9/22: T's Baptism!

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday, T was baptized! It has been such an awesome experience to watch him and his dad as they progress in the gospel together. His dad has become very active in church and has become a worthy priesthood holder. T looks up to his dad so much and it is awesome to see how strong their relationship is. T's dad choked up with tears as he baptized son. It was a really powerful experience. I am excited to continue recent convert lessons with them. Every time we have a lesson with T and his dad I always learn something new. Even though T is only 9, he is so full of love for God and everyone around him!

Here is my favorite scripture on baptism:

Alma 5:62 “I speak by way of command unto you that belong to the church; and unto those who do not belong to the church I speak by way of invitation, saying: Come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye also may be partakers of the fruit of the tree of life.”

I love being a missionary!

Have a wonderful week,

Sister Danica Greenall

Note from Danica's Mom:  These photos are from a week ago Monday when Danica went with some other missionaries to Dallas for the day.  They went to the Perot Museum and did some shopping.

 

I love my companion Sister D! She is so much fun! A fun part of being a missionary is being forced to be with someone 24/7 and becoming best friends!

9/15: Hi!

Note from Danica's Mom:  We got this very short and sweet email this week.  We also had a member of the church in Texas, Allison, see both our daughters last week.  She lives in Plano, TX in the same stake as Danica (but hadn't met Danica) and travelled to San Antonio, TX, for her niece's missionary farewell (where she met Erica).  She was able to relay a message of love from Big Sister Erica to Little Sister Danica. - see the screenshot she shared with me from her phone.  She said when she found Danica after Stake Conference and gave her a message from her sister....she just cried.  Allison also sent a couple photos.  It's nice to have local members looking after both girls. :)

Hi Mom and Dad, 

I had a fun day in Dallas today with some other missionaries, but sadly have barely anytime to e-mail!!! I am going to spend time reading the e-mails I got, but I'll send a bunch of pictures next week!!! Love you!!!

Danica

Screenshot from Allison

Sister Danica, Sister D (on left) with Allison (center)

9/8: BBQ and Catholic Concerts

Hello!

For labor day we went to a family's house for a BBQ, which was a lot of fun, and then we had an awesome FHE with a family in our ward. They had a guitar, so I started playing chords out of the primary book and hymn book and everyone sang along. My companion, Sister D is an amazing singer and I love to play guitar, so we are going to start doing musical devotionals in members homes for their family and friends. A lot of people in Plano, Texas aren't immediately interested in hearing a message from us, but many are willing to listen to uplifting christian music. Someone from our ward already called us today and wants us to come over tonight and play for their elderly neighbor. That will be a fun way to meet new people!

After Monday, Sister D was so sick this week! I felt so bad! We stayed at home a lot this week, so I worked on contacting those we are working with and setting up appointments, while Sister D tried to recover. We had a zone conference on Wednesday, and some other elders had gotten sick as well.

This past Sunday Brother R came to church to watch Sister D and I sing during Sacrament meeting, so this Saturday we went with Brother R's family (who is Catholic but his wife and kids are all active Mormons and an awesome family!!) to watch him play the drums in his Catholic band R.A.Y.N. (Rest All Ye Nations). It was at a huge carnival at the St. Jude catholic church in Allen, TX which is right next to Plano. We got some funny looks when people noticed we were Mormon missionaries, but everyone was very nice to us :)

When I was reading this week I found this scripture in the Book of Mormon:

3 Nephi 29: 6 “Yea, wo unto him that shall deny the revelations of the Lord, and that shall say the Lord no longer worketh by revelation, or by prophecy, or by gifts, or by tongues, or by healings, or by the power of the Holy Ghost!”

I really like it, because God still works by revelation! Even though people we talk to say that people no longer can have revelation from God or that we can't let feelings overpower our knowledge, I know that God still speaks to his children today.

Have a great week!

