27th July 2015

1- This week has been really good!! weve found a couple more investigators that have been progressing like crazy and have been waiting for us to teach them more, they are loving all the gospel principles that we are teaching (and they always give us food after a lesson too haha) 

2- Well last week we went to santo amaro and went to a a waterfall in like the jungle of something, it was awesome. luckily i was wearing thongs because most of the walk was throuh mud and we had to walk across the river for someparts too, but when we got there we chilled for a bit i ate a bunch of mangoes that i bought previously and then we headed back  cos we didnt want to miss the bus haha.

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4- I have really learnt that you need to pray with all your faith when you want something from heavenly father. sometimes when i pray, there is that little doubt like ´´when will he answer? i bet its going to be ages before he answers my prayers´´ but i decided to get rid of these thought absolutely and the results have been amazing, in some cases i have recieved answers almost instantly and i am so thankfull that i am learning to have more faith.

5-  and i have been studying the Book Of Enos a lot this week, which has lead me to learn that i have written above, so greatfull for the example of Enos, and that if we really pray with faith in jesus christ we will receive.

but hey i better get going, i got a huge lunch today with a bunch of other missionaries so im stoked for that haha. ill let you know how it goes next week.

Much love,

Elder greener

21st July 2015

we went to santo amaro yesterday had an appointment as soon as we got back, cant really write today but just letting you know im alive and sendin a few pics

2nd June 2015

Hey yeah things are going really great over here!!!!

so dads all better then yeah?? hah ai think im gettin a needle this week to combat the cold of whatever it is here haha but hey its free!!

but yeah q+a

1- yeah im in a new area now!!! im so stoked to be here. im in Jardin Cruzeiro now and loving it.

2- New companions name is Elder Felipe, hes from Curitiba Brazil and were gatting along great, hes the only brazillian that i know that knows american basketball!!

3- hmm havent really had anything new happen this week. just getting to know everyone.

4- But yeah ive been prayin heaps ans heaps to be able to see the people here how heavenly father sees and loves his children. in my last area i found it easy to like the people but i didnt feel like i really truly loved them there. when i got to my new area here it was like all my prayers were answered instanly. i dont know how to explain it but i have such a greater love for the poeple here now. i just want to share and teach and help everyone here. all the members are awesome here and have welcomed me warmly.

5- weve been teaching this lady Maria. shes pretty old and shes been hooked on smoking for yeeeeeears. weve been hepling her so much and she commitied to going to church on sunday. well when we went past her place on sunday morning to pick her up for church she said that she had like a million things to do and couldnt make it. pretty much the oonly downer of this week.

but i hope everything is going awesome back home!!!

Love Elder Greener

...and part of email to his dad...

Hey dad yeah the new area is going great. im like an hour and a half from my last area and its a looooot more chill here. really loving the area and the people here.

haha i remember seminary runs, ive kinda started to miss getting up at 4:30 to get ready for work and turning into an icypole when i walk out the door haha. hope the kids are liking seminary but, actually speaking of seminary we are teaching it at the moment haha were teaching DC.

26th May 2015

This is Carlos and his wife.  He is the ward mission leader for the Bonfim ward.

and so yeah its sharnis birthday now hey!!! thats crazy haha hope you guys have a blast, make sure you eat a load of food for me too!!

hmm something cool that heppened this week? we found a reeeally awesome investigator. shes a younger lady, her names Grezeila and shes doing well. she has a LOAD os questions hahaha but its really good  because it helps me learn, as a matter of fact sometimes i think i learn more than she does dudring our lessons haha. but i really reken that if we help her understand all the things she needs shell wanna get baptised!

hmm well something not so cool is that im getting transfered tomorrow!!!  i wanted and didnt want to get transfered, i really love all the people in our ward here but yesterday i had to go around and say goodbye to everyone. but im so greatfull for the opportunity that i have to be able to serve here in bonfim!!!!

Haha i met this funny dude in church yesterday, he walked in to the chapel wanting a book of mormon and i was like heck yes i can help you with that hahaha he speaks a little english too so he was like practicing his englesh with me. we got him to sit through sacrament and manages to get a return visit with him too which was awesome!!

hmmm this week, i have really learnt of having the constant companionship of the holy ghost. you never know when you will come across someone and not know what to say, so its vitally important that your always doing all that you can to be worthy of that companionship. and also the importance of always carrying your oil on you!! gave my first blessing in portuguese the other day!! which was a miracle because i litterally didnt know all thewords to give a blessing of health but i was able to give a blessing to someone that really needed it and it was a great humbling experience.

but yeah ill let you know more about where im getting sent next week cos i dont know yet!!! but hope yous have a blast in the hotel and have a great  week!!!

