Hey guys!
It has been
so great to hear from you guys in your letters! My district can get frustrated
with me because I have received 14 letters since coming to the MTC... I am very
grateful for such great family and friends. Oh before I forget, mom I'm sending
you a letter today because I am a terrible son and didn't say anything last
Saturday about Mother's day. I'm so sorry! Also tell Grandma and Grandpa Greene
or Tyler that my service leader guy is Brandon Benally, he knows them.
So this week
has been soo much better than the first couple days. The first couple days you
have no idea what's going on, your Spanish is poor and the schedule is intense.
But once Sunday came around, everything changes. Sundays are packed with
spiritual meetings and studying but it is such a great day. Honestly the Spirit
is so amazing here, it is so constant it is incredible. Sounds like we had a
tough loss last Thursday, sorry bro. All I can say is that after high school,
none of that matters, especially on the mission. I am so sorry that Jared has
to get surgery. I can't believe it will take that long for recovery... But at
the same time when I read mom's letter I was comforted and I knew things would
work out. I'll keep praying for you Jared! Mom your scripture of the week was
great, that verse for a long time has been my favorite scripture verse. A verse
I like that's along those same lines is 2 Corinthians 12:10. Oh and for my
missionary verse I decided to use Alma 29:9. I feel like it's just an inspiring
scripture for missionaries.
So back to
this week. We have been studying our butts off. But seriously, we go to bed at
night and we all agree that Spanish runs through your head non stop and when
you wake up, more Spanish runs through. It's the craziest thing but I believe
it is a sign of the Gift of Tongues or el don de lenguas. We all pray for this
gift in our prayers and it is really starting to show. Our teacher, Hermano
Taylor, says that we are by far the most adept at Spanish district he's ever
had. Which doesn't mean we get to slack off, it means we get to progress our
Spanish farther! So we have been using our newfound Espanol to teach a
volunteer investigator, Santiago. We have met with him four times and me and my
companions helped him to commit to baptism last night. I say help
because in the end, missionaries aren't the ones telling them it's
true, the Holy Ghost is. Even though it's not a real investigator
it's an amazing thing to watch the progress someone from unbelief to
preparing for baptism. But I think last night was our last night with him so we
will get two new investigators next week.
Dad thanks so
much for the letter, by the way my Elder Wright is from Virginia and Elder
Ziegner is from Oregon. Their assignments are Anaheim and Long Beach
respectively. I am learning to love them more and more. My district is starting
to become some of my closest friends. I honestly can say that I will miss all
of them when the time comes to leave the MTC.
I saw Elder
Alex McBride on Wednesday! He looked good, better than his companion anyway,
hahah. His companion looked a little deer in the headlights. But it was almost
not believable that it had only been a week since I had come to the MTC.
You learn so much, you feel like you've been here for a month. but the days are
fast and it feels like I was just writing you yesterday. We get to have gym
time here and although my companions don't usually want to go to the gym, I am
trying to stay in shape. The food here is like BYUs but worse for you. Most of
the time I play basketball. Although sometimes I’ll grab a volleyball if there’s
an open court and just toss a ball to myself to get some hits in.
Lately my
favorite part of the day has been personal study time. I feel like as a missionary
you have this clarity when you learn, study, pray, etc. So now when I read my
scriptures I can understand so much more. I am reading the Book of Mormon to
better understand some things as well as to find scriptures for the Preach my
Gospel lessons, then I switch to my Spanish scriptures and mark them for future
use. I am really excited about it! I am so grateful to be a missionary and I
know the people of Maryland need to hear the message Jesus Christ has for them.
Love you all!
ElderGreene
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