Elder Tyler Greer: Finally in the mission!

So, this was my first week in the field… and it's been kinda crazy, but has also been amazing. So, the last few days in the MTC were just regular, but it was super sad leaving my district and my zone.

So, Tuesday we got on the frontrunner and were headed to Ogden. We arrived and we're greeted by the mission presidency, the assistants to the president, and some more people. We went straight to the Ogden Temple from there, and took pictures and just hung around it. After that we went to the mission office and had lunch and a few meetings with President Jaggi. Then we went knocking on a few doors right away, and tried getting someone to commit to baptism in just an hour. My companion and I actually did haha. This 14-year-old kid said he would, so we referred him to the missionaries of that area. Later that night we went back to the Ogden Temple and did baptisms for the dead! It was really awesome, President Jaggi did the ordinance. Then we did some confirmations and I actually did some myself! That was a new but awesome experience.

Wednesday we got to meet our trainers and head to our houses. My trainer’s name is Elder Siedschlag. He's from Southern Brazil, but his name is very German. So far, he's pretty cool, his accent is pretty crazy haha. We're serving in Clinton North, and we cover 3 wards. We didn't get much time to unpack, we kinda just jumped right into the work. Knocked on a few doors, no success though. One guy bashed on our religion for literally 40 minutes, and we kinda just stood there and couldn't say anything. After that we went to a dinner appointment with some inactive members, and it was so awkward. I didn't know they were inactive until we left, so I got a really bad first impression of the members here. This guy basically was telling us about the history of Christianity and how they killed people. Then told us he wouldn't watch general conference because it's weird. So Wednesday really sucked, and I thought this mission was gonna suck as a whole lol.

Thursday was a pretty good day, so it evens out for the day before. I don't remember anything except having zone and district meetings which was really cool, because I got to meet a lot of the missionaries serving here. Other than that, we just went around and met people from our wards.

Friday we did a lot of planning for this upcoming week. We have been on foot this entire time, so we went out and got me a bike. After that we went out and met some more people. We then had a lesson with an 8 year old boy named Denver, whose parents are not really in the picture I guess. I don't know much about his situation, but I'll fill you in when I find out.

Saturday was probably one of the best days yet. We got to go to general conference AM session! We went down on the frontrunner, and took a recent convert named Bill. We all really loved it. I also ran into one of my best friends Brooke Ramsey! I met her at EFY like 4 years ago, and we've been super chill ever since. Didn't get to talk to her much because of conference starting, but it was really amazing seeing her (Shout out to Brooke). When we got back, we watched the 2nd session. Later that night we went to the stake center to watch the Priesthood session, which was also really good. After that we went to dinner with one of our ward mission leaders Brother Simpson, and the high councilman over missionary work, brother Peterson. Both really great guys.

Sunday we went over to the Lindsay's for breakfast and for the AM session of conference. Then we got to go conference again! This time we were went with Bill again, but he drove us down to Salt Lake. Another amazing conference session, the leadership of this Church surely amazes me. Later, for dinner we ate at one of our Bishops house, Bishop Wooley and his family. They have 6 kids ranging from 5 to 16. Shared a spiritual thought, then we were on our way. After, we just stopped at a few more members places to meet people I don't know. Was a great night, met some people that I'll be working close to, while I serve here in Clinton.

It doesn't seem like a lot has happened this week because of the transition, but we'll be teaching a lot more people this coming week. I have already grown to love the people of Clinton and I can't wait to teach more people. I would be lying if I said I wasn't getting a little homesick, being gone for almost a month now. That's a good thing though, means my family has been doing something right ;).

Anyone, and everyone, feel free to email me questions, comments, or just a hello if I haven't talked to you in a while! I love you all, and pray for my people back home every night. Have an amazing week, and I'll email you next week!

Love,

Elder Greer

Utah Ogden Mission

923 West 2225 North Clinton, Utah

Some Random Photos From The Week

Watching conference