Hello,
Transfer week was great. My new companion is Sister Mauer. She's from Carson City Nevada and she's been out a little over six months. Things have gone well so far and we're excited for another transfer. At transfer meeting this Thursday the Assistants testified of the inspired placement of each of us in our areas. This was President Jones' first transfer cycle and he sought diligently to do the Lord's will concerning each of us. It's been comforting and reassuring to work with Sister Mauer these past few days and to have the Spirit testify to me that the Lord is guiding our leaders and will guide us in our companionship as well.
This week we've been blessed to recognize and understand moments where the power of the Atonement was in effect. We're teaching a woman named Nicole who the Elders found a couple weeks ago. She lives in the same apartment complex that they do and she told us that the night before she met the Elders, she had been praying for the Lord's help in her life. When the Elders saw her the next day, she listened, and she was willing to act.
I've been impressed with the ability some people have to forsake a lifetime of bad habits when they learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm learning the importance of fully submitting our will to Heavenly Father so that we can fully receive and take part in the blessings of the Atonement. Our Savior gave His all and He asks us to give all we can in return, promising us that He will make up the difference.
This is a lesson I struggle with but being around people who are literally thirsting for knowledge, pure love, truth, forgiveness, and many other things we can receive from our Savior; I've been inspired to work and be better.
One of my favorite scriptures in the Book of Mormon is 2 Nephi 26:24..."He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.
I love you all,
Sister Green
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
08/03/10
Hello Family,
Transfer week has arrived again and we received our calls last night. Sister Christensen is leaving and I will be staying here for at least another transfer. We'll find out who our new companions are this Thursday. We ended the transfer well and this past week we've seen many miracles.
One came this Friday. We were in a neighborhood trying to contact a few people but no one answered. We saw a man on his phone and we went to go talk to him. I usually am a little apprehensive about talking to people who are on the phone because most people don't like it, but we've been desperately looking for people to teach and nothing happens in missionary work until we find someone.
When we walked up he immediately told the person he was on the phone with that he had to let them go and then he allowed us to introduce ourselves. He told us his name was Peter and that he'd been taught by the missionaries a few years ago in San Antonio but they didn't move forward, because he couldn't stop smoking. He's a truck driver and is on the road a lot. He has a lot of time to think and he told us he knows he needs to change and wants to start learning about the church again and stop smoking.
We prayed and shared a brief restoration and talked about some of the things he remembered from when the Elders were teaching him. We invited him out to church and he seemed really excited to come. We planned to give him a call Saturday night to remind him but our night was full and it slipped our minds. After our PEC Meeting on Sunday we called him and he said he was on his way out the door. He showed up about fifteen minutes before church started and he loved it! We'd planned to meet up with him again this week and later that afternoon he left Sister Christensen and I a message thanking us for finding and inviting him to come out to church. It was great.
As you all know it was fast and testimony meeting this week and I always get a little nervous to have investigators there but it was a really spiritual meeting. I felt Saturday night that I should share my testimony (which is something I'd never done) and I felt that I should talk about the Atonement. When the meeting started my heart was pounding and it went even faster when it was time to share our testimonies. One of the Elders went to share his testimony and he spoke about the Atonement. His companion who is going home this week also went and talked about the Atonement. The Spirit was so overwhelming and I knew I needed to get up and talk about the Atonement too. So I did; and it was great. Sister Christensen also bore her testimony and everyone kept telling us how good it was to hear from the missionaries. I love fast and testimony meeting. I feel that I got so much more out of this one because I shared something that's been developing. It reminds me of a quote by President Monson regarding testimonies where he basically said as we share them they grow but when we don't we could lose what we have.
Another Sister in the ward shared her testimony and some of her comments are forever embedded in my mind. She told us a few nights ago she was on the phone with one of her friends and her friend asked her why she was a member of the Mormon church. She compared her desire to live the gospel to breathing and she said "If you breathe you stay alive, so why wouldn't you want to breathe?" and then she said "If you live the principles of the gospel you will have true happiness, so why wouldn't you live it"? It's simple but it made a lot of sense to me.
Later Sunday evening we attended a wedding that was for a couple the Elders found knocking a few weeks ago, they've been taking the lessons and will be baptized next week. Miracles are happening for sure in our little Zone and Mission. My testimony of the Lord preparing people to receive His gospel has been strengthened a lot this past week.
