Monday, December 31, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Transfer Day - On the Road Again!
Merry Day After Christmas Everyone! Well to all of those I talked to yesterday, thanks so much, I love you all, and it was fantastic to hear your voices! The mission is wonderful and I'm loving it, but there are still some heart strings tied to all of you back home of course! It was an amazing Christmas! Elder Barlow, Elder Kitchen, and I have been companions for the past week(Elder Kitchen's companion went to Billings to be the new secretary, so we inherited him!) I also found out that Elder Kitchen's older brother is married to one of the Flory's daughters! What a small world! He and I talked for a while about how cool it was that his family is connected to some great friends of mine!
I'm pretty excited to get off to Cody Wyoming! Some of you might remember that about a year and a half ago, I told everyone.... I'm going to Wyoming on my mission... here it comes!
There are so many great memories here in Butte, Evel Knievel... People in the Ward out here... Climbing up to the lady of the rockies... wow, so many great things that I have done, and so many people that have helped me grow. Thanks to all the people who have helped me get where I am!
Well this was the first Christmas from home, and it was sad to think that I wouldn't spend it with my family, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I spent it with some of the best guys in the world! Elders Barlow and Kitchen have definately made my christmas! They are absolutely great friends.
Well I'm going to sign off for now... God Bless you all!
~Elder Greenhalgh
I'm pretty excited to get off to Cody Wyoming! Some of you might remember that about a year and a half ago, I told everyone.... I'm going to Wyoming on my mission... here it comes!
There are so many great memories here in Butte, Evel Knievel... People in the Ward out here... Climbing up to the lady of the rockies... wow, so many great things that I have done, and so many people that have helped me grow. Thanks to all the people who have helped me get where I am!
Well this was the first Christmas from home, and it was sad to think that I wouldn't spend it with my family, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I spent it with some of the best guys in the world! Elders Barlow and Kitchen have definately made my christmas! They are absolutely great friends.
Well I'm going to sign off for now... God Bless you all!
~Elder Greenhalgh
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Telephone Calls and Packing
Christmas Greetings to All-
What a special gift it was to be able to share a few words with Ward on Christmas Day. For a fleeting moment or two our home was filled with his special light, his sensitivity, love and laughter. We are in awe of the growth we sense in him, as a maturing young adult and especially as a representative of our Lord, Jesus Christ. His testimony and honest desire to teach us and to share with us was inspiring and certainly complimented the scriptural message of Christmas. He asked us several times to let each of you know how much he loves you.
This morning, 26 DEC, Ward is packing and will go to Billings, MT for a day and then head south to his new area, CODY WYOMING. He is thrilled to accept the challenges and Blessings of a new area , yet expresses a sadness in leaving the people of Butte. He said he truly grew to love them all; member and nonmember alike. He has asked his parents to journey there with him in the future to meet the city and people who were so kind to him the past few months. We wish to thank them for their generousity, love, and support.
We will post Elder Greenhalgh’s new mailing address in the next few days. God bless each and every one of you and our family wishes you all a splendid New Year!
What a special gift it was to be able to share a few words with Ward on Christmas Day. For a fleeting moment or two our home was filled with his special light, his sensitivity, love and laughter. We are in awe of the growth we sense in him, as a maturing young adult and especially as a representative of our Lord, Jesus Christ. His testimony and honest desire to teach us and to share with us was inspiring and certainly complimented the scriptural message of Christmas. He asked us several times to let each of you know how much he loves you.
This morning, 26 DEC, Ward is packing and will go to Billings, MT for a day and then head south to his new area, CODY WYOMING. He is thrilled to accept the challenges and Blessings of a new area , yet expresses a sadness in leaving the people of Butte. He said he truly grew to love them all; member and nonmember alike. He has asked his parents to journey there with him in the future to meet the city and people who were so kind to him the past few months. We wish to thank them for their generousity, love, and support.
We will post Elder Greenhalgh’s new mailing address in the next few days. God bless each and every one of you and our family wishes you all a splendid New Year!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
'JOY TO THE WORLD'...
