Anyways, there was this one potential investigator we had an appointment with, so we go there and her two little kids answered the door (she's a single mom). So, her kids tell her mom we are at the door, and her mom tells her kids to tell us one moment. Anyways, 10 minutes later she still hasn't come out, so we knock again. Kids answer the door, same thing. We ended up standing out there for 40 minutes! At that point we were just like forget it, and we left. We came back the next day though, and we knocked, no answer but we can hear them inside. We knocked again, and no answer. Needless to say I just think she wasn't interested, haha.
Even though this week was pretty unsuccessful, it was a great week because, on Thursday night we had a devotional for the missionaries, and all the ward auxiliary leaders, with a guest speaker from the 1st quorum of the 70. Elder Bowen! He is such an amazing speaker! Dad, I wish you were there, because this devotional mostly pertained to the ward auxiliary leaders and ward missionaries. He talked about how important it is for members to work with the missionaries in sharing the gospel. Then he asked the missionaries, how long we are going to be here for. We replied 24 and 18 months. Then he asked the members, how long they will be here for. Longer than that for sure. He then said, we are the part time missionaries, and the members are the full time missionaries. Just because you dont wear a tag, doesn't not make you a missionary. Paint one on your heart and remember the baptismal covenants you made, one of them was to stand as a witness of God at all times, so that makes you a missionary for life! :)
The next day we had a mission tour with Elder Bowen again, but this time it was just for the missionaries. He stressed on the importance of keeping all the covenants we made so far. And then he talked about how when we are baptized we are adopted in the Abrahamic covenant and how we can receive all the blessings Abraham received if we continue to stay righteous. Anyways after we all got to meet him, we talked for a little, while which was awesome! I got to talk to a general authority!
Afterwards, when he was leaving, I went up to him and said, this will be the last time I ever see you again huh? He smiled and responded, until the next life. I was kinda bummed and said okay, well say hi to Elder Holland for me! He laughed and said okay, I actually work on the same floor as him. I was stunned and said no way, so since I know you personally now, does this mean I get an in? He laughed, looked at me, pointed up and said, your only in...Is through Him. It was awesome, I will never forget that, such words of wisdom haha.
On Saturday I attended my first funeral ever. Some elderly lady I didn't, know who served a mission here in colorado springs, died. It was kinda sad, but happy at the same time, because you know she is in a better place now and she received all the necessary ordinances to make it to the Celestial Kingdom. So yeah, that was interesting. But what made this week even more fun, was the fact that I got to see a lot of my friends that I came out with from the MTC! :) But not all of them, because some were hours away. The mission tour had to be split into two days.
Anyways, I'll end with Curtis and Janay. We got to see Curtis on Saturday, he is having 2 surgeries this week, one for his eye, and one for his stomach. He isn't doing so well right now, so please continue to pray for him, and that his baptism will go through.
Janay on the other hand, we gave her a book of mormon and told her to read and pray about it. She accepted the invitation, and we have a follow up appointment with her tomorrow! Please pray that that will go through also haha.
I hope you all are doing well and aren't missing me to much. ;) I absolutely love it out here, every day is a growing experience, and I become closer to my Heavenly Father as I learn to rely on him more often.
I love you all and miss you so much!
Elder Greer
"The formula for faith is to hold on, work on, see it through, and let the distress of earlier hours - real or imagined - fall away in the abundance of the final reward" -Jeffery R. Holland
One of Andrew's New Ties We Sent Him
He and His Companion Got A Kick Out of This Old VW Bus
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