Oi,
familia/amigos!
Tudo esta
bem aqui.
On Thursday I said goodbye to my dear companion Sister S!
She went to serve Spanish speaking in South Austin! She will do so great!
My new companion's name is Sister T! A brand new missionary
from Ogden! She just recently turned 19, and she has such a great attitude and
excitement to be here! I'm so excited to keep serving here in the Merrilltown Ward with her!
Yesterday our recent convert
J passed the sacrament for the first time!
Brother M came to Sacrament meeting yesterday also! His
first time being in any church for 30 years! He is so close to being baptized.
He has told us! Wow, a mighty change has
happened in him over the past couple of months. Sister T and I taught him on
Friday night and we taught him a super lesson with the Restoration and Plan of
Salvation (to fit his questions/concerns). The Spirit was powerful! I'm so
grateful for the Spirit that testifies of this restored gospel!
I have a testimony that church is a place where we can
receive revelation, and that when we invite friends to church we don't need to
worry about what will be said or whether the lessons will be just right,
because when we bring friends to church, they are in the Lord's hands! Over and
over again I have sat in a Sacrament meeting and been awestruck at how perfect
every talk and musical number and lesson is for the investigators who are
there! Heavenly Father is so aware of us and our friends and family and will
bless us with the things we need if we will just enter into His church and be
where He wants us to be on Sunday morning! Yesterday was so incredible. I'm so
grateful for a ward that we can trust and who trusts us! We know that when we bring
new friends to church that the ward members will help them to feel welcome and
show them around. The bishopric also explains carefully the Sacrament and
sustaining and other things we do throughout the meeting.
We met an incredible family of 9 last week! Sister S and I knocked on a door and a lady named Me
answered with two of her kids (Jt and Jn) and she asked who we were and what
church we were from. When we asked if we could share a message with her, she
welcomed us in! She even looked surprised that she was letting us in. We sat
down and got to know her a little. She and her husband have 7 children! The
first child’s name starts with an A and the second child's starts with a
Z...and then they have 5 who start with J's! haha! She was so funny! She said,
we covered A-Z with the first two kids... and then the other 5 came! We prayed and shared the first lesson with
her and she was soaking it in! She really understood and asked great questions!
By the end she told us she felt God had sent us to her and it was no
coincidence we were there. They had just had a few deaths in their family.
(Plus, we had also been praying to find a family!) As I was thinking the words
"when can we come back?" she asked "When are you coming
back??" It was incredible! We set a return appointment. Sister T and I
went back, but she had run out to the grocery store, but we met her husband and
saw Jn and Jt again! And the kids were so excited to see us! We have an
appointment to meet with the whole family tomorrow!
Thanks for your emails and letters! I'm so glad you are each
doing well!
Christ lives and this is his church! Joseph Smith truly was
a prophet of God!
Love you!
-Sister
Greenall
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