How is everyone doing? I hope you all are having
an excellent Memorial Day. I've been assigned to serve in the Casa
Grande area. It's a great area and we teach
a ton! I have two companions! So I'm in a trio! I love it. Their names
are Sister Jacobsen from Utah and Sister Ramono from Blackfoot, Idaho!
There Spanish is really good, and they are very kind. We live in the
Colony apartments they are really nice especially for the area we are
in. There is also two other girls who live in our apartment they are
English speaking though so it
is fun to have a variety.
So I had my first baptism on Saturday! His name is Noe. It was a neat experience, and we had 3 of our
investigators come and they loved it. I asked 3 more people to be
baptized and 2 accepted so we are continuing to teach them and get them
ready for baptism. Along with investigators it has been hard for me
because of the language barrier. Most of my investigators speak no English. I've felt very alone because everyone around me is Hispanic.
They like to tease me and call me "Hermoso Blanco" or Beautiful White.
Most of them make fun of me because I can't speak very well so it has
been difficult pero I'm keeping my head up.
One of my favorite quotes
that has helped me through the last week is "Remember, the Lord has
called you to succeed, not to fail. Sometimes it may seem terribly hard,
but He wants you to grow. He will not abandon you. He inspired your
call. He knows who you are. He knows what you need. He knows what He
wants you to become, and this mission experience is an opportunity He
has given you to discover things about yourself you never knew;
capacities you never knew you had, strength beyond what you felt you
had, and the capacity to love and serve which will sustain you
throughout the rest of your life. Remember, you have been called and He
will fit the task to your capabilities..." - Richard G. Scott.
There is a parable that has also been a big help to me this
week about a little bird. There once was a little bird who lived in a
big forest with many different animals. One day the forest started on
fire, and many animals fled from it. The little bird began to get water
and tried to stop the raging fire. Many of the other animals mocked the
little bird and told him he was silly for thinking he could stop the
fire. The little bird turned and said to the other animals "At least I
can say I did my part."
That story has made me realize that no matter how bad my Spanish is
or how far my teaching skills are from being perfect, I am doing my
part. We all have parts in this world that we must do. Everyone is
contributing in some way.
In other news my Facebook should be up and running for
proselyting purposes by Wednesday hopefully. I have to remove and hide
anything that is not about missionary life. You can still tag me in
pictures from my mission but my name cannot be tagged to my blog for
security purposes. So please keep my blog going but don't link it to my
profile.
So
feel free to write my letters, please! I promise I will write you back!
I hope everyone has a great week! Love you all. Remember who you are!
Love,
Hermana Greenhalgh
This is when I arrived in Arizona and stayed
with the Hoopes Family they hosted us my first night
Noe's
Baptism
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