Cement service & Area Book Transitions

6.22.15

This week was an interesting week for missionary work. We have this

area book app, that is going to eventually replace the old area book.

Well part of the transition to a digital area book is that we have to

transfer all of the information in the area book, teaching records,

formers, less actives and potential investigators, into the i Pads

manually. I know in the end it will all be worth it, but right now it

is taking up a lot of our time to do missionary work. Luckily we

should be done with it by the end of this week.

   This Monday last Monday night we were able to help this one member

in our ward with putting an edging around his flower beds. Half way

through doing service for him it started to rain, it was quite the

adventure trying to quickly finish so that all of the stones could

settle together. After we put all of the stones in place we dumped

quick cement around the rocks. It felt good to work hard, nothing like

good old hard work! After we did service the member we helped do the

service took us to the grocery store and bought all of our groceries

for the week! It was such a blessing, and saved us so much money! We

were so grateful for the kind act of service he did for us.

    This week we also got to do some more service for this older lady.

We helped her put in some new fencing. We started out by pulling down

the old pieces of the fence. While we were doing that these carpenter

ants started climbing all over the fence, they were everywhere! Lucky

for us they didn't bite, but it was quite the sight to see hundreds of

ants climbing all over the fence. After we removed the fence, we

started to dig up the old fence posts that was cemented into the

ground. After digging for a while we decided that it would be better

to use an auger (this big drill looking thing that digs holes in the

ground) This thing was a beast! It dug holes in the ground like it was

pudding:) It was pretty cool to see that thing in action. After the

holes were dug we put new poles in and poured cement into the holes to

keep the pole firm. It was a super fun service project, who knew

putting up fences would be so fun.

   This week I also had another district meeting. It went pretty well.

We talked a lot about keeping new converts in the church. We had a

really good discussion about getting the ward involved in keeping your

recent converts active. Without the ward, it is super hard to keep new

converts in the church. They really need to know that they are loved

and that they are important to the ward. While preparing for district

meeting I found this letter that had been sent into the first

presidency. It was written by a man who had joined the church, but due

to not getting support he had left. It was an eye opening letter,

because it really showed me how new investigators really are feeling.

We also talked about remembering our purpose as missionaries,

especially with having i Pads. I have been blessed with an amazing

district, and it is such a joy to be ale to serve them and learn from

them.

 Well I love you all and hope all of you continue to do all you can to

strengthen your testimonies of all of the beautiful gospel principles.

Have a great week!

Elder Griffin