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
It Is Time for Christmas and a Move.
Well the mission is rollin' on!This has been a better week! We have done a lot of good. We've done service all over the place! I'm so excited to be helping people so much.Christmas is almost here! My mom sent me 12 packages for the 12 days of Christmas, so that has been my wake-up initiative everyday! Today I got a SWEET! warm beanie; exciting stuff here in Butte.Well I'm not sure how much longer I'll be in Butte! Probably leaving on the 27th of December! I'll let my parents know on Christmas where I'm going and what my address will be, then they can put it on the blog!Gus's family is doing great, they are understanding more and growing more. I'm so happy to be able to help them! Also! Her mom has asked me to speak at the funeral (which will be held at the church). I'm so delighted to do that! It is definitely a highlight of my life to be able to be so involved with something so amazing, to talk at the funeral of someone you really cared about. The Lord has blessed my companion and me... and has especially blessed Gus's family, they are growing closer and closer to Christ everyday! Well I don't have much more time to write, so I'm going to cut it short. Have a great Christmas! Remember what it is really about. Presents are nice, and yes, I like them a lot, but! It is our Savior we need to think about.; what he did for us cannot be described adequately with words. Let us describe it with our hearts. Let our love and our hope lift us up to a new level of peace and comfort. Let us have solemn prayer more. Let us repent more. Let us be comfortable with a sure knowledge that Jesus is the Christ and that He has given us the greatest gift we will ever receive. It doesn't come wrapped in SpongeBob wrapping paper, it doesn't go under the tree, and it for sure isn't included in a White Elephant exchange, but it is available for us all. Through that gift comes our joy. What greater joy than this Christmas season!God BlessMerry Christmas~Elder Greenhalgh
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
A Difficult Week in the Mission Field.
Well everyone, this was a tough tough tough week.Gus(Christina) that I talked about last week, my favorite investigator that I just LOVED... she and her boyfriend Marvin both agreed to baptism on Tuesday night! I was so excited to see them both clean up, get married, and be baptised!Three-Four hours after that lesson, Gus died of a massive heart attack. 24 years old. Her Aorta detached from her heart. Something that usually only comes from serious trauma or birth defect. I didn't know I could cry so much. I didn't know I could love somebody so much in just 4 weeks of knowing them. Her eyes told a story whenever I shook her hand. I could see her love for me and for her Savior, and when she said "Thank you" she meant it from every fiber of her being. The Lord blessed her life through us, but He blessed our life so much more by knowing her. I learned to love people, to be proud of people, to let go and accept the will of the Lord.Here is the amazing thing. It makes sense that this would happen at this time.I was meant to go teach her. She knew everything was true, and trusted me and Elder Barlow more than anyone... EVER. We knew her and she knew us. It was a bond and a connection that couldn't be possible with anyother person. We were meant to go teach her and prepare her. We met her the first day that Elder Barlow and I were together. We taught her and she progressed more and more each time. She felt the love of her Savior and her Heavenly Father. She knew she needed to be baptised, and the Lord kept her alive long enough to carry her baby into the world, and for her to understand that she needed to accept the gospel. He held her heart together. He brought us to her home, and he knew that we were the missionaries for her. She is now learning and progressing more. Marvin will progress into the gospel, and he will take her name to the temple and have her baptised. She is waiting for him to do her work. She knows IT IS TRUE, and knows what she must do. The Lord places people in our paths and makes it possible for his amazing purposes to roll forth.I'm so glad that I took the call to this mission as I did. If i didn't, who knows if she would have died with a knowledge of the truthfullness of the fullness of the Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ. Now she does, and I'm glad that I was able to be a part of the Lord's perfect plans.Other than that this week. I went to Evel Knievel's Funeral! There were about 3000 people there(the viewing hours had much more) and it was impressive. The preacher said a line that made me just LAUGH AND LAUGH! I don't think he knew how it would sound. He said "THIS IS A DAY THAT GOD HAS SET APART! FOR EVEL!" and it just sounded histerical to me. But overall it was a good funeral. Matthew McConaughey was there and I got some tabloid quality shots of him:)Oh well! That is definately a story... Only two missionaries EVER! can say that they went to Evel Knievel's funeral on their mission! And i'm ONE OF THEM! BOOOOYAH!Alright everyone, have a great weekLove you all!~Elder Greenhalgh
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Wardmail to All 5DEC 07
Subject: What a BUTTE!
