Oh Wow.
That was quite the day, huh... coming into the mission for the
first time. I had actually forgotten there was a Santa Fe mission blog. I
wonder who is in charge of that.
Well anyways, I am doing great guys. I just
woke up to some great pastries and juice today (because I bought them Saturday,
so I can wake up to pastries and juice). So it should be a great day.
Yesterday
was kind of lame. The power went out during the first session of conference and
never came back on until later in the night. Classic Recreo. We actually waited
in the church building about 3 hours until we realized it’s probably never going
to come back on. And it was raining, so we went to drink the waters of
eternities the rest of the night. We´ll have to find another time to finish off
conference. But it was quite clear the invitation of the prophet... to read the
Book of Mormon everyday of our lives. And he has promised us many blessing on
our families if we do so.
There were a lot of talks on the family, and
strengthening the family. But I was really touched by the talk from the (I’m sorry
I don’t remember his name) Asian guy who spoke about family
history. But I came to understand more about us being the link in the chain of
our family. And the importance of us being the strong link and not the weak
link. There is a pamphlet that the church came out with about maybe 5 years ago
called "my family" and the point of it is to do family history work.
I think everybody I knew, kind of threw it to the side, because most of our family
temple work is done. But that pamphlet is very important to a lot of people out
here in Recreo, and it’s not just about completing temple work, but writing the
history and stories of our ancestors. And I got into it, and started
studying my family in Family Search, because there are stories of my great
grandparents. And I've also been taking time to write stories about my grandparents,
and you guys, and it has really turned into a great experience. And so as I began
...and I started to feel the same promises that this general authority was
explaining. And no joke, I began to feel a spirit of love and understanding of
my link in the chain of our family. And I couldn’t believe that I had never
taken the time to follow the council of the prophets, and learn more, and
think my more about this subject.
Before conference, it was kind of a lame week, with not much
going on. Most of our plans were falling through, and we were not able to teach anyone
except for Daraunt (I think that is how they spell his name). Daraunt hangs
outside of the grocery store everyday and wants us to come over to his house,
but we are only allowed over on Sundays at 3 30 pm. And if we are not there,
then too bad... next Sunday at 3 30. So we haven’t had the chance to talk to him
at his house, but only in front of the grocery store. Hmmmmm… so why 3 30 pm?
While in the city of Santa Fe, we came across the one Asian
food place in all of Santa Fe. And it turned out to be really good. And it’s in
a super cool location off the ports of Santa Fe. I have a Few pics I’ll have to
send.
So for reals ... my diet lately has been, peanut butter and
jelly sandwich for breakfast lunch and dinner. Its non-stop and taking control
of my mission life. It’s so good. Also, the maple syrup is really good too. I
think I made enough for the next two transfers. So I invited the other Elders
to come over and eat pancakes. We can eat a lot of pancakes, so we made 40, and
with one frying pan. It was the longest time I’ve taken to make pancakes for sure.
I love all you guys. I’m glad you are doing great. I’m sad
you didn’t make chili for the chili cook off … but that’s alright.
Elder Greene
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