Hot 'n' Spicy Miracles

 How y'all doin' folks? Hope this week of yours is going well. :)

Wow. Landon has really grown since he's been away.

This week was pretty awesome. It has gotten REALLY hot here in Cuauhtemoc. But, we've been seeing many, many, MANY miracles here, even with all the heat!

Gecko in Mexico

One of my favorites from this week was when we were teaching a new family. Present in the lesson were a father, mother, their daughter, and their daughter-in-law (who is a less-active member of the Church). We taught them the powerful lesson of the Restoration and how Joseph Smith set a very good example of HOW we can find the true Church of God. And, tying into that lesson, my comp began to talk to them about our vision that we have for them. Finally, we ended with an invitation to get baptized.

No fear

Up to this point, the father had really not talked, and did not look interested. So, when the invitation was given, there was a moment of intense silence (at least for us hahaha). Then one of the family members spoke up. The father said, "Well, I think that we should go for it." And the whole family accepted and were also part of the people who made it to church this last Sunday. It was awesome. :)

I love the Spirit and I know that it can touch all the hearts that open up to it. Whatever you feel like you need to do in life right now, if the Spirit tells you to do it, then "GO FOR IT!"

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Greenwood :)

Happy Easter!

 Happy Monday after Easter, Everybody! Hope that you all enjoyed your Easter.

Farewell to Sisters in District

This week was awesome! Thanks to our dear Elders quorum president, we could find another new family to teach. But this family is really something special. The mother is less-active but her husband and 2 of their kids are not baptized. This week we were able to pass by and explain the plan and vision that we have for them.

Easter Sleepover before P-day

We taught them about the importance of the temple and how, through the covenants that we can do in the temple, they will be able to live together as a family for all eternity. And then we taught them about how baptism is a necessary step in order to reach that big goal. And they are all down for it! They are really awesome! The power of members and missionaries working together shines bright.

Zone Activity

Also this week we were able to talk a lot about the Easter video and the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Without that sacrifice, the plan of God would not work, and we would be stuck here sinning and unable to progress for eternity.

Jesus Christ came and paid the price for us to be able to repent and be forgiven of our sins. He satisfied the demands of justice and gave us the opportunity to receive mercy and grace. But it only works if we do our part to receive it. And trust me, life is a lot better when we do our part. :)

I love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Greenwood :)

GO MAKE SOME MIRACLES!!!!

Hello Hello Hello!!! What is up people! Life is moving down here in good old Mexico!

We got all the missionaries together from our branch and we sang a primary song for the branch. That was really fun! We are starting to make it a tradition now.

We had a lot of good stuff go down this week. One of my favorites was a certain person who made it to church this last Sunday. We met this lady in Alsuper (it's a store like Walmart, but it's not Walmart). And we talked to her for a bit and she seemed really cool and interested. Unfortunately, she didn't live in our area. So we passed the reference and said whatevs.

Then! We saw her the next month in Alsuper again. And, she said that the missionaries had called her and they were going to go by her house at 12 one Friday. She was at a friend's house until 11:30-11:45. Then she got back to her house at 12 to wait for the missionaries. BUT! She got home and it turns out that the missionaries had passed by earlier and didn't find her. And from then on, they never called.

And now SHE MOVED! She is now our neighbor. And we saw her, talked to her, and she was down to go to church! (But, we weren't able to teach her because she always gets home late and stuff.) So we thought that it would really be a long shot to see her go without teaching her stuff.

BUT, we knocked on her door like 20 minutes before church started (after going for other people to take to church) and she answered in her pjs and said, "Just let me get ready and I'll go" AND she got ready in 10 MINUTES! Like What!?!? And she came to church, loved it, had to leave early to go on vacation with her family, but said that she gets back Saturday night and that she wants to go to church again the next day! It was crazy awesome to see :) True miracle.

Love you all!

GO MAKE SOME MIRACLES!!!!

Elder Greenwood :)

Conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elders Nicoll (CCM Amigo) and Greenwood

What is up!

Happy Conference weekend everybody! Hope that you all enjoyed it!

That was a very special Conference. President Monson may be old, but his words are powerful. His words were few but they said so much.

Passed out invitations to General Conference every time the stop light turned red.

Elders Nicoll, Rojas, Greenwood, and Calizaya

Upon reading the Book of Mormon daily, we will receive the following blessings: 

• we will be able to resist temptation, 
• overcome doubts and fears, 
• and you will receive Help from Heaven! Who doesn't want that?

Elders Calizaya and Greenwood with Sisters and Food!