I feel like I could write forever but I'll let you go now. Thank you for your prayers and for all of your support. Have a great week.
Love you guys,
Sister Green
P.S. I attached a few pictures. The first one is with a member in my last area (Sister Alvarado) and the other two were taken on my birthday...Don't mind the crooked candles on the cake:)
Transfer week has arrived again and we received our calls last night. Sister Christensen is leaving and I will be staying here for at least another transfer. We'll find out who our new companions are this Thursday. We ended the transfer well and this past week we've seen many miracles.
One came this Friday. We were in a neighborhood trying to contact a few people but no one answered. We saw a man on his phone and we went to go talk to him. I usually am a little apprehensive about talking to people who are on the phone because most people don't like it, but we've been desperately looking for people to teach and nothing happens in missionary work until we find someone.
When we walked up he immediately told the person he was on the phone with that he had to let them go and then he allowed us to introduce ourselves. He told us his name was Peter and that he'd been taught by the missionaries a few years ago in San Antonio but they didn't move forward, because he couldn't stop smoking. He's a truck driver and is on the road a lot. He has a lot of time to think and he told us he knows he needs to change and wants to start learning about the church again and stop smoking.
We prayed and shared a brief restoration and talked about some of the things he remembered from when the Elders were teaching him. We invited him out to church and he seemed really excited to come. We planned to give him a call Saturday night to remind him but our night was full and it slipped our minds. After our PEC Meeting on Sunday we called him and he said he was on his way out the door. He showed up about fifteen minutes before church started and he loved it! We'd planned to meet up with him again this week and later that afternoon he left Sister Christensen and I a message thanking us for finding and inviting him to come out to church. It was great.
As you all know it was fast and testimony meeting this week and I always get a little nervous to have investigators there but it was a really spiritual meeting. I felt Saturday night that I should share my testimony (which is something I'd never done) and I felt that I should talk about the Atonement. When the meeting started my heart was pounding and it went even faster when it was time to share our testimonies. One of the Elders went to share his testimony and he spoke about the Atonement. His companion who is going home this week also went and talked about the Atonement. The Spirit was so overwhelming and I knew I needed to get up and talk about the Atonement too. So I did; and it was great. Sister Christensen also bore her testimony and everyone kept telling us how good it was to hear from the missionaries. I love fast and testimony meeting. I feel that I got so much more out of this one because I shared something that's been developing. It reminds me of a quote by President Monson regarding testimonies where he basically said as we share them they grow but when we don't we could lose what we have.
Another Sister in the ward shared her testimony and some of her comments are forever embedded in my mind. She told us a few nights ago she was on the phone with one of her friends and her friend asked her why she was a member of the Mormon church. She compared her desire to live the gospel to breathing and she said "If you breathe you stay alive, so why wouldn't you want to breathe?" and then she said "If you live the principles of the gospel you will have true happiness, so why wouldn't you live it"? It's simple but it made a lot of sense to me.
Later Sunday evening we attended a wedding that was for a couple the Elders found knocking a few weeks ago, they've been taking the lessons and will be baptized next week. Miracles are happening for sure in our little Zone and Mission. My testimony of the Lord preparing people to receive His gospel has been strengthened a lot this past week.
I feel like I could write forever but I'll let you go now. Thank you for your prayers and for all of your support. Have a great week.
Love you guys,
Sister Green
P.S. I attached a few pictures. The first one is with a member in my last area (Sister Alvarado) and the other two were taken on my birthday...Don't mind the crooked candles on the cake:)
Monday, August 2, 2010
07/26/10
Wow,
Today has been a really great day so far. I feel very loved. I opened my e-mail this afternoon to tons of letters from all of you; my loved ones. Thank you for your support. It feels good.
This week has also gone well. Some of the investigators we've been teaching are slipping a little bit and it's been difficult to help them progress. Halfway during the week I got a little discouraged feeling that we were not fulfilling our purpose and I started to change my prayers. I wanted to do good and help someone so I told Heavenly Father I knew He could help us find people that would receive us, and I tried to focus more when we were out tracting.
One morning Sister Christensen and I walked to a trailer park close to our apartment complex. We'd knocked a little of it before but there were still some parts we hadn't touched. To start no one was too interested and some people who saw us coming went inside because they didn't want to talk to us....Good thing we were "knocking doors", we got to talk to them anyway:) On our way we started to pass a car that was parked next to a trailer. I glanced over as we walked by and saw a man sitting in the driver's seat. The window was partially rolled down so I went up to him and said hello. We began to talk to him and he told us he had a friend in high school who was a member and he would ask him questions all the time. He's now in his thirty's I believe and he hadn't heard anything about the church since.
