Hi Family! I have a little bit more time to email now!
Some more neat people and experiences....
H!! H is a cool guy! He's very easy going and funny. He's
tall and black and is always wearing scrubs! He works night shifts and when we
asked where he works...he said he does surgeries all night. We were all taken
aback...and then we found out he does surgeries on computer boards and stuff.
Haha! He does some of the assembly line for a new apple project or something
like that. Last time we met with him we read with him from the Book of Mormon.
He likes it! We would talk about the verses he liked and he talked about all
sorts of stuff and was able to relate the Book of Mormon to his life. He came
to church on Sunday! We had a total of 6
investigators at church on Sunday, isn't that incredible??? How awesome!!
:D And at church, Huey kept joking about
leaving early...but luckily a member had given him a ride. Hehe. So every time
we saw him, he's say loudly "Hey D,
how about we just stay for 30 minutes of class and then go home!!!" Hahaha!
Ty. She is a referral from her mom. Her mom is a recent
convert and wanted us to go visit her. She opened the door the first time we
went to visit and looked at us with a crazy look. She is a shorter black girl
with long hair, big eye lashes, gold color contacts, piercing, and a hilarious
attitude. I was thinking "uh oh..."
we started introducing ourselves and as soon as we mentioned her mom sent us,
she let out a big breath and laughed, like she was relieved. "oohh! ok! You
actually came!! You actually came??" she had a few friends over watching a
movie, so we just had a quick visit and said a prayer with them, we all held hands.
It was fun! She said we could come by
again. We had a lesson with her last week. Her grandma was there cleaning, and
her grandma is hilarious! More sassy than her!!
Her grandma called over, "so what church are you from??" We
said "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
"Ya'll aren't Mormons, are you?" Hahaha! The grandma said that! And we all got
quiet, and then said, "Actually we are!!" Ty's eyes got so big!! She
started looking at us wierd and cleared her throat. Haha, after talking with her, we found out her
friend had told her some pretty crazy things about us!! We told her she could
ask us questions. "Are ya'll cannibals?" Hahahaha! We soon cleared up her strange
ideas about Mormons, and by the end of our visit she said that her perspective
had totally changed! And that she went
from thinking all sorts of crazy things about us to respecting us, so that was
cool! During our little lesson, her mom
actually arrived! Her mom is quite a contrast from Ty and her grandma! Hahaha!
Her mom is more reserved, but still with a great laugh and very sweet and kind.
She was so grateful we were there. She
had been planning on taking Ty to church with her but when Ty found out her Mom’s
ward was at 10am and ours is at 3pm, she instantly decided to come to church
with us instead! She actually came! She
stayed for the first two hours. Back
when we were still at her house with her grandma and mom and little brothers,
her mom had given us hugs goodbye and whispered to us, "Don't give up on
her. Pray for her. Keep visiting her! Thanks you sisters so much." Sweet family. :) They are fun.
It's really fun going out to dinner with the members. Some
of the members sign up to feed us! Since we are in a young adult ward, not all
of the members have resources to cook, so they take us out to eat. We've had
dinners at members’ homes and out at restaurants. Both are so fun! This last
week, W, a member from the ward, took us out to eat at a place called Kerbey
Ln. It's an original restaurant in Austin, and it's on Kerbey Ln. W is a really
cool guy. He's a tall and fun guy. Guess what Kerbey Ln had? A gluten free
menu! Which included gingerbread pancakes and apple cinnamon pancakes. Wow,
they were delicious! I got a breakfast plate with scrambled eggs, fruit, one
gingerbread pancake, and one apple cinnamon pancake. Afterwards, W got some
things from his car that his mom made for us! She made us a plate of cookies
and a plate of cornbread! I couldn't eat any, but it was so sweet of her!! Just
the fact that she made them made me feel so loved. We actually ended up door
bell ditching the treats on the Elders' doorstep. They gave us some goodies the
other day.
Last week we also went over to a member named D's house! He
served a mission in Brazil! So we went over so I could teach him one of the
lessons in Portuguese. He also fed us a
breakfast lunch! Which was fun! Turns out he went to culinary school, so that's
really neat. It was great to practice Portuguese with him and to teach a lesson
in Portuguese. I miss it! I do get an hour of language study everyday though
which is really nice!
We met with B again last week. We met at Panera and he
actually bought dinner for us. He also brought a friend of his from church,
named M. D, a member of our ward also came! B is very set on having evidence
and logical back up for his beliefs. He
used to just walk by faith, but has recently realized he wants to find evidence
for his beliefs. He believes whole heartedly in the Bible and Jesus Christ...there
is history to the Bible. But he's having
a harder time believing the Book of Mormon could be real. He's super friendly. He said "Not to be
rude...but there isn't really a lot of evidence or history about the Nephites. I mean I haven't found anything!" But
turns out he hadn't actually had time to read any of the Book of Mormon! B!! Just read it!! Hopefully he reads some this week! He's a
really awesome awesome guy and I like him a lot. I just want him to actually read some of the
Book of Mormon, because that is the ONLY way to know if it is true! To read it and pray about it! :D M kept turning the conversation to only the
Bible. Haha:) He's a really neat guy. He travels and does bible study with
people and I think does teaching and works with people in a Christian way. He
actually gave his phone number to D and gave his wife’s number to us and told
us to call them if we ever wanted to do a Bible study! Super nice and good people and he was being
the missionary! Hahaha! Which was awesome, but we won't be able to meet wtih
them again unless we are able to share our message as well and learn together.
We left his wife a message and said we'd love to meet her! It's just that we
are here to teach, so we need to keep that as our focus.
Lots and lots of great experiences everyday! And so many
little miracles and big ones too!
Oh! I forgot to write about Big Mama! We went to visit a
potential investigator named A. The first time we stopped by his grandma
answered and A was at work, but she told us to call him and come back because
she'd really like him to be around people like us. That was really nice.:) This
time, no one was home, but there was a garage sale happening next door, and a
lady was sitting in a chair smoking. We started talking to her and found out
she had been baptized like 20 years ago! She was really nice! She told us to
call her Big Mama. Hahahaha! We asked her if she knew where her Book of Mormon
was and if she wanted a new one. She did, so we gave her one, and she was very
happy. She reflected on when she first read it when the missionaries taught her
long ago and how she would get chills when she read it and she knew it was
true. That was neat. She didn't want missionaries to visit her because she's
very busy, but she was grateful for the Book of Mormon and visit and said she
would call us on the number we left her if she needed something. That was neat
to meet her.
Well, I'm going to go for now. That email was super long, so
if yall don't make it through the entire novel, I totally understand.
Hope y'all have a wonderful day, and I love you!
-Sister Greenall
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