I know that what the Prophet said to us is what we needed to hear in order to be better prepared to enter in the war against Satan and the world for these next 6 months.

May you apply what you have learned and may we all learn more in order to apply more from these talks!

Must be a Lucky Day!

You guys are the best! 

You are sons and daughters of God. 

What greater title can you ask for?

I love you all!

Elder Greenwood :)

Open the door when He knocks

Hola,

Elders Greenwood and Calizaya (companion)

This week was pretty intense! We had lots of hard days where our lessons fell through and life was a bit rough. BUT! As always, out of the darkness, comes the sun. And last Saturday, I don't know how, but we found just about everybody in their houses! We had great lessons, felt the Spirit, and committed many to go to church the next day! It was absolutely Wonderful!

District plus some extras from zone

That is something that I learned this week -- the hardest of times will always be followed by some sort of recompense. Lots of times we just have to pay the price necessary to have those good times.

District before transfers

I have also found that there are always little miracles that happen during those hard times. On one of those super hard days, we were out contacting. And, I was knocking on a door, AND I saw the people in their house! And they would not answer the door. I was pretty frustrated in that moment.

Zone before transfers

I continued on and knocked on the next door, and a car pulled up in the driveway. Now, normally, the people here have to get out of their cars and go open up their garage door manually. But, there have been moments when people have stayed in their cars to wait for us to leave so that we don't talk to them. So, when the guy that pulled up didn't get out of his car right away, I thought that it was one of those moments, and I started to walk away more frustrated.

Transfer day - Check out the Taxi!

Then, a little thought came to my head telling me to go and talk to that man. I thought to myself, "Really? Was that the Spirit?" I said a quick prayer to confirm that it was the Spirit. It was. I went over and talked to the dude. He turned out to be SUPER cool! He used to talk to missionaries all the time and he wants to learn more!

The Lord will not leave you alone in any moment, even in the hard times. We just need to be willing to open the door when He knocks.

Love you all! Have a great Life!

Elder Greenwood :)

This Week was a Week

Hey Peoples!

Elders Radichel & Greenwood - Sweet Tunes

Life is going well here in Mexico. Just finished up 19 months on March 19th! The time passes too fast. This last month FLEW by. It's crazy. I love the mission :)

Zone Meeting

This week we put in some good work. I got to do some divisions with Elder Radichel and we went to see a family of his who is getting ready for baptism. It was great to see them and talk to them. They are such a great family. They haven't even been baptized yet and they write their names down on the missionary calendar to give us lunch every once in a while! They are super awesome. We even ate with them. They gave us Agua Chile. It's basically seafood with Mexican spice. :) First time trying octopus! Whaaaat?!

Lookin' good, Elders!

Cool pic!

Lately I have been working on following the Spirit in every moment. And it is amazing how everything works out when we turn our life over to the Spirit. I have seen many miracles by doing so. I love the mission!

I love you guys! Thanks for all that you do!

Elder Greenwood :)

Special Miracle

Hey people! This week was a pretty great week! We had lots of good things happen.

A special miracle that happened to us this week happened on Saturday.

Normally, my comp and I, when we plan for our day, call up the people that we have lessons planned with so that we can be sure that they will be there and see the desire that they really have to hear the message that can change their lives.

So, that means that we have lots of unknown numbers in our phone that we call sometimes. Not everyone answers the phone either, and sometimes they call us back to see who it was and we look through our agendas super fast to find their name and talk to them when that happens.

So, we did all that, and started heading to our area. And, on the way there, we got a call from an unknown number! We started looking through our agendas to see who it was, and nothing! We did not have that number in our phone. Elder Calizaya answered and said stuff like, "We're the missionaries, do you remember us?"

And the person said, "Yes."

And Elder Calizaya ended up asking at what time we could go and visit that person.

The person said 11:30.

Elder Calizaya then asked where the person lived.

And the person didn't hear and hung up.

We tried calling back several, and I mean several times. No one picked up.

So... there was nothing to do. And we went on with our day...

And, around 11:20 - we went to visit a certain contact that we had a lesson planned with. But we didn't find her. We found her husband who, as it turns out, was baptized years ago and stopped going to church not too long ago. We talked to him a bit, invited him and his family to church again, and, when we were leaving, we asked for his number. AND IT WAS THE SAME NUMBER THAT CALLED US BEFORE! Our minds were blown! It was super cool. And, it helped us see the hand of the Lord in our lives more. It was special!

Have a great week everyone!

Find those Miracles!

Elder Greenwood :)