Transfer Time!

This week has been crazy. Transfer calls were interesting. I'm getting transferred to a place called Wildomar (AKA "The Wild-O") It's at the very bottom of the mission. Like there are parts of it that aren't in our mission. Haha. Elder Hale is getting sent to the back half of Riverside, which is dope. I love Riverside. I'm going to miss MoVal. It's been crazy. I'm going to miss how ghetto this place is. But I'm excited to be with Elder Felix. He was in Woodcrest when I first came into the mission. So he saw me "born" into the mission. I love that kid. He's from Brigham City. They're consolidating the Lasselle Ward in MoVal down to one companionship. That's what happened to me in Woodcrest too. Haha. That appears to be a running theme. I'm going to be in car in Wildomar as well. I'm stoked for that, even though I inherited Elder Hall's bike when he went home. Elder Hale is going to be with Elder Williams. He's from Tooele. I didn't know him before the mission, but he's really cool. Rey and Serena were really bent that I got transferred, but it's all good. I'm going to come back for Rey's baptism on the 14th, (Valentines Day baptism, whoooo! And a couple days after my year mark!) I'm excited to get out to Wildomar. I've only heard good things about the ward. Anywho, have a good week.
Elder Greenburg
Holiness to the Lord

Another Baptism coming up!

Rey is on date for Feb 14th. I'll count it as my year mark baptism. I baptized Serena a couple days after my birthday, so things are going well. I told President to leave me here because I want to work with my people, and I like Elder Hale. He reminds me a lot of  Jared. That's probably why I dig him. But other than that, nothing has really been going down too much. The ward council has been my least favorite meeting in the mission and has been since day one. It's so frustrating. Especially since we're revising our Ward Mission Plan and that puts us under a microscope. And people really don't realize what it takes to make all of the things they propose happen. So we'll just hit them up on everything that they want in the Ward Mission Plan and they'll see what it really involves to make it happen. Which means calls every night about team ups, and focus families for our gators, and reports about less actives. They'll get the picture, but that's what it'll get to make it work. They were complaining about Rey wanting to get baptized on a Saturday that is Valentines Day. We told them that her LDS boyfriend from Texas is flying out and has to be back that Monday, so Sunday is out, and the next available date is the 28th, and
that's basically a transfer away, and I am NOT doing that. So they can deal with it. We're bringing someone solid to the ward.
Anyway, thanks Tyler and Allison and the boys for the birthday card. It was really great to see that they signed it themselves. I have their little dinosaur on my desk.

Elder Greenburg

Serena finally got Baptized...Yay!

So.......SERENA FINALLY GOT BAPTIZED! It was great to finally see her take that step. It's been a long time coming. Elder Rampton came back to perform the baptism and it was a sharp reminder of how awkward of an individual he is. My mind must have blocked it out. Haha. It was a great program. She was kind of late to church, but since we have a car we just stopped by and made sure she was coming. She's heard every piece of anti on the planet and had a huge fight with her family the night before her baptism, but she was like, "It's my life and my salvation. If they still want to talk to me afterward, then that's up to them." She is so interested in the temple. It'll be close, but I might be still on my mission when she goes through. She's so solid. Every time she opens her mouth in Gospel Principals, she basically teaches the lesson. It's great. Everyone is like, "Is she a member?" And we're like, come to the baptism and watch it happen. It was so cool. Her and our other investigator Rey have befriended each other. Rey has been struggin to gain a witness of the Book of Mormon and we were really hoping that she'd come to the baptism, but we couldn't take her in our car. So Serena was like, "Well...screw it. I'll just pick her up and bring her." And we were like, "Eff yeah you will!" And Rey was like, "When she got baptized, I almost cried." So I asked her, "Why do you think you almost cried, Rey? What do you think made that happen?" I've been teaching her almost as long as Serena, so we've gotten to be pretty real with each other. She said, "I know that it's the spirit. I haven't felt it like this since I was a young girl with my Grandma." And I said, "What do you think that means? If the spirit is here, what do you think that you should do?" And just left it at that. She's going to get baptized. It's not a matter of if at this point, but when. I told her I'm probably getting transferred in two weeks and to get baptized before I left and she is seriously thinking about it. Hopefully we can make it happen. Either way I'd come back for it. That was this week, along with a chubby Priest taking two mouth fulls of Ghost Pepper Chili Sauce and then hurling his guts out in the back. That was fun. 
Anywho, 

Cody

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"Honk if you love butt drugs" I may or may not have honked

Rey, our other investigator. She and Serena have become good friends. Serena brought her to her baptism and it may have been the key to getting her baptized. She was also creeping in on me

Serena after her baptism. She kept getting really close to me...so I kept scooting away. SHE FINALLY GOT BAPTIZED!