Hey ya's(everyone in Butte Montana says "Ya's" instead of "YOU""Nice to meet ya's"(Makes my blood boil haha)Well! Another week has gone by, and Butte is treating us well!We are doing service at the library here! We are moving furnature all the time for them, so we are getting some good exercise!Well the buzz around town is about Evel Knievel's death. If any of you didn't know, he was from Butte. His body will be welcomed into town with fireworks on Sunday night(even though everyone in town here despises him... I myself never met him, but everyone here just has terrible ideas of him... its pretty sad) But we are going to go to his funeral on Monday(10th). Its at the Civic Center in town, and it is going to be PACKED! We just want to be able to say that we went to Evel Knievel's funeral on our mission:). So thats whats new out here!This has been a great week. It has been a turning point in the mission for me! I was talking to Elder Barlow yesterday, and I said something about "Let's make the most of our study time out here on the mission, we only have two years". It struck me that... wow, I am excited that I have two years out here! Its the most amazing experience of my life. Everyday is fun and filled with new adventures. I get to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to people. I get to see them change. I get to see the light of the Lord in people's eyes.I have an experience with the light in someone's eyes this week that I'd like to share as my tender mercy of the week!There is a girl we are teaching. Her name is Christina but we call her Gus. She just had a c-section(no clue if that is the write way to spell that, but you get the idea!) and was in the hospital in a lot of pain. We have been teaching her, her boyfriend Marvin, and her mother Sharon lately. Gus is absolutely my favorite. She is so humble, and is wanting to make more good choices in her life. Coming from a rough start in her life, she didn't have a good influence from churches. Foster parents that were ministers stealing from offering plates, abuse... etc... she just didn't have a very good idea of church. It was awful to hear how much shes gone through. But since we've been teaching her, she has been praying more, and reading the scriptures. She feels it. She knows the power of the spirit of the lord.Her first real BIG spiritual experience was on saturday, and I was privilaged to be involved.After her procedure, she was healing in the hospital. She had a beautiful brand new little girl next to her bed. Frankie.As we shared a message with her, out of the Book of Mormon, we read3rd Nephi, Chapter 17. This chapter talks about when Christ had appeared and was teaching the Nephites. The people were gathered listening to Him teach. He had them bring their sick and afflicted to Him, and He healed them. Then He called for their children to come to Him. He blessed the children, one by one.As we read this, I asked Christina, "How would you feel if Christ came in this room and blessed Frankie?" She lit up. The thought for her was amazing.We went on to teach her about the priesthood that we hold, and how it is the same power that Christ held, and gave to his Apostles. It is the same power that healed those people, and blessed those children. We taught her that it was by the priesthood, that the Savior, and His apostles did all their amazing miracles. As the conversation went on, it was apparent to Elder Barlow and myself that the Lord wanted us to give her a blessing. (For anyone not familiar with this, the Lord has given us the priesthood to anoint and bless people, just as Christ and his Apostles did, we hold the same priesthood to do these amazing things) We told Christina that would could give her a blessing, and that through her faith and the priesthood authority that we hold, her pain could be taken away, and she would recover and leave the hospital sooner. As we anointed her head with the oil, and laid our hands on her head, the spirit filled the room. I gave her a blessing that she would be healed and that she would recover quickly. I also gave her a blessing that the Lord would help her to know what she needs to do to raise her daughter the way that He wants her raised, and helped her understand what an amazing privilage it is for her to raise one of our Heavenly Father's children. As I closed the blessing, she and her mother were in tears. It was truly amazing to see the thankfulness in her eyes. She had the light in her eyes that only the gospel brings. I can't even put into words how amazing it was to look her in the eyes, and see how much the spirit had touched her. It was amazing to see her pain float away. We haven't talked to her since, but she must have recovered from her enemia and other stuff quickly(she was pretty bad) because she was released from the hospital and was out an about(wasn't home when we went to visit her yesterday).I just really loved that experience. Thats why I'm out here. Thats why I chose to serve for two years. I'm so excited to have more opportunities like that.I hope everyone back home is safe and healthy.Have a great week everyone!Love~Elder Greenhalgh
