Well, just Saturday I hit my 13 month mark being out in the mission field! So thats pretty exciting! The downward slope is already going by crazy fast. The days are long, but the weeks fly by. I am enjoying it way too much for it to go by fast.
So as you know, last week was really rough for me. I got the call from President that I'm getting emergency transferred to the Briargate ward, which isn't too bad since it's still in the same stake, so I'll see members from the Cordera ward here and there. :) I've come to grips with the fact that this is where the Lord needs me at this time, and I am excited to be serving here.
I was a pretty emotional wreck my first day, so my new companion was a big help. His name is Elder Seymour, he's a super nice kid, loves planes a lot, almost done with his mission as well. He's got about 4 months left. He's a little socially awkward, but he's a good missionary, and we get along pretty well. Anyways, that night he gave me a beautiful blessing, which helped me a lot. I received confirmation that this is what needs to happen.
So the members that we live with are pretty cool, the Williams family. My new address is:
Elder Andrew Greer
2420 Linenhall Court
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920
He is actually running for state secretary, so thats pretty cool, and they LOVE board games. Every night they play with a couple friends, it's nuts. They can stare at the game board for hours haha. They are super nice though, oh, and guess what!? We get the master bedroom in the house! Haha, needless to say, we have it pretty good. :)
Not much work-wise happened this week, just because of the whole situation that went down. Tuesday was probably our best day, just because we were able to talk to everyone we came in contact with. Not a single person didn't answer their door, it was crazy. The rest of the week was pretty slow though. We don't have a car, so we walk everywhere. I'm going to be getting a pretty good work out in this area haha.
Something cool that happened this week was the family history fair! They just built a new family history center at our building, and it is so nice! There are couches, a 60 inch flat screen tv, and like 15 computers. It's the biggest center I've seen so far. The fair was on Saturday from 10 to 4. There were tons of non members there, the parking lot was full the whole time. They said next year they are predicting that they will need to use the local high school parking lot, and get buses to transport people from the school to the church. That was probably the most exciting day we had this week.
My new ward is pretty cool, the members are super nice as always, but holy cow the ward is so small! There was hardly anyone at sacrament meeting on Sunday. It's a good ward though, and I am excited to get to know everyone and serve here to the best of my ability! :)
I got to go now but I love and miss you all and hope you have an amazing week!
Elder Greer
Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
An Unexpected Turn (Week 54 In The Field)
Oh man has this week been eventful. I'll start with the bad news I received last night from my mission president. So as you all know I just got a new companion a week ago, Elder Alpaugh. Well looks like we won't be companions anymore and I am no longer going to be serving in the Cordera ward. I am getting emergency transferred to the Briargate ward which is actually in the same stake I'm serving in now. So at least I am staying in the same stake. I am really trying to stay positive about this whole thing because I am super sad to leave the area, and my current companion. I literally cried last night. Everything was just so unexpected, I wish I had a little more time to grasp the whole thing and to at least say bye to a few people. I make the switch tonight.
The reason the switch is happening is because the missionary that is serving in the Briargate ward now is not getting along with his companion at all, so him and I will be switching places. I personally don't feel right about the switch, I feel like I was supposed to stay in Cordera for a reason and to serve with Elder Alpaugh to learn something from him. I emailed the mission president today, and told him how I feel about the whole thing. But maybe this is really what the Lord wants and I am just over stressing about the whole thing. I dont know, we will have to see how it goes.
Now that the bad news is out of the way, I can move on to the better stuff. Oh man did I love serving with Elder Alpaugh the few days that we have been together, he is a super good missionary and we had a super fun time together. Him, and his twin brother are converts to the church, they joined 2 years ago. His brother got sealed in the temple, and he made the decision to serve a full time mission. His parents weren't very happy with the decisions they both have made, but they both are being blessed because of it.
Anyways, so Tuesday, was transfer day, so I said good bye to Elder Mcghie and picked up Elder Alpaugh. I had a blast serving with Elder Mcghie, he is a good missionary. So not much happened tuesday, just unpacked everything. But on Wednesday we did a service, helping a non member move. It was in a super ghetto area. But while the other missionaries and I were talking, this 9 year old kid comes up to us, holds out an E-cigarette and asks us if we want a hit. We looked at the kid like he was crazy. I couldn't believe he was smoking in public and not only that but hes 9! He told us he started smoking all this bad stuff at age 6 and he sounded proud of it. So I threw down on the word of wisdom on that kid and straight up told him that is not something to be proud of, and to stop, because it is all terrible for you. I don't know if it helped any but I voiced my thoughts on him haha.