Addisun. He was a mini missionary this last week. He's dope. We're eating with his family tomorrow night.

Elders going home...

This week has been interesting, I suppose. Huge bummer, but Elder Hall went home today. He's had a lot of stress and anxiety and finally just got to a point where it was best for him to head home. I love that kid. He's been so much fun to get to know. But I'm glad that he'll finally be able to be in a place where he can be him without the stresses of missionary life.

Serena came to church this last Sunday, which is good considering that her baptismal interview with President Plocher istomorrow. We're fairly confident (95%) that she'll be ready for this Sunday, considering that we've taught her for 4 months straight. She had expressed some concerns on her end about whether or not she should get baptized, which isn't a surprise. I've answered every question that could be asked by a non-member, multiple times. It was really just her getting cold feet, and we asked her what she thought of it all. She said that she was really glad that she went to church because she felt the spirit through all the testimonies that day. Which is good. Fast and testimony meetings are a wild card for missionaries. Someone will either get up and give a bomb testimony for the spirit to testify of, or they're get up and rant and just drive the spirit off. Sometimes people will get up and say the most insane things. Like how they know the Book of Mormon is true based off of a fortune cookie. Which is fine, if that's what got the witness, but it sounds so bizarre coming across the pulpit. Anyway, she said that the meeting helped put away her concerns and warmed her feet up. She'll go down this Sunday. I'm bummed that Elder Hall won't be here for my birthday. I can't believe I'll be 23. The fettttchhhhh. That's 7 years away from 30. WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?! WHO LET THIS CRAP HAPPEN?!

President and Sister Mullen threw Elder Hall a going away breakfast this morning at the mission home in Orangecrest. The mission home is pretty nice. Modest, obviously. But nice. I haven't been since I dropped McClain off and it was the first time I'd actually been in the house. President and Sister Mullen actually seemed...relaxed. President pointed out that I was the oldest missionary there. Like, how long I've been out. I'm older than President and Sister Mullen. He called me the "Patriarch" of the missionaries there. When did that happen?! I've been out almost 11 months, which seems weird. 

New Years was good. We just hung out as a Zone and played chair soccer and Phase 10. I've never been able to play a full game of Phase 10. I always get to like phase 4 or 5 and have to leave. It's a fun game. How was New Years for everyone?

Reyanna is doing...okay. She isn't progressing the way that we would like. We've been meeting with her for about 3 months or so and she still doesn't have a witness about the Book of Mormon, which is the only thing she needs. So we're trying to find a new way for her to get it. So...praying for that one. She's so close. She grew up Seventh Day Adventist, which is similar in a lot of ways to our theology, so she pretty much believes everything...expect El Libro De Mormon. (dats Book of Mormon to the lame...lamos).

*Slaps hands back and forth* Anyway, give the deets on everyone's drunken apostate New Years parties so I can chastise accordingly.

Luh you...I guess.

Elder C-dizzle G-string. (Guyzzzz, it's okay. I have a black companion.)

The life and struggles of a Missionary!

Sup, 
This week has been...interesting. Full of frustrations. Serena didn't show up to her interview with President Plocher. She missed her one on Tuesday, and then her one on Friday. It was suppose to be at 4 and we called her like 6 times at 3:30 to make sure that she was ready to go, and she never answered. So we called it off for President Plocher and then at 5 she texted us asking where everyone was. I almost lost my freaking mind. I was so pissed off I went and slept until dinner. And we haven't been able to meet with Estavon and Janet all week. Seriously, Christmas is the worst. But it was good to see everyone. 
Anyway, maybe next week will be better.


Cody