Divisions Again!

Buenas todas!

Thanksgiving Dinner 2015

You'll never believe it! I was in Cuahtemuc the whole week again! Except for the night before Thanksgiving. I was grateful to sleep in my bed that night :) But I was in Cuahtemuc in the Zone Leader's house the whole week again. I worked with Elder Fuentes (whom I have now worked with more than my real comp). He has about 1 month in the mission. So basically, I'm training. I also found out that I will be staying the whole week in Cuahtemuc again. But at least I know this time that I'll be here the whole week. :)

Elder Fuentes, Mejia, & Greenwood and Sister Hernandez

Cute lil kitty

Elder Fuentes and I found a super cool guy who was totally ready for baptism! We contacted him in the street. He had taken a few missionary lessons before. We took him to the church for an interview and he is scheduled to be baptized next week!!~! And, while we were taking him to the church, he said that he had been praying for a way to come closer to God, and BOOM! We showed up! SO COOL to be an instrument in the hands of God.

We also talked to a drunk guy and his wife. And he wanted to change so bad that he dumped his alcohol down the drain when we asked. That is a hard thing to do for an alcoholic. I really hope he gets baptized :)

My scripture of the week is a classic :) Helaman 5:12

LOVE you all! And I'm grateful for each and every one of you and the influence you have had on my life :)

 Elder Greenwood :)

Crazy Week of Divisions!

Como estan todos!

Honey Yogurt - Ahh, the simple pleasures!

My Scripture of the Week last week was 1 Nephi 4:6 (incredible scripture of faith and good works).

My scripture of the week this week is Alma 26:22 (awesome).

This week was absolutly crazy! I literally have not slept in my bed in my house for a week now.

Sun.-Mon. -- Slept in Zone Leader's house

Mon.-Tues. -- My bed

Tues - Sun -- ZL's house

Sun- Mon -- Slept in The AP's house in Chihuahua

I'm pretty confident that I will get to sleep in my own bed tonight, but I was pretty confident of that last Thursday and Saturday! Hahaha! Mission adventures!

Elders Sanchez, Greenwood, Fuentes, Valdivieso

We had those divisions all week so that the zone leaders could help us a bit in our area, doing interviews and stuff. We found 2 people this week who were ready for baptism, and we baptized them! The Field is White, already to harvest.

Elder Greenwood in Mission President's chair. Hmmm...

When I was in Cuahtemuc this week, I also found several people with desires to be baptized with broken hearts, contrite spirits, and everything! They are all ready for baptism. One of them's mom was baptized. I asked the kid if he would like to be baptized too, and he said, "yes!" So, I passed him and other people's addresses and names and stuff to the missionaries in their area, and pretty soon they're going to be baptized! Crazy stuff. Again, the Field is White, Already to Harvest, and we are here to thrust our sickles in with our might (D&C 4).

There are many people who are ready for baptism right now. There are also many who are ready to hear the gospel and build their testimony to be baptized. There are some that need a bit more time to grow. Our job is to find them all and do everything we can to invite them to come unto Christ.

Also spent my P-day in Chihuahua this week. My Zone Leader, Elder Hicken, got permission to come to the offices and say goodbye to his best friend who is going home. He had me go with him. So I got to see the big city! Holy cow. Little ol' Anahuac is so small compared to Chihuahua. It is crazy how big Chihuahua is! And they have stuff there! Like a Costco, Denny's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Home Depot, and IHOP. It's insane. We went to a mall to get Elder Hicken some winter clothes. I walked in and literally felt like I was back in America. It was weird. But it was a fun time being able to hang out with some old missionaries like Elder Hicken's friend, Elder Tolbert. He is apparently related to me (in the mission)! He trained the current AP Elder Larson, who trained some dude named Elder Mayor, who trained Elder Mejia (My District Leader), who trained Elder Beeson (My Dad). WHOA! Small Mission. Hahaha!

Elders Tolbert, Larsen, and Greenwood

Thank you for your prayers! The work is moving forward here and it is an honor to be a part of it. I love this gospel and I love the chance I have to go out and share it here.

LOVE YOU ALL

Elder Greenwood :)

First Week in My "New Area"

Hola, hola Everybody!!

View of "New Area"

Cambios (changes/transfers) have happened. My new comp came straight out of his training and started to train me. We now have the other half of Anáhuac as our area. So, it's like having a completely new area while living in the same house. We worked SUPER hard this week and we have the goal to find someone who is ready for baptizm this week. We are going to pray really hard, and work really hard, and search with faith and hope every day and God will help us find people. The scripture James 2:17 comes to mind: "Faith without works is dead". As missionaries, and as members of this church, our faith will only grow as we work hard to help build it and try our very best every day.

Another View

The Hermanas found someone on the street the other day with the desire to be baptized and had some assistences in the church. She was interviewed and found worthy by the district leader that day, and we called President and he said that it was ok to baptize her. So that same day she was baptized! And the next day, in church, she was confirmed. Searching with Faith.

Pass Along Cards

We also had a capacitacion (training) with Presidente Chavez this week. He talked to us about making sure that working hard means that we will receive fruits. Like grapes. But, sometimes, those grapes will turn into raisins if they aren't taught well enough, or don't have a friend in the ward, or other things like that. We need to do our very best to have good baptisms and have many fruits instead of many raisins.

