So Thursday night around 6, we get a text from another set of elders nearby, asking if we could help with a move. Probably the most unorganized move I have ever done. It was for a non-member though, so that's good. She's a single Mom with 2 kids and unfortunately she got evicted from her apartment. So she had to get everything out of there that day.
The move took forever because nothing was packed in boxes, and there were only 3 sets of missionaries helping by the time we got there. (That includes us) Oh and she's putting everything into storage units and going to be living out of a motel for now. The poor lady needed a lot of help, and few people were there to help her. We finished the first load by about 10:20, and still had to take another load to the storage units. Oh, and by the way, the trailer we had was small and the units were packed terribly when we got there. It was just a huge mess.
We asked the lady if we could finish it tomorrow because its past our curfew. She said that the trailer needs to be back tomorrow at 5, but she works until 4:30, so it had to be done that night. This lady could not do it on her own. So we told our zone leaders, and they told us to get in as soon as possible because we have this thing in our car called tiwi, and it tracks you where you are, if your driving to aggressively, speeding and all other types of fun stuff haha. So they would know if we are out past curfew The zone leaders told us do what you feel is right but just know that you will get in trouble for this. We both felt that the right thing to do was to help her, so we did.
We gave the vehicle coordinator a heads up that we will be out late. We didn't end up finishing the move until 1 AM! It took forever and we were so tired the next day. She was EXTREMELY grateful for our help, and we were glad we were able to help her. My companion was a little nervous the next day that he was going to get chewed out, but I told him that if it was the right thing to do, then the lord will take care of it. We took the initiative of calling the APs the next day and telling them what went down. They were totally okay with it. My comp was shocked that his head didn't get chewed off haha. The Lord obviously wanted us to help that lady and good things will come from it I'm sure. Anyways, thats my crazy story.
The rest of the week we spent doing little service projects here and there. We had a really good day on Sunday. We taught a member's non-member boyfriend about eternal families. The parents asked us to because they are thinking about getting married and they want their daughter to get married in the temple. So That lesson went really well. It was very spiritual for the family but the non-member didn't say much. He had the look on his face like he was to cool for this type of stuff, but hopefully he will turn around.
We also taught mission prep class that evening. More and more people keep showing up. It is so exciting! We had a kid from a different stake show up for it haha! Its getting huge! This week we had the kids role play the first vision. Some of them did super well and we gave them the challenge to invite their friends to hear the lessons. It's turning out so well. I'm so excited to see what all sparks from this. The youth are the best missionaries. :) Helping them out has been such a blessing
I got to go now. I hope you all have a wonderful week and know that I love and miss all of you! :)
Elder Greer
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