Sorry I missed last weeks letter, I didn't have a P-day because we were flying out to the field that week. And I would have written yesterday, however the library was closed because of Columbus day. So today is our P-day instead. :)
Anyway, I am absolutely loving it here! My first area, and I have a brand spankin new CAR!! Its a white Chevy Cruze, 2014! And, guess who's the driver, this ELDER!! :) My companion doesn't have a license because he is from Samoa. His name is Elder Manase. I really like him a lot. He is very spiritual and soft spoken. Maybe that's because he is still learning english, I don't know, but he picked up the language really fast, so I can have a normal conversation with him. He is only 5 months into his mission, so I am the first person he gets to train. Whenever he finds a certain situation or person amusing, he has a little catch phrase, he will laugh and then say "So much fun". The way he says it makes me laugh every time. All in all, he is a great first companion and a very good trainer.
My area, and also where I am staying, I really lucked out on. Everybody here is so nice and we get fed dinner every single day by members. I am pretty sure I will never have to grocery shop while I am here. The lady my companion and I are staying with, her name is Sister Guyegos. She is a widow in her 70's and she is the nicest lady of all time! She cooks us breakfast every single morning, and it is always something good. I am so spoiled here, it is great :)
Oh, so I enter the area Wednesday afternoon, and my companion tells me we are speaking in sacrament this past Sunday, and I had to give a talk 16 to 18 minutes long talk on how to become more Christ-like. So that stressed me out really bad. However, in the end, the talk went great! :) Our Bishop is a super cool guy though, I can tell he will be a big help to us. :)
So far my companion and I have just been going around visiting a bunch of less active members and we aren't having much luck at all. :/ However one of the less actives we visited was praying for someone to give her a priesthood blessing because she just had plastic surgery on her face and was in a lot of pain. She said we were an answer to her prayer. :) My companion gave her a blessing in samoan, even though we couldn't understand, the spirit was so strong. Hopefully after that experience they will want to come back to church more often.
One other thing that happened that was really interesting happened yesterday. We tracked into a Jehovah's witness and had a 40 minute discussion at her door step. She was really nice but was really strong in her faith. We had no luck, but we gave her a Mormon.org card, which is something I guess. Anyways, everything is going super well and I am still continuing to learn and grow. Hope everybody is doing well back at home, I miss you all! :)
Elder Greer
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