Sister Danica Greenall 

9/2: Keys and Tracting

Note from Danica's Mom:  Sister Danica's p-day was switched from Monday to Tuesday this week because of the Labor Day holiday.  We have received photos of Danica via email and text messages several times from members of the ward in Plano so that has been fun.  I received the attached photos from a family in Plano yesterday.  They had Sister Greenall and her companion over on Friday for dinner and a message.  They also told me that they attended a different ward on Sunday so she could see Danica and her companion sing an acapella duet of Nearer My God To Thee.  Danica and her companion cover two wards in Plano.  I also got a text message from another member in Plano on Sunday saying how much she enjoyed their musical number. Here's what Danica had to say about her new companion and their duet:

Sister D is an incredible singer, she has taken voice lessons for a long time! We had fun singing in sacrament meeting. I sang alto while Sister D sang soprano and then I sang soprano while Sister D sang tenor an octave higher, which sounds really cool! 

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Hi Everyone! 

Being a missionary is so great! I love it here in Plano! 

I forgot to talk about transfers last week! I was so sad to see my trainer Sister S leave, she is awesome! Luckily I have been blessed with Sister D as my second trainer! She is wonderful.  We are really getting along well and working hard! 

Around 4 weeks ago while we were riding our bikes around we saw a man looking around for something. He asked us if we had seen his keys he had lost while on a bike ride. His family was visiting from out of town so he was really worried about his keys he had lost. We said we hadn't, but that we bike around town everyday so we would keep our eyes open. He left us with his phone number so that if we found them we could give him call. A week later I saw their phone number in my planner so I decided to call to see if they ever found their keys or if we should keep our eyes open. They hadn't had their keys returned yet, but were thankful we checked. This past week we got a call from the same family. They actually live in Idaho, but were calling because they had a friend in Pennsylvania who just had a surgery and really needed help at home. They asked us how they could send missionaries to go and help them. We referred them to mormon.org/missionaries and let them know that if they put their information in our website missionaries would be able to go and help them within 24 hours! It is amazing to know that there are missionaries all around the world willing to give Christ-like service to others. 

While we were tracting this week we met with a Muslim family. They were so nice! They invited us right in and we had a really good discussion about what they believe and what we believe in. We have so much more in common than I had previously thought. The man boldly invited me to read the Koran and that he knew he would be accountable before God to share it with us and that we would be accountable too. We invited the same invitation to him with the Book of Mormon. We told him that we knew that there were still prophets living on the earth today and that through Joseph Smith the Book of Mormon was brought forth and that it spoke about prophets of the America's and more importantly of Jesus Christ. I shared Moroni 10:27-30 and left him with a Book of Mormon which he said he would read and pray about and he invited us back to come get a copy of the Koran in English. It is so awesome when people are so open about religion and sincerely want to do what God wants them to!

Moroni 10: 27-30

27 And I exhort you to remember these things; for the time speedily cometh that ye shall know that I lie not, for ye shall see me at the bar of God; and the Lord God will say unto you: Did I not declare my words unto you, which were written by this man, like as one crying from the dead, yea, even as one speaking out of the dust?

28 I declare these things unto the fulfilling of the prophecies. And behold, they shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the everlasting God; and his word shall hiss forth from generation to generation.

 29 And God shall show unto you, that that which I have written is true.

 30 And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.

The Book of Mormon is awesome! If you love the Bible and Jesus Christ you will instantly recognize the beauty of the Book of Mormon. Plus they're free! mormon.org/free-book-of-mormon

On Sept 21, T  is getting baptized! He is a cute 9 year old boy. His dad is becoming more active in church and his previous wife has given T permission to be baptized. It is awesome to see how much T admires his dad. When we are teaching lessons, T is excited to learn, but whenever his dad says anything T really focuses and soaks it all in. It is wonderful how the gospel strengthens our families! 

Have a great week!

-Sister Danica Greenall


 

The Sisters learn how to play 4-way thumb wars.