We told him a little about the gospel and he opened up and asked us the famous question "If there truly is a God, then why does He allow bad things to happen"? He told us about some of the problems he was having in his family and he felt that no matter how hard he tried to keep them close it seemed like nothing worked. We told him about how God has called another prophet on the earth to help us with the different things we are going through today and also to help us know how we can strengthen our family relationships.
We gave him a pamphlet and The Family Proclamation and he told us it was comforting to hear something good. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. I love sharing the gospel. I love being an instrument in the Lord's hands in helping others experience true joy.Since that day Sister Christensen and I have had several more experiences throughout the week where we've been led to people who were willing to listen. It's been great.
Thank you all again for remembering me. Have a great week:)
I love you guys,
Sister Green
Today has been a really great day so far. I feel very loved. I opened my e-mail this afternoon to tons of letters from all of you; my loved ones. Thank you for your support. It feels good.
This week has also gone well. Some of the investigators we've been teaching are slipping a little bit and it's been difficult to help them progress. Halfway during the week I got a little discouraged feeling that we were not fulfilling our purpose and I started to change my prayers. I wanted to do good and help someone so I told Heavenly Father I knew He could help us find people that would receive us, and I tried to focus more when we were out tracting.
One morning Sister Christensen and I walked to a trailer park close to our apartment complex. We'd knocked a little of it before but there were still some parts we hadn't touched. To start no one was too interested and some people who saw us coming went inside because they didn't want to talk to us....Good thing we were "knocking doors", we got to talk to them anyway:) On our way we started to pass a car that was parked next to a trailer. I glanced over as we walked by and saw a man sitting in the driver's seat. The window was partially rolled down so I went up to him and said hello. We began to talk to him and he told us he had a friend in high school who was a member and he would ask him questions all the time. He's now in his thirty's I believe and he hadn't heard anything about the church since.
We told him a little about the gospel and he opened up and asked us the famous question "If there truly is a God, then why does He allow bad things to happen"? He told us about some of the problems he was having in his family and he felt that no matter how hard he tried to keep them close it seemed like nothing worked. We told him about how God has called another prophet on the earth to help us with the different things we are going through today and also to help us know how we can strengthen our family relationships.
We gave him a pamphlet and The Family Proclamation and he told us it was comforting to hear something good. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. I love sharing the gospel. I love being an instrument in the Lord's hands in helping others experience true joy.Since that day Sister Christensen and I have had several more experiences throughout the week where we've been led to people who were willing to listen. It's been great.
Thank you all again for remembering me. Have a great week:)
I love you guys,
Sister Green
Monday, July 19, 2010
07/19/10
Hello Family,
This week was nice. All week things happen and I'm excited to share it but then I get here and I always seem to have a block when I sit down. People are getting really excited about Pioneer Day this week. We're meeting in a town named Kyle (about 20 min. North of San Marco) at a place called Texas Old Town and from 5-11 there's going to be lots of everything there. We've met people who aren't members who say they've either been before or are planning on going. Sister Christensen and I will go if any of our investigators go but if not then there are other things we can do with our time.
Nothing too new to report. Sorry my e-mail is short but I have to get going. Life is good:)
Love you all,
Sister Green
This week was nice. All week things happen and I'm excited to share it but then I get here and I always seem to have a block when I sit down. People are getting really excited about Pioneer Day this week. We're meeting in a town named Kyle (about 20 min. North of San Marco) at a place called Texas Old Town and from 5-11 there's going to be lots of everything there. We've met people who aren't members who say they've either been before or are planning on going. Sister Christensen and I will go if any of our investigators go but if not then there are other things we can do with our time.
Nothing too new to report. Sorry my e-mail is short but I have to get going. Life is good:)
Love you all,
Sister Green
07/12/10
Hello family,
Zone Conference this week went well. The Jones are a great family. They came here with four of the six children they have. (12, 15, 17 & 22). Their daughter, the 22 year old will be getting married at the end of the month here in Texas and then she'll go back to California with her husband.