Hey ya's(everyone in Butte Montana says "Ya's" instead of "YOU""Nice to meet ya's"(Makes my blood boil haha)Well! Another week has gone by, and Butte is treating us well!We are doing service at the library here! We are moving furnature all the time for them, so we are getting some good exercise!Well the buzz around town is about Evel Knievel's death. If any of you didn't know, he was from Butte. His body will be welcomed into town with fireworks on Sunday night(even though everyone in town here despises him... I myself never met him, but everyone here just has terrible ideas of him... its pretty sad) But we are going to go to his funeral on Monday(10th). Its at the Civic Center in town, and it is going to be PACKED! We just want to be able to say that we went to Evel Knievel's funeral on our mission:). So thats whats new out here!This has been a great week. It has been a turning point in the mission for me! I was talking to Elder Barlow yesterday, and I said something about "Let's make the most of our study time out here on the mission, we only have two years". It struck me that... wow, I am excited that I have two years out here! Its the most amazing experience of my life. Everyday is fun and filled with new adventures. I get to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to people. I get to see them change. I get to see the light of the Lord in people's eyes.I have an experience with the light in someone's eyes this week that I'd like to share as my tender mercy of the week!There is a girl we are teaching. Her name is Christina but we call her Gus. She just had a c-section(no clue if that is the write way to spell that, but you get the idea!) and was in the hospital in a lot of pain. We have been teaching her, her boyfriend Marvin, and her mother Sharon lately. Gus is absolutely my favorite. She is so humble, and is wanting to make more good choices in her life. Coming from a rough start in her life, she didn't have a good influence from churches. Foster parents that were ministers stealing from offering plates, abuse... etc... she just didn't have a very good idea of church. It was awful to hear how much shes gone through. But since we've been teaching her, she has been praying more, and reading the scriptures. She feels it. She knows the power of the spirit of the lord.Her first real BIG spiritual experience was on saturday, and I was privilaged to be involved.After her procedure, she was healing in the hospital. She had a beautiful brand new little girl next to her bed. Frankie.As we shared a message with her, out of the Book of Mormon, we read3rd Nephi, Chapter 17. This chapter talks about when Christ had appeared and was teaching the Nephites. The people were gathered listening to Him teach. He had them bring their sick and afflicted to Him, and He healed them. Then He called for their children to come to Him. He blessed the children, one by one.As we read this, I asked Christina, "How would you feel if Christ came in this room and blessed Frankie?" She lit up. The thought for her was amazing.We went on to teach her about the priesthood that we hold, and how it is the same power that Christ held, and gave to his Apostles. It is the same power that healed those people, and blessed those children. We taught her that it was by the priesthood, that the Savior, and His apostles did all their amazing miracles. As the conversation went on, it was apparent to Elder Barlow and myself that the Lord wanted us to give her a blessing. (For anyone not familiar with this, the Lord has given us the priesthood to anoint and bless people, just as Christ and his Apostles did, we hold the same priesthood to do these amazing things) We told Christina that would could give her a blessing, and that through her faith and the priesthood authority that we hold, her pain could be taken away, and she would recover and leave the hospital sooner. As we anointed her head with the oil, and laid our hands on her head, the spirit filled the room. I gave her a blessing that she would be healed and that she would recover quickly. I also gave her a blessing that the Lord would help her to know what she needs to do to raise her daughter the way that He wants her raised, and helped her understand what an amazing privilage it is for her to raise one of our Heavenly Father's children. As I closed the blessing, she and her mother were in tears. It was truly amazing to see the thankfulness in her eyes. She had the light in her eyes that only the gospel brings. I can't even put into words how amazing it was to look her in the eyes, and see how much the spirit had touched her. It was amazing to see her pain float away. We haven't talked to her since, but she must have recovered from her enemia and other stuff quickly(she was pretty bad) because she was released from the hospital and was out an about(wasn't home when we went to visit her yesterday).I just really loved that experience. Thats why I'm out here. Thats why I chose to serve for two years. I'm so excited to have more opportunities like that.I hope everyone back home is safe and healthy.Have a great week everyone!Love~Elder Greenhalgh
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Group Email from November 28, 2007
11-28-07
Ward's email is Wardamoose@myldsmail.net (he can receive emails from you but cannot email you back directly)
Hey everyone!
