This week has been the weirdest/ hardest one yet! Holy Cow! This week was so strange! The weather has been in the thirties which is freezing cold!! My depression is being annoying! But I'm still loving being a missionary!
Its hard, but I'm Strong enough
I Just Have To Keep Reminding Myself Of That. We had interviews with President and sister McCuistion this week and one thing he said that really helped me was that as long as I'm doing my best it's okay, and that sometimes we do get doors slammed in our face for no fault of ours. That was so helpful to hear! My companion and I have been struggling with communication (from my end of course) we had the STL'S over for lunch on Saturday and I got to talk to Sister Clark which was really good. We took a break from proselyting and served people in a different way because I was not in any shape to be proselyting at that current point in time(it started the night before) and I couldn't talk about it. So instead we wrote notes to people and my companion made muddy buddies and we heart attacked people's doors
it was great! We had a lot of strange experiences this week that I can't even remember them all. The most significant was when my companion and I went to visit a less active member, as we were driving into the cul-de-sac to turn around my comp was like that guy is staring at us from his window, and I kind of brushed it off. so we go park our car and then we always pray and talk about our plan for the lesson, we turn off the car and we get out( that's our normal every day routine) so my companion gets out and grabs her bag and then I get out and we go to our lesson [USUALLY] This particular night however my companion gets out and she said something about the guy and then we hear him speedily driving towards my companion and we were so scared! I was about to get out but I got back in the car and kind of hid. He was very angry and starts talking to my companion asking what she's doing there and how he's never seen our car before and he starts shining his flashlight around our bike rack and like yelling about how suspicious our car was and that they'd gotten their car broken into a couple days ago and my companion was like yeah so we're missionaries and we're just going to visit a member of our congregation and he just like was interrogating her and finally he left back to his house and we went to our members house and we were very grateful she opened the door because that crazy man was still watching us. SO FUNNY! I am so grateful that man did not have a gun, it was only a flashlight the Lord is watching out for us and keeping us safe for sure! Sunday I wrote down some thoughts and things I was struggling with and sister Goff and I talked about them and it was good, its so hard for me to be open; but im learning.then we met a new investigator named omega at sacrament, she was with her grandpa. For dinner the STLS had called the night before and said they were going to make enchiladas and then we ate at the church, so after we get done eating sister hansen is like so we asked you to have dinner with us because we wanted to have dinner but also because we think we all need to talk together. ( I had been talking to Sister Clark and sister Goff had been talking to Sister hansen about what was wrong and stuff but we weren't talking to each other) yes my friends, dinner was a sneak attack INTERVENTION it was really good though and we definitely all needed it. My companion and I are doing a lot better now, we stayed up late ( like close to 11) and just talked, it was so good missions are weird and I still stink at feelings but my companion is teaching me and we're going to start doing more companionship inventories ( but we're calling them companionship check ups because inventory makes me feel weird) so cheers to feeling, Dealing, and Healing
Fun Facts:
♡The smoke shop has a drive thru window like taco bell
♡We are now entering Tornado season!
♡ the other night it was way windy and there was a tornado watch I guess but nothing happened. And then the next day we heard a siren but the weather was perfect and we're not sure what that was about because it just kind of stopped.
♡ I've seen a few ladybugs which is fun
♡ I got a bike this week! I'm excited!it's blue
♡One of the members in our ward has big plans for sister Goff when she gets off her mission she wants her to marry her 37 year old Less active son and give her grand babies before she dies(My companion is barely 20) [I ABOUT DIED!!!!IT WAS HILARIOUS!!]
♡ It is so pretty here! The skies are my favorite and these beautiful trees
♡We took a plant to less active members
♡Last Monday we went to the mall and I found a dinosaur like Piers ( I'm grateful Bruce didn't get this one! It was almost as tall as me!)
