Elder Greenburg Week 4

ASHLEY STILL HASN'T HAD A BABY YET? JUDAS ROLLERBLADING PRIEST! IS THAT KID EVER COMING?! People in the ward I'm serving in are starting to even get anxious. Every Monday I get asked, "Did your sister have her baby yet?" Haha. Someone just poke her really hard and get the ball rolling. That's good that Jared bought another car, but it sucks that it kind of crapped out.  It's too bad that you're sick still. Go to the dentist and see if he can just pull it for you and get it over with. See if Mikey and someone else from the ward can give you a blessing. I kind of had a toothache about 2 weeks ago, but it was just a canker coming in. It sucked, but I rubbed some Sensodyne on it and it was good. Yeah, Hoffer emailed me. He's a good guy.
It was Jared that told me that Trevor and Cortney were having a baby. That's good. They'll be great parents.

This week has been good, but the hardest so far. We've only got a 1/4 of the ward in our area and we've already burned through our part-member families, less active families, and former investigators. There is this less active family named the Knecht's (Pronounced Connect's), and the husband has Alzheimer's. It's really hard to go over there sometimes because he doesn't remember a lot of things. We pretty much introduce ourselves every time. They don't have a lot of money either, so they rely on the VA a lot.

It was hard and during our comp inventory Elder McClain and I had a really good heart to heart about the area. He's such a good missionary and friend. He's probably given me about 5 pep talks a day because I get discouraged sometimes. I talked with President Smart last night as well. He's such a good and inspired man. It's been a hard transfer, but it's starting to pick up. Last night we met with a guy named Sam and he's just so elect. He said that he believes in God and Christ, but doesn't know anything about the gospel or other religions at all, but has been really wondering about what happens when we die and the nature of our Heavenly Father. Those are the types of questions missionaries love and dream about. We're also going to pick up a woman named Michelle. We've met her and her husband Cory a few times, and these people are LDS, they just don't know it. He is super curious about temples, so we went over and gave him a Book of Mormon. He's going off to training to be a corrections officer, though. He's going to be gone for 4 months. He's this big black dude that can just curl 90 pound dumbbells like it's nobody's business.

It think that it's just best to look at things in transfers. I'm almost done with my first one, then I only have 16 more. It's crazy how fast this one has gone by. I passed my month mark this last week.

I did get the pictures you emailed. If you could send me a laminated copy of my patriarchal blessing, my black Neff beanie (if you can find it) and one of my H&M white long-sleeve button-up shirts, that'd be great. I'm trying to remember if I need anything else. I keep making lists. Haha. Sorry I haven't sent any pictures. For some reason my converter doesn't read in these computers. I'll try to get it taken care of.
We still have that family. They're slowing progressing, which is good. The 22 year old daughter is investigating Jehovah's Witness still. Man, if I get poached by a J-dub, I'm going to be pissed. "And that's when I got transferred...to Kentucky."
I forgot to mention. This new guy named Sam is also a drummer! He's got over 20 top of the line snare drums. I'm going to see if I can get him to give me one after I baptize him. Haha. Or buy one super cheap and send it home. Haha. I don't know where those items are. The blessing is anyone's guess, the beanie I think was around the TV area, maybe. But the shirt should be in the hall closet. Also send a bunch of ties. I've only got like 10 and I'm tired of wearing the same ones. Haha.

Cody with primary kids in the Ward he is serving in.

I told him that the Jehovah Witnesses stopped by the other day, but I felt bad because I didn't get a chance to get to the door, and I thought about him and how that probably happens to him a lot.  That's where the "J-dub came in.  So please don't be offended by that.  He is doing well. So proud of him.  He asks that people write him/email him.  He loves to hear from everyone!