Butte is treating me well as always! My new companion and I are having much success in the work! We get along great! His name is Elder Barlow, and he is from Greenville, SC. We have two baptisms lined up for Saturday at 4:30! The Staman's daughters.(If you recall from earlier letters, the Stamans were my second and third baptisms!) It has been so exciting to see them grow!
We are teaching a new couple that are expecting a baby... TOMORROW! Marvin and Gus(Christina, but we call her Gus). They have had rough pasts, but Marvin knows the bible really well( he has read it maybe 50+ times!) He also helps us in our lessons with Gus! He knows all the principles of the gospel, and so we are trying to focus on them understanding the restoration and the need for the saving ordinances of the gospel! It has been exciting to be so well recieved by them, and Gus's mom would sat in on our last lesson(I went with member of the bishopric during splits, and now! SHES PRAYING ABOUT THE GOSPEL TOO!) I know all this isn't what you guys want to hear! I know that you all want to hear about what I'm doing, the crazy stories, the crazy people... well... there are PLENTY OF STORIES TO GO AROUND!
Heres one that I love!
One night walking home to the apartment, at about 8:30 on a friday, we were kind of upset that we were going back early and had no one to talk to. Our apartment is in the business district(fast food distict) of town. Walking by the Pizza Hut, the workers there were out having a smoke break. When we walked by, one of the guys yells "Pizza for Bibles!" just being a dufus, so... we got a Book of Mormon(we didn't have any Bibles at the time) and we gave it to him... and he gave us a Pineapple pizza(favorite!).
What else?
We went up into the mountains this morning at 4 A.M. and CHOPPED DOWN OUR CHRISTMAS TREES!!!! YEAH! We have an awesome apartment now! Christmas tree in our bedroom and christmas lights all over the ceiling in our apartment! We bake in the mornings and sing christmas music all day! Haha christmas time is the best out here!!!
I miss everyone and can't wait to hear from you all and see you all again, but until then... I'm preaching till I can't preach no more!
and one more thing....
I AM SO TIRED OF FOOD! THREE MEALS ON THANKSGIVING!!! TWO HuGe MeAlS in a row!!!! .... killin me... killin me
well! Everyone take care, and know that I'm ok! I got all the Elk and Deer meat any man could ever want! All the hunters keep us stocked up! I forgot what beef tastes like!
Love you all!
Take care!
Elder Greenhalgh
1 Corintians 13
Chapter of the week
Ward's email is Wardamoose@myldsmail.net (he can receive emails from you but cannot email you back directly)
Hey everyone!
Butte is treating me well as always! My new companion and I are having much success in the work! We get along great! His name is Elder Barlow, and he is from Greenville, SC. We have two baptisms lined up for Saturday at 4:30! The Staman's daughters.(If you recall from earlier letters, the Stamans were my second and third baptisms!) It has been so exciting to see them grow!
