Spending the Day With the Gators

Football season is coming soon!!! The people here are going crazy about it already! We had an investigator named Mike Bell who we ended up dropping. Huge bummer because he was about to pay the way for us to go to the Gators first game of the season against Toledo! They will smoke 'em! I hope a different investigator will take us. The Lord blesses us according to our desires right?? It was definitely a bummer to drop him but it was the right thing to do. We bore a powerful testimony at a BBQ joint and he still rejected it. It's amazing no matter where you are, no matter what distractions are there, the spirit can be very strong.

We get BBQ food just about every night. I am so sick of pork and ribs its not even funny. I have learned to cook some really good Chinese chicken with ham fried rice. I can also fry up a perfect egg also. I still load HOT sauce on everything ha ha.

In my ward there is a big problem occurring between the bishop and the missionaries. Other ward members are now noticing. This week we will be meeting in his office some time to discuss these trust issues. The bishop loves the Sister missionaries and so he along with the whole ward gives them ALL of the referrals. We don't get a single ward assignment... Soon we will be changing the work for not only us but the future for all missionaries in the ward. 

We have a few people we are teaching now. The Lord is definitely testing my faith and patience right now. I keep catching myself wanting to do things my own way and not submitting my will to God's way. Working on re-aligning that. 

My companion and I get along great still. He definitely likes to push me and keep me going strong at the times I get down. 

We went to a prairie where alligators were everywhere! I hope you like the pictures. 

Smell Gator? 

Elder Greenlaw and Elder Anderson

Elder Anderson, me, Elder Gao, investigator Tim Chen, Elder Forsyth, and funny member Bruce. THE GANG!! (sweating profusely)

Until next time, 

Elder Greenlaw