I'm really excited for everything. When President Jones was talking he told us about the process they went through when he was called to be a Mission President and testified of his and our calls to serve in Texas. There are a few changes that are going to be taking place in the Mission, issued by the First Presidency but we're looking forward to it. We will no longer be having Zone Conferences or President interviews once a transfer, it's been changed to once every 3 months. President said the purpose of this was so he would have more time to be in the field with us.
We're continuing to work with our investigators and helping them prepare for baptism. There isn't really anything too new to report on this week but things are moving forward. I don't have a lot of time to write today but I love you all.
Have a good week,
Sister Green
Zone Conference this week went well. The Jones are a great family. They came here with four of the six children they have. (12, 15, 17 & 22). Their daughter, the 22 year old will be getting married at the end of the month here in Texas and then she'll go back to California with her husband.
I'm really excited for everything. When President Jones was talking he told us about the process they went through when he was called to be a Mission President and testified of his and our calls to serve in Texas. There are a few changes that are going to be taking place in the Mission, issued by the First Presidency but we're looking forward to it. We will no longer be having Zone Conferences or President interviews once a transfer, it's been changed to once every 3 months. President said the purpose of this was so he would have more time to be in the field with us.
We're continuing to work with our investigators and helping them prepare for baptism. There isn't really anything too new to report on this week but things are moving forward. I don't have a lot of time to write today but I love you all.
Have a good week,
Sister Green
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
07/05/10
Hello hello,
Another great week here in the TSAM (Texas San Antonio Mission). The Jones' arrived on Wednesday and the Cutler's left Thursday. Wednesday night President Cutler sent all of us a message that read "Elders and Sisters, the Jones' have arrived safely. They are wonderful. We love you all and you are in our prayers. We are now signing off...God be with you til we meet again! Love Pres and Sis Cutler and family." My pillow got a little wet that night.
We get to meet and hear from the Jones' this Wednesday for our first Zone Conference of the month/transfer up in Austin. President Jones already sounds great. Because of the holiday weekend the library is closed and we hadn't heard from our Zone Leaders about using members computers or not so we called President Jones. He was very nice. I'm looking forward to seeing him in person.
One of our investigators Ginger Griggs, got really sick on Friday. She's on Oxygen and she's also in a wheelchair. She has C.O.P.D. She's told us several times what it is but it still hasn't clicked yet. It was really humid on Saturday and we'd planned to have a church tour with her before Sunday but she called us during our lunch and told us she wasn't going to make it because she was having a difficult time breathing and the humidity would make it worse. A thought came in my mind to ask her if she wanted a blessing but I didn't and we hung up. I kept thinking about it and I thought "why not?" I said a quick prayer asking for the right words to say and help for her to understand and I called her back. (Only a few minutes had gone by). I asked her if she wanted a blessing and it went silent. She said she didn't know what that was so I explained it briefly and asked her again and she said "That sounds good." We called people in the ward and several men were available and willing to help out. They showed up within the hour and were able to give Ginger a blessing. The Spirit was nice. She's doing better and we have another appointment with her tomorrow.
In our weekly missionary meeting we talked about setting goals in our companionship that will help us be better this transfer. In our companionship study Sister Christensen and I were praying about it and we opened up the scriptures to Jacob 1:19 which says: "And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day." This is good incentive to not be lazy:) and it's now our theme for the transfer and hopefully for the rest of our missions. It's really helped us to refocus and try a little harder.
On Saturday Sister Christensen and I went knocking in a neighborhood we haven't really working in much. We had been knocking for about and hour and we only had a few more houses left when we met three college-aged guys Colby, Ben, and Cameron who were outside. They had just gotten back from the lake that's not too far from here and everyone always goes there. They told us that they'd never talked to missionaries before but Ben has an aunt who is Mormon. Colby's father is a Methodist minister and Cameron was raised Methodist as well I believe. They allowed us to share more with them and we said a prayer and began to talk about the restoration. They like most people were surprised to hear that we have a living prophet on the earth and hadn't heard about him until then. We invited them to pray and promised them that if they did with a sincere desire to know, Heavenly Father would help them. I love the Spirit. I love that I can open my mouth and speak truth and that truth can be carried to all who hear it. My heart is growing.
Hope you all had a wonderful fourth of July holiday. Yesterday was a bit tough because everyone was preparing to be with their families for the day. Sister Christensen and I were able to meet two sisters who were cleaning out their car at a gas station and we talked to them for a few minutes. One of the Sisters Lydia, has two sons in prison and the other Sister Nina, just lost one of her daughters. They're not from here but they let us pray with them and we shared the Plan of Salvation pamphlet with them as well. We tried to reassure them of our Saviors and Heavenly Father's love for them. I can't wait to see what will come of all the pass-along cards, pamphlets, and Books of Mormon that have been given to people.
