're really nice feel that the children are old enough to choose their own religion.
We have a few other investigators as well and we've been working with them to help them progress and prepare for baptism. Heavenly Father has really blessed us and he's made up for the things we are lacking.
Other than that nothing new except of course Christmas Conference which I am so excited for!I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week and a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for all that you do.
Love,
Sister Green
Monday, December 14, 2009
Hello all,
Super quick e-mail this week. I always spend a lot of time on here so I'm trying to go faster for my companion. We have an activity we need to be to by 1:30 for a couple of missionaries b-day celebrations and we still need to go grocery shopping after this.
Things continue to go well here in Leander. It's been challenging to get our investigators to progress but we just need to keep working with them.
We have president interviews this Wednesday which I love. I have so many questions and I always like getting his advice.
Christmas Conference is coming up a week from Tuesday and our whole mission will be getting together for a day. I'm really excited.
Sorry again for the shortness of theis e-mail but as always i love you all and hope you have a wonderful week.
Sister Green
P.S. all of you who are sick or feeling under the weather, i hope you get feeling better:)
Super quick e-mail this week. I always spend a lot of time on here so I'm trying to go faster for my companion. We have an activity we need to be to by 1:30 for a couple of missionaries b-day celebrations and we still need to go grocery shopping after this.
Things continue to go well here in Leander. It's been challenging to get our investigators to progress but we just need to keep working with them.
We have president interviews this Wednesday which I love. I have so many questions and I always like getting his advice.
Christmas Conference is coming up a week from Tuesday and our whole mission will be getting together for a day. I'm really excited.
Sorry again for the shortness of theis e-mail but as always i love you all and hope you have a wonderful week.
Sister Green
P.S. all of you who are sick or feeling under the weather, i hope you get feeling better:)
Monday, December 7, 2009
Hello Hello,
Wow, writing to my wonderful family never gets old! I enjoy hearing from all of you and I look forward to Monday mornings! I don't have a lot of time to write today but this past week went exceptionally well. I have to admit that around the holiday season I've thought a lot about all of you and at times have wished to be where you are; but I'm realizing more and more the importance and the significance of my purpose as a missionary. It took me awhile but I can honestly say that "I know" that I am exactly where I need to be.
This past week we had Zone Conference where we get together with other missionaries and our zone leaders teach us and help us find ways to improve. One of our zone leaders talked about purifying our hearts and sanctifying ourselves. He talked about how that purifying can cause us to see our Savior and "know" that he lives. He said that when we see him it's like we will see ourselves because in that moment we are just like him, pure.
I have a difficult time telling it in an e-mail but I loved it and they also talked about faithful dedicated service and about how it is important to yield our hearts to God.
After zone conference I told myself that I was going to lose myself in the work and focus my thoughts on helping others. My companion and I have been able to find a lot of people to teach this week and we've set goals as a zone, district, and companionship to measure our progress.
As we've taught the gospel to people this week and have helped them come to understand the nature of God and of the love He and our Savior have for them, I cannot explain in words what that has done to my heart. I have compassion for them and I have a desire to help them learn more.
Last night my companion and I taught a lady who has two autistic sons between 4 and 7. We met her about a week ago when we were knocking and we introduced ourselves as missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ. She told us she wasn't interested because she had two autistic sons and she brought one of them to the door to prove to us that talking to them would be a waste of time. My companion and I bore testimony to her that we are all sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father regardless of who we are, where we come from, or what we look like and we promised that the gospel would bless her life and give her strength. She agreed to have us come back and we met with her again last night.
She told us about her life and about being a single mother. She wasn't bitter and she realized and acknowleged the blessings in her life. She also told us about times where she felt peace and comfort when things were really tough and also about times where she felt without any hesistation that she had been guided to make certain decisions that ended up helping her along the way. We were able to teach her a brief restoration and it was great to help her learn more about her worth as a daughter of God.
Being a missionary reminds me of a General Conference talk titled "Teaching Helps save Lives". My companion and I have only just begun to help this woman and others like her but through our faithful and dedicated service we can help them come closer to and understand the love our Heavenly Father has for all of us.
I love you guys,
Sister Green
Wow, writing to my wonderful family never gets old! I enjoy hearing from all of you and I look forward to Monday mornings! I don't have a lot of time to write today but this past week went exceptionally well. I have to admit that around the holiday season I've thought a lot about all of you and at times have wished to be where you are; but I'm realizing more and more the importance and the significance of my purpose as a missionary. It took me awhile but I can honestly say that "I know" that I am exactly where I need to be.
This past week we had Zone Conference where we get together with other missionaries and our zone leaders teach us and help us find ways to improve. One of our zone leaders talked about purifying our hearts and sanctifying ourselves. He talked about how that purifying can cause us to see our Savior and "know" that he lives. He said that when we see him it's like we will see ourselves because in that moment we are just like him, pure.
I have a difficult time telling it in an e-mail but I loved it and they also talked about faithful dedicated service and about how it is important to yield our hearts to God.
After zone conference I told myself that I was going to lose myself in the work and focus my thoughts on helping others. My companion and I have been able to find a lot of people to teach this week and we've set goals as a zone, district, and companionship to measure our progress.
As we've taught the gospel to people this week and have helped them come to understand the nature of God and of the love He and our Savior have for them, I cannot explain in words what that has done to my heart. I have compassion for them and I have a desire to help them learn more.
Last night my companion and I taught a lady who has two autistic sons between 4 and 7. We met her about a week ago when we were knocking and we introduced ourselves as missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ. She told us she wasn't interested because she had two autistic sons and she brought one of them to the door to prove to us that talking to them would be a waste of time. My companion and I bore testimony to her that we are all sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father regardless of who we are, where we come from, or what we look like and we promised that the gospel would bless her life and give her strength. She agreed to have us come back and we met with her again last night.
She told us about her life and about being a single mother. She wasn't bitter and she realized and acknowleged the blessings in her life. She also told us about times where she felt peace and comfort when things were really tough and also about times where she felt without any hesistation that she had been guided to make certain decisions that ended up helping her along the way. We were able to teach her a brief restoration and it was great to help her learn more about her worth as a daughter of God.
Being a missionary reminds me of a General Conference talk titled "Teaching Helps save Lives". My companion and I have only just begun to help this woman and others like her but through our faithful and dedicated service we can help them come closer to and understand the love our Heavenly Father has for all of us.
I love you guys,
Sister Green
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