We are teaching a new couple that are expecting a baby... TOMORROW! Marvin and Gus(Christina, but we call her Gus). They have had rough pasts, but Marvin knows the bible really well( he has read it maybe 50+ times!) He also helps us in our lessons with Gus! He knows all the principles of the gospel, and so we are trying to focus on them understanding the restoration and the need for the saving ordinances of the gospel! It has been exciting to be so well recieved by them, and Gus's mom would sat in on our last lesson(I went with member of the bishopric during splits, and now! SHES PRAYING ABOUT THE GOSPEL TOO!) I know all this isn't what you guys want to hear! I know that you all want to hear about what I'm doing, the crazy stories, the crazy people... well... there are PLENTY OF STORIES TO GO AROUND!
Heres one that I love!
One night walking home to the apartment, at about 8:30 on a friday, we were kind of upset that we were going back early and had no one to talk to. Our apartment is in the business district(fast food distict) of town. Walking by the Pizza Hut, the workers there were out having a smoke break. When we walked by, one of the guys yells "Pizza for Bibles!" just being a dufus, so... we got a Book of Mormon(we didn't have any Bibles at the time) and we gave it to him... and he gave us a Pineapple pizza(favorite!).
What else?
We went up into the mountains this morning at 4 A.M. and CHOPPED DOWN OUR CHRISTMAS TREES!!!! YEAH! We have an awesome apartment now! Christmas tree in our bedroom and christmas lights all over the ceiling in our apartment! We bake in the mornings and sing christmas music all day! Haha christmas time is the best out here!!!
I miss everyone and can't wait to hear from you all and see you all again, but until then... I'm preaching till I can't preach no more!
and one more thing....
I AM SO TIRED OF FOOD! THREE MEALS ON THANKSGIVING!!! TWO HuGe MeAlS in a row!!!! .... killin me... killin me
well! Everyone take care, and know that I'm ok! I got all the Elk and Deer meat any man could ever want! All the hunters keep us stocked up! I forgot what beef tastes like!
Love you all!
Take care!
Elder Greenhalgh
1 Corintians 13
Chapter of the week
Friday, November 23, 2007
Exerpt from Ward's email in October. His companion at the time was Elder Smith from Nova Scotia. October 31, 2007:
Montana is fun! We have been doing a lot of good! The ward I am in is just outstanding. The bishop is so fun, and the people are just genuine and good. I really enjoy it!
I do miss our ward though. I miss Batman's lessons about spiritual worms and monkeys:)... I don't know if my Mom sends these letters to him, but everyone better let him know that I remember his lessons in priest quorem!
I'm growing a lot, and I can see how the Lord is changing me. I see my rough edges slowly being worn off by the current of the mission. I'm going to come home a polished, shiny, spiritual stone(haha, I wish!!!).
I got some awesome drawings from the primary kids! I got some really amazing letters from members in the ward back home, and I'm going to respond individually to them! I got a halloween card from Kory Jensen that told me a I was a princess and I was "Tiara-Riffic!" KORY HAS FAT CHEEKS!:)
Pray oft, and read your scriptures!God Bless you all!~Elder Greenhalgh
Well! The work is progressing, we are teaching some great people and families. I'm truely starting to understand that this is my life, and I am a servant of the Lord. Its such a blessing to know that my family is being taken care of by Him and by you all back home! Keep them on the strait and narrow!:)
I love hearing from everyone! You can email me if you want to, and I can answer questions and email you through my parents. So if you would like a personalized email straight from Elder Greenheck(one of the nick names out here) thats the best way to do it! I love letters too!
Elder Smith was transferred in November and Ward's new companion is Elder Barlow.