It's been a great week.
Love you guys,
Sister Green
Another great week here in the TSAM (Texas San Antonio Mission). The Jones' arrived on Wednesday and the Cutler's left Thursday. Wednesday night President Cutler sent all of us a message that read "Elders and Sisters, the Jones' have arrived safely. They are wonderful. We love you all and you are in our prayers. We are now signing off...God be with you til we meet again! Love Pres and Sis Cutler and family." My pillow got a little wet that night.
We get to meet and hear from the Jones' this Wednesday for our first Zone Conference of the month/transfer up in Austin. President Jones already sounds great. Because of the holiday weekend the library is closed and we hadn't heard from our Zone Leaders about using members computers or not so we called President Jones. He was very nice. I'm looking forward to seeing him in person.
One of our investigators Ginger Griggs, got really sick on Friday. She's on Oxygen and she's also in a wheelchair. She has C.O.P.D. She's told us several times what it is but it still hasn't clicked yet. It was really humid on Saturday and we'd planned to have a church tour with her before Sunday but she called us during our lunch and told us she wasn't going to make it because she was having a difficult time breathing and the humidity would make it worse. A thought came in my mind to ask her if she wanted a blessing but I didn't and we hung up. I kept thinking about it and I thought "why not?" I said a quick prayer asking for the right words to say and help for her to understand and I called her back. (Only a few minutes had gone by). I asked her if she wanted a blessing and it went silent. She said she didn't know what that was so I explained it briefly and asked her again and she said "That sounds good." We called people in the ward and several men were available and willing to help out. They showed up within the hour and were able to give Ginger a blessing. The Spirit was nice. She's doing better and we have another appointment with her tomorrow.
In our weekly missionary meeting we talked about setting goals in our companionship that will help us be better this transfer. In our companionship study Sister Christensen and I were praying about it and we opened up the scriptures to Jacob 1:19 which says: "And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day." This is good incentive to not be lazy:) and it's now our theme for the transfer and hopefully for the rest of our missions. It's really helped us to refocus and try a little harder.
On Saturday Sister Christensen and I went knocking in a neighborhood we haven't really working in much. We had been knocking for about and hour and we only had a few more houses left when we met three college-aged guys Colby, Ben, and Cameron who were outside. They had just gotten back from the lake that's not too far from here and everyone always goes there. They told us that they'd never talked to missionaries before but Ben has an aunt who is Mormon. Colby's father is a Methodist minister and Cameron was raised Methodist as well I believe. They allowed us to share more with them and we said a prayer and began to talk about the restoration. They like most people were surprised to hear that we have a living prophet on the earth and hadn't heard about him until then. We invited them to pray and promised them that if they did with a sincere desire to know, Heavenly Father would help them. I love the Spirit. I love that I can open my mouth and speak truth and that truth can be carried to all who hear it. My heart is growing.
Hope you all had a wonderful fourth of July holiday. Yesterday was a bit tough because everyone was preparing to be with their families for the day. Sister Christensen and I were able to meet two sisters who were cleaning out their car at a gas station and we talked to them for a few minutes. One of the Sisters Lydia, has two sons in prison and the other Sister Nina, just lost one of her daughters. They're not from here but they let us pray with them and we shared the Plan of Salvation pamphlet with them as well. We tried to reassure them of our Saviors and Heavenly Father's love for them. I can't wait to see what will come of all the pass-along cards, pamphlets, and Books of Mormon that have been given to people.
It's been a great week.
Love you guys,
Sister Green
06/28/10
Hello,
It's been a busy but good transfer week. We had a lot of missionaries leave but we had the same amount come in. President and Sister Jones arrive this Wednesday with their family and President and Sister Cutler leave on Thursday; we're sad but excited. Sister Christensen and I were at a members house this morning and it was fun to see President Jones' name in the new Ensign for the month. There are a lot of new Mission Presidents this month.