Church Building with Seriously Dedicated Elders

Half the battle is getting the people baptized. The other half is keeping them active. My comp and I find new menos Activos (less-active members) almost every day. It's very sad to see someone who has left what could be and is their only chance to have true happiness in the life after this. It is an example of not exercising faith and working to build it. We plan to visit them too so that their faith can be rekindled and they can feel the blessings of the Lord once again in their lives.

New Friend

Elder Beeson (comp), Elder Mejia (DL), Elder Greenwood

Love you all!

Hasta proxima semana!

Elder Greenwood :) 

Cambios!

Hola, hola, Everybody!

Last day with Elder Morales

Right now I am in the middle of my first cambios in the field! It is crazy! Of the Four Missionaries of Anahuac, I am the only one staying in Anahuac. It's pretty crazy here right now. I have no idea where my previous comp is going, Elder Fowler is headed to the Cierras, and Elder Vergara is done with his 2 years. And, while writing this, I literally found out who my new trainer is going to be for the next 6 weeks. His name is Elder Beeson. He literally just finished his training, is a Gringo (white guy), and now has to train me! Hahaha! It's pretty crazy! I hope I learn lots of Spanish! But, he's a nice guy from what I know. It should be good :)

Baptism of woman in Elder Greenwood's area

My scripture of the Week is D&C 64:33 - "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." Powerful scripture :)

So nice to have little reminders of home. =)

Went on divisions with my zone leader, Elder Benson, this week. I learned SO MUCH from him! He is a great leader. We found tons of people who are so ready to hear the gospel, and it got me so excited! We visited one guy who, apparently, last week was INCREDIBLY drunk, but he followed Elder Benson and his comp to church; and now, a week later, hasn't had a sip of alcohol. Stone cold Sober. AMAZING!!

Good thing that pool is covered! Temptation!

Also had a great lesson with a family in my area the other day. By the end of the lesson, they were already starting to read the pamphlet that we gave them with curiosity and stuff. It was really cool to see :)

Mexi Corn Dogs! Elder Fowler is a kindred spirit!

I talked to someone from New Mexico this week in English! I have forgotten a lot of English words! I couldn't put out a full sentence without using a few Spanish words. Hahaha! Now I can't speak either language!! But, I was able to give him a Book of Mormon with my testimony in it, and he seemed really excited to read it! Miracles happen every day in the mission field. We are blessed so much when we're supposed to be here to bless others.

Thank you for all your support!

Love you all!

Elder Greenwood :)

Dora the Explorer!

(Sent November 2, 2015)

Hello All!

I hope you like my subject line! I found out that Dora the Explorer exists down here in Mexico! Only she teaches the kids English instead of Spanish! The theme song in English is "Come on, vamanos, everybody let's go! Come on let's get to it! I know that we can do it!" 

In Spanish, it's "Vamos, come on, vamos, todos alla, manos a la obra en una sola maniobra." HAHAHA! JAJAJA!!

Que Suave!

Halloween Treat

Halloween Dinner

They also do have Halloween down here! It's not nearly as big as America, and the people don't really put up any decorations in preparation. But little kids dress up and their parents walk them around to all the little snack stores here and those people give them candy! Lots of fun to see!

Also lots of drunk people, hahaha. (Here they say DULCE TRUKO for Trick-or-Treat.)

Candy Corn Fangs - Clever!

My scripture of the Week last week was Revalation 21:7. It is a very good scripture.

This week it's Mosiah 26:18, 20 - "Yea, blessed is this people who are willing to bear my name; For in my name shall they be called; and they are mine. 20 - Thou art my servant; and I convenant with thee that thou shalt have eternal life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my name, and shalt gather together my Sheep."

Obviously it's very applicable to missionaries. But it's also very applicable to all of you. When you were baptized, you commited to take upon you the name of Christ. You are his servant. And when you do what you know is right and help to strengthen his kingdom, you will be blessed more than you could possibly imagine. The blessings you will recieve for Enduring to the End well are greater than you could possibly conceive as fair or possible.

Also got to fast again this week. Very special spirit to be able to sacrifice a little so that others may be blessed immensely.

Mi Casa

Some foods I've had the opportunity to try as a missionary are as follows: Burritos of amazingness, Beans, rice, meats of amazingness, and other amazingly delicious foods (with members). And by ourselves, Hot dogs mixed with noodles mixed with eggs (hahaha! not terrible), Cereal with milk and yogurt (basically like granola with yogurt, or just flavoring the milk. So good :) ), and squash of many types. The mexicans like to cut up the squash and shave the squash part off the shell into a bowl and dump milk in there like cereal, and add a little sugar. Actually tasted pretty good :) They also cut up squash and throw it in a sauce type thing (shell and all) full of cinnamon. Squash with that cinnamon...so Good! Loved it!

Last P-Day for Elder Vergara - Pizza Feast!

MMMM....with ketchup?

Thank you all for your support and your love! I hope your Halloween was Spooky fun!

Hasta Proxima Semana!

Elder Greenwood :)