Amazing week!!

This was seriously one of, if not the best, week of my mission! So much happened, but I'll keep it to the good stuff. Here's the summary:

Monday, we bowled as a zone, because it was the last week of the transfer, so we all wore our zone shirts, and had lots of fun together. At the end, we took a picture to remember it, so see it attached below!

Tuesday, we had a booked day with lessons and visits. We had a lesson with Manuel and his family. We challenged him to have a family home evening Monday night, but they weren't able to because of their schedules. We just talked about the importance of spending quality time with his family, and he agreed, and we challenged him to do it again tomorrow. We also had a lesson with Tobe, and talked with her about her visit with Elder Murillo. She loved his back story, and enjoyed his testimony of the gospel. It was neat to see two Navajos connect.

Wednesday and Thursday we spent visiting formers and potentials. Not much came from it, but we did get a few return appointments. We also had a couple ward parties that we attended, as our dinner appointments. We managed to get Tobe to attend her ward party, and she loved it! See the pictures below from the parties!

Friday we tried to meet with this man named Johnny, who was baptized about a year ago. After he was baptized, he never made it to church the next Sunday, to get confirmed. We have a couple weeks to get him to church and get him confirmed, but the time is short, so he may have to baptized again. He is open to meeting with us, and wants to go to the ARP meetings for his drinking addiction. Other than that, Friday was filled with random visits that I don't remember.

Saturday was the best day of the week! We had a zone blitz in West Haven, and Nehemiah came out with us! He's this 20 year old that lives in our area, that the zone leaders and us have been teaching, and he's great! He spent the whole day with us preparing for his baptism later that night! He was on fire knocking those doors. He's not even a member yet, and he was so ready to share the gospel. Later that night he was baptized! So many people came to support him, it was amazing. He was even blessed enough to have President Jaggi himself, perform the baptism! Most spiritual baptism I've ever been to. He bore his testimony at the end, about how in a year he wants to serve a mission. His spirit is so great, and he will definitely be a great Missionary!

Sunday, we had stake conference in the tabernacle right next to the temple! It was fantastic. Afterwards, I was able to go back to Clinton for Lily's farewell party! For those who don't know who they are, I was blessed enough to meet the Blackburn family, and was able to teach their son Hayden as well. He hasn't been baptized yet, but he will be soon! It was great to be able to spend some time with them again, and wish Lily the best, before her Mission in England!

Hope you all enjoy the tons of photos I have from this week! I love and miss you all, but am doing great here in Ogden Utah! Have a great week!

Elder Greer
Utah Ogden Mission
1785 Center Ave
Ogden, Utah - 84404

Sickness Number 2

In the words of Elder Lavoie, serving in Orem, being sick on the mission is the worst. No one is really there to help you, which sucks! Now that may seem very childish, but is true. Some things you don't want to grow out of, and this is one of them. But anyway, my companion and I have been sick almost all week, so I don't have much for you guys.

Manuel is doing great. We have been meeting with him and his family, and we will hopefully be putting his wife on date to be baptized soon. Other than that, we will be having a family home evening with them next week, so it should be beneficial!

Other than that, all I have is a few pictures. Sorry this wasn't a very great update, this week will be much better because...... TRANSFER WEEK! Elder Tabler and I are staying as district leaders here in Mound Fort. We are getting some great Elders in our district, so it should be fun!

Love you all, have a good week!

Elder Greer
Utah Ogden Mission
1785 Center Ave
Ogden, Utah - 84404

(Elder Haworth wearing my beanie looking all goofy 😂) 

Baptism!

"Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost." (2 Nephi 31:17) 

Our investigator, and dear friend, Manuel Lopez has entered the gate to eternal life this week through the waters of baptism! Bishop Edwards was able to baptize and confirm him a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints this weekend. It was great to be able to see him change tremendously, and come so much closer to his Savior. The spirit was in great abundance at his baptism, and everyone there could feel it. His wife and daughter both attended, and hopefully soon will also be baptized!