We're continuing to see miracles and find people to teach. On Thursday we were trying to contact someone we found in our area book and we knocked on what we thought was her house. A man answered and he immediately invited us inside. His name is Eric and he's talked to missionaries on and off since 1998. He knew the woman we were looking for and told us she used to live in the building next door (which is identical to where he lives) but she had moved away. We got to know him a little bit and he began to tell us a little about his life. He's married but 3 weeks ago his wife left him and their three year old son Matthew, and now she wants a divorce. When he was talking I was praying to have Heavenly Father help us know what to say to him. All we could do was share our testimonies of our Savior Jesus Christ. We talked a little about the Atonement and read a few scriptures from the Book of Mormon about different people who were going through difficult times but found comfort in Christ.
He seemed to be doing a little better and as we prepared to leave we asked him if there was anything more we could do for him. He said he remembered how people in our church can give blessings and he asked if he had to be a member to receive one. We told him he was welcome to have one whenever he wanted and he requested for us to come back the next day (Friday).
Later that night we had a weekly meeting with our Ward Mission Leader and we talked about who would be best to fellowship Eric. We called the member our WML suggested, Brother Payne, and went with him to see Eric the next day. He's a young single adult and he was willing to help out. Eric told Brother Payne about some of the things he was going through and Brother Payne opened up and told him that he had gone through a similar experience which I hadn't known. I'm grateful and continue to be amazed at how aware Heavenly Father is of all of us.
The quote where an apostle says Heavenly Father is mindful of us bit it's usually through another person that he answers our needs, keeps going through my mind. There are a lot of people who are in need and I guess they stand out because I'm supposed to be looking for them. We never know it but people all around us are struggling with their individual battles. If we follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost we can be the comfort and support they've been hoping for. I'm grateful to have been in the right place to help bring comfort to someone in need. Sister Christensen and I are excited for our appointment with him in a couple days.
I'm looking forward to another transfer. Some things will be new and different but I'm excited. I'm enjoying every minute of sharing the gospel and being a missionary; even in the hottest of moments:). Thank you for your love and support. Love you all and hope you have a great week.
Happy 4th of July,
Sister Green
It's been a busy but good transfer week. We had a lot of missionaries leave but we had the same amount come in. President and Sister Jones arrive this Wednesday with their family and President and Sister Cutler leave on Thursday; we're sad but excited. Sister Christensen and I were at a members house this morning and it was fun to see President Jones' name in the new Ensign for the month. There are a lot of new Mission Presidents this month.
We're continuing to see miracles and find people to teach. On Thursday we were trying to contact someone we found in our area book and we knocked on what we thought was her house. A man answered and he immediately invited us inside. His name is Eric and he's talked to missionaries on and off since 1998. He knew the woman we were looking for and told us she used to live in the building next door (which is identical to where he lives) but she had moved away. We got to know him a little bit and he began to tell us a little about his life. He's married but 3 weeks ago his wife left him and their three year old son Matthew, and now she wants a divorce. When he was talking I was praying to have Heavenly Father help us know what to say to him. All we could do was share our testimonies of our Savior Jesus Christ. We talked a little about the Atonement and read a few scriptures from the Book of Mormon about different people who were going through difficult times but found comfort in Christ.
He seemed to be doing a little better and as we prepared to leave we asked him if there was anything more we could do for him. He said he remembered how people in our church can give blessings and he asked if he had to be a member to receive one. We told him he was welcome to have one whenever he wanted and he requested for us to come back the next day (Friday).
Later that night we had a weekly meeting with our Ward Mission Leader and we talked about who would be best to fellowship Eric. We called the member our WML suggested, Brother Payne, and went with him to see Eric the next day. He's a young single adult and he was willing to help out. Eric told Brother Payne about some of the things he was going through and Brother Payne opened up and told him that he had gone through a similar experience which I hadn't known. I'm grateful and continue to be amazed at how aware Heavenly Father is of all of us.
The quote where an apostle says Heavenly Father is mindful of us bit it's usually through another person that he answers our needs, keeps going through my mind. There are a lot of people who are in need and I guess they stand out because I'm supposed to be looking for them. We never know it but people all around us are struggling with their individual battles. If we follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost we can be the comfort and support they've been hoping for. I'm grateful to have been in the right place to help bring comfort to someone in need. Sister Christensen and I are excited for our appointment with him in a couple days.
I'm looking forward to another transfer. Some things will be new and different but I'm excited. I'm enjoying every minute of sharing the gospel and being a missionary; even in the hottest of moments:). Thank you for your love and support. Love you all and hope you have a great week.
Happy 4th of July,
Sister Green
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