Exerpt from November 21, 2007
Elder Barlow and I are doing great together! We have fun talks and tracting experiences. Its cool to be companions with someone that you get along with really well. I'm still learning a lot about myself. I'm learning that next week i'm going to be on a MAJOR diet! On Monday, we went to Brother Chris's house. He went to italy on his mission, and there, they would have pasta contests. They would make POUNDS AND POUNDS of spaghetti, and not put any sauce on it. Just butter and salt/parm. So he said that he could do 2 pounds in a half hour. I said "I can beat that!" and he didn't have faith in me SO I MADE HIM HAVE FAITH! TALK ABOUT COMPELLING SOMEONE TO BE HUMBLE! But they didn't anticipate that I could shove that many carbs into my stomach that fast. They only made 3 pounds, and elder barlow was going easy, and by the time he had a whole plate done, i was only my third HEAPING plate. So they had to make more, and i ended up eating 2.5 pounds, but i know i could have done more, at least 3 pounds...
IT WAS FUN! hahaha!
But we have thanksgiving at Al's house(11 A.M.). Then we are probably going to find more people to go eat with at like 1-2 then we are eating at the Ehmans(another famliy) at 4 then we are going to carol(a less active lady) at 530-6 SO WE HAVE A TURKEY PACKED DAY!
The weather is AWESOME!Right now it is 11 degrees, and just perfect! no wind... so we don't really have to wear coats... it feels great to just walk from the car to the library... i love it also, there are like 4 inches of snow on the ground the roads are covered in ice!
Montana is fun! We have been doing a lot of good! The ward I am in is just outstanding. The bishop is so fun, and the people are just genuine and good. I really enjoy it!
I do miss our ward though. I miss Batman's lessons about spiritual worms and monkeys:)... I don't know if my Mom sends these letters to him, but everyone better let him know that I remember his lessons in priest quorem!
I'm growing a lot, and I can see how the Lord is changing me. I see my rough edges slowly being worn off by the current of the mission. I'm going to come home a polished, shiny, spiritual stone(haha, I wish!!!).
I got some awesome drawings from the primary kids! I got some really amazing letters from members in the ward back home, and I'm going to respond individually to them! I got a halloween card from Kory Jensen that told me a I was a princess and I was "Tiara-Riffic!" KORY HAS FAT CHEEKS!:)
Pray oft, and read your scriptures!God Bless you all!~Elder Greenhalgh
Well! The work is progressing, we are teaching some great people and families. I'm truely starting to understand that this is my life, and I am a servant of the Lord. Its such a blessing to know that my family is being taken care of by Him and by you all back home! Keep them on the strait and narrow!:)
I love hearing from everyone! You can email me if you want to, and I can answer questions and email you through my parents. So if you would like a personalized email straight from Elder Greenheck(one of the nick names out here) thats the best way to do it! I love letters too!
Elder Smith was transferred in November and Ward's new companion is Elder Barlow.
Exerpt from November 21, 2007
Elder Barlow and I are doing great together! We have fun talks and tracting experiences. Its cool to be companions with someone that you get along with really well. I'm still learning a lot about myself. I'm learning that next week i'm going to be on a MAJOR diet! On Monday, we went to Brother Chris's house. He went to italy on his mission, and there, they would have pasta contests. They would make POUNDS AND POUNDS of spaghetti, and not put any sauce on it. Just butter and salt/parm. So he said that he could do 2 pounds in a half hour. I said "I can beat that!" and he didn't have faith in me SO I MADE HIM HAVE FAITH! TALK ABOUT COMPELLING SOMEONE TO BE HUMBLE! But they didn't anticipate that I could shove that many carbs into my stomach that fast. They only made 3 pounds, and elder barlow was going easy, and by the time he had a whole plate done, i was only my third HEAPING plate. So they had to make more, and i ended up eating 2.5 pounds, but i know i could have done more, at least 3 pounds...
IT WAS FUN! hahaha!
But we have thanksgiving at Al's house(11 A.M.). Then we are probably going to find more people to go eat with at like 1-2 then we are eating at the Ehmans(another famliy) at 4 then we are going to carol(a less active lady) at 530-6 SO WE HAVE A TURKEY PACKED DAY!
The weather is AWESOME!Right now it is 11 degrees, and just perfect! no wind... so we don't really have to wear coats... it feels great to just walk from the car to the library... i love it also, there are like 4 inches of snow on the ground the roads are covered in ice!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
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