5.11.15
This week was full of missionary adventures, and teaching
opportunities.
This week started out with an awesome zone council. Our
zone leaders are super on top of things and did a great job. We talked a lot
about working with ward councils, because missionary work is much more
successful when members are working with us. Some of the best investigators
come from the ward, whether they be close friends, or even part member
families. With the companionship of the ward, missionary work flourishes! We also
talked a lot about how we can help improve our ward councils.
Also this week I was able to go on two
amazing exchanges. The first one was with one of my zone leaders, elder
Worthen. One of the first things we did was go and teach Shirley and George.
They were the humblest, most kind people I have ever meet. Their hearts were
totally ready to hear the gospel. We read 3 Nephi 11 with them. This is the
chapter that tells of Jesus Christ's visit to the Americas. Also in this
chapter it talks about baptism and the correct way to perform the ordinance.
After reading this elder Worthen asked them if they would be baptized the way
Christ wanted them to be baptized and without hesitation they both said yes:)
Following that lesson we went and taught a recent convert named Frank. He is
super cool, and is truly tasting of the goodness of the gospel. We talked about
his next step after baptism, which is attending the temple. He also told us
that he is preparing to receiving the priesthood, and has been reading/studying
about the topic. He is going to be a great member of the church. I also had the
opportunity to go back to Southlake to attend the baptism of Walter Gamen:) It
was so fun to see my old ward again, and the baptismal program went great! I am
excited for Walter and his family to get sealed together in a year, they are an
amazing family. The next day we decided to try a new contacting idea. We bought
our lunch at Sonic, and then ate our lunch in a grocery store parking lot.
While we were eating we would contacting the people getting out of their cars
and also the people returning carts. We ended up passing out around 4 or 5 Book
of Mormons, it was awesome! That same day we went knocking doors and found two
people who were interested in having us come back and share more of our
message. It was a great exchange, and we had tones of fun.
The second exchange was with an elder in my
district named elder Fitzgerald. He goes home in less then a month. He is a
super solid missionary and knows how to work hard. The first thing we did on
exchange was service for a lady in a trailer park. When we got to here home she
was not home, so elder Fitzgerald gave her a call and she told us we could
start without her. She told us that she wanted us to plant these bean plants in
some small plots of dirt she had. Well we got to work and started planting the
beans. About 30 minutes in it started raining. At first it was just a sprinkle,
but then it started really coming down! We were soaked in minutes and ground
became super muddy, but that didn't stop us, we kept on planting those beans:)
The people that drove by during our planting of the beans gave us some pretty
strange looks:) When we finished planting we were covered in mud, but lucky for
us there was a small stream that had formed in the middle of the road that we
were able to use to wash the mud off of our pants. It was a lot of fun, and
will be a memory I remember for a long time. Following the service adventure,
we went and taught two families in his ward lessons on missionary work and
helped them come up with a plan to do missionary work as a family. One of the
families was 110% on board, and were going to give one of their friends a Book
of Mormon, and then have the missionaries go visit them. Gotta love solid members!!
That night we taught one of their investigators named Haley. She is 10 years
old, and comes from a pretty rough family. She came to one of her friends
baptisms and after decided she wanted to get baptized too! She is the sweetest
girl, and has a very good heart. We taught her the Plan of Salvation. The
lesson went great and she listened very intently. She is getting baptized on
May 30th:) I am so grateful to be able to serve around so many amazing
missionaries.
This Sunday we also had a good experience with a
family in our ward, the Goodriches. They have a son named Taylor who is
got his mission call to Ohio and leaves next month. He is pretty nervous and
unsettled about his mission, so we decided to share with them a message about
why we do missionary work and what motivates us to do it. The lesson went
great, and the spirit was so strong. It was so fun to help Taylor get excited
about serving a mission, and help him understand that it truly is the best 2
years!
Well I love you all and hope you had a
wonderful Mother's Day:)
Love,
Elder Griffin
P.S. Mom this is the picture of the beautiful sky I was talking
about. The second picture is of a huge Texas longhorn that is in a field right
next to our apartment, elder Fitzgerald named him Jesse:)
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