Final Transfer! (Week 90 In The Field)

Well, I still can't believe I have come this far in the mission already. I know I've said this once before, but I still feel like I just came out on the mission a couple months ago, but now I'm in my final stretch. I am really sad to see it come to a close here very soon, but it's not over yet. I have to make this last month and a half the best, and work hard to finish strong and make my Heavenly Father proud. :)

Transfer calls came out Saturday night and I found out that I will be staying with my current companion Elder Guerrerro, so I guess he's gonna be killing me off. (It's a term missionaries use for whoever your last companion will be.) Which I am really happy about, because that means I won't have the risk of getting a terrible companion for my last transfer haha.

My district will be changing a lot. We are getting 3 new members of the district, and one of them will be a brand new missionary, so this should be interesting! A sister in my district got a call to train, so this should be exciting. I'm really glad to be staying and to still be a district leader, I have really enjoyed it and helping out with the district as much as I can. I couldn't have asked for a better district for my first time, they are all awesome, and it's sad to see 3 of them go. But, that's just the life of a missionary, and it keeps things really interesting, hardly ever a dull moment.

Well, I am really excited about this last transfer, and I promise I will work hard for it and help as many people as I can to come enjoy the blessings of living the gospel! :) This past week has been really fun! So, not sure if any of you have heard of the new program the church is launching, but it's called Just Serve. Basically what it is, is a website that anyone in the community can post service projects, or sign up to do service projects. It's supposed to be an amazing missionary tool.

We got to go to one of the projects and help with a habitat for humanity project. We helped build an adobe house for those people who can't afford housing. We helped with members of an episcopalian church from Texas! Everybody there loved us. We are not allowed to proselyte at any Just Serve projects, but we are allowed to answer questions if they arise. And they asked a ton of questions! So we got to explain everything about what we believe, so it was a really neat experience. :) I got to meet a lot of cool people outside of our faith, who still have a strong belief in Christ, and who still have good morals and go out and serve people. That was probably the highlight of the week.

It's been really hard this past week with teaching, because everyone is out of town for the summer. One of our investigators dropped us completely until after summer is over. :/ Missionary work is tough in the summer, but we still go out every day and try our best.

Well I gotta go soon. I love and miss you all and hope you have a wonderful week! Thank you for all your prayers and support! :)

Elder Greer

Service

My district :)

building an adobe house

My district :)

Father's Day (Week 89 In The Field)

I just want to say HAPPY FATHERS DAY to the best Dad in the world! I hope you had an amazing day yesterday. I just wanna say how thankful I am for everything that you taught me growing up. I know I wouldn't be where I am at today if it weren't for the amazing example you set and the things I learned from you! I know this will probably boost your cockiness but you are an amazing Dad and I couldn't have asked for anyone better! ;) 

I also want to give another shout out to my amazing sister Caylee! HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY!!!! :) I love you so much and I hope you had an awesome day! Can't wait to see you both soon! :) 

Well, this week was pretty dang good! We got a couple new potential investigators and will be getting a new investigator sometime this week! We had a lesson with a dis-fellowshipped member who is doing all he can to be re-fellowshipped soon, so he can enjoy the blessings of the gospel once again in his life. We are also working with his non member wife who loves the church. Her husband says she came a long way and can see the progression in her. She will be baptized soon I know it! :) Probably once her husband gets re-fellowshipped back in, that way he can baptize her. I think that would be really cool! 

On Sunday I got assigned to teach the 17 year old Sunday school class. That was super fun, I really love doing anything with the youth because they are so strong in the gospel, and so eager to share it with everyone. There is one particular youth in our ward named Ammon! He is super cool, and will be leaving for his mission to Arizona in just 2 weeks! He's gonna make an awesome missionary! 

There were also some great Father's day talks on Sunday and in Elder's quorum they brought chocolate pies and Mtn Dew! It was pretty awesome. 

Well, I am running out of time on here. I just wanna say I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father and all that hes done for me. I have a testimony that He lives and that He sent his son to die for us because he loves us so much! What an amazing Father we all have! :) I love and miss you all! Hope you have an amazing week! :)

Elder Greer 

Spicy Wing Challenge (Week 87 In The Field)

This challenge is supposedly the hottest and most spicy challenge there is in the valley. You have to eat 3 wings that are made with ghost pepper extract! The spiciest wings you could ever have. So hot you have to wear gloves to eat them to protect any wounds that may be on your hands. Don't worry everybody, I didn't do it. I can't even stand the littlest of spicy things, but my comp did, and completed it like a man! He was struggling though you could tell. He started shaking really bad, and his lips started getting puffy. It was pretty funny. But he did good and completed it. I was proud of him. I don't know if I ever told you his name, his name is Elder Guerrerro. He's from Virginia and he is super cool. We get a long pretty well. 

This week was pretty eventful. We got to do 3 service projects. One of them we helped landscape a lady's yard for one of the other elder's investigator. The other 2 were also actually landscaping, we laid top soil on one day for a member in his back yard, moving into a new house that he's been working on for a while. Then the next day we laid sod. They were some tough projects. Some of the sod was super dried out, so that made it harder to lay without breaking it. It's nice because you learn a lot of skills on a mission. I think I might be able to help anybody with anything now. Okay maybe not anything, but I definitely picked up a few things on the way. 

We taught this past week, one of our progressing less actives. we discussed with her the trials she needs to overcome in order to go to the temple. We helped her understand the importance of tithing and how that it is an act of faith. You just need to trust that the Lord is going to provide for you if you put him first and give him 10 percent of what you earn. 10 percent really isn't all that much when the Lord has given you everything you have! But I can understand why its tough for people who are financially struggling. But she committed that she is going to pay her tithing and show the Lord a little more faith. She is awesome and is progressing a lot. 

We are also working with a dis-fellowshipped member. He is progressing a lot as well, and is doing everything he needs to do in order to get back in full fellowship. He's an awesome guy! 

The only hard thing is right now with the work, is that everyone is out of town and doing stuff for the summer, so like almost everyone we are working with isn't home. But this past week hasn't been so bad. 

Oh! So this Wednesday I will be giving my departing testimony in zone conference. I can't believe the time has come already but here it is. Haha everyone says that in their departing testimony it's so annoying, so I am not going to do that. 

Well I hope you all have a fantastic week! I love and miss you all! :)

Elder Greer

 Elder Guerrerro Spicy Wing Challenge

Random: Dominos delivery in Sonic drive through :)

Random Pictures (Week 86 In The Field)

I got a really bad sunburn haha it looks so weird

Dont know if this is any better 

walkin down the street hahahah