Me and my companion sister smith. And me and my teacher sister Gardner. We wore the same skirt so I took a picture with her.

I FLY OUT IN A WEEK!(1/31/17)

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW FAST THE TIME IS FLYING BY! I love it here so much and I'm going to miss it but I am SO STOKED to be in Kansas in a week!! I still don't know how to do the pictures, so once again check my blog. This week was filled with so much spirit and growth, I am learning so many great things here in the MTC! I saw Sandy's son Elder Peterson on I think my first or second day at the MTC so that was good to see a familiar face. All of the other girls in my district know lots of people because they're all 2 or 3 years younger than I am. But it's okay, I think it might make things a little harder to know so many people from Pre mission life. Once of the girls in our district sister hansens boyfriend is in the MTC with us right now and that's kind of hard sometimes. My heart experienced some really big changes this week. I was so scared because I was getting feelings of like anxiety this week but I finally realized it wasn't anxiety. It was the holy ghost. I am feeling the spirit of god in ways I cannot even describe and I have been crying a lot of tears of gratitude this past week thinking about how I got to where I am and how many miracles had to occur for me to end up on my mission starting with a huge life changing one this past July. I never would have though I would be where I am now, today, in this moment just a year ago. I miss my sweet babies every single day, but getting pictures definitely helps and I know that this 18 months will bless me and my family so much. So while I am missing things back home I wouldn't trade where I am now for anything in the world. We taught a lot of lessons this week and I am just getting more and more in tune with the spirit which is so awesome. We got our flight information this week and we leave the MTC next "tuesday" at 2:30 IN THE MORNING! I don't know for sure if I will be able to email again before we're in Kansas because our p day is technically on tuesday. So just send lots of emails. I really want to be able to write letters as well so please give me addresses. I was able to get some from memorial ward off of the LDS tools app. but other than that I actually only have my own address, so if I could get more that would be great. The district above us left last night so We're the oldest one! so crazy!

XoXo, Sister Greenwood

WEEK 1(1/24/17)

I am having the greatest time, I love it here! I am in a room with 5 other sisters and we are so lucky that we are all going to the kansas wichita mission together on the 7th! The hardest thing for me has probably been getting used to only being called Sister Greenwood. It definitely still throws me off. My companion is sister smith and I love her. We work really well together and it so great! I haven't had any issues with homesickness or anything. I feel so at peace and I love what I am doing. We started teaching on our second day! usually they wait until the 3rd so I don't really know. Every lesson we've had has been great though. I feel so prepared and so in tune with the spirit. I am the oldest one in our district and I'm even older than our teachers which I think is so funny! In my first day I felt like I was just being swept away from one thing to another. You don't really know whats going on you just go where you're told and get the things you need like name tag and key card and stuff. That is the only time I could say that I was maybe like whoa what did I just do to myself?! but then we were in one of the meetings and the scripture I chose for my plaque and the scripture that I used in my farewell talk were both used and I knew in my heart that heavenly father was reassuring me. I'm loving learning everything and teaching and feel so much joy and just truly blessed to have this amazing opportunity to wear a name tag and be a representative of Christ. I had to meet with someone from the branch presidency on thursday and he just mentioned how good I looked and how amazing it was that I was here. When I tell people my story they're amazed at where I am. Lucky me got sick my first week and was just way nauseous and didn't feel good for like a day and a half. That was really trying because I just wanted to be working and I couldn't be. but I'm feeling so much better now so that's definitely good. I got a priesthood blessing from the elders in our district and it was the sweetest thing ever. None of them knew what they were doing but the spirit was so strong as they did the best they could to help.

Now to get real: I need people to write! I haven't gotten any letters and I only got two emails that weren't from my mom which was depressing. I can look at emails every day but can only respond on P days so please send me things!

I love you all and I'm so grateful for the support each of you has given me. I would not be where I am today without all of the amazing people in my life. I'm still trying to figure out how to send pictures to my whole contact list. But if I can't figure it out they should be posted on my blog as well which the information for it is on my facebook page.

XoXo, Sister Greenwood