Other than Manuel's baptism, not too much happened this week. I went on exchanges with the zone leaders in their area, and it was awesome. We had a few lessons, and got to play basketball with some of their investigators. We also had a district blitz in Harrisville, and knocked some doors for a couple hours. Not too much luck came from it, but we're planting seeds!

Ex-Elder Bogle (Austin, red Chiefs shirt), came back and visited as well!

That's it from me this week. Thanks everyone for the love and support as always! Take care!

Love,
Elder Greer
Utah Ogden Mission
1785 Center Ave
Ogden, Utah - 84404

Zone Blitz!

Hey everyone! This week was a very short and busy week, so I'll give you a quick rundown.

Monday was a pretty relaxed day, we went bowling and did some shopping, so that's about it. Elder Smith and I also bought matching suits! Elder Tabler will be buying his soon, so we will all be matching haha.

Tuesday we tried doing some finding, since we didn't have any lessons with our investigators. We didn't have much luck, but a couple people said we could come back later.

Wednesday, was a great day. We had a zone training, from our zone leaders, about real intent. They talked a lot about how we have to give our whole effort, having faith that we will find that people will listen to our message. It was powerful training, that we all took a lot from it. Afterward, we had a couple hours to find, but no luck.

Thursday, we had district leader training from President and Sister Jaggi, that was also super good. They talked a lot about the importance of the book of Mormon, and how Jesus Christ is the foundation that we need to build upon. It was a super long meeting, that took most of the day, so I'm definitely just summarizing it haha, but it was great. That night we had an amazing lesson with Manuel, and put him on date for baptism for the 14th of October!

Friday we had a lot of service, and some more finding. I also got to provide Manuel with some service, and mow his lawn for him!  We also went around trying to find ways into the apartments that we cover, so we could knock them. We found some members willing to buzz us in, so that was good!

Saturday was amazing! Our entire zone got together in our area for a Zone Blitz! Basically we went to all different spots in our stake, and just knocked doors for 3 hours. We had quite a bit of success! We found 2 new potential investigators, and had like 4 return appointments! We also had another lesson with Manuel that night, teaching him about the Word of Wisdom. We brought Elder Delgado with us, who has been serving an addiction recovery mission for over 10 years. He was very receptive to the lesson, and committed to following it to prepare for his baptism.

Sunday, Manuel came to church! We were super nervous he wasn't going to make it, because of his health problems, and not being able to leave his home, but he said he was willing to do whatever, so he came! He enjoyed it a lot, and he's super prepared.

That's all I have for this week! It's going super well here in Ogden. I'm starting to love my new area a lot, and we're finding those that are prepared for the restored gospel! I hope you all have a good week, love you!

Elder Greer
Utah Ogden Mission
1785 Center Ave
Ogden, Utah - 84404

General Conference!

Hey everyone! This week was pretty good. This email will be short because I don't quite remember what we did all week leading up to conference, but conference made up for it!

My companion and I were able to attend all sessions, except Sunday afternoon! It was so great to be able to see, and hear inspired words, from the Lords Apostles in person. It was everything I had hoped for. My favorite talk was by Elder Holland, Saturday morning. For anyone who didn't have a chance to watch it, I highly recommend you do! (https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/media/session_1_talk_11/5594207155001?lang=eng)

We brought our Navajo investigator, Tobe with us Saturday! She loved general conference so much, and even got emotional from it as well. She's had a really rough past, and we're hoping she heard everything she needed to, to have the strength and faith to desire to be baptized. She has a strong Faith in Christ already, and a is great person, so we're praying!

I enjoyed this weekend a lot, and also enjoyed being able to see many of my friends from back home! This is definitely one for the books. I hope you all enjoyed conference as much as I did!

We will be having a lot more lessons this week with our investigators, since we weren't able to meet much this week, so next week I'll update you all on them! Hope you all have a good week, love you!

P. S. We also had a mission 5k last Monday, see photos attached!

Elder Greer
Utah Ogden Mission
1785 Center Ave
Ogden, Utah - 84404

Ran into Ryan Marra!

Ran into my brother Andrew!!

Ran into Larissa Bull!