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| Elder Green and his new comp Elder Olcott with their investigator Brandon and Bro. Hester |
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| This is the home we lived in when Tai was born and Braden was in the 1st grade. He couldn't remember the address but remembered his school and the street so he and his companion found the school then walked along the street until he found it by memory. |
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| Elder Green and Elder Suriben at the home of the Hesters, who take care of the Elders in their ward. I love them! |
Kia ora everyone!
This week was eventful! It started off by saying goodbye to my trainer, who I was lucky enough to spend 3 transfers with rather than just 2. It was sad going around with him and saying goodbye to all the people we've been with and seeing him have to say goodbye to New Zealand for good. But after he left I spent a lot of time with an Elder Ellsworth and Elder GeLinas. The three of us had our companions "die" so we were together covering all of our areas. But that ended pretty soon because Elder Ellsworth became an AP and was called to leave us and go to the office almost immediately. So then I was with Elder GeLinas until transfers were completed. Our new companions were to arrive on Thursday and when Thursday came around, I got to the bus stop early in the morning only to find out that my companion was actually going to drive himself up later in the afternoon. I spent about 7 hours at the bus stop and then finally I met Elder Olcott. He is a great guy and comes from a tiny farming town in Southern Utah. He is the new district leader and I hope to be able to learn a lot from him this next transfer. We weren't able to do much work in Nga this week but I still had a good and eventful week. Hope everyone is well!
Arohanui,
Elder Green
P.S. This is a part of an email Braden sent to his friend Anna. She graciously shared it with me. It's spectacular . . .
"Supposedly I'm just a really good leader and my level of confidence and capabilities are much better than a standard greenie. I hope these things are true and that I can live up to people's expectations. In saying goodbyes to everyone with Elder Suriben, people asked well how long have you been out Elder Green and I ended up being honest and saying I had started my mission in Nga and that I was fresh the day they met me. Everyone I told that too assumed I had at least been out for a year and was shocked. Knowing that, I know that I have been truly blessed out here and that I am here for a reason. I am not quite too sure what that reason is just yet but I hope to do as best I can for the people and the missionaries out here. Anna I just cannot believe how much of a blessing this mission is to me and how much more of a mission I have left to learn and grow. I am already a different person and hopefully the day I get back, I can apply all the amazing lessons I have learned and be a superstar to those around me. Not that I want praise and fame or anything of the sort but that I am able to help others and take on the role of what a superstar would do for others. I am slowly realizing how much I am part of a bigger plan I am a part of and how much I was prepared before my mission to serve this mission. I was even asked after I gave a talk at a baptism if I had a degree because of how educated I seemed. But I am nowhere near educated enough to seem like I have a degree! Somehow I have been blessed in my words and abilities, and far out! I can't even convey what my feelings are like over an email. I am just really happy I came. Really happy.
-Elder Green
*The two pics with Bro. Hester in them were sent by Bro. Hester. He's the ward mission leader there and says he has Elder Green in his home often and will do better to send pics of him. He's the best! Braden did manage to send the pic of our house in Hamilton so yay for that!
