I have been crazy busy this last week and my companion and I have had trouble with actually getting out and finding new investigators! The whole town has been knocked in the last year at least once but we are so busy that we find very little time to go tract! We are constantly providing service for members and random people we contact and offer to help. I absolutely love the amount of hard work and service I am able to give! While I go out and do some of the service and figure out different ways to get the job done, I am quite often asked if I came from the farm. I tell them no, but I have learned quite a bit here and there since I have been in so many different places in my life! I was able to see the fruits of our labor yesterday at church because we had to mow a massive lawn on Saturday for a less active member that the Sister missionaries have been working with and because of what we all did, she came to church for the first time in a long time! And I never thought I would say this but I actually enjoyed mowing that lawn. We even had to go mow a lawn for another lady later that day who we met while walking the streets and I enjoyed mowing her lawn as well! But the sun and the constant work really took its toll on Sunday. I was exhausted and just beat. But the work never stops so we've been pushing through.
The Temple lights here at the Hamilton Temple go into full effect on Tuesday and we will be able to go there at nights to talk to everyone and help out. I have been helping the Temple grounds workers put up lights on the trees and bushes as service every week but I haven't seen them at night yet. Every other missionary that isn't in our zone or the zone next to us is quite jealous because working the lights is one of the greatest things! Everyone is looking forward to it and I can't wait to get out there too! I'm not quite sure what exactly to expect but I really hope that I can enjoy it and help bring others unto Christ. He really is the reason for the season and I cannot wait for the great opportunities that Christmas will bring. I only hope to be the best I can be as I teach others.
Until next week,
Elder Green
This is a little blurb he sent in an email to Maren after she asked him how he was doing and what his favorite ice cream was:
My time here is amazing! I really like it here and I am so happy I get to spend 2 more years here! My favorite is probably the 4 way ice cream that has vanilla-cookie dough-chocolate brownie-salted caramel. I like to make milkshakes out of it. Its kind of like Neapolitan with 4 different flavor squares.
