It really is crazy how fast time flies out here! These 3 months
have gone by so quickly and it has been fun to look back and evaluate
everything that has happened. I have grown so much and am very excited to see
what awaits in these next transfers. This morning I got a call and was informed
that I will be staying in the same area, but will be getting a new companion.
His name is elder Walker. Elder Partridge told me that he is a really cool guy,
and he is my same height:) It will be fun to see what his personality is like.
This week has been a great week. For the last week of my
training I got to be senior companion for the week. It was really hard and
super stressful, but it did show me that I can run this area now. It has been
so fun to be able to know where everything and everyone in my area is.
Here are some of the highlights of the week: we got to go and
eat dinner at the Binklies new house! It was so cool to see them in a home
happy and safe. We have still been teaching Junior, and will be going over to
teach him the other half of the commandments lesson this Tuesday. He is still
doing very good, and I believe his new baptism date is December 6th:) Also this
week it rained super hard and we got to go out and bike in it! We were soaked,
but loved every moment of it:) While we were contacting this week we were in
this neighborhood and we spotted this cane laying against a lamppost. We
decided that we should see if we could find the owner so they could have their
cane. The house it was in front was vacant and so elder Partridge said we
should try the one across the street. We went over there and this really nice
lady opened the door and started talking to us. She was very open and kind and
told us all about her family. We then shared a scripture with her and then
invited her to come to the family history center because she wanted help. It
was so cool that we were able to find a wonderful lady that we can share the
gospel with and all because we found a cane on the side of the road. It goes to
show that the Lord always provides a way for his children who are ready to
receive this gospel. We were also able to see dear sweet Claudia. When we
stopped by to see how she was doing she was out smoking a cigarette:( But she
only smoked half of it because she saw that we were there, so that was good. We
took her into her room and started talking with her. She was not doing very
well and was pretty down. We shared a message from the scriptures with her, but
she was still super sad. I then had the thought that we should help her
organize her little room. She got a big smile on her face and said that she
would love to do that. We then helped her for the next 30 minutes to organize
her room. When we were done she was happier then I have seen her in a long time:)
I am so grateful for the guidance of the spirit. This week me and elder
Peterson went to check on a wonderful family named the Bensons. We were going
to see how there 9 year old baptismal arrangements were coming. I was really
nervous, and didn't know how to go about bringing baptism up. I decided to
start with a short message. After the message the spirit was there and it was
easier to bring up baptism. I was so glad that they were open to talk about
their daughter baptism.
We also have gotten a lot of awesome referrals lately that have
lots of great potential! I am super excited to start meeting with all of them:)
Well I am out of time, but I hope you all have a good week and enjoy the
beautiful fall season!
Love,
Elder
Griffin
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