On Thursday we had to go downtown to take our car to the shop to get it fixed. We get there about noon, drop the car off and the guy said he would call us when he's done. So we go to lunch and walk around Walmart for a bit until the call. Well 4:30 comes along and we are both like, the car has to be done now. So we go back and the guy is like umm your car won't be done until tomorrow. I was wondering where you guys walked off to. We were both like what the heck. So we try calling a bunch of members to ask for a ride back, and finally by 6 we found somebody. Didn't end up getting home until 7 that night, So that was pretty crazy.
Friday was district meeting, and after, we got a ride from our zone leaders to pick up our car. That was pretty much the extent of our Friday. On Saturday we did service in the morning and went to stake conference later. Stake conference was so good! They talked about the importance of family history and how we all need to be involved in it.
On Sunday, stake conference continued, but it was cool because we got to hear messages from David A. Bednar and Richard G. Scott. They weren't actually there, they were just broadcasting it to a couple different states that were all having stake conference that day. The main focus was members and missionary work, and on how they can be more involved in it.
After, we had lunch with a member, then sang at the old peoples home with a few members of our ward. After that we had our sign language class, went to dinner, then had our mission prep class where we teach the youth. It was a really good day until that night I got the call. But I'm sure the Lord has a purpose for me to leave so suddenly and I pray everything will turn out okay.
I hope all is well back at home and hope you all have a good week. I love and miss you all!
Elder Greer
The reason the switch is happening is because the missionary that is serving in the Briargate ward now is not getting along with his companion at all, so him and I will be switching places. I personally don't feel right about the switch, I feel like I was supposed to stay in Cordera for a reason and to serve with Elder Alpaugh to learn something from him. I emailed the mission president today, and told him how I feel about the whole thing. But maybe this is really what the Lord wants and I am just over stressing about the whole thing. I dont know, we will have to see how it goes.
Now that the bad news is out of the way, I can move on to the better stuff. Oh man did I love serving with Elder Alpaugh the few days that we have been together, he is a super good missionary and we had a super fun time together. Him, and his twin brother are converts to the church, they joined 2 years ago. His brother got sealed in the temple, and he made the decision to serve a full time mission. His parents weren't very happy with the decisions they both have made, but they both are being blessed because of it.
Anyways, so Tuesday, was transfer day, so I said good bye to Elder Mcghie and picked up Elder Alpaugh. I had a blast serving with Elder Mcghie, he is a good missionary. So not much happened tuesday, just unpacked everything. But on Wednesday we did a service, helping a non member move. It was in a super ghetto area. But while the other missionaries and I were talking, this 9 year old kid comes up to us, holds out an E-cigarette and asks us if we want a hit. We looked at the kid like he was crazy. I couldn't believe he was smoking in public and not only that but hes 9! He told us he started smoking all this bad stuff at age 6 and he sounded proud of it. So I threw down on the word of wisdom on that kid and straight up told him that is not something to be proud of, and to stop, because it is all terrible for you. I don't know if it helped any but I voiced my thoughts on him haha.
On Thursday we had to go downtown to take our car to the shop to get it fixed. We get there about noon, drop the car off and the guy said he would call us when he's done. So we go to lunch and walk around Walmart for a bit until the call. Well 4:30 comes along and we are both like, the car has to be done now. So we go back and the guy is like umm your car won't be done until tomorrow. I was wondering where you guys walked off to. We were both like what the heck. So we try calling a bunch of members to ask for a ride back, and finally by 6 we found somebody. Didn't end up getting home until 7 that night, So that was pretty crazy.
Friday was district meeting, and after, we got a ride from our zone leaders to pick up our car. That was pretty much the extent of our Friday. On Saturday we did service in the morning and went to stake conference later. Stake conference was so good! They talked about the importance of family history and how we all need to be involved in it.
On Sunday, stake conference continued, but it was cool because we got to hear messages from David A. Bednar and Richard G. Scott. They weren't actually there, they were just broadcasting it to a couple different states that were all having stake conference that day. The main focus was members and missionary work, and on how they can be more involved in it.
After, we had lunch with a member, then sang at the old peoples home with a few members of our ward. After that we had our sign language class, went to dinner, then had our mission prep class where we teach the youth. It was a really good day until that night I got the call. But I'm sure the Lord has a purpose for me to leave so suddenly and I pray everything will turn out okay.
I hope all is well back at home and hope you all have a good week. I love and miss you all!
Elder Greer
Last day with Elder Mcghie
Me and my new comp chilling at mcdonalds
t was a glorious 5 days togeather
Last time at this fountain. Model photos
reflections
they stole my camera haha
this one is better
Monday, October 13, 2014
Staying Again! (Week 53 In The Field)
Well everybody, transfers are this week and it looks like I'll be staying for 7 more weeks here in the Cordera ward! My companion, Elder McGhie, is leaving, he's going to the Valley for his last area. He's not to happy with it, but he understands that's where the Lord wants and needs him.