Love, Elder Greener

19th May 2015

Hey!!

So how longs dad going up to gero for? is he just going up by himself or is he taking some of the kids?? and what happened to the porch??

And yeah i always tried to teach Sam that trick too!! haha i remember how difficult it was because he just wants to eat absolutely everything!!! but hopefully by the time i get home hell have the trick down perfect!! that would be awesome

and yeah its been raining like craaaazy here too, loads of the streets are getting flooded and yeah its bad, i cant remember the last time i had dry shoes hahaha.

and questions.

1- Best moment this week was went we went to Santo Amaro. my companion baptised a lady while he was there and we were able to go to her wedding!! was real nice, Santo Amaro is super nice to, the people there are sooo chilled out and there are a load of awesome members therethat i was able to meet!!! so that was awesome;

2- Hmm worst moment was probs when we were moving, i was wallking down some stone steps that were all wet, i slipped and tried to grab on to the wall or something bt just ended up punching the wall bu accident hahaha. felt real dumb and now i have but chuncks out of my knucked from where they scraped against the wall. so there was that and also we had to let a couple of investigators go. that was real sad for me because i really liked them but yeah.

3- and teh new flat is soooooooo much better!! its actually dry too and doesnt have mold!!! :D so im really stoked to be in the new house. haha, its on the fourth story too so we get a cool view of all the rooftops.

4- And yea i got to catch up with chastain too!!  we stayed the night there in santo amaro so we got to hang out a fair bit, hes doin real good and his portugese is getting way good too!!

5- and transfers is next teusday!!! this transfer was only 5 weeks and it went so freakin quik!!

but yeah thats about it for this week!!

Lov yous all and hope your doing awesome!!

Love Elder Greener

12th May 2015

WE GOT OUR SKYPE CALL FOR MOTHERS DAY!!!
This was the email the day after.....

yeah i know i was fully expecting you to cry like crazy but you didnt!!

and woah thats freakn aaages hahaha so how did she go then??

and theres really nothing new to say haha!! we are moving house tomorrow so im really stoked about that!!! and we went to the beach today to play american football so that was interesting hahaha nothing too special but the other american missionary that lives with us got roasted by the sun hahaha hes so red.

and hey cant send photos today. everytime i put my memorycard into a computer something crazy happens and now all my photos are gone so yeah. reeeally ticked about this not joking.

but i donno i really got noting to write about so ill have to whore a longer email next week.

Love yous all!!!

Elder Greener

4th May 2015

ey yeah this weeks been really good!! 

haha and yeah eli is always hanging out to go to shool, how he doing at school anyways?? haha i had i dream that i was in bali too thats so wierd!!!! haha ever since ive been here ive been having the most strangest dreams hahaha but maybe its a sign that you need to go to bali again?!!?!?!

and talking about food ive been craving food from back home haha mainly sushi hahai dont thing it really exists here haha its sad but they still hever aaaaaaawesome food here.

and yeah i remember here!! and that really sucks about the package, i think it would be better if you send it sooner cos it takes like 3 months to get here.... but yeah i think i have a photo of the postal address so ill send it to ya.

hahaha and so sam is finally learning about balloons hahaha thats great. i miss that boof head, actually yesterday i was offered a puppy!!! haha we were in a ladys house lastnight and her puppy was going crazy and i picked her up and she fell asleep in my arms hahaha so then she was like aww she likes you you can take her!!! but obviously i cant haha so that was a bit of a bummer hahah.

and hey do you reken you guys could get together and take some ohtos?? i wanna have more photos in my photo album of you guys cos i dont really have muito at the moment.

but really not much has happened this week. weve been looking for a new house because our house at the moment is pretty crazy haha, but hopefully we find one. we actually found one that this lady had but because of the rain last week there was like a land slide and quite a few people died and lost their homes and her family was one of those people so now they are in the house.

but yeah this week weve decided to have like a weekly scripture that we will memorize and try to use during the day so that should be good. tomorrow we have interviews with president so that should be good to be able to speak to him again, hes a real cool dude!! and today we are going to be going to a place called Pelourinho, so i should have a bunch of photos for ya next week.

but yeah thats pretty much all for this week!! 

Love yous all so so much!!!

Elder Greener

...also part of email to his dad...

sometimes we get referals bit sometimes its impossible to track them down, everything is super confusing here, thousands of little back alleys and walk ways. but its a good way to make contacts haha because you ask people what your looking for then ask them about the church haha it works well.

really missing you guys heps too and yeah ill probably be calling about saturday night my time, so liike sunday morning your time. have youse got morning or arvo church at the moment??

anywasy really looking foreward to it. love youse so much.

Elder Greener