7 Hour Meeting With Elder Golden

Hey yall,

Yesterday we had a 7 hour meeting in Gainesville with half the mission to hear from Elder Golden of the First Quorum of the Seventy. What a spiritual and knowledgeable man.  He talked for 5 hours straight without any notes, and kept things lively the entire time. No one was falling asleep. Amazing!  One of my favorite quotes he said was,"Faith is nothing more than Personal Righteousness. Without the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and its gospel, there wouldn't be a single person on the face of the earth with the sufficient faith in order to walk back into the presence of our Heavenly Father." Ponder and pray about that one for awhile...

My love for the Book of Mormon has increased ten fold as I have been studying it each morning and night. I just can't seem to put it down!

The work has seemed to slow down this past week since school has started. We were unable to meet with a lot of people as frequent as we use to. All our investigators seem to be so busy that they can only meet with us once a week or so which is definitely not enough! 

The Lord is still working his miracles though and preparing the hearts of the people to receive the fullness of His Gospel. I bare witness that God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ live, Their love and patience with us is immeasurable, and they are just waiting for us to more fully welcome them into our lives so they may bless us. The gospel is true and the Book is Blue. May God bless ya'll individually this next week.

Love, Elder Greenlaw

Elder Greenlaw's Pet Turtle

Serving at the Library

Hey y'all,

Transfers are this week so that is why I'm writing a day later. Don't worry though, Elder Dean and I are still together here in the blessed land of Lake Butler.

The work is really coming along. This last week was amazing! We had some real good lessons with investigators. One being with a household of about 10 people. Talk about stressful! We went with a young man in the ward and had everyone on a different level of spirituality. Luckily the spirit took over and loosened our mouths and gave us the words to speak, but long story short it was a two hour discussion. Basically we taught all the discussions in one and we committed them all to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. This included a man who used to go to church, but claimed to be atheist. We committed him too. He has created a whole list of questions for us next time. The whole family had lost hope in him ever believing in God again for how standoffish he was. But look at him now! He recognized that we were disciples of Christ and he told the rest of his family that they need to shape up and listen to what we have to say and then do things we ask. 

Our investigator Kelvin wasn't able to get baptized this last week or this following week sadly because he's been working in Miami and the interview process for his baptism is taking longer than usual. Oh well, all in due time of the Lord I guess...

We finally bucked up and asked a woman that we've been doing service for lately if she'd take the discussions. She's really good friends with the bishop's wife. She accepted and we then taught her the first discussion, invited to read and pray about the Book of Mormon, AND she accepted baptism for October 25th woo hoo! We ran over to the Bishop's house to tell them all that happened and they couldn't even believe it. They seriously thought we were joking.... :( She has some big obstacles to overcome by then, so we will see how it goes, but at least she's reading and praying and wanting to get her son to get involved with a church.

The miracles go on and on, I can't even name them all. Through fasting, prayers do get answered and the Lord works in mysterious ways some times.

Life is good today.... Take care now y'all. And may God bless ya.

Elder Greenlaw

Serving at the Library

LB3 for Life!

Hitting the 18 Month Mark

Oh my dearest friends and family.

Thank you for the prayers and support that have been passed this way. Y'all are just the best. This week I finished my Sisters mission, 18 months! Can you believe it's been that long. I've found myself reflecting upon the incredible, unforgettable moments of my journey here in Florida. It brings me to tears just thinking about how great
and merciful The Lord has been towards me and helping me get the point I am today.

I'd like to bare my testimony first off of the power and truth of the scriptures. This week I have  yearned to dive into them every chance I get. I have lost my desire to sleep, instead I lay awake reading about the people in the Book of Mormon and how merciful The Lord is towards them. Even when they become so wicked and reject the teachings of the prophets, they ignore the miracles that The Lord had given to their fathers, He still in his infinite goodness and love provides a way for them to return to Him and receive forgiveness of their sins. He does the same for me! No matter what happens his hand is always stretched out still. A greater sense of gratitude, love, and forgiveness has entered into my life because of the scriptures. My desires to be more Christlike and do the will of the Father have increased also.

This week was a difficult one for us. I was down with a sickness for a few days, many appointments got cancelled, and it seemed to have rained everyday. But! Kelvin had his interview for baptism yesterday and so he should be dunked! He's so humble and willing to receive all that The Lord has for him and his family. His Less active wife for many years has now been attending and living the gospel in her life too.

We are still waking up early to workout with the football coach, drinking plenty of protein, and seeing results already! 6 months to sexy here I come!

Have a good one y'all!

Elder Greenlaw - 18 month mark

Bowling on Pday! 

Is this what boys do on their day off? 

Pictures From the Mission Field

We bought matching ties for the boys to wear on fast Sunday. 

Elder Greenlaw with Elder Lane

The elders admiring this BIG truck!

Elder Greenlaw and Elder Lane are doing lots of service in Lake Butler. Here is a roof they built for someone. You can tell they are proud of their work.