So I'll be getting a new companion, and I am super excited because it's going to be someone I came out with! His name is Elder Alpaugh and he is super cool! Can't wait to start serving with him. So first off I wanna say I'm sorry about not emailing you all last week. So gotta catch up now!
So last week was general conference, and it was so good! It's always nice to have a good long spiritual boost, and to hear uplifting messages from the Lord's Prophets and apostles! I think my favorite talk was Elder Holland's of course. He talked about how we need to strengthen our brethren, especially those who are poor and don't have much.
Anyways, this week has been a good week. We had 2 less actives make it to church this week so we were super excited. One of the less active families, we are trying to work with their son to get him baptized. They did come to church, however it has still been really hard to get in contact with them and teach them.
Our other less active, Deb, is starting to become totally active now. She's been coming to church the past couple of weeks and her testimony is becoming rock solid! We had the opportunity to give her a blessing on Thursday for her times of trial she's going through right now. The spirit was so strong, and there is no denying the love Heavenly Father has for her. I love moments like these. Where you can see someone turn their life around completely, and follow the Lord. Being able to help people do that is an incredible experience! :) So those are the spiritual aspects of the week.
We did a lot of service this week as well. We helped create a concrete foundation for a member in our ward, the garage he's building. That was way fun, got a bunch of concrete splatter marks all over my clothes haha. Don't worry they were my service clothes. :) We also had another huge service project on Saturday. We helped a member with landscaping again. And you know what that means? We got to move some more rocks! It took us all day, and we still didn't get that much done. Guess we will be going back in the future to help with that.
Oh, I forgot to tell you! Last week we got to see Meet the Mormons! It was so good! Whoever didn't see it yet, needs to see it. Our mission president got it to stream, so everyone in the mission got to see it. Well I can't wait to tell you about my upcoming week! I am super excited about this new transfer, its going to be so much fun. :)
I hope you all have a wonderful week! I love and miss you all!
Elder Greer
So I'll be getting a new companion, and I am super excited because it's going to be someone I came out with! His name is Elder Alpaugh and he is super cool! Can't wait to start serving with him. So first off I wanna say I'm sorry about not emailing you all last week. So gotta catch up now!
So last week was general conference, and it was so good! It's always nice to have a good long spiritual boost, and to hear uplifting messages from the Lord's Prophets and apostles! I think my favorite talk was Elder Holland's of course. He talked about how we need to strengthen our brethren, especially those who are poor and don't have much.
Anyways, this week has been a good week. We had 2 less actives make it to church this week so we were super excited. One of the less active families, we are trying to work with their son to get him baptized. They did come to church, however it has still been really hard to get in contact with them and teach them.
Our other less active, Deb, is starting to become totally active now. She's been coming to church the past couple of weeks and her testimony is becoming rock solid! We had the opportunity to give her a blessing on Thursday for her times of trial she's going through right now. The spirit was so strong, and there is no denying the love Heavenly Father has for her. I love moments like these. Where you can see someone turn their life around completely, and follow the Lord. Being able to help people do that is an incredible experience! :) So those are the spiritual aspects of the week.
We did a lot of service this week as well. We helped create a concrete foundation for a member in our ward, the garage he's building. That was way fun, got a bunch of concrete splatter marks all over my clothes haha. Don't worry they were my service clothes. :) We also had another huge service project on Saturday. We helped a member with landscaping again. And you know what that means? We got to move some more rocks! It took us all day, and we still didn't get that much done. Guess we will be going back in the future to help with that.
Oh, I forgot to tell you! Last week we got to see Meet the Mormons! It was so good! Whoever didn't see it yet, needs to see it. Our mission president got it to stream, so everyone in the mission got to see it. Well I can't wait to tell you about my upcoming week! I am super excited about this new transfer, its going to be so much fun. :)
I hope you all have a wonderful week! I love and miss you all!
Elder Greer
Monday, October 6, 2014
Random Pics (Week 52 In The Field)
My companion did the challenge! But he failed. Only ate 1 and a half
We saw meet the Mormons! Our mission president got a copy of it early
and showed it to all of us! It was so good!
There is a lady in my ward that knows how to make butter beer!!!! :)
Me drinking it
Selfie with it! it was the frozen one, which I think I like better..
Went to go take home coming pics with him and his date after dinner haha. It was really funny
We watched Gen Con 2014 in a members theater so we got selfies with uchtdorf haha
Theatre
Haha selfie with eyring
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