*Mom's Note:
Braden only quickly emailed a little note last week saying he had a full day and wouldn't be able to email as normal. Here is what he said. I didn't post it last week for some reason. This week he added to it so I'll post that. Perhaps along with last week or maybe as a new post for this week.
This week we were able to do quite a bit with Brandon. His partner has
finally shown a little bit of kindness too us! Not that she was mean but
she kind of just avoided us until this week. She invited us over for
dinner! And it was her idea! Not Brandon's! They both later on went
bowling and had a big extended family dinner at an expensive buffet and
payed for us. They are awesome and Brandon hates the idea that Elder
Suriben will be leaving soon, he said that when he gets baptized, he's
going to pay for Elder Suriben's flight to come here. Hopefully I will
be in the Hamilton area when he is baptized or else I wont be able to go
either. He said also that if I am out in Gisborne at the time, he might
try to have his wedding and baptism in whatever area I am in. But who
knows, time will tell. He is the man though and my companion and I are
ever so grateful for the opportunity to meet and teach him. Nothing else
really spectacular happened this week but hopefully I will be able to
tell you how amazing this p-day was. I will also have a lot of pictures
hopefully. Hope all is well.
Arohanui,
Elder Green
*Mom's Note:
This is the additional info he gave for last week, but he sent it this week. If that makes any sense!
Yes, sorry. We had a lot planned for p-day and we gave very little time
to emailing. I hope Maren gets better! Brandon's partner is Renae. I don't actually know the spelling but he usually refers to her as Nae. But
yes we spend a fair bit of time with him and in members homes or on his
front lawn. He actually took us out last week Saturday to go bowling
with his entire family and then took us to Gengys. A Mongolian all you
can eat. At Gangys you prepare a bowl full of meat, sides, seasonings,
and oils and they cook it all right in front of you. It was awesome!
I can definitely feel all the prayers and
blessings I am receiving out here. I feel like I am not even the same
person anymore but not because I changed myself but as if some switches
in my brain shut off and some others turned on the day I was set apart.
But I love it out here so far and the fact that Elder Suriben leaves
next week makes me sad because in just a few short years I will be in
the same spot. It is starting to hit Elder Suriben as well. He tells me
every once in a while that he gets sad because of how much he's gonna
miss "days with the boys" or the people and personalities of New
Zealand. I am but I'm not looking forward to the day I get my travel
itinerary from the Mission office. But anyway. This week was pretty
good. We were able to have a really good conversation with an
investigator and his mom and auntie. Our investigator is on an ankle
bracelet but he's super nice and he loves us coming over and teaching a
verse or two from the BoM to him every visit.
If I
were to describe my day to day, it would be hard because it's different
every day. Wake up, shower and breakfast, study and then be out of the
flat at 10:00. Everything between 10:00 and 9:00
is proselyting. We stop for lunch and dinner everyday but the time
changes every day. Proselyting includes door knocking, teaching
appointments, and contacting. Every week we have District meeting and
every transfer we have Zone conference. P-day and Sunday are the only days that are different than the rest. But that's pretty much it.
-Elder Green