♡I tripped off someone's porch and hurt my ankle ( but I can still walk on it so that's good)
♡Dead squirrel on the road
{{Its a great day to save lives}}
Xoxo, Sister Greenwood
Its hard, but I'm Strong enough I Just Have To Keep Reminding Myself Of That. We had interviews with President and sister McCuistion this week and one thing he said that really helped me was that as long as I'm doing my best it's okay, and that sometimes we do get doors slammed in our face for no fault of ours. That was so helpful to hear! My companion and I have been struggling with communication (from my end of course) we had the STL'S over for lunch on Saturday and I got to talk to Sister Clark which was really good. We took a break from proselyting and served people in a different way because I was not in any shape to be proselyting at that current point in time(it started the night before) and I couldn't talk about it. So instead we wrote notes to people and my companion made muddy buddies and we heart attacked people's doors it was great! We had a lot of strange experiences this week that I can't even remember them all. The most significant was when my companion and I went to visit a less active member, as we were driving into the cul-de-sac to turn around my comp was like that guy is staring at us from his window, and I kind of brushed it off. so we go park our car and then we always pray and talk about our plan for the lesson, we turn off the car and we get out( that's our normal every day routine) so my companion gets out and grabs her bag and then I get out and we go to our lesson [USUALLY] This particular night however my companion gets out and she said something about the guy and then we hear him speedily driving towards my companion and we were so scared! I was about to get out but I got back in the car and kind of hid. He was very angry and starts talking to my companion asking what she's doing there and how he's never seen our car before and he starts shining his flashlight around our bike rack and like yelling about how suspicious our car was and that they'd gotten their car broken into a couple days ago and my companion was like yeah so we're missionaries and we're just going to visit a member of our congregation and he just like was interrogating her and finally he left back to his house and we went to our members house and we were very grateful she opened the door because that crazy man was still watching us. SO FUNNY! I am so grateful that man did not have a gun, it was only a flashlight the Lord is watching out for us and keeping us safe for sure! Sunday I wrote down some thoughts and things I was struggling with and sister Goff and I talked about them and it was good, its so hard for me to be open; but im learning.then we met a new investigator named omega at sacrament, she was with her grandpa. For dinner the STLS had called the night before and said they were going to make enchiladas and then we ate at the church, so after we get done eating sister hansen is like so we asked you to have dinner with us because we wanted to have dinner but also because we think we all need to talk together. ( I had been talking to Sister Clark and sister Goff had been talking to Sister hansen about what was wrong and stuff but we weren't talking to each other) yes my friends, dinner was a sneak attack INTERVENTION it was really good though and we definitely all needed it. My companion and I are doing a lot better now, we stayed up late ( like close to 11) and just talked, it was so good missions are weird and I still stink at feelings but my companion is teaching me and we're going to start doing more companionship inventories ( but we're calling them companionship check ups because inventory makes me feel weird) so cheers to feeling, Dealing, and Healing Fun Facts:
♡The smoke shop has a drive thru window like taco bell
♡We are now entering Tornado season!
♡ the other night it was way windy and there was a tornado watch I guess but nothing happened. And then the next day we heard a siren but the weather was perfect and we're not sure what that was about because it just kind of stopped.
♡ I've seen a few ladybugs which is fun
♡ I got a bike this week! I'm excited!it's blue
♡One of the members in our ward has big plans for sister Goff when she gets off her mission
she wants her to marry her 37 year old Less active son and give her grand babies before she dies(My companion is barely 20) [I ABOUT DIED!!!!IT WAS HILARIOUS!!]♡ It is so pretty here! The skies are my favorite and these beautiful trees
♡We took a plant to less active members
♡Last Monday we went to the mall and I found a dinosaur like Piers ( I'm grateful Bruce didn't get this one! It was almost as tall as me!)
♡I tripped off someone's porch and hurt my ankle ( but I can still walk on it so that's good)
♡Dead squirrel on the road
{{Its a great day to save lives}}
Xoxo, Sister Greenwood
I swear I am picking up every germ/virus possible out here. And I already checked Walmart and they didn't have oregano pills, which is a mega bummer. It's kind of the worst being sick on the mission. So the last two days were spent in bed, we did go to church yesterday just long enough to take the sacrament. I'm probably going to buy some dayquil today. Hopefully that will help. Most everyone in our zone is sick. The other day I stayed home with one of the other sisters while my comp went out and the same day the elders went out in a trio since only 3/6 weren't sick. The medical person for the mission said it's going around like crazy. The day I got sick she had already had 3 other people call before me with the same thing. So yeah.. that's how my health is going
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But the actual Week was so great! We had zone conference and I got to see two of my favorite people ever! Sister Jensen and nielson!!! I was so stoked. We should've taken a picture. Oh well. My companion predicts that sister Jensens mom might be an STL next transfer. I hope mines not. I only want one mom. LOL. too bad it's not up to me. The Lord is the one in charge! We also had exchanges this week. Which was SOOOOOO GOOD! I was with sister Clark and it was the greatest experience! We were in a lesson with someone who wasn't originally in our plans for the night and I was just sitting back kind of observing and I ended up not only testifying but also being able to clear some things up for her that had been miscommunication from sister Clark and her regular comp. It was such a miracle! Sister Clark and I also had a lot in common so we were able to have deep conversations which was much needed. I love being a missionary so much. The Lord is keeping me stronger than I ever thought possible. I love the work I'm doing and it's already going by so quickly! Transfers are already coming up on like the 22nd I think!
